Sandwiched around the more impactful “Remember It” “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1” and “Lifedeath Part 1” wrap-up the Storm storyline, check in on the cosmic adventures of Professor X and his doomed cosmic romance, and offer the obligatory Mojo (David Errigo Jr.) appearance which apparently every X-Men cartoon needs.
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Picking up from the tease at the end of the previous episode with the sudden appearance of another Jean Grey (), “Fire Made Flesh” Cyclops‘ (Ray Chase) wife and the mother of his child to be a clone created by Mister Sinister (Chris Britton). With the baby now born, the clone is activated by Sinister becoming Dominatrix Jean Grey, calling herself the Goblin Queen, and abducts the baby leading to a rescue operation, triggering events of Nathan Summers’ fate, and leaving Cyclops without a wife or son.
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Resurrecting the 90s X-Men cartoon, X-Men ’97 returns much of its voice cast and core characters to continue its storylines following the death of Charles Xavier. There’s quite a bit to praise in the opening two episodes of the series. As a huge fan of Cyclops (Ray Chase), I’ll start with the much maligned X-Men’s field leader who gets to kick a serious amount of butt stopping a terrorist group known as the Friends of Humanity who are kidnapping mutants and have access to Sentinel technology. A character Fox struggled with in various live-action adaptations is given a great showcase here. Cyclops is also navigating a world without his mentor one the eve of the birth of his son both of which alter his role towards the rest of the X-Men.
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Having found Magneto in the weird limbo for mutants, next challenge is to convince him to return to the world of the living. Consumed by his failures over the years, the Magneto she finds a a whiny little bitch who wastes most of the issue refusing her offer of help. For a comic created with the sole purpose of returning Magneto back to the land of the living, Resurrection of Magneto sure is taking its damn sweet time while failing to convince us of anything other than the obvious outcome.
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Picking up the thread of the 90s cartoon, X-Men ’97 is set to premiere on Disney+ on March 20th.
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