{"id":491422,"date":"2026-06-13T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/491422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:43:09","slug":"x-men-97-season-2-review-apocalypse-storyline-is-on-par-with-season-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/491422\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Men 97 Season 2 Review: Apocalypse Storyline Is On Par With Season 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to adaptations of the “X-Men” comics, animated TV series have always been king. No live-action version has ever managed to capture the same heart, scope, and universal fan approval of “X-Men: The Animated Series,” a tradition that lived on through the celebrated release of “X-Men ’97” on Disney+<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

A direct continuation of the original animated series, which aired from 1992 to 1997, “X-Men ’97” immediately established itself as a worthy successor \u2014 a faithful, forceful, and lovingly crafted return to peak “X-Men” storytelling.<\/p>\n

Returning on Wednesday, July 1, the second season of “X-Men ’97”<\/a> builds on that momentum, using it to power an epic tale of war stretched across three distinct, fully-realized timelines. Thousands of years apart yet intimately connected, the concurrent storylines cover an impressive amount of ground, incorporating lore and characters from practically every corner of the Marvel universe.<\/p>\n

As teased by Disney+ in a new “roll call” video, Season 2 brings back most of your Season 1 favorites (R.I.P., Gambit!), while adding some interesting new faces into the mix. Mutants formally making their “X-Men ’97” debut include sonic screamer Siryn, the howling Wolfsbane, Cyclops’ brother Havok, and Magneto’s daughter Polaris, along with a larger storyline for Archangel, who appeared only briefly in the first season. But this is only a fraction of the exciting appearances (and perhaps team-ups) that Marvel fans can expect as the season unfolds.<\/p>\n

Season 2 explores the lore of Apocalypse in great depth, fleshing out the origin and motivations of En Sabah Nur in a humanizing way that allows viewers to understand and appreciate the future supervillain. In the fragile world of the X-Men, the present can be affected equally by events of the past and future, and Season 2 includes a healthy amount of consequences from both.<\/p>\n

Each of the four episodes made available for review contains at least one goosebump-inducing moment \u2014 be it triggered by the dramatic arrival of a pivotal character, a well-delivered plot twist, or even a tragic turn of events \u2014 inspiring plenty of other gasps along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to adaptations of the “X-Men” comics, animated TV series have always been king. No live-action…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-491422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}