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X-Men ‘97: Season 2 episodes 1-5 with Ethan Gould

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“Speaking of sexual Tyrannosaurus, the tension between Wolverine and Sabretooth could be cut with a knife,” – artist and game designer Ethan Gould returns to talk about X-Men ‘97 Season 2 episodes 1-5, now on Disney+.

Don’t be a time-tossed mutant, when it comes to X-Men and art history, whether it’s Art Deco Egypotomania or 1980s action horror movies we’ve got you covered. 

Ethan Gould is a New York artist and writer. His work has appeared in print, in galleries, on television, and off-off Broadway. His most recent project is The Sometimes Kingdom RPG, a tabletop game exploring what labor means as an adventurer in a modernizing high fantasy world, out now from Stillfeet Studio. You can find him online and soon on Patreon under the handle @Spectralhouse.

Catch up with our 2024 episode on the X-Men ’97 Season 1 finale: Magneto and Xavier’s Meet Cute in the Mind Palace

Mini Reviews: X-Men ‘97 Season 2 #1, Justice League: Dream Girls #1, The Deadman #1

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Justice League: Dream Girls A DC Pride Event #1

Sometimes, the staff at Graphic Policy read more comics than we’re able to get reviewed. When that happens you’ll see a weekly feature compiling reviews of the comics, or graphic novels, we just didn’t get a chance to write a full one for.

These are Graphic Policy’s Mini Reviews and Recommendations.

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X-Men ‘97 Season 2 #1 (Marvel) – Steve Foxe and Salva Espin’s tie-in comic is tasty snack to hold you over until X-Men ‘97 returns. With the X-Men scattered to different time periods, there’s a void in the mutant world, and X-Factor, Akkaba cultists, the Brotherhood, and young mutants like Jubilee and Sunspot are trying to fill it. This feels like reading a random X-issue from the mid-90s in the best way. The best parts are definitely Jubilee and Sunspot making pop culture quips and dealing with discrimination while trying to help fellow mutants. Most of the main cast isn’t in this because they’re “dead”, but Season 2 #1 has a big villain on deck especially for a tie-in book. Overall: 7.5 Verdict: Read

Justice League: Dream Girls #1 (DC) – Dreamer and Galaxy fight their way through some visually interesting dream worlds in this Pride Month treated scripted by their co-creators, Nicole Maines and Jadzia Axelrod. The art team is spectacular too with Nicola Scott drawing a vision of Dreamer as Wonder Woman, J. bone channeling Batman: The Animated Series for a Gotham library caper, and the expressive Brandt & Stein handling the real world. (I love how they draw Star Sapphire’s eye roll.) JL Dream Girls #1 is a buffet of queerness, strong characterization, and superhero/sci-fi lore. And for dessert, there’s a Greg Rucka and Claire Roe backup story where Batwoman falls for an anti-data center activist. Poor Kate is always unlucky in love, but at least there’s Claire Roe’s muscular visuals. Overall: 8.7 Verdict: Buy

The Deadman #1 (DC) – In The Deadman #1, W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran both streamline and make Boston Brand an infinitely more interesting character with plenty of gallows humor and and a warm hug of humanity. This comic captures folks at their most vulnerable moments: right before their passing, and Deadman acts as a kind of wisecracking midwife to make sure their souls’ get to the other side. But souls can be used to gain power as well, which sets up the series’ central conflict. Deadman’s foe is Bryan Johnson, but if he had an unquenchable appetite for old Hellblazer comics and didn’t get the point of the first issue of Sandman. The Deadman #1 is a refreshingly original spin on a great B-list character, and the Prince and Morazzo ouevre continues to be an insta-buy for me. Overall: 8.4 Verdict: Buy

Preview: X-Men ’97: Season Two #1

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X-Men ’97: Season Two #1

(W) Steve Foxe (A) Salvador Espin

Extinction-day has come and gone, and your favorite X-Men are lost in time!

Spinning out of the X-Men ’97 hit TV series, we follow the X-Men left behind in a world that hunts and hates mutantkind! Can they survive? And just where — or when — are the X-Men now?! Leading directly from the end of season one to the start of the upcoming season 2, no X-MEN ’97 fan can miss this one!

X-Men '97: Season Two #1

X-Men ’97: Season Two Delivers a Prelude to the Upcoming Second Season!

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The hit animated series X-Men ’97 returns this summer on Disney+, and once more, comic readers will be able to dive right into the action at their local comic shop with X-Men ’97: Season Two, an official prelude comic series! The five-issue limited series reunites writer Steve Foxe and artist Salva Espin who previously collaborated on the X-Men ’97 prelude comic series for Season One.

X-Men ’97: Season Two will lead directly from the end of the acclaimed first season to the start of the upcoming season two, setting the stage for the time-sprawling saga that awaits viewers, exploring the season’s biggest plot threads, and spotlighting the major new characters—and teams—joining the cast.

Extinction-day has come and gone, and your favorite X-Men are lost in time! Spinning out of Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97 series, follow the X-Men left behind in a world that hunts and hates mutantkind! Can they survive? And just where – or when – are the X-Men now?! No X-Men ‘97 fan can miss this one!

Check out the cover by returning X-Men ‘97 cover artist Todd Nauck along with a variant cover by Jhony Caballero inspired by Season One’s iconic basketball looks. Stay tuned for more news about X-Men ’97 Season 2 in the months ahead and preorder the prelude comic series at your local comic shop!