Winter Soldier
Bucky Barnes, Captain America's partner turned Winter Soldier.
The Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes, is a playable hero in Marvel Rivals. Once Captain America's sidekick, he was brought back from apparent death as a brainwashed cyborg assassin before recovering his memories and seeking redemption.
Quick Facts
- Character name
- Bucky Barnes
- Real name
- James Buchanan Barnes
- Species
- Human mutate-cyborg
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Creators
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Partners
- Captain America
- Falcon
- Black Widow
- Also known as
- The Winter Soldier
- Captain America
- Revolution
Facts from the source article.
Background
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, who first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941) from Timely Comics. The Winter Soldier identity was created by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting. Barnes briefly served as Captain America while Steve Rogers was thought to be dead, and in the 2011 crossover Fear Itself he was given the Infinity Formula, which boosted his natural vitality.
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