With Ms. Marvel now having mutant powers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the pages of the comics, it’s no surprise Iman Vellani mentioned the X-Men’s most recent iconic reboot as one of her favorites. In discussing “House of X” #1 (by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles), Vellani offered nothing but praise to the beginning of the Krokan age for Marvel’s mutants: “This entire run is simply *chef’s kiss*, and if you are part of the 1% that hasn’t read Jonathan Hickman’s mind-shattering, paradigm-shifting, ingeniously executed reboot of future X-Men storytelling, what exactly are you occupying your free time with?”
Vellani shouted out another modern X-Men book as one of her favorites that was crucial in introducing a reborn Ms. Marvel. Writing about the 2023 “X-Men: Hellfire Gala” (Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, Luciano Vecchio, Russell Dauterman, Rain Beredo, and more than 20 total writers, artists, and designers), Vellani stressed the importance of the action-packed affair and Kamala Khan becoming a mutant and the “Fall of X,” saying, “Ever since Kamala Khan hatched out of a Krakoan egg and learned about her latent X-Gene (crazy, I know!), she, along with the dwindling remnants of mutantkind, cannot seem to catch a break! This book has it all—death, destruction, airborne Juggernauts! [Writer] Gerry Duggan does NOT hold back!”
Given the significance of the “Hellfire Gala” comic in Ms. Marvel joining the X-Men and setting the stage for Vellani’s “Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant” comic, it certainly deserves to be on her list.
