On X-Men ’97, Nostalgia Is Everything—Including a Prison
X-Men as a franchise can be defined by one idea: adapt or die. Indeed, the X-Men wouldn’t exist beyond their ‘60s heyday if they hadn’t evolved or changed, from the…
X-Men ’97 Is Paying Tribute to Another ’90s Icon This Week
X-Men ‘97 has so far been a nostalgia feast for fans of the much-loved X-Men: The Animated Series, capturing its 1990s vibes while carrying the stories of its characters into…
It’s Been a Good Week to Be an X-Men Fan
Image: Marvel, Netflix, Hasbro, Marvel Studios (Getty Images), Paramount, Netflix, Paramount, Photo: Marco Bello (Getty Images), Screenshot: Marvel The X-Men are so back. They never really went away—they haven’t for…
Everything You Need to Know About Cyclops’ Optic Blasts
Image: John Cassaday, Laura Martin, and Chris Eliopoulos/Marvel Comics Scott fires pure, ruby-tinged concussive energy from his eyes that is constantly projected whenever he opens them. Commonly referred to as…
Hasbro’s New Deadpool and Wolverine Figures Are Not Deadpool & Wolverine Figures
Image: Hasbro Truly, it is the week of “here is merchandise featuring Deadpool and Wolverine, but it’s definitely not Deadpool & Wolverine merchandise, because licensing takes time.” Just after we…
X-Men ’97 Just Sped Through One of the Greatest Stories in Comics History
Adaptation is always a challenge—but it’s a particularly daunting one in the case of comic books, where a new medium has to reckon with translating sagas told across years of…
7 best X-Men: The Animated Series episodes, ranked
Marvel Earlier this month, Disney+ debuted X-Men ’97, an official continuation of the fan-favorite cartoon X-Men: The Animated Series. After only two episodes, X-Men ’97 has reminded viewers why they…
X-Men ’97 Is Now One of Disney+’s Biggest Animated Series
Image: Marvel The X-Men have landed on Disney+ with all the force of a particularly well-crafted optic blast. Disney has revealed that X-Men ‘97‘s premiere on the streamer last week…
Cyclops Has Always Been This Good
When X-Men ‘97 hit Disney+ last week, enrapt viewers all shouted one thing—other than “To me, my X-men!”—as they saw Marvel’s mutants back in action: “Where has this Cyclops been?”…
BoxLunch’s New X-Men ’97 Collection Brings Vibrant Mutant Style to Your Wardrobe
Image: BoxLunch Just in time for the release of Marvel Animation’s X-Men ‘97 on Disney+, BoxLunch has an official merch launch for the highly anticipated series. The fandom fashion retailer…