The author of the "Winter Soldier" comic complains: "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" is disgusting at first glance

Now that the new Marvel series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" on Disney+ is gaining popularity, you might think that Ed Brubaker, the original creator of the character of Winter Soldier, would be very happy. But that's not the case. Brubaker recently said that he doesn't like the TV series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" at all.

In a recent podcast interview, Brubaker suggested that it has become a pattern for Marvel Studios that the comic book authors who created the characters are not properly compensated when the characters are adapted and added to the MCU.

"I'm probably the only person in America who doesn't like this show," Brubaker said. "When I saw the commercials for this show, I felt like throwing up. Why would you, as a company, push the writers to this point?"

While Brubaker was not the creator of the character of Bucky Barnes (who first appeared in Captain America #1 in 1941), he and artist Steve Epting created the concept of the Winter Soldier and wrote the backstory of Bucky surviving World War II and being brainwashed into becoming a Soviet assassin. Brubaker's work on the Captain America series has had a huge impact on the direction of the MCU (particularly 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 2016's Captain America: Civil War), but this has not made Brubaker feel much better about Marvel. In fact, he revealed that he received more money from the Screen Actors Guild than Marvel Studios for his cameo in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Brubaker added: "I might watch it someday. I'm very resistant to it because, I know it's a hired script, but when I was writing it, they didn't have their own movie studio, and they weren't acquired by Disney. So this character will grow into a big brand, and sooner or later, kids will come to my house to ask for candy on Halloween dressed as him..."

Unfortunately, Brubaker's dissatisfaction is common in the comic book world. Marvel and DC writers operate under employment agreements, so they have little to no rights to their own works (although the terms of each author's contract vary). This has led many authors to leave Marvel and fight to change their works to their own ownership in order to earn more money when they are adapted for film or television. Brubaker himself has works such as "Fatale" and "The Fade Out", and he also co-wrote "Old Man Never Dies" with Nicolas Winding Refn for Amazon.

"Everyone asked me after the movie came out, 'How much did they pay you for this?' When a hundred people ask you how much they paid you, it starts to break your mentality," Brubaker said. "I know what's wrong with me, and I'm not dissatisfied with my life or my work. I'm proud of Daredevil and Captain America. I don't like the X-Men stories I wrote, but some people seem to like them. I love working at Marvel, I have a great time there, but sometimes I think I'm a little too generous."