Marvel Hints The X-Men WON'T Be Called Mutants In The MCU

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This article contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 6.

Ms. Marvel episode 6 raises the possibility mutants will be known by another name in the MCU. Marvel Studios regained the film rights to the X-Men back in 2019 when Disney acquired the bulk of Fox's film and TV empire, and ever since it's only been a matter of time until mutants appeared in the MCU. That has finally happened, with Ms. Marvel episode 6 revealing Kamala Khan is the MCU's first official mutant.

There's long been speculation about how mutants will be introduced into the MCU. The events of Ms. Marvel appear to suggest they've been there all along — but are presumably few and far between. Kamala Khan's story corresponds with the idea of latent mutants in the comics, people who possess a dormant X-gene that is activated by some sort of cosmic energy; Magneto's daughter Polaris is one of the most famous latent mutants. Given this is the case, it is entirely possible other enhanced individuals in the MCU — empowered after exposure to Infinity Stones — also possess activated X-genes. Indeed, this was teased by The Wakanda Files, an in-universe notebook supposedly collected by Shuri that reflects on the world's superheroes and superhumans. The Wakanda Files suggests Hydra based themselves around Sokovia because they had identified a high proportion of people in that area with specific genetic markers they believed could be activated by exposure to the Mind Stone.

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The Marvels features three characters who gained their powers after being exposed to mysterious energies: Kamala Khan, Captain Marvel, and Monica Rambeau. Kamala has already been confirmed to be a mutant, and it's entirely