MCU Phase 4: 8 Reasons Why It Must Look To The Past
7. More Agent Carter
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Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter might've passed away in the wake of Civil War, but the character - a fan-favourite amongst the Marvel faithful - shouldn't be winding down her MCU presence.
Season 2 of Agent Carter might not have been as good as its first, but that doesn't mean it should've been cancelled. Shows lose and recover form all the time, and while Marvel aren't exactly short on good TV properties at the mo', there's still plenty of space for Peggy to take a starring role. That aforementioned Cold War era is ripe for exploration, and who better than Peggy - a character audiences are already familiar with - to do the exploring?
Atwell is a hero on the screen and off it, and with Peggy having had a role in S.H.I.E.L.D. as late as 1989, there's plenty of history to explore. You don't have to think long and hard about how dynamite a S.H.I.E.L.D. prequel would be with her at the helm either, perhaps with a young Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce in a supporting role too.
And really, who wouldn't be up for more Agent Carter, be it in a TV show or otherwise?
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.
