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Hellfire Gala

"Hellfire Gala" was initially a 12-part X-Men comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics in June 2021. It is the first storyline featured in the "Reign of X" relaunch after the "X of Swords" storyline. Krakoa opens its gates to non-mutants to celebrate mutant culture at an evening party. The gala unveiled the new team of X-Men and showcased the terraforming of Mars into Planet Arakko. It subsequently became an annual event in the Krakoan Age with the one-shots X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 published in July 2022 and X-Men Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 published in July 2023. In the lead up to each Hellfire Gala, Marvel conducted a fan vote to decide on members of the new X-Men team. The subsequent publishing initiative, X-Men: From the Ashes, revisited the Hellfire Gala concept as a memorial for Krakoa in X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1 published in July 2025. The gala returned in X-Men: The Hellfire Murder, which released in July 2026.

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"Hellfire Gala" was initially a 12-part X-Men comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics in June 2021. It is the first storyline featured in the "Reign of X" relaunch after the "X of Swords" storyline. Krakoa opens its gates to non-mutants to celebrate mutant culture at an evening party. The gala unveiled the new team of X-Men and showcased the terraforming of Mars into Planet Arakko. It subsequently became an annual event in the Krakoan Age with the one-shots X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 published in July 2022 and X-Men Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 published in July 2023. In the lead up to each Hellfire Gala, Marvel conducted a fan vote to decide on members of the new X-Men team. The subsequent publishing initiative, X-Men: From the Ashes, revisited the Hellfire Gala concept as a memorial for Krakoa in X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1 published in July 2025. The gala returned in X-Men: The Hellfire Murder, which released in July 2026.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 2021 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2022 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 2025 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2026 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2021". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2022". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "2025". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2026". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376763572

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