"Bucky?""Who the hell is Bucky?"NOBODY TOUCH ME!I did a reread.It was a bad decision.I am emotionally compromised.

The Red Skull acquires a Cosmic Cube, only to be murdered before he can use it and the killer seems to be someone Captain America thought dead since World War II. Can Captain America and Agent 13 unravel the mystery of the Winter Soldier and the Cosmic Cube before whomever possesses the Cube gets a chance to use it?Fresh off of reading Gotham Central, I was ready for more Brubaker and I sure got it! When I first started reading Ed Brubaker last century with A Complete Lowlife, I had no idea he'd...

Probably the best of Brubaker's work for Marvel that I've read so far - I've also enjoyed his Daredevil, X-Men, and other Cap stories - though his gritty Gotham Central cop series for DC is still my favorite.Have you seen the 2014 movie? Silly question, probably - it was a decent (if slightly over-long, as superhero blockbusters are routinely becoming) flick. Now do yourself a favor and read the graphic novel. Other than the startling reappearance of the title character - a.k.a James 'Bucky' Bar...

The movie version is better on pretty much every level, they improved so many aspects of the story, but you can't deny Brubaker's mastery, the style is all his, but the art dragged it down for me, really not a fan, it looks too muddy, though the poses are well done.

Damn! Best Captain America story ever! Everything about this one is amazing from Brubaker’s story to Epting’s art. Cap’s past struggles and regrets turning this tale of the Winter Soldier into a multi-layered action adventure with enough depth and surprises to make rereads a requirement.

The Soviets have used a seemingly ageless assassin for over 50 years known as The Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier hasn't been seen in decades, but now he's back working for General Lukin and he's stolen the Cosmic Cube for him. Captain America is working tirelessly tracking the cube and in the process he crosses paths with the mysterious Winter Solider.So the big reason I read Captain America Winter Solider is because the film with basically the same title is currently my favorite film in the...

Outstanding story! This TPB “Ultimate Collection” edition collects both “Winter Soldier” Vols. 1 & 2, previously published separate. It features “Captain America” #1-9, #11-14. The comic book issue #10 isn’t included due being a tie-in issue of the event “House of M” non-related to the storyline developed here.Creative Team:Writer: Ed BrubakerIllustrators: Mike Epting, Mike Perkins, Michael Lark & John Paul Leon SIDEKICKS… MARVEL’S STYLE The official story said he was a symbol to counter

Ed Brubaker revisits Cap's past by writing an alternate history to his sidekick, Bucky, in The Winter Soldier. Originally dead from an explosion over the English Channel pursuing the evil Baron Zemo during WW2, Brubaker imagines Bucky surviving the blast and being turned into a cyborg assassin, brainwashed into fighting for the Russians. Steve Epting's art is ridiculous - it's just so good! And his character design of the Winter Soldier is brilliant, with the mechanical arm and neo-terrorist loo...

Setting aside my personal issues with Brubaker's writing (which covers everything from the misogynistic two-dimensional female characters to the lack of internal consistency and often rambling plot structures), this title is a classic for a reason, and it does live up to much of the hype. It's best if you treat this comic as a foundation for the characterisation or a character study instead of a stand-alone story, and luckily that's what I was looking for when I first read this. Divorced from th...

The Winter Soldier story arc, is one of the great Marvel story arcs and it is fitting that the movie based upon the arc has been one of the best films of this year. The reason why this story arc is so important and great is best summed up by the words of the author in the afterword. In which he notes that there are some motivating characters - Uncle Ben, Gwen Stacy (I could include Batman's parents) who just don't come back from the dead. And that's because to do so would lessen the motives of t...

Bullet Review:Pretty decent.I started getting interested with Cap because of the movies; many of my well-versed comic book friends recommended this as one of the best Cap storylines. In that, I wasn't disappointed. Very strong story, fascinating look at Cap, Falcon, Sharon, and others.I was disappointed at how few women there were, a bit overwhelmed with the complex story and backstory that I didn't know, and then there were plotlines that disappeared (namely, Red Skull's daughter).Also, weird t...

Also reviewed for Addicted2HeroinesWith the movie coming out, I thought I'd revisit the Winter Soldier storyline. And I was surprised by what I found.First, that I'd only read volume one. So I decided to go whole hog (where does that saying even come from anyway?), and get two volumes in one shot with the Ultimate Collection.Second, that at the time I originally read it, I had no idea how awesome it really was. Maybe I just hadn't read enough crappy graphic novels yet?Who knows?Whatever the reas...

Originally I was going to rate this 4.5 stars, but after some thought I decided why shouldn't this deserve the 5-star-rating treatment? It was awesome.And the afterword by Brubaker along with his original proposal to Marvel's Brevoort (included in my edition) made me give this the highest of fives.I just love my copy, you guys.It was love at first sight.

I have no particular interest in Captain America, or even most of the Marvel superhero cast, though I like many have a superficial knowledge of the world and it's recasting this decade. I've read some of the comics, seen the movies. So I am not like a lot reviewers here that are real aficionados, scholars of Cap. I read this because I like Ed Brubaker's excellent noir and noir mashup writing: Criminal, Fatale, Gotham Central. So I was urged by several friends to finally go back and read this stu...

I can't remember the last time I've read a pretty damn good Marvel story, especially with Captain America in it. If you've seen the movie, you probably know what the basic story is about. I'm a sucker for good writing, and Ed Brubaker delivers on it flawlessly.Really good characterization. The story is interesting from beginning to end. It has really good action layouts throughout the comic. Without a doubt, it's way better than the movie. Highly recommend it.

3.0 stars. I have elsewhere reviewed the individual volumes of the Winter Soldier story-lines in more detail so all I will say here is that I liked the first half better than the second half. Overall, it is still an enjoyable read with excellent art, but I think the potential is there for teh series to be much better.

This is arguably the greatest Captain America story ever written. Ed Brubaker did what no one else could have imagined; he brought back Captain America’s World War II sidekick, Bucky Barnes. Bucky was on a short list of Marvel characters that nobody wanted revived. Here Brubaker’s writing rises to the challenge and exceeds it. The accompanying artwork is evocative and captures the spirit of the story.The story revolves around possession of the Cosmic Cube, something that grants the user ultimate...

The film cannot come out soon enough. I need more Cap in my life. I have a wishlist of things I would like to see directly translated from book to movie -- though many things will have to be changed, of course, to fit with MCU canon, there should be room for stuff like the "who the hell is Bucky?" moment. I'm looking forward to Falcon, who I haven't seen before reading this TPB.I also have a list of things I don't want to happen, like that ending where Bucky just disappears leaving Steve believi...

This week's buddy read with the Shallow Comics Readers is Sidekicks!! After about two years of everyone raving about Brubaker's Captain America run, I finally picked this up to read for Sidekicks week. I bought it about six months ago, so I was just waiting for the right time. The wait was worth it.Other than the very basic Captain America information, I don't know a whole lot about the character. I didn't read CA for very long when I was younger, although I do remember he ran for president or s...

This gem of a graphic novel is often overshadowed by the movie. It should not be as this is, by far, the superior tale.Brubaker tells an exciting tale about a blast from Cap's past. Aleksander Luskin is an former KGB officer who has a revanchist vision of the Soviet Union. During World War II after Bucky was ostensibly killed, Luskin is able to recover his body. Mind-wiped and given a titanium arm Bucky becomes the infamous Winter Soldier. This story brings the Winter Soldier out of hibernation