Bucky Lives! Brubaker Brings Back ‘Winter Soldier’. Awesome.
I didn’t care much for Fear Itself, but what depressed me the most was the killing of Bucky at the ends of Red Lady Crotchfire or whatever. Brubaker’s take on the Only Guy Who (Doesn’t) Stay Dead was fantastic, and I felt his death was just Event-fueled crap. Well, Bucky lives. Again.
CBR:
Earlier today, Marvel held a “Next Big Thing” press conference call to discuss the just-announced “Winter Soldier” series by Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice. Comic Book Resources was there, live, updating throughout the call.
On hand for the call were Junior Sales Administrator James Viscardi moderating the discussion, Ed Brubaker himself and editor and SVP-Publishing Tom Brevoort.
“We all need to take a moment and congratulate Matt Fraction on ‘Fear Itself,'” Brubaker began, noting that it was Marvel’s best-selling title of the year.
Speaking about Bucky’s return, Brubaker laughed, “I couldn’t be happier that I no longer have to keep this a secret.” He said that it had been difficult not lying in interviews. “Half the people who were so mad about Bucky dying were the ones who were mad about bringing him back in the first place,” he added, “It feels good to have won them over.”
He concluded, “Hopefully I’ll be able to win them all back.”
Brubaker said that the plan had always been to make Bucky Cap then ultimately have him revert to Winter Soldier, “and hopefully get his own series.” Originally, the fake death would have happened in the “Gulag” story, but “Fear Itself” “accomplished the same thing” by allowing the Marvel U to believe him dead, “so he can slink back into the shadows as the Winter Soldier.”
The revelation that the Russians created other Winter Soldier-like sleeper agents will provide the launching point for the new series.
Brubaker said that he and Butch Guice have been working together for ages, and it’s been exciting to see his evolution, especially as he explores the more shadowy, street-level scenes that will be seen in “Winter Soldier.” “The look of ‘Winter Soldier’ will stand out from anything else on the shelf,” the writer said.
Brevoort said that, at present, “Bucky’s coming back to life is known to maybe three or four people–Cap, Nick, and Black Widow–and it kind of has to stay that way, because otherwise his past catches up with him again.” Brevoort added that “this doesn’t mean he won’t run into people,” and his existence also poses problems for Cap if Bucky is found out, “because he knows, and knows that, legally, he shouldn’t really be out there.”
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Plus Butch Guice? This is fucking awesome.
