Pop
culture: 'Captain America: Civil War' actor coming to Wizard World Tulsa
Captain America: Civil War” is expected to be one of the
biggest movies of 2016. A few months after the film’s release, one of its stars
will make an appearance in Tulsa.
Sebastian Stan plays Bucky Barnes, alias the Winter Soldier,
in the Marvel cinematic universe. He is the latest celebrity guest to enlist
for duty at the Wizard World Tulsa pop culture convention, scheduled Oct. 21-23
at Cox Business Center in downtown Tulsa.
In the early years of fandom, comic-book and science-fiction
conventions appealed solely to people who were passionate about comics and
sci-fi. But conventions have evolved into pop culture cons with guest lists
constructed for mass appeal. Wizard World stages a series of pop culture cons
around the country. Tulsa will be a Wizard World tour stop for a third
consecutive year.
Stan has played Bucky in both Captain America movies so far,
and the Winter Soldier will play a significant (and divisive) role in “Captain
America: Civil War.”
Other movie and TV guests scheduled to appear at the 2016
Wizard World Tulsa con are William Shatner (“Star Trek”), Ian Somerhalder (“The
Vampire Diaries”), Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”), Michael Rooker
(“Guardians of the Galaxy,” “The Walking Dead”), James Marsters (“Buffy the
Vampire Slayer”), Lou Ferrigno (“The Incredible Hulk”) and Jason David Frank
(“Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”).
For ticket information and details on which days celebrities
will appear, go to wizardworld.com.
In addition to “Captain America: Civil War,” Stan also stars
in the recently released movie “The Bronze,” which co-stars Melissa Rauch of
“The Big Bang Theory.”
Bucky is the name used by several different fictional
superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics,
usually as a sidekick to Captain America. The original Bucky, James Buchanan
"Bucky" Barnes, was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first
appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941), which was
published by Marvel's predecessor, Timely Comics.In 2005 the original Bucky was
brought back from supposed death as the villainous assassin Winter Soldier, and
later briefly assumed the role of Captain America when Steve Rogers was
presumed to be dead.
Sebastian Stan portrays the character in Captain America:
The First Avenger (2011) as Bucky Barnes and in Captain America: The Winter
Soldier (2014) as the Winter Soldier. He also portrayed the character in a
post-credits scene in Ant-Man (2015) and will reprise the role in the sequel
Captain America: Civil War (2016).
Captain America is a fictional superhero appearing in
American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe
Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1
(cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics.
Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the
Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics' most popular character
during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes waned following the
war and the Captain America comic book was discontinued in 1950, with a
short-lived revival in 1953. Since Marvel Comics revived the character in 1964,
Captain America has remained in publication.