X-Men ’97 Season 2 is getting a surprising prequel project ahead of the Marvel show’s official return.
The first season of Marvel Television’s X-Men ’97 show premiered on the Disney+ streaming service in 2024. Serving as a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series, the show follows iconic mutant characters such as Jean Grey, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Ororo Munroe/Storm, and many more.
What is the X-Men ’97 Season 2 prequel project?
With the second season of X-Men ’97 premiering this summer, Marvel Comics has now announced a five-issue limited series that will serve as an official prelude to the new episodes.
The series, titled X-Men ’97 Season Two, comes from writer Steve Foxe and artist Salva Espin, a duo who previously collaborated on the prelude comic series for X-Men ’97 Season One. Cover art for the new series’ first issue comes from Todd Nauck, with variant covers by Jhony Caballero, Natacha Bustos, and Dan Jurgens.
A description of the series reads, “X-Men ’97: Season Two will lead directly from the end of the acclaimed first season to the start of the upcoming season two, setting the stage for the time-sprawling saga that awaits viewers, exploring the season’s biggest plot threads, and spotlighting the major new characters—and teams—joining the cast. Extinction-day has come and gone, and your favorite X-Men are lost in time! Spinning out of Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97 series, follow the X-Men left behind in a world that hunts and hates mutantkind! Can they survive? And just where – or when – are the X-Men now?! No X-Men ‘97 fan can miss this one!”
Foxe said in a statement, “I feel exceptionally grateful that Salva Espin, Matt Milla, and I get to tell more stories fleshing out the world of X-Men ’97! Everyone who watched Season One knows the team left us one heck of an era-spanning cliffhanger, and our prequel for Season Two doesn’t take any cheats or shortcuts around that wild status quo. We got to work closely with the series team to make sure this comic is a vital, additive experience for our mutants—what’s left of the X-Men, anyway…”
X-Men ’97: Season Two #1 will be released on June 3, 2026. An exact date for the return of the Marvel Studios TV show has not been announced.
Source: Marvel
