![]() ![]() Firstly, he gave Cap someone to talk to and secondly, he provided young fans with a stand in, a cipher to imprint themselves on, through Bucky, the youth of America could sock a Nazi in the jaw. In Cap’s earliest adventures, Bucky served a dual purpose. What could be cooler to a young boy whose brother was fighting overseas than the idea of fighting side by side with an unstoppable engine of American pride? Bucky was emblematic of every kid in America who wanted to fight shoulder to shoulder with their absentee role models. By his side was Bucky, a character created to provide a point of view character to young readers of the day, a younger brother figure to Cap who provided a degree of wish fulfillment for young boys reading Captain America Comics whose own older brothers and cousins were off fighting the war. Cap was defined by his conflict with the Axis Powers and little else. When Captain America was first created in 1941 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, he was a Nazi-stomping exemplar of American pride and strength. Not bad for a story that no one thought should ever be told. Now, many of those the story beats inform Captain America: The Winter Soldier at the movies. ![]() Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting’s original “Winter Soldier” story in the pages of Captain America not only gave Marvel a critical and sales success, it also provided the House of Ideas with a new potential franchise character with the newly-revived Bucky/Winter Soldier. ![]()
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