11 Reasons You're Wrong About Marvel Legacy

by Ewan Paterson

1. The Return Of A Classic Icon

Marvel Legacy Two In One Thing Human Torch
Marvel Comics

Last week, Marvel released a video teasing the return of a 'classic icon' to accompany the launch of Legacy. Fans have since speculated who the character in question could be, and, while the chances of the Fantastic Four getting a revival are admittedly slim, it's fair to say that they're still game.

In fact, anyone is; Marvel certainly have a selection of classic characters to reintroduce to the fold, including Wolverine, the newly deceased Black Widow (an unlikely return, let's face it) and a whole host of others. And while the FF are still the subject of a much criticised embargo - instigated by Ike Perlmutter in response to Fox's ownership of Marvel's first family - one Legacy title has both the Thing and the Human Torch slap-bang in the middle of its cover.

Surely that has to be encouraging, particularly since Marvel knows how much fans want to see the Four together again. And, even if they're not the returning icon, it's doubtful Marvel will be building to an anticlimax, having doubled down on the whole hype thing and all.

As far as comic book clichés go, they don't get any worse than a forced resurrection. But, in Legacy's case, the tools are there to make it work. If anything, the relaunch's commitment to shining a light one what has worked in Marvel's past - which, admittedly, is a lot - is cause for excitement. In Marvel's case, it could just be the thing that saves their year.

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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.