A Brief History of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier in the Comics tor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Throughout his eighty-year history in the comics, Captain America has often worked alongside others, whether it’s with individual partners or his various teammates in the Invaders and the various Avengers teams.
However, the two partners who are best known, and have collectively spent the most time fighting by Cap’s side, are James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, a.k.a. the Winter Soldier, and Samuel Thomas “Sam” Wilson, a.k.a. the Falcon. They’re also two of the three non-Steve Rogers people who’ve been Captain America since Rogers was revived in modern times by the Avengers. They both owe a part of their backstories to the Cosmic Cube. And their Marvel Cinematic Universe counterparts are about to star in their own TV show starting this week.