11 Best, Dark And Mature 90’s X-Men Animated Series Story Arcs That Made The Cartoon Legendary!

In America, the 1990s were the Golden Age of cartoons and animated television shows. For a decade, it seemed as if we would be getting another jewel of entertainment. Cartoon shows like the lovable Spongebob Squarepants, South Park’s edgy and on-the-nose existence, and the goofiness of the Rugrats have defined generations.

And, curiously enough, they were doing it on weekly television before the MCU helped Marvel Comics take over the world! Marvel’s Greatest Character has launched into global superstardom thanks to Spiderman: The Animated Series and even Tony Stark’s strange, comic-accurate escapades made their way onto the national stage.

But no other animated series will ever be able to match the 5-year run that the X-Men had on Fox every Saturday morning. We were treated to what is possibly the best representation of Marvel’s mutant community ever from 1992 to 1997. 5 seasons of sophisticated plots and lucid visuals that did more than an honor Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s groundbreaking creation were packed to the rafters.

You can not convince us otherwise; the opening sequence is still one of the best in cartoon history! Marvel has announced that the famous series would be revived in the summer of 2023 with the Disney+ animated series X-Men ’97.

And what better way to be ready for it than by re-watching the finest episodes and binge-watching the rest? These are the Top 11 X-Men Episodes from the 1990s that have been investigated. This is your Spoiler Warning, as always; proceed at your own peril!

Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape [Season 3 Ep 19]

This episode is the latest exhibit in a long line of incidents I like to call “Professor X Messes Around, And Professor X Finds Out”. Charles Xavier means well (most of the time) but can be rather pushy in his pursuit of a better world for mutantkind, and his relentless quest for rehabilitating Logan’s broken psyche. He has a tough time here as well, getting psychically blown away by the sheer instability of Logan’s mind, but make no mistake, ladies, and gentlemen; this is a Wolverine story, through and through.

Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape is an appropriate title for the episode because those three things are the primary focus of the plot. It starts with a rabid Wolverine, thrashing about as he struggles with his “nightmares & delusions”. He has a flashback to his time in a Canadian log cabin with his lover Silver Fox when the couple is attacked by Sabretooth; thus bringing the annual tradition of Sabretooth doing terrible things to Logan on his birthday to TV.

When Professor X tries to calm him down, he receives the aforementioned shock, and Logan rushes out of the X-Men Compound, nearly running Beast over. In the meantime, Jean Grey discovers a picture of Silver Fox in his room and a map with the coordinates to the abandoned Weapon X Facility. Logan arrives at the sight of traumas that have haunted him for a lifetime and is confronted by both Beast & Sabretooth.

The former Team X members have both received an invitation to the facility, it seems, but given the nature of their relationship, they start fighting anyway. But as their claws collide, both of them get the same flashback: of fighting Omega Red, and of Sabretooth’s betrayal. Silver Fox & Maverick just then to break it up and figure out what’s going on with their brains; because they too were “invited” there and had been having odd dreams of late.

The former Team X, aided by Beast’s technical skills, discover to their great horror that everything that they thought had shaped their lives was a lie. Weapon X had messed with their brains way beyond their expectations, implanting memories and “fail-safes” that even the Greatest Psychic in the World cannot bypass.

Anything that can make Sabretooth question his entire existence has to be the certified evil, man. At the end of the episode, the quartet was informed that they were about to begin a lifelong cat-and-mouse game against the robotic Talons, which is just the cherry on top of a rather depressing cake. If only Wolverine Origins had been half as good as this cartoon episode, eh?

Days of Future Past: Part 1 & 2 [Season 1 Ep 11 & 12]

Okay, so we’re cheating, big deal; it’s not like you’re gonna watch a single episode out of an ongoing “saga”, right? Season 1 of the X-Men animated series was probably the only season to dedicate itself to building its lore around the existing comic book material. And the best example of this has to be the show’s adaptation of the wildly popular X-Men Days of Future Past Storyline.

Episodes 11 & 12 were near-identical renditions of X-Men issues #141-142, with a few key differences that took into account the world that the show was building. In the year 2055, Wolverine is leading a mutant resistance in a post-apocalyptic world swarming with Sentinels. As he fights his way out of a Sentinel ambush, he is apprehended by the mutant tracker Bishop- who takes the role of Rachel Summers from the comics as The Hound. Bishop ignores Wolverine’s claims of the Sentinels’ “true goal”, thinking himself secure in his role as a hunter of his own kin.

But his beliefs are shattered when he’s informed that he’s “no longer needed” after having fulfilled his quota, and is betrayed by the Sentinels who turn on him. He escapes the facility with Wolverine and arrives at a resistance center where he learns that the only way to save their reality was to change a particular event from the past.

Bishop’s mission was to apprehend the assassin whose actions led to the deaths of all the X-Men besides Logan himself; he was going to stop the Sentinels from ever being created in the first place, by filling Kitty Pride’s role from the comics (who doesn’t appear in the show for a shockingly long time). But when he arrives in the past, Bishop cannot recall the name of the assassin, so he decides to target the X-Men themselves.

He crashes a bus into the Xavier Mansion and engages Storm & Cyclops before being given the Professor X brain scan treatment. Having learned Bishop’s mission and sent Super Sentinel Nimrod back to the future (yes, that was a thing), the X-Men set out to prevent Senator Kelly’s assassination at the hands of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. By this point, Bishop had zeroed in on Gambit as the lead suspect, given that he was the only X-Man who was left alive in the future.

But turns out, the assassin was actually Mystique- who had been posing as Gambit to throw off the government and the X-Men alike. Bishop was about to take them both out “just to be sure” when, through a series of unfortunate events, he was sent back to his timeline. Senator Kelly survived that assassination attempt but was soon after kidnapped by Magneto, which ended this two-part epic on a tantalizing cliff-hanger. And the pay-off was great as well, so maybe check out episode 13 as well while you’re at it.

Come the Apocalypse [Season 1 Ep 10]

Imagine if the 2016 movie had been as good as this episode, eh?! Come the Apocalypse adapts one of the most infamous groups of supervillains in X-Men history that aren’t the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. The Biblical Four Horsemen of Apocalypse are re-imagined in Marvel continuity as mutants with powers so cosmic they resemble those 4 aspects of Armageddon. And so is the case in this episode as well, which loosely adapts the comic book formation of the 4 Horsemen that takes place across various X-Factor issues.

It begins with Warren Worthington the 3^rd– aka Angel- sitting in Dr. Adler’s office, getting “treated” for his mutation. Only it’s revealed that Dr. Adler is actually Mystique- shocker, we know- and that she’s in the service of the immortal mutant known as Apocalypse. Under her “watchful eye”, Angel has been “cured” of his mutation. He walks into a pub where other mutants hopeful of getting cured are awaiting their turn and gives them the one thing they need the most; hope.

By sharing that he was free of his mutation, Angel was able to rouse quite a few of the bar’s patrons, which also included Cyclops. Scott argued that being a mutant is not a disease and that the cure could actually be more harmful than helpful. But Rogue stepped in for Angel and told Cyclops off, informing him that availing of the cure was a mutant’s personal choice.

The scene pans to Apocalypse, who’s been watching the entire thing play out on screen joined by drum rolls please- Warren Worthington the 3^rd! Turns out, the Angel in the pub was Mystique, and that the actual Angel had been transformed into Archangel aka Death; one of Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen. With his final chess piece securely in its place, The Invincible One begins his crusade against humanity by interrupting a rather risqué game of pool between Rogue & Gambit; his Horsemen had just invaded the World Peace Conference in Paris, and the X-Men’s services were required.

Famine, Pestilence & War erupted across the globe, draining the Earth of its life’s blood. While Professor X spends most of his team in France, he sends Rogue & Jubilee to Muir’s Island; the sight of Angel’s treatment. When the duo arrives there, they’re confronted by Mystique who reveals Apocalypse’s plan to enslave every human being on Earth before making her escape.

This episode is filled with hard-hitting action sequences that do complete justice to the X-Men’s reputation; at one point, Rogue flies to Stonehenge and directly confronts Apocalypse, without any backup. Talk about ballsy! The end of the episode is a delicious slice of a moral dilemma for the young mutant as well, which we’re not going to spoil here. You’re going to have to watch it to find out.

Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 & 2 [Season 2 Ep 1 & 2]

Cyclops & Jean Grey are getting married! Huzzah! The priest is a psychopathic EX-Man (see what we did there) who’s hell-bent on killing his teammates. D’aww. Season 2 of the X-Men animated series opened on a celebratory note, after Charles Xavier’s team of mutants dealt with the threat of the Sentinels in season 1’s episode finale; interspersed with scenes of Wolverine just chopping the heads off of androids that look like Cyclops in the Danger Room.

This opening sequence is so iconic for so many reasons; the obvious tension between 3 of the strongest mutants to ever exist is palpably threaded together in an escalating vein that crescendos with Jean leaving her wedding ceremony to check on Logan. Pure Gossip Girls level of cheesy soap drama tinged with slasher movie vibes, and we love every second of it!

Till Death Do, Us Part seems like it will be focused on this unholy love triangle given everything that transpires within the first few minutes but it quickly becomes clear that this isn’t the story of Jean Grey, Scott Summers, or Logan; it’s the story of the man they left behind. Because back in the finale of Season 1, while the X-Men were under attack from the Sentinels, Cyclops made a “team decision” that would come back to haunt them all; he ruled that they should leave a weak man behind, and press on with the mission.

Everyone assumed that their teammate perished that day, but in a rather Sinister twist of fate (wink wink), it turns out that that person was still alive; and he was rather bent on getting vengeance. Morph is a mutant who led a very troubled existence before he was taken in by the X-Men. So when he was abandoned by those he considered his family- especially best buddy Wolverine- Morph decided that he would teach them a lesson in pain & loss.

Using his ability to mimic the appearance of any person he has seen down to their voice, he infiltrates Scott & Jean’s wedding as the aforementioned priest and starts off his plot to take down the X-Men; which includes turning public opinion against mutants, targeting Robert Kelly (again) and serving as the thrall of the famous X-Men comic book villain Mister Sinister; who debuts at the very end of Season 2 Episode 1.

Till Death Do, Us Part is one of the more cerebral & gothic installments in the X-Men animated series, with its themes of obsession, domination, and global destruction being structured around an essentially mutant kind of version of The Chameleon. But don’t let that fool you into thinking that Morph is a rip-off in any way, shape, or form; he is one of the few series exclusive characters to have gained mainstream appreciation. And when you watch the episode, you’ll see just why.

Time Fugitives: Part 1 & 2 [Season 2 Ep 7 & 8 ]

You mess with time, time messes back with you. It’s the cardinal rule of time travel; don’t let Doctor Brown convince you otherwise. Kudos to the creators of this TV show; they were able to deal with an 8-year-long storyline in 2 episodes. David Benioff & Dan Weiss should’ve taken some notes. In X-Factor issue #18, the mutant population of Earth was attacked with something they’d been dealing with for generations; and to make matters worse, it wasn’t even from their world.

Well, not their current world, anyway. Yes, Time Fugitives marks the comeback of Bishop in the X-Men Animated Series (and this list); but this time his mission is somehow even bigger than before. The Time Fugitives Part 1 begins in the distant year of 3999 AD with everyone’s favorite Bionic Killing Machine Cable just straight up disassembling ravenous robots with his metallic fist. It’s revealed that these robots have been engineered by Apocalypse- yep, the same guy we spoke about earlier, only this one’s from the future.

Cable is trying to locate the source of a catastrophic temporal disaster that is deleting his reality faster than he can save it. After consulting with his AI system, he discovers that the source of this calamity is Bishop; or rather something he did. The episode pans to Bishop, arriving in his reality moments after his last time-travel adventure with the X-Men. But nothing is how he remembers it. The world seems to have changed entirely while Bishop was off trying to save it.

The only person who seems to know anything about anything is Forge, who tells Bishop that mutants are dying because of a deadly virus and that the X-Men no longer exist in his timeline. He gears up for yet another dip through time and goes back to stop the plague from eliminating all mutantkind; but when he arrives, he discovers that it has already begun spreading, and there is a massive conspiracy afoot that spans eons.

Anti-mutant organizations like Friends of Humanity seemed to have formed some sort of an alliance with the scientist producing the “plague” virus, and Bishop’s mission just got a whole lot more complicated. This 2-parter has some of the best story moments in the history of the show, especially with Cable, who’s essentially stuck between a rock and a hard place. He wants to save his reality, but he can’t do it without helping his mortal enemy.

It’s the human heart of his biologically inhuman entity that carries Time Fugitives on its back; that, and the awesome animation sequences.  We just feel sad for Wolverine because it looks like he can never catch a break; even in a story where he isn’t the focal character!

Phoenix Saga, Part 1 – 5 [Season 3 Ep 3 To 7]

Ah, yes; the story is so nice, Fox tried to adapt it twice and failed miserably both times. Though to be completely fair to them, cramming around 20 issues worth of material into a single movie is rather difficult. And, they also lacked another crucial element, authenticity. Thankfully, the show-runners decided to save the best X-Men storyline to date for their best season.

Season 3 was the peak of X-Men’s The Animated Series and saw the show reach insane heights, thanks in large part to its adaptation of the Phoenix Saga, which ran through Uncanny X-Men issues #101-108. Part 1 opens with an ominous dream. Professor X thrashes in his bed as he witnesses a battle unfurling in space; its combatants, denizens of another galaxy. He summons the X-Men and sends them on a mission to the sight of the battle to help him understand the nature of his disturbing visions a little better.

The team of mutants arrives at a Space Station that is monitoring a wormhole, intending to commandeer one of its vessels to get started on their journey, but they’re ambushed by Eric the Red; an Enforcer for the notoriously ruthless & expansionist Shi’ar Empire. Eric was sent to this galaxy by his Emperor D’Ken to apprehend a Shi’ar war criminal, who had stolen their most-valuable belonging; the cosmic gemstone known as the M’Kraan Crystal. This Crystal is one of the most powerful objects in Marvel’s continuity, period.

So you can imagine why the Shi’ar were so cross about someone making off with it. As usual, chaos ensues and a battle erupts on the space station leaving the X-Men in an extremely precarious position. When it looks like there is no hope for mutant kinds’ fiercest heroes, Jean Grey steps up and shields her teammates from the incoming lethal cosmic radiation. In her moment of braveness, Jean pleads for help, and that’s when the Phoenix Force attaches itself to her.

Over the course of the next 4 parts, Professor X and we-the viewers- get entangled within a web of ancient secrets, primordial forces, and gemstones that should definitely come with a “Caution: Can Break The Universe” sign. The final part of this 5-episode epic sees D’Ken merge with the cosmic crystal and somehow start off his own universe, trapping the X-Men within it and forcing them to fend for themselves in a world that looked like it had been dreamed up by Batman.

It took their combined might- and a “sacrificial” assist from the Phoenix Force- to put an end to the cosmic threat that triggered Lilandra Neramani’s escape. And while most of the X-Men assume that the mystical force is out of their lives for good, Season 3 Episode 7 draws to a close with Professor X saying he believed that the Phoenix Force would return to Earth one day. And, well, the next entry on this list kinda proves him right; though not in the way that he was hoping.

The Dark Phoenix: Part 1 – 4 [Season 3 Ep 14 To 17]

So remember when we said that defeating D’Ken took a sacrificial assist from the Phoenix Force? What we should’ve said was that the cosmic entity decided to fly its enemy into the heart of the sun; along with the body of Jean Grey! You’d think that would kill her, right? Give your brain a good ol’ polishing then, because you’re thinking wrong! After all, this is Marvel Girl we’re talking about.

Well, not exactly, but you get our point! The Dark Phoenix Saga put Jean Grey on the map as one of the strongest mutants to ever exist, and it was the most twisted version of her that we’ve seen to date. Way more cerebral and demented than whatever they had controlling Sophie Turner, that’s for sure. Season 3 Episode 14 opens with a baffled Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert still trying to figure out just how Jean Grey managed to survive going supernova. It’s not like she could mimic the powers of The Human Torch, after all.

And what made it even worse was the fact that, for some reason, she was beginning to lose her memories and her identity; which Professor X correctly diagnosed as a consequence of the Phoenix Force still residing within Jean. And the X-Men aren’t the only ones who know this information, because across town, Emma Frost and her Inner Circle Club plan to manipulate the Phoenix Force into doing their bidding.

Having witnessed its god-like abilities, the Club intends to put Jean Grey under Mastermind’s control, thereby controlling the Force itself. What they didn’t prepare for was the sheer lucidity of the Phoenix’s emotions; and the full scope of its mirth & judgment. Over the course of 4, action-packed episodes that also mark the comeback of the Shi’ar Empire, we see just why Jean Grey is considered to be one of the best X-Men characters of all-time. And for once, the saga has something that might even be called a happy ending, and that alone makes these episodes worth checking out.

Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1 – 4 [Season 4 Ep 8 To 11]

This was supposed to be the big send-off to X-Men The Animated Series before Fox renewed it for one last season. If they’d have ended the series here, we’d have been more than happy, because the proposed final saga for the series was one that included all the things that made the show iconic. Instead, it found itself being broadcasted in the middle of Season 4. Beyond Good and Evil begins much like Time Fugitives, in that it starts in our favorite nightmare reality; the Planet Earth during the year 3999 AD.

Cable is once again going up against Apocalypse, this time attacking The Invincible One’s Cairo base. But this time, Apocalypse is ready for the Bionic Killing Machine, and manages to turn the tables on him, disappearing through the mists of time. Apocalypse’s actions unfreeze the temporally-displaced Bishop in the year 2055, who meets an entity that calls itself Bender.

Bender explains to Bishop that he’s arrived at a “crossroads in Time”, where he can witness multiple distinct time frames simultaneously throw different “windows of time”; thanks to the Bender’s powers. Scott & Jean finally get married- they triple-checked the priest’s identity this time around- and the couple has a genuinely emotional wedding reception.

But it wouldn’t be an X-Men story without Jean inevitably landing into trouble, and in this episode, that role is fulfilled by the Nasty Boys. Professor X immediately rouses his X-Men but is attacked by Mister Sinister, whose minions kidnap and carry him away for their “master”.

Over the course of the next 3 episodes, Charles figures out just who is responsible for all these horrific events that are threatening to cause the space-time continuum to collapse in on itself; through his radical cosmic manipulations, Apocalypse had somehow made his way to the Axis of Time and was set upon recreating the world in his own image.

We aren’t going to get into the nitty-gritty of how the X-Men managed to save the universe yet again; you’re going to have to watch that for yourself. But what we can tell you is that it features a cameo from Immortus; and given that character’s standing in the MCU, you can expect X-Men ’97 to somehow link Beyond Good and Evil to Loki and bring the mutants into the main Marvel Cinematic Universe. At least that’s how we’d have done it; and we expect Kevin Feige to do much better!

One Man’s Worth: Part 1 & 2 [Season 4 Ep 2 To 3]

The title of this Season 4 Two-Parter is a tribute to the One Man whose fingerprints cover the entire mutant community- Charles Xavier- and what would happen if he somehow ceased to exist. In a rare instance of a for-TV script being used as the foundation of a major comic book storyline, the One Man’s Worth saga is the birthplace of the infamous Age of Apocalypse timeline. Part 1 begins with Bishop fighting a temporally-displaced Nimrod alongside Storm, but something isn’t right. The year is 1959; which means that Charles Xavier isn’t even a man yet.

The X-Men do not exist and never will, because in this reality, Charles Xavier dies that night after witnessing a Sentinel attack on mutants and accidentally triggering an explosion that kills him instantly. In the present, we see Professor X, Wolverine & Storm enjoying a normal picnic when another temporal distortion seemingly wipes them from existence and brings them to the night reality that was the Age of Apocalypse. This timeline is nothing like the main continuity where the X-Men reside.

Because Charles Xavier died in his youth, the X-Men were never formed; and because of that Apocalypse (the mutant, not the biblical event) struck 10 years before he was supposed to and took over Planet Earth with ease. In this disturbing future, Wolverine & Storm are lovers and leaders of a mutant resistance against Apocalypse, his Horsemen, the rest of his minions, and even the Avengers; who have become his agents after giving themselves over to the Invincible One.

Bishop returns yet again to serve as the protector of the timeline of the Marvel Animated Universe, and it takes him a good few tries to get this particular mission right. But at the end of the day, he does get the job done, saving Xavier from a premature death and re-setting the timeline on its correct path. The final shot of One Man’s Worth Part 2 shows Professor X, Wolverine & Storm enjoying a peaceful picnic, mirroring the shot from the previous episode.

Without saying too much or deviating from the story for the sake of the narration, it manages to convey everything it needs to. It’s one of the best cinematic moments in the series’ history, and the fact that Age of Apocalypse has now been adapted into a film should tell you all you need to know about how good the “original version” must’ve been. If you want to forget about the film, hunt down this two-parter; it’ll be worth the search.

A Deal with the Devil [Season 5 Ep 3]

“Who do they think they’re dealing with? Winnie the Pooh?” Logan poses a great question; unfortunately, we gave the answer away with the title of the episode. A Deal with the Devil tells a rather simplistic story, but the effectiveness of its production manages to elevate a bland template into a genuinely thrilling watch. Back when Logan was still a member of Team X, he had an archenemy besides Sabretooth. We know, shocking, right? But the thing is, this enemy wasn’t exactly…human.

Omega Red had been constructed by the Soviet Union as a living weapon that would outclass Captain America in their Cold War with the States. Red was to become the Union’s top covert operative, helping them eliminate threats to their sovereignty with indiscriminate violence. And when the USSR fell and Omega Red showed no signs of backing down from his mission, he was decommissioned by the new regime.

Omega Red was re-discovered and re-activated by US officials well after the Cold War ended for a specific mission; they wanted him to retrieve a sunken, unstable nuclear submarine and in exchange, they would restore his humanity. Omega Red took them up on their offer, but put forth demands of his own; he would go down and retrieve weapons that could very well end his life for the Americans, but he wanted Wolverine & Storm as his mission partners.

3 powerful, impulsive mutants trapped in a pressurised, submerged container is a recipe for disaster; and we’re gonna let you figure out how this one played out. Hint: think James Bond, The World is Not Enough. The weight of the tension built across this episode’s runtime is what makes it such a classic episode for us; yes, the plot is cheesy and the dialogue is more than a little tacky but A Deal with the Devil was the definition of “less is more”.

With 3 focus characters and an intimate yet intimidating setting, it’s a master class in voice acting and animation with a closing sequence that looks like it was taken out of a Bond film specifically to be used in the show.

Graduation Day [Season 5 Ep 14]

They say that people only truly remember 2 things about a story; how it began, and how it ended. By that metric, X-Men The Animated Series has been remembered as the perfect animated TV series; because this ending is nothing short of perfection. One Man’s Worth was an exploration of the X-Men Legacy and what it would be like if Charles Xavier never existed.

The outcome, as we saw, would be a fragmented mutant community scraping by in their bid to survive, much less thrive. In contrast, Graduation Day is a bittersweet farewell to the legacy of the man who was possibly the greatest mutant to have ever existed, and it tied up that loose thread of Xavier’s importance to the Marvel Universe from One Man’s Worth with a firm dosage of reality.

The episode begins with Henry Peter Gyrich, yet again petitioning against mutantkind at a Press Conference, trying to push his extremist “Mutant Containment Bill” through Congress at all costs. Charles Xavier arrives to advocate on behalf of the mutant community. Professor X was already losing himself to illness due to the long years he spent fighting for a place in the world for his mutant brothers & sisters.

And when Gyrich shot him with an energy disruptor, it became clear that Charles Xavier would never become the man he used to be. Xavier’s powers started spiraling out of his control, and he fell into a trance-like, almost catatonic state where he was alive, but just barely. The rest of the episode focuses on how the rest of the X-Men come to terms with the fact that they will no longer have their beloved Professor guiding them in their time of need, while Magneto leads rebellious mutants in a final attempt to gain the independence that they’ve been denied their entire lives.

In what was probably the most touching moment of the series, he reconciles with his best friend and helps him travel to the Shi’ar Empire where he is to be cared for until his death. The final scene of X-Men The Animated Series shows Charles Xavier giving his X-Men a telepathic message of hope, telling them that while he might not be with them physically, his spirit will always be with them. Proper tug-at-heartstrings-stuff, if you ask us, and the perfect ending for the show; at the time, anyway.

What’s Next: X-Men ’97 Will Pick up where X-Men TAS left

In 2019, Marvel announced that it was bringing back the X-Men Animated Series in the summer of 2023; and it would be a proper revival. Dubbed X-Men ’97, the show is set to pick up where the previous installment left off, with Professor X traveling to the Shi’ar Galaxy and Magneto poised to take over the world with his Brotherhood of Mutants.

If Kevin Feige manages to get scriptwriters as good as the ones who worked on the original show- and he’s proven so far that he can- then we’re in for the treat of a lifetime. Because a lot of change in the world of mutants since 1997, and we’ve been waiting for the Krakatoa-ruling Final Boss version of Professor X to hit our screens ever since we met him. Maybe we’ll see Magneto’s brotherhood open up X-Men ’97 to a world re-made.

Maybe we’ll find out that Professor X miraculously recovered at the Shi’ar home planet and is set to return to Earth and rejoin the fight for mutant rights. Or maybe it’s all just a set-up for that Patrick Stewart cameo in Doctor Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness.

Or maybe…no, that’s enough maybes; now let’s look at a couple of facts. Fact no. 1: X-Men The Animated Series is one animated show that you should go out of your way to binge-watch. Fact no. 2: X-Men ’97 will inevitably lead to the introduction of mutants into the MCU. So while you wait to see who inherits the mantle of Wolverine from Hugh Jackman, these episodes should keep you hooked to your seats and updated on your X-Men lore.