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The Big Picture Before Tobey Maguire was Spider-Man, before Hugh Jackman was Wolverine, and even before Wesley Snipes’ Blade, for many of us, our first introduction into the world of Marvel was X-Men: The Animated Series. Airing for five seasons from 1992 to 1997, X-Men: The Animated Series was a surprisingly serialized series that didn’t shy away from darker topics, despite airing on the Fox Kids block of animated shows.
'X-Men '97' Takes 'The Animated Series' and Improves It in Every Way Created by Beau DeMayo, X-Men ’97 latches onto what made the original series so exciting but enhances those key elements in ways that simply couldn’t be done on network television at the time. X-Men ’97 is probably more for adults who remember X-Men: The Animated Series and want to see where this story would continue, rather than being a series for kids, and ’97 plays to that.
'X-Men ’97' Expands Its Characters in Tremendous Ways Speaking of, The Animated Series was always brilliant at introducing characters and explaining their deal quickly and naturally, and the same goes for X-Men ’97. Not only does X-Men ’97 have to catch the audience up on where this story ended 27 years ago, but it also has to reintroduce these characters, where they are in their lives, and also bring in new characters.
This enhancement of the characters is both handled narratively and in these fight sequences. Cyclops’ relationship with Jean Grey becomes key in the first few episodes—far more interesting than it has ever been before. With Professor X gone, characters like Storm , Rogue , and Wolverine are all faced with what their position and purpose are within this group now that it has irrevocably changed.
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