<P> A climactic scene of Bucky's return involves Captain America using the reality - altering Cosmic Cube to restore the Winter Soldier's memories . Writer Ed Brubaker, in an interview, said he intended no loophole, and that Captain America did not "will" the Winter Soldier to have Bucky's memories . </P> <P> As Captain America, he appeared as a regular character in the 2010 - 2013 Avengers series, from issue #1 (July 2010) through issue #7 (January 2011), and in issue #12.1 (June 2011). After the events of the 2011 "Fear Itself" storyline, Bucky returned to the role of Winter Soldier, this time as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in an eponymous series that lasted 19 issues . The first 14 issues were written by Brubaker, with the last story arc written by Jason Latour . Since January 2014, Bucky has been part of the cast of James Robinson's All - New Invaders . In July 2014, it was announced that Bucky would again have his own series, titled Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier . The series is written by Ales Kot with art by Marco Rudy, and began in October 2014 . </P> <P> James Buchanan Barnes was born in Shelbyville, Indiana in 1925 . Barnes grew up as an Army brat . He was orphaned when his father was killed in training at U.S. Army Camp Lehigh in Virginia just before the United States' entry into World War II . As a result, he is unofficially adopted by the camp as a mascot . Nicknamed "Bucky", he takes to wearing a uniform and becoming savvy with the ins and outs of military life, even though he is a teenager . It was at Lehigh that he meets and befriends Private Steven Rogers, who by all appearances is the clumsiest soldier in the camp . This was at the same time that reports of the then - mysterious Captain America begin to appear in news magazines, and Barnes eagerly devours the accounts of this new hero . </P> <P> In 1940, Bucky accidentally walked in on Steve Rogers changing into his uniform, thus discovering his friend was Captain America and insisted that he join him . He underwent extensive training and was assigned to be Captain America's partner . The military justified putting a 15 - year - old in harm's way by using him as a symbol to rally the youth of America (as revealed in Captain America vol. 5, #12, Dec 2005). They fight the Red Skull together, and Captain America accepts Bucky as his partner . Together, Captain America and Bucky fight Nazis both at home and abroad, as a duo and as part of the superhero team known as the Invaders, fighting Master Man in their first mission . Barnes also teams up with the sidekicks of other heroes in a group called the Young Allies . Additionally, Bucky was retconned in 1976 as the organizer of the flashback World War II super-team the Liberty Legion, set between the formations of the Invaders and the post-war All - Winners Squad . He was also briefly one of the Kid Commandos at this time . Bucky served as an advance scout for Captain America and the Invaders, often being assigned tasks that none of the heroes could be seen doing . </P>

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