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AT MULTIPLE POINTS in the first three episodes of X-Men ’97’s second season, characters say out loud, “We need to get back to the 1990s!” Obviously, the joke works within the context of the series, a continuation (and improvement) of X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran from 1992 to 1997 on Fox Kids.
However, comic book fans might groan a bit, because the ’90s were in fact a fallow period for Marvel’s Mightiest Mutants. 1991 saw the end of writer Chris Claremont’s 16-year run on the series, which transformed the X-Men from Marvel C-listers into the most popular franchise in the world. In 2001, Scottish creators Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely took over the book, making a weird, pop-art masterpiece. To be sure, the X-Men had some great comics in between, but these exceptions proved the rule.
Yet, as proven in its incredible first season, X-Men ’97 knows how to make compelling television out of mediocre comics. Further, the series has been willing to adapt stories that released in the years between the original X-Men animated series and the revival, integrating some excellent arcs into its ’90s setting.
So let’s take a look at the comics that drive X-Men ’97’s second season: the good, the bad, and utterly outrageous.
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