A while back Cousin Dick rambled on about Bucky being back, but we really didn’t believe it. In Captain America #11, Brubaker pulls the trigger and Bucky is the Winter Soldier! I never thought I would buy this angle. It’s superbly done: Brubaker lays out the way this happened and it makes a weird, logical kind of sense. As long as you believe that freezing people in suspended animation has been no big deal since the late 40s. It is Bucky—and yet it’s not, because he lost his memory. Brainwashed by the Russkies—Cousin’s gotta be pleased that the Red Menace is behind the whole enchilada.
I can’t wait to see where this goes. Will Bucky get his memory back? Will we get to buy Captain America and Bucky #1? Wouldn't you question your sexuality if your name was Bucky? Nuff said.
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