To me, my X-Men… ’97 Season 2 trailer! When last we saw our beloved mutants in X-Men ’97‘s breathless Season 1 finale, things weren’t looking so great for our heroes. Scattered across time, Magneto, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Beast, and Xavier wound up in Ancient Egypt circa 3000BC, landing directly in the path of a young En Sabah Nur — aka ‘the first mutant’ Apocalypse. Meanwhile Jean Grey and Cyclops were flung 2000 years into the future, reunited with their son Nathan in a literal post-Apocalypse world. And as the first trailer for X-Men’ 97 Season 2 shows us, we’re picking right back where we left off with our mutie crew — check it out below;
Hoo boy — if X-Men ’97 Season 1 proved Marvel knows exactly how to handle its mutants, then it looks like Season 2 is doubling down and then some. Rogue mourning Gambit… Apocalypse pledging to strike the X-Men at their most vulnerable (“The 1990s!” obviously)… Morph going full Deadpool… Polaris! Sheesh, we need a Time Machine — or just a replay button, really — to process all the cool mutant shenanigans teased here. Handily, amid our delirium we did find Marvel’s official Season 2 synopsis as our superheroes — and villains — prepare for a battle across the ages. It reads: “X-Men ’97 Season 2 continues with the heroic mutant team of X-Men, divided and thrown across different eras in time as they struggle to navigate their return home. Meanwhile, back in the 1990s, suspicious foes and new strains of mutant intolerance are on the rise in the wake of the X-Men’s absence.”
Among the voice cast for X-Men ’97‘s nine-episode Season 2, you’ll be relieved to hear, are Ross Marquand as Professor X, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Lenore Zann as Rogue, and George Buza as Beast. We’ll see whether they — and the rest of our heroes — make it back to the 90s in one piece when X-Men ’97 Season 2 drops on Disney+ on 1 July. Now can we get a “Bwa-na-na-na naaaa na-na”? Thank you!
