Once upon a time, Bucky Barnes was the parter of Captain America in WWII that died in the same explosion that sent Cap into the ice. Then Ed Brubaker happened with one of the biggest character rebirths when he brought Bucky back from the dead as the Winter Soldier. During the course of Brubaker’s run Bucky has been the new Captain America after Steve Rogers’ death, an Avenger, and he even has an ongoing series with Brubaker as the writer.
Well, today CBR has an interview with Jason Latour, writer of “Untold Tales Of Punisher MAX” and the man who will be taking over the “Winter Soldier” series in January after Brubaker steps down.
A darkness has washed over The Dude — Like I said, it’s the pain that sticks. He’s done some awful things — things that he’d like to believe were independent of his control. But when Cap fixed his mind with the Cosmic Cube, it’s telling that he used the phrase “Remember who you are.” That didn’t just return him to “Gee wilikers, Cap, I sure like pinball” Bucky — it kept intact a lot of memories he’d rather have seen erased.
Recently his past has come home to roost — and each time he found himself asking what his role in creating the situation was. It’s made him feel very powerless. People he loves keep getting thrown into harm’s way, and he’s trying to look in the mirror and see how much of it is his old habits. Who he works for is just where he starts.
Head over to CBR for the full interview with Latour as he talks about his plans for the book.
