Simon said Captain America was a consciously political creation; he and Kirby were morally repulsed by the actions of Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the United States' involvement in World War II and felt war was inevitable: "The opponents to the war were all quite well organized.CCosplay     We wanted to have our say too.With his sidekick Bucky, Captain America faced Nazis, Japanese, and other threats to wartime America and the Allies.Genshin Impact Cosplay Costumes    Needing to fill a full comic with primarily one character's stories, Simon did not believe that his regular creative partner, artist Jack Kirby, could handle the workload alone:The boy companion was simply named Bucky, after my friend Bucky Pierson, a star on our high school basketball team.