The following contains major spoilers for X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1, available now from Marvel.
One of the X-Men's most dangerous enemies is teaming up with the Prime Eternal to bring an end to mutantkind.
X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 sees Moira MacTaggert crash the eponymous event courtesy of having taken the body of Mary Jane Watson as both a hostage and a disguise. While Moira is eventually found out and forced to retreat, she still manages to gather the names of The Five -- the mutants who are the ones directly responsible for mutant resurrection on Krakoa -- and happily shares the information with one of the most villainous Eternals.
When Moira meets with Druig and Jack of Knives, she quickly tells them who The Five are and what purpose they serve on Krakoa. She does so in the hopes the Eternals will be able to do what she and organizations such as Orchis have failed to in wiping out mutantkind entirely. By attacking The Five, the Eternals would be dealing a blow the X-Men might not be able to ever recover from.
Moira MacTaggert first appeared in 1975's X-Men #96 written by Chris Claremont and Bill Mantlo and illustrated by Dave Cockrum. At the time, Moira was a fast ally of the titular heroes as well as a longtime colleague and frequent romantic interest of Charles Xavier. Secretly, Moira was a mutant with the uncontrollable power to reset the universe to the point of her birth upon each of her deaths, all while retaining her previous experiences. This eventually drove Moira mad and she has since started working with the likes of Orchis to destroy everything mutants have built.
Druig made his debut in the Marvel Universe in 1977's Eternals #11 by Jack Kirby, just under a year after more heroic Eternals such as Ikaris set the apparent standard for all of them. Rather than interpreting their guiding principles heroically, Druig sees their duty to "correct excess deviation" as an easy justification for carrying out a mutant genocide. So far, Druig has been unsuccessful in that regard, largely due to the same Eternal principles he has attempted to twist to his own ends.
X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 is written by Gerry Duggan and features art from Kris Anka, Russel Dauterman, Matteo Lolli, and C.F. Villa, with colors by Rain Beredo, Frank Martin, Matt Milla, and Matthew Wilson, as well as letters by VC's Clayton Cowles. Main cover art comes courtesy of Dauterman and Wilson, with variant cover art provided by Artgerm, Nick Dragotta and Rico Renzi, Carlos Gomez and Jesus Aburtov, and Adam Hughes. X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel