366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 311: Concerning Bucky

Panels from Young Avengers #1 (April 2005), script by Allan Heinberg, pencils by Jim Cheung, inks by John Dell, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit
Knowing what we now know about Bucky (to misquote Joe Quesada), does anybody else find that headline suspicious? I would assume that they would declare Bucky dead and Cap missing only if they found Bucky's body but not Cap's. But, of course, the Russkies got Bucky and took him away so that he might later cbecome the Heartthrob of Two Nations, The Winter Soldier (romantic sigh).

So: the Bugle was lying or misinformed. And who would misinform them? Could it be...sources deep within the United States Government itself?

Hmmmmmm!

Anyway, within a few weeks the US would "resurrect" both Cap and Bucky, and no one would ever be the wiser. Except those wily Russians! They didn't get Moose, but they sure captured Squirrel!


Panels from What If? (but considered an canonical story) (1977 series) #4 (August 1977), script by Roy Thomas, breakdowns by Frank Robbins, finishes by Frank Springer, colors by George Roussos, letters by John Costanza

Monday Night Murals: Downtown the young ones are growing

Ah, crossovers. What better time for the kids across the street to come over and play games with us? Better play nice, kids, or we'll take our ball and go home!

Covers of Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways#1-4 (September-December 2006),
art by Jim Cheung, John Dell, and Justin Ponsor
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Despite Wolverine continually knocking on their door asking if he can guest-star, I'm generally a fan of keeping the Runaways as far removed from the Marvel Universe as possible , but I always enjoy their team-ups with those other adolescent adventurers, the Kid Junior Pint-Size Young Avengers, especially if we get a decent both-teams mural across all four issues. (Except hey, where's Old Lace?)

Because gluing my covers together above leaves a few seam gaps and mismatches, here's a better, single image of the whole shebang and kaboodle:

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Hey, why is Hawkeye about to shoot Nico?