Much like the MCU is gearing up for a whole new phase this summer, it looks as though Marvel Comics are gearing up to do the same. Patrick Gleason was hired just last month and the announcement was accompanied by an image of the new-look Marvel Universe, complete with new designs for several characters.
With War of the Realms set to formally wrap things up come June - and with it Jason Aaron's stint on Thor - as well as Jonathan Hickman gearing up to start a whole new dawn for the X-Men, it certainly seems as though something big is happening this summer. The fact that Marvel Comics #1000 releases in August only adds more fuel to the fire.
Currently, there's no word on when Marvel's 80th b-day bash will release in August specifically, but it's set to cap off a pivotal summer for the House of Ideas. Changes are clearly afoot, but whereas most reshuffles are met with almost a sense of weariness these days, Marvel looks as though it's in a good place currently.
Here's hoping that, when it releases, Marvel Comics #1000 is every bit the celebration it's chalked up to be.
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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.
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