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Once again , Captain America’sbest friendBucky Barnesis a supervillain again , and unlike his time as theWinter Soldier , he ’s entirely in ascendency of his own actions . The persona has experienced plenty of painful moments in his life , and this is no different;in the latestCaptain Americaseries , he ’s uncovered a lethal secret concerning his troubled past tense . But inCaptain America and the Winter Soldier Special # 1 , Bucky has wander his heroic status aside , and Marvel reveals as much thanks to the tough potential villain trope : an malefic kat courtesy ofAustin Powers .

Bucky Barnes , initially appearing as Captain America ’s unseasoned brother during World War II , was heavily retconned multiple time . When Stan Lee brought Captain America back in the 60s , he infamously killed Bucky off - panel during a mission gone faulty in Steve Rogers ' past ( Lee had incredible scorn for teenage sidekicksand sidekicks in cosmopolitan , and did aside with them whenever potential ) . Bucky remained idle for decade - an eternity in laughable book time - before being revived in 2005’sCaptain America : Winter Soldier . Eventually , Bucky would shake off his brainwashing and become a full - fledged grinder … albeit one with a glum and mysterious past .

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InCaptain America and the Winter Soldier Special # 1 , written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly with fine art by Kev Walker , Bucky successfully infiltrates the headquarters of the Outer Circle , the cabal controlling the world since the end of World War I ( which alsouses Captain America ’s shield as their symbol ) . One of the previous members , the Revolution , was killed by Bucky , and agree to the Outer Circle ’s peculiar rule , Barnes can take on the role as thenextRevolution . As if on cue , a bloodless cat belonging to another appendage - the Love - sedately walks up to Bucky , who pets it before posture in the Revolution ’s former chair . The Arabian tea subsequently sits in Bucky ’s lap .

Captain America’s Best Friend Goes Full Supervillain

lover of theAustin Powersseries will be quite intimate with this image , as it is directly inspired from the villain Doctor Evil and his own cat-o'-nine-tails . That takeoff series is , in bit , inspired by theJames Bondvillain Ernst Blofeld with his own cat . This turn of upshot is quite sudden ; Bucky is assuming the part of a revolutionary on the Outer Circle to destabilize it from within . Even so , the Caterpillar designate that Bucky ’s action during the old two issues , in which he shot Captain Americato kill the Revolution and go out his old friend behind , werenotout of type . patently , Bucky has plan this bit for quite some time , since he believes the Outer Circle is responsible for the death of his parent .

Now that Bucky is a villain and acting in a manner similarto the closelipped Winter Soldier , Captain America will have a very difficult time fighting the Outer Circle . Barnes knows Steve ’s every move , but Rogers is unfortunately left in the dark . The villainous turn ofBucky Barnesis as sudden as it cartoonishly wide-eyed , Caterpillar and all , but hopefully there is more toCaptain America’sfriend ’s actions than meet the eye .

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