3. It Involves Something Called The 'Eternity Mask'
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Although the main focus on the anniversary issue will be on the plethora of creators Marvel have assembled, potentially the most salient aspect of the story will be Ewing's overarching narrative. He's already promised a mystery of sorts, but he also clued fans in on what to expect last week too, in that it will involve an artefact known as the 'Eternity Mask'.
The connotations of the mask are apparent enough, given the issue will dive into the past, present and future of Marvel's history, but there could be another element at play. Does it have something to do with Marvel's very first issue? Or could there be a way that Eternity, the living embodiment of the multiverse, is involved too?
It's impossible draw conclusions at this stage, but the sense of scale implies Marvel has more planned for Ewing's mystery than just this one-shot. Or at least one would hope.
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.
