Every X-Men Reference & Easter Egg In The MCU So Far
Warning! Contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel!
While the X-Men are on their way to the MCU at some point in the future, Marvel Studios has still managed to sneak in a number of references to mutants into the ever-growing shared universe. Since 2008's Iron Man, the MCU has introduced hundreds of characters from the Marvel universe to help flesh out their interconnected universe. However, back when Marvel Studios was still fresh, they didn't have access to significant characters like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. Decades later, things have changed for the better as the Fantastic Four and X-Men rights have come into Marvel Studios' possession.
Even though Phase 4 is already stacked with a big number of films, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has been clear about the X-Men joining the MCU in the future. At this point, it is more than likely the mutants will make their first on-screen presence in the second half of MCU's Phase 5, following Blade and other projects. Whether they start with a single character or a group of them remains unclear for the time being. Nevertheless, even if the X-Men haven't been on-screen alongside the Avengers, the MCU has cleverly had a handful of nods to the beloved mutants.
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Before Disney acquired 21st Century Fox, the word «mutant» could never even be said in a Marvel movie or TV show (let alone referencing the X-Men), and characters that both studios shared had access to had to be retooled for the respective universes. That is a major reason why Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's origin stories had to be reimagined. Years before the acquisition, Wanda and Pietro couldn't be depicted as mutants nor as
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