MC James Barnes

Born in 1925, James Buchanan Barnes lost both parents at a very young age; his mother died when he was a child, and his father died in an accident at Camp Lehigh shortly before Christmas in 1937. He was taken away from his younger sister, Rebecca, who was sent to boarding school, and he convinced officials to allow him to stay at Camp Lehigh under state custody due to his father's love for the military. During World War II, he became involved in a lucrative business supplying various provisions to soldiers. Soon, he began receiving assignments as a special military operative, honing his hand-to-hand combat skills through training with the British Commandos under the leadership of William Essart Feyeburn and Colonel Rex Applegate. This may have been related to the operations conducted by the enigmatic Romulus, a figure involved in international espionage. He met and befriended a young and somewhat naive Steve Rogers, who had recently become the government agent Captain America. He was assigned to accompany Rogers, initially unaware of the true nature of his work. One night, Barnes visited Rogers's shack, where he donned his mask. Swearing to keep the secret, Barnes joined Captain America on his first mission against the Red Skull (Johann Schmidt), freeing numerous prisoners. A few more months later, Barnes underwent an intensive training program under the guidance of Captain America. Upon completion, he was given his own costumed identity as Bucky and was assigned as a counter-example to the Youth. Although he worked with his mentor on most missions, James was trained to carry out missions that government officials were reluctant to engage in, and in which Captain America openly participated. He was cynical and a little doubtful about Steve Rogers' ideals, but they soon became best friends. When America entered World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Captain America and Bucky abandoned their military identities due to the war in order to devote all their efforts to serving as costumed freedom fighters. They soon formed a team with the Sub-Mariner, the original Human Torch, and the young mutant partner Thoreau, who Winston Churchill referred to as the Invaders.[and 10] Bucky served Captain America and the Invaders diligently and faithfully, temporarily leaving the team only in 1942 to organize and lead his own team of young warriors, the Children's Special Forces. To save the Invaders from the Red Skull, Bucky assembled a team of costumed superhumans who operated in the rear, a group that remained until the end of the war and was known as the Legion of Freedom.[and 11][and 12] He also worked with another group of teenagers, the Young Allies. In late 1945, towards the end of the war, Captain America and Bucky traveled to London, England, on the trail of scientist Baron Heinrich Zemo. They discovered that Zemo was stealing an experimental flying drone created by the Allies. In a confrontation with Zemo's powerful humanoid robot, Captain America and Bucky were subdued and tied to the flying drone, which would transport them to in Berlin. Unable to bear the sight of their patriotic costumes, Zemo dressed them in U.S. Army uniforms. Before Zemo could activate the drone, the two American champions saw the flying drone begin to move after they jumped off. Captain America and Bucky immediately grabbed the motorcycle and tried to catch up with it. Before it took off, they both managed to jump onto the plane. Bucky jumped first and managed to grab onto the plane's wing. Captain America didn't have time and shouted at his partner to let go of the wing, as it was a trap.Bucky was unable to follow his partner's command because his uniform sleeve got caught on the plane's cockpit. The plane exploded, seemingly killing Bucky instantly. Captain America fell into the English Channel and entered anabiosis, but Bucky was still not found, reinforcing the belief that he had died in battle. But Bucky was more alive than ever. When he failed to disable the plane in time, he jumped off, but not without a few scratches. The explosion took his entire left arm. Then he dove into the icy waters, only to go through the same process as his mentor. After the war ended, a Russian submarine, hoping to cure and capture the missing "Captain America," instead found Bucky's preserved body. After restoring and examining his body for any traces of Super Soldier Serum, his body was placed in suspended animation.