Movie fans may wonder who the Winter Soldier is after seeing the trailer for the Captain America sequel.
Cap comic book writer Rick Remender is working a new Winter Soldier limited series ahead of the movie according to USA Today saying “it is a love letter to (early-period) 007 and Jim Steranko S.H.I.E.L.D. comics.”
Comic book fans know the Winter Soldier is Cap’s best friend, Bucky Barnes. The sidekick was left for dead in World War II but was actually rescued and transformed into a brainwashed killing machine by the KGB.
The new story is set in 1966 and features a showdown between Nick Fury and the Winter Soldier over the super soldier serum in Hydra hands.
“He is a force of nature,” Remender tells USA Today, “and when he is tracking you, you are in a bad way.”
Bucky’s story of redemption is one of my all-time favorite comic book storylines.
“He was a tool who had very little control of his own mind, but I will be exploring how Bucky Barnes is underneath all of it still,” Remender says. “Even back then, there was a piece of him trying to stand back up.”
Winter Soldier: Bitter March #1 arrives in February
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