Captain America Winter Soldier TPB (Marvel Premier Collect)

Marvel's Premier Collection gives iconic Marvel stories the treatment they deserve-newly designed cover upgrades, deluxe paper stock and all-new exclusive material! Ideal for both old and new fans-the perfect entry point into the Marvel Universe anytime, anywhere. Eisner Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Daredevil) delivers a high-stakes, espionage-laden thriller that redefines Captain America. Cap is pitted against the Winter Soldier, a mysterious assassin revealed to be none other than Bucky Barnes-his long-lost friend and sidekick, believed dead since World War II. This gripping narrative forever alters the emotional core of Steve Rogers' journey. The Winter Soldier returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thunderbolts*, in theaters May 2, 2025. Writer Ed Brubaker pushes the Captain America mythos headlong into the future with high adventure and full-throttle action. For more than fifty years, the Soviets employed an undercover agent - an unstoppable, untraceable killer known as the Winter Soldier - to assassinate key political figures in the West. His suspected identity? Bucky Barnes, Captain America's one-time partner, thought to have been murdered in the closing days of World War II. Now the Winter Soldier is back, working under the command of the ruthless General Lukin - who has obtained a functional Cosmic Cube, a weapon of limitless power that can bend reality itself. Vowing to end Lukin's reign of terror and destruction, Captain America relentlessly tracks the Cube - only to find himself face-to-face with the Winter Soldier. Will Cap be forced to battle his resurrected partner so soon after finally learning the astonishing truth? COLLECTING: Captain America (2004) 1-9, 11-14 Rated T+