Comic Con 2019: 10 Biggest Rumours

Is Marvel about to take the convention by storm?

by Ewan Paterson
Marvel/Comic Con International

Just like that, SDCC 2019 is right around the corner. Each year geeks far and wide descend upon the west coast to engage with an explosion of pop culture, with pretty much every entertainment medium represented within the halls of San Diego's premier comics event.

And naturally, with the amount of stuff that goes on at Comic Con, there are a whole lot of rumours doing the rounds before the doors even open. Whether it's a film about to be announced or a comic Marvel and DC don't want you to know about, chances are it's been mentioned in a rumour or leak. Factor in how speculation goes into overdrive before SDCC, and it's understandable as to why the amount of rumours going around online increase exponentially.

Sometimes it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction, but SDCC 2019 seems tamer than most years. DC Film won't be there for starters, and while Marvel seem poised to give audiences their first glimpse of MCU Phase Four, things are still being kept heavily under wraps.

This goes double for Marvel and DC comics, with both publishers keeping their future plans guarded behind lock and key. Still, there's plenty to digest, so here are the juiciest rumours heading into this year's convention...

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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. 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.