“X-Men ’97” is coming back. The animated Marvel series has been renewed for Season 3 on Disney+ and a first look at the new episodes has been revealed.
A young mutant starts to sneak across before she’s caught and deemed a threat. Just as she’s about to be captured, a team of mutants comes to rescue her.
“Are you the X-Men?” the girl asks them. “No, we’re the brotherhood,” they reply.
Season 2 of “X-Men ’97” aired its finale on Aug. 12 after Season 1 debuted in 2024 and continued the story of the popular ’90s cartoon “X-Men: The Animated Series.” The Disney+ series revived the original series, which ran on Fox Kids from 1992-1997, and brought the animated X-Men to a new generation of fans after Disney acquired Fox.
The X-Men found themselves scattered across time in Season 2, which featured the evil, time-traveling villain Apocalypse as their new antagonist. In a climactic episode set in ancient Egypt, Prof. Charles Xavier and his heroes are unable to stop Apocalypse from killing Magneto, their perennial nemesis but occasional ally. They also battle against the government-sanctioned team X-Factor, which includes Magneto’s daughter Polaris, and X-Force, the rogue team led by Cyclops and Jean Grey’s son Cable (who’s also traveled back in time from the future).
