James Buchanan Barnes was born in Shelbyville,Indiana in 1925.He was an orphan (his father died in training at camp Lehigh just before WWII).As a result,he was unofficially adopted as the camp's mascot and he was nicknamed Bucky.It was at camp Lehigh that he met and befriended Private Steve Rogers.It was around the time that reports were coming out about a mysterious Captain America.In 1940 however,Bucky accidentally walked on Rogers changing into his Captain America uniform discovering that Steve was Captain America and Bucky insistead on joining him.He underwent training and became Cap's partner.Together,Cap and Bucky fought Nazis.In 76' Barnes was retconned as the organizer of the Liberty Legion.He was also part of the Kid Commandos.
By the end of WWII,Bucky and casquette, cap tried to stop Baron Zemo from destroying an experimental drone plane.Zemo launches the plane with an armed explosive device on it,with Rogers & Barnes in it.Bucky unsuccessfully tries to defuse the bomb and it explodes in mid-air before reaching its intended target.He will be believed to have bbeen killed in action,as Rogers is hurled into the freezing waters of the Atlantic.Rogers was put in suspended animation (19-20 in comics 65-70 in MCU)
WINTER SOLDIER
After the plane exploded,General Vasily Karpov and the crew of a Russian patrol submarine find Bucky's preserved body (minus one arm).Bucky is revived in Moscow,but suffers brain damage with amenesia as a result of the explosion scientists then attached a bionic arm upgrading it every time tech improves.He is programmed to be a Soviet assasin for dept. X,under the code name "winter soldier" he is sent to mission involving assasinations.While a soviet agent he has a brief romance with Natasha Romanoff.He is kept under cryogenic stasis when not on missions,and as a result he has only aged a few years to a young adult since the closing days of WWII.In 68',the Winter Soldier was sent to kill Prof. Zhang Chin,whom he'd met in WWII.Unfortunatly,he was pinned down par the Man With No Face,however he was able to escape.On assigment in the US in the 70's,he suffers a breakdown and goes missing for a few days after killing his target.It was also revealed he aided Logan (Wolverine) to escape from weapon X lab and later murdered Wolverine's wife Itsu,seemingly killing the.unborn soon Daken.
Steve Rogers (now many years after being found in the atlantic) tracks down and confronts the Winter Soldier.Upon gaining control of the cube,he tells the soldier,"Remember who toi are".Regaining his memory,Bucky is overwhelmed with guilt over his past actions.He reappers in Londres where he helps casquette, cap fend off a terrorist attack.He asks Nick Fury for employment and new equipment (he Lost his bionic arm).Following the events of Civil war,he helps Fury plan an escape for an arrested Steve Rogers.However,before the plan is implemented,Steve is assasinated par Sharon Carter.Later on,Barnes learns from executive director Stark (Iron Man) that Rogers left a letter asking Stark to watch over Bucky.Stark sugguests that Bucky becomes the new Captain America.Barnes agrees only if Stark guarantees him complete autonomy.He also restarts his relationship with Natasha Romanoff.In the Captain America:Reborn storyline,Bucky learns Rogers didn't really die but he trapped in a fixed position of time & space.During the Fear Itself storyline,Barnes takes up the C.A identity again but is apperently killed in a battle with Sin.It is revealed that he survived,but only Rogers,Fury,and Romanoff know.
*It is to be noted that Bucky's bio changes from Universe to universe.This is part of Earth-616 continuation.Other versions of Bucky:
What if?:is set during the America Civil War,with bucky as Colonel Buck Barnes
Ruins:set in a dystopian alternate future,Bucky is taken under custody for horrible crimes including cannibalism
C.A:the first avenger:Sebastian Stan plays Bucky.In this version Bucky is equivalent to Steve's age and is physically taller than Steve (Before super soldier serum).The movie is a mix of Earth 616 & ultimate captain america.In UCA,he marries Gail Richards,Steve's girlfriend.
Reception-He was ranked as the 53 greatest Comic Book hero.He is often called the Robin of Marvel Comics.
By the end of WWII,Bucky and casquette, cap tried to stop Baron Zemo from destroying an experimental drone plane.Zemo launches the plane with an armed explosive device on it,with Rogers & Barnes in it.Bucky unsuccessfully tries to defuse the bomb and it explodes in mid-air before reaching its intended target.He will be believed to have bbeen killed in action,as Rogers is hurled into the freezing waters of the Atlantic.Rogers was put in suspended animation (19-20 in comics 65-70 in MCU)
WINTER SOLDIER
After the plane exploded,General Vasily Karpov and the crew of a Russian patrol submarine find Bucky's preserved body (minus one arm).Bucky is revived in Moscow,but suffers brain damage with amenesia as a result of the explosion scientists then attached a bionic arm upgrading it every time tech improves.He is programmed to be a Soviet assasin for dept. X,under the code name "winter soldier" he is sent to mission involving assasinations.While a soviet agent he has a brief romance with Natasha Romanoff.He is kept under cryogenic stasis when not on missions,and as a result he has only aged a few years to a young adult since the closing days of WWII.In 68',the Winter Soldier was sent to kill Prof. Zhang Chin,whom he'd met in WWII.Unfortunatly,he was pinned down par the Man With No Face,however he was able to escape.On assigment in the US in the 70's,he suffers a breakdown and goes missing for a few days after killing his target.It was also revealed he aided Logan (Wolverine) to escape from weapon X lab and later murdered Wolverine's wife Itsu,seemingly killing the.unborn soon Daken.
Steve Rogers (now many years after being found in the atlantic) tracks down and confronts the Winter Soldier.Upon gaining control of the cube,he tells the soldier,"Remember who toi are".Regaining his memory,Bucky is overwhelmed with guilt over his past actions.He reappers in Londres where he helps casquette, cap fend off a terrorist attack.He asks Nick Fury for employment and new equipment (he Lost his bionic arm).Following the events of Civil war,he helps Fury plan an escape for an arrested Steve Rogers.However,before the plan is implemented,Steve is assasinated par Sharon Carter.Later on,Barnes learns from executive director Stark (Iron Man) that Rogers left a letter asking Stark to watch over Bucky.Stark sugguests that Bucky becomes the new Captain America.Barnes agrees only if Stark guarantees him complete autonomy.He also restarts his relationship with Natasha Romanoff.In the Captain America:Reborn storyline,Bucky learns Rogers didn't really die but he trapped in a fixed position of time & space.During the Fear Itself storyline,Barnes takes up the C.A identity again but is apperently killed in a battle with Sin.It is revealed that he survived,but only Rogers,Fury,and Romanoff know.
*It is to be noted that Bucky's bio changes from Universe to universe.This is part of Earth-616 continuation.Other versions of Bucky:
What if?:is set during the America Civil War,with bucky as Colonel Buck Barnes
Ruins:set in a dystopian alternate future,Bucky is taken under custody for horrible crimes including cannibalism
C.A:the first avenger:Sebastian Stan plays Bucky.In this version Bucky is equivalent to Steve's age and is physically taller than Steve (Before super soldier serum).The movie is a mix of Earth 616 & ultimate captain america.In UCA,he marries Gail Richards,Steve's girlfriend.
Reception-He was ranked as the 53 greatest Comic Book hero.He is often called the Robin of Marvel Comics.