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!
Time to get the X-Men back to the 90s. Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97 Season 2 streams July 1, only on Disney+.
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!
MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES X-MEN ’97 MARVEL’S SENTINEL
(HASBRO | Ages 4 years & up | Approx. Retail Price: $174.99 | Available: Fall 2025)
Bring the excitement and wonder of the Marvel Universe to your collection with the Marvel Legends Marvel’s Sentinel figure! Adversary of the X-Men, the robotic Sentinel exists for the sole purpose of detecting and destroying mutants. This collectible figure is inspired by the enormous mutant-hunting Sentinels from Marvel Studios’ X-Men ’97 animated series. The figure stands at 22.2 inches tall, in line with the Marvel Legends Series 6-inch scale. The Marvel Legends Series Sentinel figure features over 80 points of articulation for creating show-inspired poses on your shelf and comes with 5 accessories, including power FX and alternate battle damage- designed pieces.
Look for other X-Men ’97 Marvel Legends action figures to expand your X-Men collection and more entertainment-inspired Marvel Legends Series figures to build your own Marvel Multiverse (each sold separately, subject to availability). Available for pre-order starting October 18 at 6:00PM EST through November 26 at 11:59PM EST.
It’s a new week and we have a lot going on here! While we kick off the week, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web you might have missed.
Smash Pages – Rest in peace, Peter B. Gillis – Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and fans.
Kotaku – X-Men ‘97 Didn’t Redeem Cyclops, He’s Always Been This Cool – Has he been? What do you all think?
Reviews
The Beat – In Perpetuity
Antickmusings – Time Under Tension
X-Men ’97 #4
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Salva Espin (CA) Todd Nauck
Rated T
In Shops: Jun 26, 2024
SRP: $3.99
SINISTER SECRETS COME TO LIGHT!
As the X-Men gather to celebrate good news, some of their most dangerous foes show up to crash the party – and strike a deadly blow to mutant/human relations in the process! The official prelude to the hit new Disney+ TV show reaches its explosive conclusion here, setting up key plots that will play out in the seasons ahead!
Mutant, in collaboration with Hollywood Records and Marvel Animation are proud to present the Newton Brothers‘ score to the hit animated series X-Men ’97 streaming on Disney+.
The highly anticipated series is as fun, thoughtful and emotionally charged as the original X-Men: The Animated Series, while being reimagined for a new generation of fans. But matching the energy, tone of the original was dependent on nailing the sound, and that clearly was top of mind for the series composers The Newton Brothers.
The Newton Brothers have produced an incredibly dynamic collection of music – from tackling the implications of serious political allegories, deep emotional truths, all while still embracing the fantastical surprises present in this universe (such as being sucked into a video game). X-Men ’97 proves you can balance creativity and honoring legacy in interesting and original ways.
The X-Men ‘97 Original Soundtrack is available for pre-order on Mutant’s webstore.
“Mr. Sinister is obsessed with genetic purity and then this disaster bi bowling league shows up and stomps his ass,” – Artist and Art Director Ethan Gould joins us to talk about the finale arc of Disney‘s X-Men ’97 animated series. Episodes: Bright Eyes – Tolerance Is Extinction.
We go deep on Bastian and Operation Zero Tolerance in the animated series and comics. The original 1992 animated series was a huge influence on Ethan’s work so we discuss it at greater length here than I have so far on the podcast.
Don’t miss my conversation with the Great Steven Attewell on the X-Men ’97 premier.
Sarah Daniel Rasher on the mid-season episodes
Check out Ethan’s art and design for the Stillfleet TTRPG where you will soon be able to check out The Sometimes Kingdom on Twitch etc.
Portfolio: https://cara.app/gouldiniart and https://www.instagram.com/spectralhouse/
Get your Magneto Made Some Valid Points T via X-Plain the X-men podcast’s Teepublic.
Covering the X-Men ’97 TV series, episodes 3-6: Fire Made Flesh, Motendo, Lifedeath and Remember It with my Deep Space Dive co-host, education research consultant and former Shakespeare professor Sarah Daniel Rasher.
We’ve got:
Don’t miss my conversation with the late Steven Attewell about the series first two episodes.
Alex and Joe hang out and talk about… well, almost anything and everything today; Superman, wrestling and Marvel Legends and, well, tangents. But mostly tangents.
You can reach Alex and Joe can be found on Twitter respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4 if you feel the need to tell them they’re wrong individually, or by email at ItsThose2Geeks@gmail.com.
