5. No One Can Tell Who Hawkman Is - Literally All Of The Time
DC Comics
Hawkman is currently in the midst of a brilliant series written and drawn by Robert Venditti and Bryan Hitch, but even the most die hard of Hawk-fans wouldn't dare try to claim that the character's history is easy to digest.
Honestly, if you thought the X-Men were impenetrable, you should try giving Hawkman/Hawkgirl a read sometime. Retcons are both numerous and terrifying, and while the lack of permanence hasn't necessarily harmed DC's greatest bird-themed couple (sorry, Hawk and Dove), trying to figure out what is and isn't continuity is a daunting task.
Over the years, Carter (Karter?) and Shiera (Shayera?) have been reincarnated lovers from Ancient Egypt, and sometimes intergalactic aliens from beyond the stars. Sometimes they've been both at the exact same time, with some retcons even going so far as to claim that they didn't actually serve on the Justice League, and that they were in fact replaced by imposters for several decades.
Look, it's okay if you're getting a headache. The artists at Let's Be Friends Again did a pretty great comic explaining the pair's history up until Blackest Night back in 2010. Good luck trying to figure out what is and isn't 'a thing' afterwards though.
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.
