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We may be a long way off from an X-Men movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but mutants are nevertheless popping up all over the place \u2013 with the latest being in She-Hulk episode 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the episode doesn\u2019t follow up on that tantalising Daredevil tease<\/a> from last week, it does introduce another superhero from the pages of Marvel Comics: Mister Immortal.<\/p>\n Of course, this character is unlikely to receive much fanfare, given that he has generally been depicted as a joke in the source material and thus lacks any compelling stories of his own.<\/p>\n Mister Immortal is best known for leading the Great Lakes Avengers, a parody team comprised of characters with daft superpowers, such as Squirrel Girl and Flatman (both are exactly what they sound like).<\/p> The most noteworthy thing about Mister Immortal\u2019s appearance here is his long-held status as a mutant, which isn\u2019t explicitly acknowledged in the episode, but is firmly established canon in the comic books.<\/p>\n This makes him the latest mutant to appear in the MCU, following Professor X\u2019s Doctor Strange cameo<\/a> and the revelation that Kamala Khan (aka Ms Marvel<\/a>) also falls into this category, marking a major deviation from the comics<\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier this summer, Marvel Studios outlined its ambitious Phase 5 plan<\/a> and some of Phase 6, which made no mention of any X-Men movies nor the long awaited Deadpool 3<\/a>, but these additions prove that mutants are very much on its mind.<\/p>\n