Mary Jane Has Become The Damsel In Distress For The Entire Marvel Universe
Warning: contains spoilers for X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1!
Marvel's Spider-Man has a habit of saving his girlfriend Mary Jane seemingly every other issue, but now Peter Parker's major love interest is getting saved by the X-Men as well — because she's the group's biggest threat. Mary Jane has no powers and is an ordinary human in a world of monsters, demons, and mad scientists (especially in Spider-Man's case), and thus is frequently kidnapped and put in danger by the many villains of the Marvel Universe. Now in the giant-sized issue X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1, Mary Jane is put in danger again, this time by a group dedicated to the extermination of all mutantkind.
In current comics continuity, the X-Men have founded the island of Krakoa, a paradise and sovereign nation for all mutantkind. The island holds many secrets, but the most important one is the ability to resurrect mutants from death. This is accomplished by the use of five powerful mutants, Professor Xavier, and the Cerebro machine; this allows mutants an unfathomable advantage against ordinary humans. Unfortunately, the closely-guarded secret was leaked to the public, and on the eve of the Hellfire Gala, it's all anyone can talk about.
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In X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1, written by Gerry Duggan with art by Kris Anka, Russell Dauterman, Matteo Lolli & CF Villa, Mary Jane is a surprised guest at the Hellfire Club, ostensibly invited thanks to the mutant-created drugs that helped her aunt recover from her dementia. Unknown to all, she's actually possessed by Moira MacTaggart, now a member of Orchis who desires to end mutant resurrection forever. Spider-Man sees that Mary Jane is in trouble — but doesn't realize that Moira
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