CAPTAIN AMERICA To Stand Trial For The Winter Soldier's Crimes

Captain America's past is about to catch up with him.  In his monthly series his actions during the Cold War as a Russian assassin were revealed to the public, and according to Marvel he's going to have to answer for them beginning in October's Captain America #611.  Longtime scribe Ed Brubaker has been planning this arc since he handed the shield to Bucky Barnes following the death of Steve Rogers.  It's easy for S.H.I.E.L.D. bosses like Nick Fury and Tony Stark to look the other way when the public is unaware of what many would consider Bucky's war crimes, and "I was brainwashed" might not hold up too well in court.  And will it be a civilian court or a military tribunal?  Brubaker plans to make the story as believable as possible in a world populated by superheroes.  He would have liked to have used Matt Murdock as the defense, but due to current events in Shadowland, this is not possible.

"I don't imagine that Black Widow is somebody who most of the public knows about," argues Brubaker. "It's the same thing in real life. There [are] plenty of Russian spies who have become double agents and end up working for America. We have double agents and triple agents and all that stuff. It's a real, believable part of espionage that someone like The Black Widow would change sides and become an agent for America, but it's the kind of thing where no one in the public would know about it. You're not going to see Black Widow on the stand testifying on Bucky's behalf because she's a secret agent. It's going to be a really interesting trial."

Brubaker makes several interesting points in the source article, so be sure to go check it out.