Disney Buys Fox: 8 Epic Storylines The MCU Can Now Adapt
7. Astonishing X-Men
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Though the actual Avengers vs X-Men comic didn't make for the best of reads, with the cause behind the battle in question being a fairly weak one, the spectacle of seeing the Avengers lineup alongside their mutant mates will likely prove too great to ignore.
But while the title of Avengers vs X-Men could still work on the big screen, Marvel would do well to look to another series for inspiration - that being Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men. The book pretty much relaunched the group in the mid-noughties and renewed interest in a brand that had failed to really recapture the excitement and quality of its nineties glory days.
After parting ways with the MCU in 2015, yes, it would be a little weird to see Whedon influence it again - even in a completely different way. Marvel's mutants are destined to link up with Earth's Mightiest Heroes at some point though, and with there being so many X-tales to lift from, Marvel would do well to look at the most Astonishing line-up Charles Xavier has ever fronted.
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.
