Winter Soldier

The Winter Soldier is an Iconic Character appearing in Marvel Online Universe. James "Bucky" Barnes aka the Winter Soldier is an American Soldier turned Soviet spy and assassin. He was recruited to the U.S. Army during World War II after being a ward of the state. He fought alongside his best friend Captain America as his loyal sidekick the "Sentinel of Liberty" and the Invaders, together they helped the allies win the war. Bucky was believed to be dead near the end of the war only to have been found and brainwashed by the Soviets led by Vasily Karpov, who made him the Winter Soldier, a master hand-to hand combatant and martial artist, and arming with a cybernetic left arm that gave him superhuman strength, enhanced reaction time, and energy projection. He was sent on clandestine missions and committed some of the worst assassinations over the next 50 years.

His memory was returned to him nearly seven decades later and he became an ally of Captain America and the Avengers, frighting alongside them during their toughest missions. Reformed from his brutal and mysterious past, Barnes is on the road of hope, trust, betterment and redemption, looking to fight for humanity instead of against it.