Marvel Legacy: 10 Things You Need To Know After Issue 1
8. The Box That Holds The Stone
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When Loki et al. broke into Area 51 in an attempt to steal the Mind Gem, we saw that the crate that held it had a very specific reference on the front: 4-1939. It's far from just a simple organisational code however, and is in fact a callback to Marvel Comics #1, which released in the April of 1939.
Marvel have remained tight-lipped as to the number's relevance, but as for the issue itself, it happened to mark the debut for both Namor the Submariner and Jim Hammond's Human Torch. That's kind of a big deal, and although it's a struggle to link them back to the mind gem, it could be the case that Marvel have plans for both characters on the horizon.
Jim Hammond's flamey android has only made the odd appearance here and there since the introduction of Johnny Storm, but it'd be interesting to see if Marvel unite the pair in the coming months ahead.
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.
