Yes, this technically didn't emerge from Marvel's solits. But come on, how do you not talk about the return of Jonathan Hickman?
The writer was responsible for some of the best Marvel comics of the last decade, helming beloved stints on Fantastic Four and the New Avengers before helming the gargantuan Infinity series in 2013. Given so much of Hickman's work is currently informing Marvel across various different mediums, it seems apt that he's set to return later in the year.
Adverts running in last Wednesday's Marvel books seemed to tease that something big related to the X-Men would be coming in the next few months, so it may be possible that Hickman has set his sights on Marvel's mutants.
Last week's reference to evolution demanding "adaptation or dominance" led to that initial speculation, but it still remains unclear as to what it is exactly that the former New Avengers writer is up to. Whatever it is, it's coming in July, so expect to learn more in the next batch of solicitations releasing in the next few weeks.
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.
