James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, The Winter Soldier Appreciation 2019

[cc008]

Happy New Year to all fans of Bucky! And a new Appreciation thread for 2019!

Bucky's currently got his own solo series and will soon be appearing in a new Invaders book, as well as recurring in the Captain America ongoing.

[Winterboy]

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[cc008]

My current laptop wallpaper

[Restingvoice]

Another character I never read but want to, I just need one simple but big answer.

Do his days as Bucky, Captain America's kid sidekick in World War II, ever became relevant to his story as a The Winter Soldier beyond acting as flashbacks?
Meaning can I just rely on the flashback to know Bucky's past? I don't need to go back to the 40s and read his childhood days?

I tried reading them but it was so old and seems irrelevant.

[disillusion386]

I really wish this current mini was an ongoing or even a maxi series. The plot itself is interesting, but could be improved if there were more issues to hash out RJ's background. With just five issues, the pacing feels really rushed.

[cc008]

Another character I never read but want to, I just need one simple but big answer.

Do his days as Bucky, Captain America's kid sidekick in World War II, ever became relevant to his story as a The Winter Soldier beyond acting as flashbacks?
Meaning can I just rely on the flashback to know Bucky's past? I don't need to go back to the 40s and read his childhood days?

I tried reading them but it was so old and seems irrelevant.

You can start at Brubaker's Captain America run. That's what I did and haven't had any problems understanding things that happened in the WWII era.

[Snoop Dogg]

Another character I never read but want to, I just need one simple but big answer.

Do his days as Bucky, Captain America's kid sidekick in World War II, ever became relevant to his story as a The Winter Soldier beyond acting as flashbacks?
Meaning can I just rely on the flashback to know Bucky's past? I don't need to go back to the 40s and read his childhood days?

I tried reading them but it was so old and seems irrelevant.

Brubaker made a new character called Bucky using the old character as part of the pie, so you can just start with Brubaker.

[Restingvoice]

Brubaker wrote Winter Soldier right? That's what I need. Thanks.

[tliscord]

Another character I never read but want to, I just need one simple but big answer.

Do his days as Bucky, Captain America's kid sidekick in World War II, ever became relevant to his story as a The Winter Soldier beyond acting as flashbacks?
Meaning can I just rely on the flashback to know Bucky's past? I don't need to go back to the 40s and read his childhood days?

I tried reading them but it was so old and seems irrelevant.

You’d be fine reading Brubaker’s Winter Soldier arc and the spin off series. Those flashbacks have done more to textured his past than anything else.

[Winterboy]

Bucky in Cap #7

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