Sometimes I think if you didn't have me, there wouldn't be a single person in the world who really understood you... 
Appearing in "The Winter Soldier: Part 3"
Featured Characters:
- Winter Soldier / Bucky (James Barnes) (Only in flashback) (Origin revealed)
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Appears in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Behind the scenes)
Antagonists:
- Kronas Corporation
- Department X (Only in flashback)
- Col. Vasily Karpov (Only in flashback) (Mentioned as deceased at present day)
Other Characters:
- Valeri (Voice only)
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- KGB (Named only)
- MI-6 (Named only)
- United Nations (Named only)
- NATO (Named only)
- James Keller (Named only) (Deceased)
- Dalton Graines (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Jacques Dupuy (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Col. Jefferson Hart (First appearance) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- United States Senate (Named only)
- Senator Harry Baxtor (First appearance) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Drawing) (Only in flashback)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Drawing) (Only in flashback)
- Stan Lee (Drawing) (Only in flashback)
- Jack Kirby (Drawing) (Only in flashback)
- NYPD (Only in flashback)
- Agent 13 (Sharon Carter) (Mentioned)
- United States Army (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Toro (Tom Raymond) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Drawing)
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Drawing)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Main story and flashback)
- Russia (Main story and flashback)
- Moscow (Named only)
- Stalingrad (Named only)
- United Kingdom (Only in flashback)
- England (Only in flashback)
- English Channel (Only in flashback)
- England (Only in flashback)
- Germany (Only in flashback)
- Berlin (Only in flashback)
- France (Only in flashback)
- Paris (Only in flashback)
- Asia
- Mongolia
- Kronas Building (Only in recap)
- Madripoor (Only in flashback)
- Mongolia
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan (Only in flashback)
- Lower East Side (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Texas (Only in flashback)
- Dallas (Only in flashback)
- Illinois (Only in flashback)
- Chicago (Only in flashback)
- Idaho (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Mexico (Only in flashback)
- Mexico City (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Africa (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Cosmic Cube
- Super-Soldier Serum (Named only)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
- Captain America's Uniform (Only in recap)
- Winter Soldier's Bionic Arm (Only in flashback) (Origin revealed)
Events:
- Cold War (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Winter Soldier: Part 3"
Told in Dossier style, the untold history of Bucky Barnes is revealed. Bucky survived his apparent death in the explosion of 1945, losing his left arm. He is rescued from the icy Atlantic Ocean by Soviet officer Vasily Karpov. Karpov replaces his arm with a bionic one and reprograms Bucky into a merciless hitman for the Soviets, who use him to assassinate several Allied targets. Bucky is often frozen in cryogenic states between missions preserving his youth.
All of this information is presented to Steve Rogers by his good friend and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury. To be continued!
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:
Winter Soldier / Bucky / James Barnes
- ⏴ Pag. 3, Panels 1-3 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 3, Panel 4 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 4-10 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 11 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 12 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 13 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 14-16 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 17-18 ⏵
- ⏴ Pag. 20, Panel 2-Pag. 21, Panel 5 ⏵
Continuity Notes[]
- In the flophouse visited by the Winter Soldier it can be seen an issue of Sub-Mariner Comics; its cover has been shown in its full size in Captain America (Vol. 5) #13's letters page; it features Sub-Mariner, the modern Human Torch, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, as the moment the Winter Soldier is visiting the flophouse, the events of Fantastic Four #4 are happening.
Publication Notes[]
- This issue's cover features previously published arts in its black/white panorama; some of the arts were originally published in:
- Tales of Suspense #63: Pg. 1, 8; Jack Kirby.
- Captain America Comics #3: Story N° 1, Pag. 15; Joe Simon, Jack Kirby.
- Captain America #105: Pg. 2 panorama; Jack Kirby.
- Captain America Comics #27: Cover, Alex Schomburg.
- Captain America (Vol. 4) #17: Interior Art, Lee Weeks.
- Captain America (Vol. 5) #5: Interior Art, Michael Lark.
- Other unidentified arts.
- This issue contains a Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation.
- This issue also contains a letters page, Freedom of Speech. Letters are published from Ashley Cruse, Kevin Lewis, Robert Hustwick, and Steve Chung.