10 Biggest Things To Come Out Of Marvel Legacy #1
The issue brought some big changes.
Another year, another redirection, and arguably, Marvel has never needed it more than it does right now.
With sales dropping and vocal fan upset with some of their directions for numerous reasons, the publisher needed a major shift to refocus and refresh and, more importantly, to bring people back into the fold.
Marvel Legacy #1 has come out as a massive one-shot, Marvel's own version of DC Universe Rebirth, and to try and bring back the fans it's lost as well as attract new readers, leading into the many new directions in their titles as part of the ongoing Marvel Legacy rebrand.
It remains to be seen whether or not it succeeds, but just what were the major changes brought in with the issue? What kind of Marvel Universe can readers expect to find now and in the coming weeks and months, and just what could it all be leading towards?
We here at WhatCulture have put together a list of some of the bigger changes, both immediately obvious and subtle, that Marvel Legacy #1 has brought into the Marvel Universe.
Beware, spoilers lie ahead.
10. Captain America Is No Longer Trusted
After the Secret Empire fiasco, one lasting thread seems to be a Captain America viewed with suspicion and mistrust.
Much like the fans are unsure if Captain America as a character can be restored after spending over a year as a secret and then very public Nazi (or Hydra agent, if Marvel are still trying to deny the organisation is basically Nazis), the public of the Marvel Universe seem to be equally unsure of Steve Rogers as the Sentinel of Liberty.
Understandably! After all, 'Nazi Cap wasn't really me, but rather a version of me that had been created by a time and reality altering child who was really a cube, and now I'm the real me, created from a point before the kid made me a Nazi' is a very hard pill to swallow. In a news broadcast seen in Marvel Legacy #1, the presenter lays speculation around the story, and discusses how the hero has been missing since the whole debacle that was Secret Empire.
This is because Steve Rogers himself is unsure what to do exactly himself, as his legacy has been corrupted and tainted.
Going forward then, we'll see a Captain America viewed with suspicion and perhaps even contempt, which may be apt right now, living in a world where people seem unsure who to trust.