Winter Soldier #15 – Review

By: Jason Latour (Writer), Nic Klein (Artist/Colorist)

The Story: Bucky gets pushed on a certain mission by Nick Fury and has to save an undercover agent from Hydra.

The Review: Jason Latour is not a lucky person. Having taken this title right after Ed Brubaker’s departure, he now hasthe pressure to please those who have grown with Bucky Barnes, the one character Brubaker took from obscurity to popularity in the pages of Captain America. It is sad to say, but many won’t continue reading the book simply because Ed Brubaker’s name is not on the book anymore.

That would be an error, since the book continues to be strong, despite the fact that the main voice behind Bucky is gone. As a matter of fact, Jason Latour actually does get the character here, providing us with the next step in his adventures after the conclusion of the last issue. Here, we see Bucky devastated, picking up fights in bar and getting drunk after having lost close to everything he cared about. With this tone set, here comes Nick Fury that pushes him with a traditional speech that is both comforting, yet utterly manipulative. Latour write a pretty good Nick Fury, but it’s his Bucky that really does shine here. The way he was written and how his dialogue is done, I could swear Ed Brubaker was still the writer.