The Hellfire Gala was the most blatant metatextual acknowledgement yet made that the X-Men franchise is where the girls and the gays flock to among superhero IP
Tom Ewing#EventsDearBoy 14. THE HELLFIRE GALA (2021, Marvel) The highest placed Krakoa era event not because it's necessarily the best but because it's the *most* Krakoa-ish: what could sum up this biggest of in-continuity swings better than a fashion-forward event based on a party not a battle?