Has Winter Soldier been cancelled?

ctowner1

I thought I had heard it was - but googled and didn't see anything?

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nweathington

No, but it did skip a month between the end of Brubaker’s run and the start of Jason Latour and Nic Klein’s run.

ctowner1

I read the 1st Latour issue - I thought it was ok, but not great and was planning to drop the book. But to the extent it is cancelled, I'd probably buy the handful of issues Latour is doing to have a complete collection. But if it's not cancelled, I'm probably done - thanks.

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random73

ctowner1 said:

I read the 1st Latour issue - I thought it was ok, but not great and was planning to drop the book. But to the extent it is cancelled, I'd probably buy the handful of issues Latour is doing to have a complete collection. But if it's not cancelled, I'm probably done - thanks.

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i'm glad i'm not the only goofy one that does that.

ctowner1

random73 said:

ctowner1 said:

I read the 1st Latour issue - I thought it was ok, but not great and was planning to drop the book. But to the extent it is cancelled, I'd probably buy the handful of issues Latour is doing to have a complete collection. But if it's not cancelled, I'm probably done - thanks.

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i'm glad i'm not the only goofy one that does that.

hey, we share the same addiction, brother! lol

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fredzilla

Huh. I actually thought you were asking about the second Cap movie and I was all :-S

Chuck_Melville

It was solicited in the newest Previews, so I'd say... no, it hasn't been cancelled.

ctowner1

Chuck_Melville said:

It was solicited in the newest Previews, so I'd say... no, it hasn't been cancelled.

Well, as of the April issue, at least! :^)

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Mr_Cosmic

As far as I'm concerned it was canceled when Bru left.

ctowner1

Mr_Cosmic said:

As far as I'm concerned it was canceled when Bru left.

did you try the first Latour issue? and if not, why not?

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Mr_Cosmic

ctowner1 said:

Mr_Cosmic said:

As far as I'm concerned it was canceled when Bru left.

did you try the first Latour issue? and if not, why not?

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Budget...had to cut something...and, well, Brubaker left.

nweathington

I know Jason, and he’s still working on scripts, so I would say it won’t be cancelled anytime soon.

NightRelic1

Nothing against Jason, but I just dropped it too. The first of his issues just didn't grab me enough. But it takes a lot these days. I'd have kept going to give it a chance, but budget helped make the decision.

demonbear

I've grown to like the character, and I really want to support this and hope that it's good. But knowing that The team I love isn't doing the book...I dunno. It doesn't help that I'm trying to cut back on stuff too...

Johnconlon

Bucky Barnes has always been my favorite Marvel character. I've been collecting since 1974, and watched him on the old Cap cartoon show of the 60's. I was obsessed with somehow bringing him back from the dead for decades. Heck, when Cable first appeared, I thought he might be Bucky (I know it's silly, but with his military training, older age, etc. I thought I was on to something...well at least I got the robotic arm right). I was so thrilled when Brubaker and Epting (ah, Epting!) brought him back. I liked Jason's first issue a lot, but even if I didn't - I love Bucky!

chrisw

I'd be surprised if it lasted much longer. I think sales even under Brubaker weren't terribly strong, and I'm not sure how the title fits in with all of Marvel's new plans.

I really enjoyed the first few issues, but somehow drifted away from it.

nweathington

chrisw said:

I'd be surprised if it lasted much longer. I think sales even under Brubaker weren't terribly strong, and I'm not sure how the title fits in with all of Marvel's new plans.

I really enjoyed the first few issues, but somehow drifted away from it.

Given that Winter Soldier is in the title of the next Cap movie, I imagine it will last at least through the movie's run and DVD release.

And regardless of sales, Brubaker's Winter Soldier was better than his Captain America post-Bucky.

ctowner1

nweathington said:

And regardless of sales, Brubaker's Winter Soldier was better than his Captain America post-Bucky.

That's very true. It was quite puzzling - kind of like Winter Solider became his main title and Cap was a second thought.

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nweathington

ctowner1 said:

nweathington said:

And regardless of sales, Brubaker's Winter Soldier was better than his Captain America post-Bucky.

That's very true. It was quite puzzling - kind of like Winter Solider became his main title and Cap was a second thought.

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It’s quite understandable really. While Brubaker didn’t create Bucky, and Bucky’s personality was somewhat established in The Invaders, Brubaker was able to make Bucky “his” character in a way that just wasn’t possible with Cap. It’s natural that Brubaker would feel more of a personal investment in Bucky.

chrisw

nweathington said:

chrisw said:

I'd be surprised if it lasted much longer. I think sales even under Brubaker weren't terribly strong, and I'm not sure how the title fits in with all of Marvel's new plans.

I really enjoyed the first few issues, but somehow drifted away from it.

Given that Winter Soldier is in the title of the next Cap movie, I imagine it will last at least through the movie's run and DVD release.

And regardless of sales, Brubaker's Winter Soldier was better than his Captain America post-Bucky.

That would make sense, though that's still a ways off. I could just as easily see them relaunching it with a new number one around that time, also.

nweathington

chrisw said:

nweathington said:

chrisw said:

I'd be surprised if it lasted much longer. I think sales even under Brubaker weren't terribly strong, and I'm not sure how the title fits in with all of Marvel's new plans.

I really enjoyed the first few issues, but somehow drifted away from it.

Given that Winter Soldier is in the title of the next Cap movie, I imagine it will last at least through the movie's run and DVD release.

And regardless of sales, Brubaker's Winter Soldier was better than his Captain America post-Bucky.

That would make sense, though that's still a ways off. I could just as easily see them relaunching it with a new number one around that time, also.

Maybe, but lately Marvel’s strategy is to flood the market with trades and hardcovers of the characters the month a movie comes out. Look at all the Iron Man crap in Previews for the Iron Man 3 release. If they keep that marketing strategy, they’ll want as much Winter Soldier material in print as possible.