The Marvels’ Iman Vellani Shares Her Favorite Marvel Comics
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.
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.