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X-Men ’97Season 2 is here, and it has certainly hit the ground running. In just four episodes (at the time of writing this), Season 2 has explored the rise of one of the X-Men’s ultimate villains (Apocalypse) and teased us with dark portents of the nightmare future he will create. Now the seasonal storyline is…

X-Men ‘97 (2024) has been a great return to the earlier animated superhero universe, bringing back the classic iterations of the characters while updating them for the 21st century. For longtime fans, one of the best aspects of the show has been the way it’s been able to subtly reference plenty of stories surrounding the…

X-Men ’97 Season 2 has increasingly drawn the Avengers into the story, but that repeats a huge comic book mistake. The first season of X-Men ’97 quietly accomplished the impossible, drawing together all the various ’90s animated shows into a single shared universe. It’s a genius strategy, making this a direct forerunner of the MCU,…

Part of what makes X-Men ‘97 so fun is that it mixes and matches some of the greatest X-Men comics of yesteryear. In Season 1, for example, we got a mix of classic storylines like “The Trial of Magneto,” “Fatal Attractions,” the attack on Genosha, and more. Season 2 just dropped, and we’re already getting…

If you were to ask someone what the best part of X-Men ’97Season 2 has been, they’d more than likely point to its second episode, “A Force To Be Reckoned With.” That episode introduced Cable and his X-Force, which consists of Psylocke, Archangel, and new recruits Jubilee and Sunspot (aka two of the remaining X-Men…

“X-Men ’97” Season 2 doesn’t pull any punches. The team hasn’t had time to recover from the death of Gambit (A.J. LoCascio) and the rest of the victims of the Genosha massacre; now Apocalypse (Ross Marquand) has dealt another devastating blow in Episode 4, “The Rise of Apocalypse Part II.” 

X-Men ’97 Season 2, episode 4 ends with the perfect Weapon X setup. Post-credits scenes have been a Marvel tradition ever since 2008, but Marvel’s TV shows have increasingly avoided them. In a delightful twist, though, X-Men ’97‘s latest episode features one that’s incredible setup for what may be one of the most important Wolverine…