This conflict, along with internal strife over the Sokovia Accords, causes the Avengers to split up and Rogers is forced to hide Barnes in Wakanda, where Shuri eventually cures him of his programming and is given a new code name, White Wolf.

[2] Following the character's debut in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), Bucky Barnes appeared alongside the title star in virtually every story in that publication and other Timely series, and was additionally part of the all-kid team the Young Allies.

In 2005, Marvel launched a new Captain America series (Volume 5) with writer Ed Brubaker, who revealed that Bucky did not die in World War II.

It was revealed that after the plane exploded, General Vasily Karpov and the crew of a Russian patrol submarine found Bucky's cold-preserved body, albeit with his left arm severed.

Feige, a self-professed "fanboy", envisioned creating a shared universe just as creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had done with their comic books in the early 1960s.

[4] In 2005, Marvel received a $525 million investment from Merrill Lynch, allowing them to independently produce ten films, including Captain America.

[5][6][7] In April 2010, Sebastian Stan, who had been mentioned in media accounts as a possibility for the title role in Captain America, was cast as Bucky Barnes.

[8] The origin story of Bucky Barnes follows that of the comic books, particularly Ultimate Marvel for certain elements like growing up as Steve Rogers' childhood best friend in Brooklyn instead of a younger sidekick met later.

In 1943, while on tour in Italy performing for active servicemen, Rogers learns that Barnes' unit was MIA in a battle against the Nazi forces of Johann Schmidt.

Refusing to believe that Barnes is dead, Rogers has Peggy Carter and engineer Howard Stark fly him behind enemy lines to mount a solo rescue attempt.

During the Korean War, Barnes was confronted by the American super soldier Isaiah Bradley in Goyang and half of his cybernetic arm was destroyed during the skirmish.

[d] When Barnes regains his senses, he explains to Rogers and Wilson that Zemo is the real Vienna bomber and wanted the location of the Siberian Hydra base, where other brainwashed "Winter Soldiers" are kept in cryogenic stasis.

Unwilling to wait for authorization to apprehend Zemo, Rogers and Wilson go rogue, and recruit Wanda Maximoff, Clint Barton, and Scott Lang to their cause.

Barnes joins Wilson and his friend, Joaquin Torres, in tracking down the Flag Smashers in Munich where they intercept the group smuggling medicine and attempt to rescue a supposed hostage that ends up being their leader, Karli Morgenthau.

Walker asks Barnes and Wilson to join him in aiding the Global Repatriation Council (GRC) to quash the ongoing violent post-Blip revolutions, but they refuse.

In a bar, to avoid suspicion from the criminals there, Barnes pretends to once again be under mind control as the Winter Soldier, and dispatches numerous armed thugs.

Barnes and Wilson witness as Walker, having taken a supersoldier serum and enraged by Hoskins' death, uses his shield to kill one of the Flag Smashers in front of horrified bystanders, who film his actions.

Following a meeting with the World Security Council, Barnes is met by Brock Rumlow and other agents who come to escort him to safety after a brainwashed Rogers arrives to assassinate him.

Although shocked by his friend's survival and brainwashed state, Barnes provides Carter with information on the new power source that had been developed for the Hydra Stomper armor, allowing her to disable it.

In an alternate 1988, Barnes is recruited along with Hank Pym, Bill Foster, Dr. Wendy Lawson, and King T'Chaka to stop a young Peter Quill who was sent by his father Ego to prepare Earth for his expansion.

Under orders from his Russian commander Vasily Karpov, he prepares to assassinate Quill, but is stopped by Howard Stark's communication interference who tells him that Rogers believed in him which triggers the real Barnes under his programming.

Barnes joined Wilson and Rambeau in the battle of New York, teaming with Shang-Chi, Marc Spector/ Moon Knight, Nakia, and the Red Guardian using the Mighty Avenger Protocol against the Apex Hulk and its gamma army.

Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Barnes and Shostakov discover that Rook is Obadiah Stane, who provided the Russians with information about the serum to eliminate the Starks from the market.

Fleeing the authorities and a task force sent by the Red Room invade the area, Barnes buys Shostakov time to escape, who destroys the last vial of the serum.

[8] He revealed that he did not know anything about the comic books, but watched a lot of documentaries and films about World War II in preparation for the role, calling Band of Brothers "very helpful".

[12] Bucky re-emerges in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as an enhanced brainwashed assassin after supposedly being killed in action during World War II.

"[15] Stan said despite his nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios including his appearance in The First Avenger, he was not sure that Bucky would make an imminent return,[16] and only heard the sequel's official title was "The Winter Soldier" through a friend attending San Diego Comic-Con.

[21] In Black Panther, Sebastian Stan makes an uncredited appearance in a post-credits scene, reprising his role as Barnes, being helped by Shuri to recover from his Hydra conditioning.

As of September 2018[update], Marvel Studios was developing a number of limited series for Disney+, centered on supporting characters from the MCU films, with Spellman hired to write one on Falcon and Winter Soldier in October.

[27] In Coyle's 2018 review of Avengers: Infinity War, he praised the ensemble cast overall, which features the character in a limited role, writing that Marvel had gone "nuclear".