10 Marvel And DC Comics You Should Be Reading In 2019
4. Hawkman
DC Comics/Bryan Hitch
Justice League Unlimited fans may all know that Hawkgirl > Hawkman, but the current series focusing on the latter has been brilliant, which is why it's sad to learn that Bryan Hitch will leave the title this May.
For the last year or so, Hitch has been working wonders on Hawkman alongside Robert Venditti. Venditti has done loads for DC since the start of the decade, working on the likes of Green Lantern and the Flash, but this might just be his best work. Likewise, Hitch is at the top of his game here, with the Hawkman character giving the artist a platform to experiment with some truly luscious visuals.
Hawkman himself looks phenomenal, and even though Hitch has only been involved with the title for about a year, it's clear he's left a solid mark on the hero.
Although it's sad that he won't be attached to the book anymore, Venditti is staying on and will be joined by artist Will Conrad. Here's hoping the book is able to keep its momentum.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
