November 1943- Bucky Is Rescued By Rogers Steve Rogers leads a breakout of the Hydra facility, having become enhanced thanks to the Super Soldier Serum.
October 1943- Barnes Is Captured By Hydra Barnes and his unit are captured by the Nazi science division known as Hydra as POWs, forced to build weapons and ammunition. June 1943- Bucky Is Deployed To Europe After spending a night with Rogers and a pair of young women at the 1943 Stark Expo, Barnes is deployed along with the 107th to Europe in the beginning of Captain America: The First Avenger. Barnes then trains with the 107th Infantry Regiment and gains the rank of Sergeant.
While Bucky is recruited, Rogers is denied (though he continues to make attempts). March 10th, 1917- Bucky Barnes Is Born Bucky Barnes is born to a family of four children, growing up in Brooklyn, New York.ġ930- Bucky Meets Steve Rogers Barnes saves a smaller and weaker Steve Rogers from a group of bullies, and the two become best friends.ĭecember 1941- Bucky Enlists With The Army The United States enter World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Barnes and Rogers both agree to enlist in the U.S Army. Bucky Barnes: Enlistment and The Howling Commandos Here's a complete timeline focused on key events of the MCU's Winter Soldier, offering a complete history and explanation of Bucky Barnes' story before it continues with Marvel's Falcon and the Winter Soldier series coming soon to Disney Plus. Thus far, the Winter Soldier has been featured in six films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, though his exploits off-screen and in between said chapters of Marvel's Infinity Saga are rather interesting as well, such as his time with the Howling Commandos or his sinister missions as Hydra's brainwashed assassin before his mind was restored. Related: Marvel Forgets Bucky Is A Super Soldier (& Needs To Use Him Better) While Captain America got his happy ending at the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame, Bucky Barnes' journey as a hero has seemingly just begun. However, this makes Barnes one of the most compelling and dynamic characters in the MCU as a result. However, up until 2016, Bucky Barnes' path has been much darker than that of Steve Rogers, and the Winter Soldier's only recently been able to start working towards redemption to make up for the sins of his past.īarnes hasn't always been in control of his own mind thanks to the efforts of Hydra, which lead to some fairly dark chapters in his life before he became an Avenger alongside Captain America in Avengers: Infinity War. Born in 1917, Sergeant James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes is the childhood friend of Captain America, and both become men out of time, having lived very long lives thanks to their respective enhancements. Considering the original end to Civil War in the comics, this could be a good time for Captain America to bite the big one, creating an environment for the Marvel Universe that would be much darker than what we had seen so far, outside of the Netflix fare of course.The Winter Soldier(Sebastian Stan) has had quite a complex career in the MCU. I'd bet dollars to donuts that Marvel Studios has had numerous discussions about whether to have Steve Rogers be Captain America for the foreseeable future. While it certainly seems like he'll be Captain America for some time, age has to catch up to him at some point. In recent interviews though, he's been somewhat 50/50 sometimes stating that he'd always be a "company man", stating that he'd be the Captain for as long as Marvel/Disney wanted him. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a testament to Marvel Studios' ability to employ actors for quite some time in weaving together a massive storyline between multiple films, but all good things must come to an end unfortunately.Ĭhris Evans has debated retiring from acting in the past, spending more of his time in the director's chair, rather than slinging a shield. With the film version dropping next year in the form of Captain America: Civil War, will things repeat themselves? Is Chris Evans' portrayal of the character set for the grave as the credits role? Let's look at some ideas behind why this may very well be the case as to Steve giving his final bow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the first being Chris Evans himself.