Can you elaborate? In my marginal knowledge of Marvel comics, I don't think I've ever heard of Bucky.

Bucky Barnes was initially a boy sidekick to Captain America, going back to pre-Marvel Timely Comics, all the way back to just prior to WW2. Then he goes away just after the Wertham trials, and comes back in 2006 as a brainwashed Soviet assassin. This is just in time for the MCU, and he's now one of the most popular characters, largely because the actor (Sebastian Stan) is a sexy dude, and the folks at Disney have no problem playing up the homoerotic aspects of Captain America/Bucky, Thor/Loki, Iron Man/Spider-Man, etc. They love pretty boy fan service, and it's great.

But, of course, Bucky disappeared initially BECAUSE Wertham identified the character as gay subtext.

"Bucky and Uncle Ben are the only characters we can't resurrect," everybody at Marvel until 2006.

And then Bucky and Uncle Ben are resurrected.

Uncle Ben is still dead, but every other year or so they fake-resurrect him to make Spider-Man cry.

These include:

* that time he thought Uncle Ben was alive but it was part of a villain's scheme to fuck with him

* that time Doctor Strange used a magic box or something to bring Ben back to life for five minutes so he and Peter could have a heart-to-heart


* that time Peter sort of died and Uncle Ben showed up to take him to the afterlife, but it was all fake and then Peter came back to life

* that time Peter thought Uncle Ben was alive but it was really the Uncle Ben from a parallel universe.

COMING SOON: Iron Man shows up at Peter's house, takes off his helmet, it's actually Uncle Ben, then he dies again. Special anniversary issue, buy five copies!

" the folks at Disney have no problem playing up the homoerotic aspects of Captain America/Bucky, Thor/Loki, Iron Man/Spider-Man, etc. They love pretty boy fan service, and it's great. "

You sure? A lot of fangirls seem miffed by the NO HOMO moment in CA: CW.

They also cut scenes from both Black Panther and Thor 3 which revealed that major supporting characters were gay and bi, respectively.

Thor's ogling of Hulk's dong in "Thor Ragnarok" was a very failed attempt at No Homo. Thor couldn't stop staring and commenting on it.

Maybe they're just little cockteases. I mean, if they were going to go the no homo route, the least they could have done is continue the Valkyrie/Loki fight, instead of trying to push her with Thor.

I'm also disappointed Drax didn't make it to third base with the pirate angel.

So THAT'S what Bucky's name is short for.

Buttfucking Bucky would make a great punk band name. Or a warlord in Africa.

99 lead balloons.

I think that was the second one, maybe 3rd? Was there a gap between the original and the WWII stuff? I don't know superheroes.

That was the second Captain America.

There was also Kirby/Simon's Fighting American around this time. That came out due to K/S not working on/competing against Commie Smasher. FA quickly veered into satire, even though there's no greater satire than finding Captain America in Young Men.

"We shall slide the character's image across the screen. That counts as animation, right?"

Limited animation is good enough for True Believers. Excelsior!

Never figured Cap was into threesomes.

"Not on my knees! I won't!"

Also needs "infernal adhesive" tag.

he's a stiff guy