COMICS: Nic Klein On Taking Over WINTER SOLDIER As Artist Next February

It was Jason's writing, because he's an artist himself, and quite a great artist as well. Jason has a great visual mind. He writes some cool stuff that's fun to draw. I think artists who write maybe have a better understanding of what to give an artist to draw because they come from a visual background themselves. I've been lucky because all the writers I've had so far have actually been really good at this, even if they aren't artists. I have heard horror stories of writers who just write the craziest things on a page with no regard for what is actually possible or not.

To be honest, I'm still getting acquainted with the character. In this arc, we pick up with Bucky after a lot of things have happened. He's not really in hiding; he's kind of down and out and trying to figure out who he is. So he's not really a shiny super hero -- he's more of a down in the dirt kind of guy, and that's what my take on the character feels like.

It's fun. I do like the darker characters more than the bright, shiny characters. That's a trait that a lot of people seem to have. Darker characters always seem to have a bigger fan base. In our first issue, there's some cool James Bond-style high-tech stuff. I wouldn't say it's too far out there. It is if you're speaking realistically, but it's nothing that pop culture consumers of today will have trouble believing. There's darkness, but there's also high tech stuff. I think it really keeps up with the tone and style that writer Ed Brubaker established during his run.