X-Males ’97 closed out its first season within the wonderful, conventional approach of its forebear, X-Males: The Animated Collection. That’s to say, with a wild cliffhanger.
However not like the final season of The Animated Collection, which noticed Professor Xavier leaving Earth to (presumably) die of wounds sustained in battle with anti-mutant forces, X-Males ’97 received’t take 27 years to observe up.
Is X-Males ’97 getting a second season?
Sure! X-Males ’97’s second season was greenlit in again in 2022, and manufacturing on it’s already largely wrapped, with Marvel Animation spinning up manufacturing on a 3rd season as effectively.
It’s an excellent time to be a fan of the X-Males in animation!
What is going to X-Males ’97 season 2 be about?
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In a phrase: Apocalypse. The ultimate episode of season 1 left the X-Males separated throughout three completely different time intervals following the destruction of Magneto’s floating base, Asteroid M. This doesn’t appear to have been intentional on their half — the time-stranded X-Males appear flummoxed by it, and as Bishop describes it, “one thing or somebody yanked our buddies by means of time.” Being a time traveler himself, Bishop would know.
So the second season of X-Males ’97 appears to be like to be separating itself into three plot strains — no less than to begin with — set in Egypt’s historical previous, Earth’s far future, and the current day. And if we herald some X-Males comics data, it’s clear that every one of those plots arc again to the villain Apocalypse.
How does En Sabah Nur turn out to be Apocalypse?
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Rogue, Nightcrawler, Beast, Professor X, and Magento appear to be stranded within the historical previous, simply in time to work together with the origin story of Apocalypse. The large, blue-faced X-Males villain who believes mutantkind have to be put by means of rigorous “survival of the fittest”-based challenges with a purpose to declare their dominance over people started his immortal existence as an historical Egyptian man.
Who’s Mom Askani?
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Cyclops and Jean are stranded 2,000 years sooner or later, within the time of Clan Askani, a bunch of insurgent fighters resisting the (ahem) post-apocalyptic rule of Apocalypse. Within the comics, the Askani’s timeline is the place child Cable was despatched, within the hopes that the longer term may maintain the remedy to his techno-organic virus, and Cable was obtained there as a form of messianic little one — his time-travel confirmed future being to place an finish to Apocalypse’s reign.
Additionally, within the comics, Mom Askani (who is definitely Scott and Jean’s grown-up daughter from one more timeline, however don’t fear about it) used her personal mutant present of time manipulation to tug Cyclops and Jean into the longer term in order that they might really increase their very own son there, earlier than returning to the current day as if no time had handed. Cable’s presence right here — because the teenage Nathan — signifies that X-Males ’97 will probably be taking its personal swing at that story, referred to as The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix.
What is going to Apocalypse do subsequent?
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Season 1’s finale credit scene brings us again to Apocalypse within the current, and provides us an enormous trace at the way forward for all these actually juicy, cherished, or love-to-hate X-Males characters — like Gambit, Emma Frost, and Sebastian Shaw — who died on Genosha.
“A lot ache, my kids,” Apocalypse orates over one in all Gambit’s enjoying playing cards. “A lot dying.” The chances of Apocalypse placing again at humanity for the autumn of Genosha appear doubtless, and that he’ll resurrect a few of Genosha’s useless as his 4 Horsemen appears inevitable.
In order the X-Males seek for their buddies from the current, its appears they’ll must contest with Apocalypse’s plans as effectively.
Oh after which there’s the matter of Wolverine’s bones.
When does X-Males ’97 season 2 come out?
Work on the season 2 finale had already begun as of July 2023, and improvement on a 3rd season was quickly to start as of this previous March. Earlier than starting manufacturing on season 3, nonetheless, Marvel Animation will probably be looking for a brand new showrunner, after the studio “parted methods” with author Beau DeMayo.
That being the case, and judging from how Disney normally areas out its Disney Plus choices, it appears doubtless we might see X-Males ’97 season 2 in 2025.
