Ms. Marvel’s – Mutant Surprise
Superhero fans have been wondering how mutants – and therefore the X-Men – would be introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since Disney purchased Fox in 2019, but that question has finally been answered thanks to the Ms. Marvel series.
Bruno’s not exactly sure what’s going on with Kamala’s genetics, so he offers up this simple explanation, stating there’s “something different in your genes.” Not knowing the weight of this, Kamala shrugs it off: “Whatever it is it’s just going to be another label.”
In an interview with Marvel.com released shortly after the season finale of Ms. Marvel, head writer and executive producer Bisha K. Ali expressed her excitement at alluding to mutants for the first time in the mainline MCU, with Kamala Khan being their first introduced. Ali exclaimed, “Oh my god, best day of my life!”
Marvel hasn’t said anything about the X-Men’s introduction to the MCU previously but it is focusing resources into the franchise elsewhere with the X-Men ’97 series that’s coming to Disney+ next year. One of Fox’s other major franchises, The Fantastic Four, is being introduced as the final film in Phase 4, perhaps leaving Phase 5 wide open for a full X-Men introduction.
