x-men 97

April 23, 2024

Microsoft Introduces X-Men 97 XBox Series X And Controllers

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X-Men 97, currently running through its first season on Disney+, is a spectacular revival of one of the 90s’ most beloved cartoons. I suppose we can count the C-suite at Microsoft among their fans, as they’ve just revealed a special XBox Series X with a custom paint job in honor of the series. The special design is a series of comic panels depicting the X-Men battling the Sentinels and Master Mold that wraps around the console’s shell. It wasn’t ripped from a comic, it was written by Rich Douek and drawn by artist Paco Diaz specifically for this console. And that’s not all! Microsoft also went through the trouble of painting eleven XBox controllers in the colors of every X-Men member from the show. Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Morph, Magneto, Jubilee, Gambit, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast and Bishop are all represented and come sealed in blister packages. Sounds great, so where can you buy them? ….Um, nowhere. This isn’t a product intended for sale. It’s a contest prize. To enter, you

March 14, 2024

First Clip From X-Men 97 Released

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In 2021 Disney+ made an unexpected announcement — check that, an unX-pected announcement. The 1990s X-Men cartoon, a massive hit in its day running five seasons on Fox Kids, would be resurrected to continue right where it left off. Direct from 1997, it’s X-Men 97! Today the first full clip from the series was released…which is cutting it rather close as the actual show premieres in less than a week. The series ended with the apparent death of Professor X and the passing of the torch to Cyclops as the new leader of the X-Men. One thing about those final episodes is that the show’s budget was reduced, so the animation took a hit. As you can see from this clip, it’s received quite the glow-up from there…. If only it could’ve looked like this back then. The Sentinels are after the mutants again, and the whole gang is here to fight them, even Morph and Bishop, who only showed up on occasion. One cast member that WON’T be there?

November 12, 2021

The 90s X-Men Cartoon Will Be Resurrected In 2023

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Disney+ Day usually brings with it way more announcements than we can count or keep track of here at PG, but this year, one announcement stood out in particular: the return of X-Men, as in the hit cartoon series from the 1990s. This is HUGE. For those who weren’t there and don’t grasp how weighty this is, without the X-Men cartoon the entirety of Marvel Studios might never have happened. Superhero properties were regarded as second rate among the studios until Fox Kids president Margaret Loesch took a chance on two: Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men. Both became huge hits and inspired countless knockoffs. X-Men went on for five seasons and was one of the first comic book adaptions to not water down its source material or cheapen it because they believed kids were dumb. Some of the greatest arcs from the comic were adapted into epic five-part storylines and kept viewers glued to their sets week after week. The massive success of the X-Men cartoon made 20th Century