The Man Who Wrote Secret Wars Is Reading the Scripts

Jonathan Hickman wrote Time Runs Out and Secret Wars, the comics Marvel Studios is adapting for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Now he says he's been reading the scripts too.

Frank breaks down the Hickman news for anyone who saw the name on Threads and had no idea who he is. Kevin Feige has named Time Runs Out and Secret Wars as the comics behind both films, and Hickman wrote both of them. He says he's been reading Doomsday scripts since early 2024, months before the Russos and Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom were announced. Frank also covers his Doom and Fantastic Four work, the comic fan reaction, and how close December 18 is.

• 0:00 Who Is Jonathan Hickman

• 0:19 Hickman and Doctor Doom

• 0:34 Fan Reaction and Release Dates

• Kevin Feige named Time Runs Out and Secret Wars as the comics behind both films, and Hickman wrote both

• Hickman says he's been reading Doomsday scripts since early 2024, months before the Russos and Downey's Doom were announced

• Hickman wrote Fantastic Four and the 2024 Doom one-shot, so he knows the two pieces these films are built around

• Avengers: Doomsday opens December 18, and Avengers: Secret Wars follows on December 17, 2027

• "Jonathan Hickman wrote the comic books that they are basing these movies off of." Frank

• "Hickman knows Doom. He really knows Fantastic Four." Frank

• "For the comic book readers out there, we're like a couple months away, guys." Frank

Sources: Bleeding Cool, Cosmic Book News, GeekFreaksPodcast.com

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Which Hickman book should a non-comic fan read before December: Time Runs Out, Secret Wars, or his Fantastic Four?

Does having the writer of Secret Wars reading the scripts make you more excited for Doomsday?