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This retroactively meant that the Bucky who operated with the All-Winners Squad and was later wounded before being replaced by Golden Girl was a different hero (which also explained how Bucky could still be in his mid-teens years after his earliest adventures). Truman with successor heroes using those identities. Retroactive continuity, beginning with The Avengers #4 (March 1964), established that the original Captain America and Bucky went missing near the end of World War II and were secretly replaced by then- U.S.

#Captain america falcon winter soldier series#

Sales were poor, however, and the series was discontinued with Captain America #78 (Sept. Bucky appeared alongside 'Captain America, Commie Smasher!', as the hero was cover-billed, in stories published during the next year in Young Men and Men's Adventures, as well as in three issues of Captain America that continued the old numbering.

1953), published by Marvel's 1950s iteration Atlas Comics. 1950), by which time the series had been titled Captain America's Weird Tales for two issues, with the finale a horror/suspense anthology issue with no superheroes.Ĭaptain America and Bucky were both briefly revived, along with fellow Timely stars the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, in the omnibus Young Men #24 (Dec. Captain America Comics ended with #75 (Feb. Bucky recovered and was briefly reunited with Captain America for an appearance in Captain America Comics #71 (March 1949), but otherwise did not appear for the rest of the run. In the post-war era, with the popularity of superheroes fading, Bucky appeared alongside team-leader Captain America in the two published adventures of Timely/Marvel's first superhero group, the All-Winners Squad, in All Winners Comics #19 and #21 (Fall–Winter 1946 there was no issue #20).Īfter Bucky was shot and seriously wounded in Captain America Comics #66 (April 1948), he was succeeded by Captain America's girlfriend Betsy Ross, who became the superhero Golden Girl. Following the character's debut in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), Bucky Barnes appeared alongside the title star in virtually every story in that publication and other Timely series, and was additionally part of the all-kid team the Young Allies. 'The boy companion was simply named Bucky, after my friend Bucky Pierson, a star on our high school basketball team', Simon said in his autobiography.

When Joe Simon created his initial sketch of Captain America for Marvel Comics precursor Timely Comics in 1940, he included a young sidekick. Sebastian Stan plays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), the miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), the animated series What If.? (2021), and the upcoming film Thunderbolts (2024). During the 2011 crossover Fear Itself, Barnes is injected with the Infinity Formula, which increases his natural vitality and physical traits in a way that is similar to (but less powerful than) the super-soldier serum used on Captain America. He temporarily assumes the role of 'Captain America' when Steve Rogers was presumed to be dead. The character's memories and personality are later restored, leading him to become a dark hero in search of redemption. The character is brought back from supposed death as the brainwashed assassin cyborg called the Winter Soldier ( Russian: Зимний Солдат, translit. Barnes' original costume (or one based on it) and the Bucky nickname has been used by other heroes in the Marvel Universe over the years. Originally introduced as a sidekick to Captain America, the character was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 ( cover-dated March 1941) (which was published by Marvel's predecessor, Timely Comics). James Buchanan ' Bucky' Barnes is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Master hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.Master in the use of military weapons and throwing knives.Enhanced strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, vitality, and resiliency to injury.Bucky Barnes as Winter Soldier, with his World War II and Captain America incarnations in the background on the textless cover of Winter Soldier #1 (Feb.