James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes / Winter Soldier Appreciation

[Winterboy]

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[Jonas]

Crazy how underutilized this character is by Marvel editorial. He's been a fan favorite since his Brubaker genesis, only to have that popularity amplified by the MCU version. Yet, the best we have for him is a supporting character gig in Cap's book? Not to mention all the long gaps where he doesn't appear in any titles. I understand Bucky's presence hasn't helped generate great sales in a few books in recent years, but that can easily be said about many Marvel characters who keep on getting books produced for them anyway. I think anyone who monitors this thread knows that there is immense untapped potential in Bucky's story. It's bizzare to me.

Put him in a book that is way less about super heroes and way more about espionage. Make it an ensemble book with Black Widow and other characters that actually fit in that world. Give 'em a good creative team. At the very least you should do no worse than a lot of Marvel books are doing these days.

What a waste.

[Winterboy]

Put him in a book that is way less about super heroes and way more about espionage. Make it an ensemble book with Black Widow and other characters that actually fit in that world. Give 'em a good creative team. At the very least you should do no worse than a lot of Marvel books are doing these days.

What a waste.

Where do I sign?

Bucky in Ant Man & Wasp #2

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[responsarbre]

I think at this point, most of Bucky's retconned appearances as Winter Soldier conflict with Brubaker's established continuity ...

[Jonas]

Really? Geez. Brubaker's work should be the bible for Bucky. That's terrible but not surprising.

[Digifiend]

That's an art error. Current design, but it's a flashback to when he was still working for Russia - so at the very least, his hair should've been short there, as it was when he first reappeared.

[responsarbre]

That's an art error. Current design, but it's a flashback to when he was still working for Russia - so at the very least, his hair should've been short there, as it was when he first reappeared.

Actually, that's not where the continuity error is! Bucky grew his hair out back in the 70s when his programming shorted out on a mission and he disappeared for a few months in America. That's why he has long hair when he first shows back up in Brubaker's run.

The error lies in the fact that Winter Soldier was decomissioned and kept on ice starting from the 80s all the way until Aleksander Lukin reactivated him at the beginning of Brubaker's Cap run. Brubaker was very intentional about writing his story so that there wouldn't have been many chances for Bucky to bump into any of the modern heroes who would recognize that Captain America's dead sidekick was running around.

[Of Atlantis]

Crazy how underutilized this character is by Marvel editorial. He's been a fan favorite since his Brubaker genesis, only to have that popularity amplified by the MCU version. Yet, the best we have for him is a supporting character gig in Cap's book? Not to mention all the long gaps where he doesn't appear in any titles. I understand Bucky's presence hasn't helped generate great sales in a few books in recent years, but that can easily be said about many Marvel characters who keep on getting books produced for them anyway. I think anyone who monitors this thread knows that there is immense untapped potential in Bucky's story. It's bizzare to me.

Put him in a book that is way less about super heroes and way more about espionage. Make it an ensemble book with Black Widow and other characters that actually fit in that world. Give 'em a good creative team. At the very least you should do no worse than a lot of Marvel books are doing these days.

What a waste.

Couldn't agree with you more.

They really mishandled the perfect team for Bucky with Thunderbolts imo. That had all the potential in the world and didn't amount to much.

Marvel's sitting on a wealth of characters for the perfect Secret Avengers squad and they're not doing anything with them.

[Winterboy]

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[Winterboy]

Old Man Clint Barton #6

B.I.G. S.P.O.I.L.E.R.S

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[OOTCS]

Old Man Clint Barton #6

B.I.G. S.P.O.I.L.E.R.S

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Why does he have his 2018 look and hair when the original series showed him dying as Captain America (presumably with short hair)?

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[Rogersboy]

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Why does he have his 2018 look and hair when the original series showed him dying as Captain America (presumably with short hair)?

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OH SNAP! good catch!? Hadn't even thought of that.

[Hush]

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Why does he have his 2018 look and hair when the original series showed him dying as Captain America (presumably with short hair)?

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Well we saw him "die" 50 years before the events of Old Man Logan, so since the Old Man Hawkeye serie takes place 5 years before Old Man Logan that means 45 years passed between his "death" at the hands of the Red Skull and this issue, I'm sure his hair might have grow back in the meantime lol. Also we only saw the Red Skull crushing his eyes but not killing him, and if you look closely at the last panel of this issue you can see some scars around his eyes. So maybe the Skull just spared his life and brainwashed him again in order to use him as his own personal weapon.

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We should know more about what happened to him in issue 7 or 8.

[Winterboy]

Samnee's Bucky.

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[Winterboy]

Yu's Winter Soldier.

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