This story takes place when the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, was taking one of those periodic dirt naps which superheroes seem to require. James ‘Bucky’ Barnes is starting to get more comfortable as the new Cap after Steve’s death, but his complicated past comes back to bite him in the butt. In World War II as the original Cap’s sidekick, Bucky helped save a Chinese scientist from the Japanese. As the brainwashed Soviet super killer known as the Winter Soldier, Barnes tried to kill th...

Captain America status: (view spoiler)[Still dead (hide spoiler)]This one’s all Bucky/Winter Soldier, but if Ed Brubaker’s writing it, no worries. It seems that something Winter Soldier did back when he was a brainwashed assassin for the Commies is about to bite him in the ass. He was sent by the Soviets to assassinate a Chinese scientist he rescued back in World War II from the Japanese. (view spoiler)[He missed and shot the guy's wife instead. Oops. (hide spoiler)]When plot points smoosh, no?I...

The Man with No Face is set post-Civil War/Death of Captain America and Bucky Barnes, the former Winter Soldier, is now (temporarily) Captain America. And a pretty crap one too - Sucky Barnes is the new (at the time) Craptain America!Turning Cap’s old, presumed-dead sidekick Bucky into the Winter Soldier was the best thing Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting did during their time at Marvel. But, besides the original Winter Soldier arc, I’ve never been much of a fan of the character and putting him in C...

A solid, self-contained story. The mad scientist is a credible and intimidating threat. I liked how Brubaker brought Bucky's past into the present. He's probably one of the very few characters who could actually team up with Namor at this point, and that's cool to see. And revisiting the original Human Torch makes for an unexpected but emotionally resonant plot development. I think this is one of the few Captain America stories set during the time that Steve was dead and Bucky was Cap that didn'...

Another great Brubaker Captain America book. In this one, Bucky Barnes comes face to face with something from his past. A mad scientist is on the loose, and has plans to desecrate a true America Hero. Namor and Black Widow guest star as the face off against Batroc the Leaper and The Man With No Face.This book gets docked a star only because it doesn't quite have the same sense of urgency as the previous Brubaker Cap volumes. What a dilemma for the reader to have to face! Nevertheless, it's great...

A solid story that revolves entirely around Bucky (Cap is taking a dirt nap). Bucky is growing more comfortable, albeit slowly, carrying the mantle of Captain America, but his crimes as the Winter Soldier, expectedly, come back to bite him in the ass.Brubaker does a good job bringing Bucky’s past from both WWII and the Cold War. Here we have a mad scientist that Bucky has both saved and attempted to kill on the loose and he teams up with an old WWII pal to stop him. Hey, Namor!I like Bucky and N...

This arc wasn't as interesting as the previous ones. I think that was partly due to the fact that it was stretched out over two issues more than the story needed, to be honest.Still, I enjoyed Bucky's internal monologue. I loved seeing his closeness with Nat. I liked Namor's appearance - it's always a treat when he shows up. I just think the arc didn't need this many issues.

Finally got to the "Good" but not "great" volume for Ed Brubaker's run. I knew it had to happen eventually. The thing is it's not bad. Bucky is basically chasing the man with no face and his scientist pal Chen. This is simple enough plot. You also have some memories from Bucky going over when he fought alongside Steve, Namor, and the original Human Torch. So Bucky is not on his mission to stop this evil scientist but when he finds out what they've been doing to a old friend, it's time to take ma...

This was pretty good!It focuses on Bucky as he is trying to solve the case of Professor Shin and the man with no face and we see their history in the 40s and early 70s and when one of his old friends is kidnapped by this Shin, its upto Bucky to team up with Nat and Namor to take down this bad guy and I love the way Brubaker writes him and shows their history and he makes it intriguing and showing the toll that it takes on Bucky and there are really cool panels of the winter soldier action and a

Bucky faces his past and comes out for the better.Rating: 4/5

Good solid story featuring Bucky as Captain America.It's got pretty much everything you'd want in it really.I enjoyed the flashbacks to WWII with Namor and the original Human Torch, and I liked the present-day stuff with Natasha. Awwww. What a cute couple!So, back in the day Bucky helped rescue this kid from the Nazis...and then he went back to kill him when he was Winter Soldier. But something about the man triggered a few of those repressed memories, and he botched the mission.But.Not before h...

Im really getting into this. A new adventure a new captain, but something returns from the past to threaten the world. Good action scenes with some standard marvel art. I dont think this is Brubakers best but its still fun.

This is one of the follow up stories to the Death of Captian America storyline. Overall, I liked it. It didn't go into as much depth or backstory as I would have liked to see. This is the kind of story where you actually have to know the beginnings of Captain America and the story of Bucky Barnes. I did like to see how Bucky struggled to be Captain America while also have to deal with his past as Winter Soldier. If you do/have enjoyed "Cap" comics before, I think that this one is a great start t...

Not since Christopher Priest's excellent run on Black Panther has a writer, in this case Ed Brubaker, mixed thriller + polictical/spy tropes with a standard Marvel superhero comic. In this volume The new Captain America, Bucky Barnes (whom Brubaker surprised me with how well he pulled off the resurrection) has to face demons from his past both in WWII and as a mind-controlled Soviet agent. There is also good interplay between Bucky and Natalia, with this being one of the rare portrayals of Natal...

It's great to see more of Bucky's past, and the interweaving of the WWII and Winter Soldier past missions is particularly good. However, the comic bookiness of the mad scientist detracts from the arc, and the gravitas is impaired by just not getting a very good sense of who Jim Hammond was. Natasha is also more a convenience than a character here.

Nice stand alone story about Bucky's past as the winter soldier coming back to haunt him... but kind of uneventful and not quite as interesting as any of the stuff related to the ongoing story arc.

I read several reviews that says this spends too much time on Buckys last. Which is interesting because I think it’s the right amount. We really haven’t seen too much of Bucky dealing with what he went through until this point and it felt to me like this had all moved quickly anyways. That being said, this isn’t really tied into the overall story, but more Bucky dealing with someone in his past and reconciling that with the future of him as Captain America.

Bucky was sent to save a Chinese scientist in the 40s, then sent as the Winter Soldier to kill him in the 60s, and now as Captain America is trying to save himself from the scientist's revenge. Mostly solid story, enjoyed his working through what he did as Winter Soldier, rather hope we see his arm's electrical charge in the movies. I also love his and Natalia's relationship, how he considers her his best friend, how they work together so smoothly.

A really well done story of Bucky Barnes in all his incarnations, and the inward struggle he endures trying to reconcile them all. It's nice to read a story that actually remembers the original Human Torch.