Mary Jane is attending the X-Men's Hellfire Gala as a mutant
Mary Jane Watson’s life just keeps getting more complicated…
In Amazing Spider-Man #1, it's revealed that in the six months since she and Peter got back together, she's seemingly started living with a man named Paul and his two kids, who comfortably and surprisingly call her 'Mommy.' Now, MJ's status – and identity – are being further called into question thanks to Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men #1 released to participating comic book shops on May 7.
In case you didn't make it to Free Comic Book Day but are still hoping to score the free comic...
In 'Let’s Talk About Krakoa…' writer Gerry Duggan, artist Matteo Lolli, colorist Rain Beredo, and letterer Clayton Cowles follow MJ and her aunt, Anna, to a cable news show where they talk about how Krakoan drugs have all but reversed Anna’s dementia. The pair are named as brand ambassadors for Krakoa's "miracle medicines," and MJ talks up their affordability and effectiveness. The interview feels relatively boilerplate, but it's framed in vaguely ominous narration from an unnamed character – who reveals themself at the end of the story.
After MJ tucks her aunt into bed and Anna requests that MJ say hello to Tony Stark at the upcoming Hellfire Gala, Mary Jane heads downstairs and encounters a home intruder. The shadowy figure reveals herself to be the robotic incarnation of Moira MacTaggert from Omega-Wolverine's timeline, who's hellbent on destroying mutantkind once and for all.
This Moira is also the narrator of 'Let’s Talk About Krakoa…' which puts some things in perspective, namely her hyper-fixation on mutants finding a solution for death and their historic battles with the Avengers.
Elsewhere in the FCBD special, it's seemingly revealed why mutants may now be
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