10. Captain America Could (Finally) Get The Book He Deserves
Marvel Comics
Since Ed Brubaker left Captain America in 2012, the character hasn't really been given the best treatment. Rick Remender's series, while unabashedly sci-fi and classic to the core, failed to match the rich complexity of Brubaker's espionage-oriented work, and Nick Spencer's had a giant Hydra-shaped end-note to it as well.
While Mark Waid hasn't been without controversy this past year, his recent work on Daredevil with artist Chris Samnee was character-defining, and offered a bold new direction for a character that had, for a long time at least, been reluctant to step out of the shadows. It was a welcome change of pace, and with the duo having reunited for last year's Black Widow - it too met with critical acclaim - they're fast becoming one of the industry's greatest power-pairings.
Having them on Captain America, then, makes perfect sense. Faith in the star spangled man with a plan has plummeted since the character turned Nazi, and although Marvel will maintain that this return to classic Cap isn't a response to Secret Empire, we all know who this book is for - or rather, what it's meant to be.
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.
