Disney+'s X-Men Reboot Will Be Completely Different To Most X-Men Stories
X-Men ’97, Disney+’s revival of X-Men: The Animated Series, will be different from most X-Men stories for a multitude of reasons. The X-Men have a storied history in the Marvel Comics universe, with a robust mythos and a large enough fan base to keep the property popular long before its films rights reverted to Marvel Studios following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox. X-Men ’97 will resume the story of one of the most popular X-Men adaptations, putting it in a unique position, compared to others.
X-Men: The Animated Series began in the fall of 1992, quickly solidifying itself as one of the most accurate and accessible adaptations of the X-Men comics. X-Men lasted for five seasons, where it developed its sizeable cast of characters and adapted numerous famous story arcs from the comics. The series was highly influential, inspiring 20th Century Fox’s X-Men film series in 2000, which itself helped establish the modern superhero blockbuster film.
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X-Men adaptations typically start fresh, putting their unique spin on the characters and famous storylines from the comics. This won’t be the case for X-Men ’97, which will pick up where X-Men: The Animated Series left off after five seasons of storylines. This will give the series a different status quo and future than most X-Men adaptations, since the original show’s series finale, “Graduation Day,” ended with Charles Xavier leaving Earth to be treated by the Shi'Ar for potentially-fatal injuries.
Charles Xavier bringing the X-Men together and leading them against villains like his old friend Magneto is one of the most common components of the status quo in X-Men adaptations. In the Fox X-Men film series, Xavier’s
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