The Marvel Cinematic Universe typically prides itself on being as comic-accurate as possible without losing its essence or identity.
10The Soviet Union
Wait, it wasn’t HYDRA?
When The Winter Soldier becomes active in the books, he actually works for the Soviet Union.
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HYDRA has absolutely no connection to the character in the source material.
This choice made the conflict surrounding his actions have a lot more national impact than a fake organization.
8Costume
Oh, Bucky… what are you wearing?
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The same cannot be said about his comic book counterpart, though.
Inthe original Captain America books, Bucky Barnes isless of a military man and more of a superhero sidekick.
The Bucky of the source material is dressed more like the Robin to Captain America’s Batman.
He’s got tights and colored in bright blue and red with an eye mask.
He certainly looks more like a superhero than an agent of the government.
7Death of the Starks
Calm down, Tony.
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In the comics,The Winter Soldier had nothing to do with the death of the elder Starks.
6His “Death”
He’s fallen from two very different places.
5The Red Room & Black Widow
He and Natasha met far before the present day.
The Red Room was finally further explored in the MCU throughBlack Widow.
4Becoming Captain America
‘Endgame’ could have gone much differently!
However,Bucky Barnes took up the Captain America mantlefar earlier than Sam in Marvel Comics.
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3His Memories
“Who the hell is Bucky?”
“The MCU has a much more layeredtake on it.
When Steve finds him inthe third Captain America movie, his recollections slowly come back but are muddy.
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2His Age At War
Wait… he was how old?
The friendship between Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes is one of the best in the MCU.
Their time together as childhood friends, eventually going to war together, bonds them for life.
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There’s a very clear and lingering sense of loyalty between them that not even decades can erase.
In the comic books, Bucky isamong the oldest future Avengers.
When he joins Captain America in WWII, it’s typically assumed he’s about 16 years old.
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