Marvel Legacy: 10 Things You Need To Know After Issue 1
2. Tony Stark Is AWOL
Marvel Comics
Although Tony Stark was long thought comatose, Legacy sought to allay those perceptions, providing us with the bombshell that the OG Iron Man is very much awake and out of his stasis.
The story will no doubt be continued in the Bendis-Maleev series featuring the eponymous hero, but what this means for the character as a whole is, much like the rest of these reveals, somewhat unclear. Will Tony be looking to take up the Iron Mantle again? Or is he content with Riri Williams doing her thing as Iron Heart?
It's obvious that Marvel aren't going to let the character rest, owing to the fact that he's outranked in terms of popularity only by Wolverine and Spider-Man, along with the character's position as the face of the MCU, but yeah, make of it what you will. Tony was in a weird place during the Civil War sequel, so it'll be interesting to see how he fits into Marvel's plans going forward.
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.
