On The Air: X-Men '97 (2024)

 5 years after the project was first in development, the X-Men are back on the air.

X-Men '97 picks up where the 1992-7 series leaves off. Professor Charles Xavier is believed to be dead. In the original series, he had been taken to a distant world where his girlfriend, Lilandra, hoped to cure him of his illness. 27 years later, the creative team has decided to sell the idea that Xavier had been assassinated by rogue government agent Henry Peter Gyrich.

As we resume, the time-traveling Bishop and the shape-changing Morph have been added to the open. Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, has wed Jean Grey, who is expecting their first child. Roberto DaCosta, aka Sunspot, who debuted in the pages of The New Mutants circa 1992, makes his debut, and they're already teasing something between him and Jubilee.

Check the trailer.

Comics from the 90's are being adapted in this 10 episode 1st season, airing on Disney+. Two more seasons are in the planning stages, and Marvel is helping with a 5 issue miniseries tie-in. The original theme music by Haim Saban & Shuki Levy has been updated.

Rating: B.