X-Men ‘97 – Monday 20th October 2025

I remember when the X-Men cartoon first came out, back in the early 1990s. I was SO excited, because I was an avid comic book reader at the time, and was collecting X-Men comics.

There was an X-Men cartoon that had come out a few years earlier, called ‘Pryde of the X-Men’, but it was only a one-off. The artwork in that cartoon was amazing, and in those days, thing’s only ever improved with every passing year, so I was expecting the ‘new’ X-Men cartoon to have art work of a similar standard, if not better!

I was so disappointed when I saw it. The artwork and animation was sh!t! The storylines were also just diluted, weaker copy’s of the comics.
Being a fan, I was loyal to the brand, so I watched the series in its entirety, but I never really liked it. It was Ok.

Since then, the X-Men cartoon of the 90s has only grown in appreciation (not by me though), so much so that Disney/Marvel brought it back!

I wasn’t going to watch it, but my older brother (who was also into comics back then) and his kids, said I should give it a go, so I did.

It was actually good!

The artwork (my main gripe with the original) and animation are both improved, as are the scripts! I don’t read X-Men any more, so I have no idea how ‘accurate’ the story is to the comics, but frankly I’m better off not knowing, because then I get to enjoy the cartoon for what it is!

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised, and look forward to the next season!