X-Men: The Animated Series is finally getting a follow-up series called X-Men '97, coming to Disney+ with many of the original voice actors returning (with one exception being Jubilee's actress passing on the torch to an Asian actress), which has now been given a second season too.
We knew that the new show would pick up where the season 5 finale, 'Graduation Day', left off, and now we've got a bit more information about what the actually means.
In the episode, Charles Xavier is dying and is taken into space by girlfriend Lilandra to be treated with Shi'ar technology, with the X-Men and ultimate frenemy Magneto tearfully wishing him goodbye.
At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, which Digital Spy attended, it was announced that Magneto will now lead the team, wearing his purple '90s comic outfit.
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Beyond that, we also learned that Bishop, Cable, Nightcrawler, Morph and Forge would be back as allies, although we don't know if any of them will be permanent team members this time. Sunspot, who never appeared in the original, will also join the fight against evil.
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The previously-confirmed Mister Sinister will be joined by Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost and Callisto as returning villains.
Disney and Marvel Studios have been hyping up the legendary animated show's return by including bits of the iconic theme tune in both Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (which had Patrick Stewart's Professor Xavier using the yellow hoverchair) and Ms Marvel, which officially introduced Mutants to the MCU.
And to show just how committed they are to the project, they've gone and greenlit a second season before the first has even aired.
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But that's not all! It was announced this week that the original TAS has FINALLY been put into its proper episode order on Disney+ (while we've noticed that Spider-Man: The Animated Series is finally split into seasons rather than one, 65-episode season, too).
Will we ever get a decent HD remaster/upscale of these classic Marvel shows? Who knows, but it's great to see these episode issues resolved at least.
X-Men '97 is set for a late 2023 debut. For all Comic-con coverage, you can go right here.
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