Has BUcky surpassed Red Skull in popularity?

[Chicago Boy]

I'm going to say "yes"

[Gatsby77]

Bucky?

 

Or the Winter Soldier?

 

I don't think Bucky, per se, is more popular (i.e., folks aren't seeking out key Bucky comics) but the movies have legitimized The Winter Soldier as a genuine hero/anti-hero in way that even the stellar Captain America vol. 4 run did not.

[DiamondCityComics]

I'd agree Bucky not so much, Winter Soldier yes.

[Chicago Boy]

Personally, I never differentiated between the two of them I used to think seeing Bucky on the cover of Cap 1 was a major distraction now with the arc of the character (yes WInter Soldier) I think it's pretty cool (and funny actually ) Winter SOldier really has come into his own thanks to the films

[Ken Aldred]

James Buchanan Barnes, as The Winter Soldier, is one of my favourite characters, both in comics and film.

 

Red Skull, just another super-villain to me. I prefer his much creepier-looking GA appearance, anyway.

 

 

[Jaydogrules]

Personally, I never differentiated between the two of them I used to think seeing Bucky on the cover of Cap 1 was a major distraction now with the arc of the character (yes WInter Soldier) I think it's pretty cool (and funny actually ) Winter SOldier really has come into his own thanks to the films

 

+1

 

The fact that the Winter Soldier has evolved into such a complex character over the years (and featured so prominently in the films) just makes Cap 1 that much more awesome of a book.

 

-J.