Marvel Phase 4: 10 Latest Rumours You Need To Know
5. Another Mutant Is On The Way To The MCU
Previously, it's been rumoured that a mutant character will appear in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, a sign that Marvel Studios is starting to lay the groundwork for the X-Men in the MCU. According to MCU Cosmic, Firestar is the latest mutant to find herself on the studio's radar.
Introduced in NBC's Saturday morning cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Firestar teamed up with the web-slinger and soon became a fan-favourite. That led to her making the leap from the screen to the comic books (rather than the other way around) in the pages of 1985's Uncanny X-Men #193. She's since helped found the New Warriors and remained allies with Peter Parker.
Now, it's feasible we could see Firestar in Spider-Man 3 or Marvel Studios' eventual X-Men reboot, but it's hard to say for sure, and entirely possible she'll be overhauled. However, if there is any truth to these claims, then it definitely appears as if Marvel Studios is making good use of obscure names.