No, I’m serious. Over in Tom Brevoort’s weekly Talk To The Hat column at CBR, Captain America and Bucky associate editor Lauren Sankovitch responded to a question about whether the title would be all-flashback following Bucky’s death in Fear Itself #3 by saying “Well…he’s not the ONLY Bucky. Read and see, my friend. Disappointment is not an option.”
So I know that there’s also Rikki Barnes and Jack Monroe, but aren’t they both also dead? I guess there’s also Rick Jones – Where is Rick Jones these days? – but is Sankovitch suggesting that we’re going to get a new Bucky, or that the title is going to flash back to other Buckies in other time periods? Perhaps a bigger clue to the future of the title comes elsewhere in the column, where Brevoort says “I don’t think it’s especially likely that you’ll see us transform “Cap And Bucky” into “Tales Of Suspense.” It’s not unlikely that we might transform it into something else at a certain point, but it’d have to be a title that got across the concept of the series to the audience today.”
Sorry, Bucky… You might not get that long a time in the spotlight, after all…
July 6th, 2011 at 10:15 am
There are a few more Buckys running around.
Rick Jones is currently A-Bomb over in the Incredible Hulks.
Fred Davis was Bucky to the Spirit of 76′s Cap following Steve’s falling into the Atlantic, and I think he’s still around running the V-Battalion that showed up in Thunderbolts and a couple of Citizen V minis a few years ago.
Lemar Hoskins was Bucky alongside John Walker’s Cap for a few issues before Marvel learned there were racial connotations to that and he changed to Battlestar.
Personally, I hope Rikki makes a return somehow.
July 6th, 2011 at 10:40 am
Well, there used to be one Robin. Now we have Robin, Red Robin, Jason Todd, Steph Brown and her costume of the month, and Dick Grayson.
So why not that with Bucky?
July 6th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
@Simon He’s not saying there can’t be more than one Bucky, he’s asking if any of them are still around to be used.
I think it would be great if the book became a vehicle for the various Cap and Bucky teams throughout the years. I’ve always enjoyed that aspect of Captain America’s history.
July 8th, 2011 at 7:23 am
Bucky Reborn = New Bucky.
We find out soon enough.