James Barnes

"This isn't a backyard, Steve, it's a war!"


 * -Bucky Barnes

James "Bucky" Barnes is the protégé and childhood friend of Captain America, and a member of an elite special unit of Allied soldiers formed in World War II known as the Howling Commandos.

Captain America: The First Avenger
After meeting him in his childhood, Bucky became Rogers best friend. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Bucky enlisted in the US army with Steve, but this was seleced for the project Rebirth. During the war, Bucky served in the Howling Commandos and fought against the Nazi HYDRA.

In his last scene when he Captain America, and Gabe Jones zipline on to the top of a hydra train he takes cap's shield and blocks him while he's down, but clearly not having the upper body strength to hold on to it when getting hit it shoots him out the side of the train and cap unable to save him he falls into a icey river below.

Character traits
Bucky Barnes is a loyal and brave man, a honest person and a good soldier. He firmly believes in the duty of protecting his Country, and is eager to test his own value. He's a very close friend of Steve Rogers, who he has always protected by bullies.

Barnes is a highly trained soldier, an expert fighter and a talented marksman. In battle, he uses canonical firearms.

Friends and Allies

 * Steve Rogers/Captain America
 * Howling Commandos
 * Dum Dum Dugan
 * Gabriel "Gabe" Jones
 * Jim Morita
 * Jacques Dernier
 * Montgomery Falsworth
 * Peggy Carter

Enemies

 * Red Skull
 * Arnim Zola
 * Heinz Kruger

Behind the scenes

 * Sebastian Stan was considered for the role of Captain America, but got the role of Bucky instead.
 * Bucky's uniform is based on his codename The Winter Soilder.

Appearances/Actors

 * Canon (1 film)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (First appearance) - Sebastian Stan

Trivia

 * In the comics, Bucky is younger than Steve Rogers.
 * Bucky's codename is Winter Soldier, much like his older self in the comics.
 * Notice that Bucky does not wear a mask like in the comics, and his identity isn't a secret.
 * Bucky used Captain America's shield, in the comics Bucky becomes Captain America when Steve was not dead.