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X-Men ’97 is Marvel’s omega-level nostalgia play
X-Men ‘97 is a refreshing foray outside of the MCU for Marvel.
As some of the world’s most powerful superheroes, Cyclops (Ray Chase), Jean Grey (Jennifer Hale), Storm (Alison Sealy-Smith), and Rogue (Lenore Zann) saved humanity countless times over fighting enemies like Magneto (Matthew Waterson). Even though ‘97 is a continuation of The Animated Series, it makes a point of giving newcomers to the franchise an easy way in through its introduction of Roberto da Costa (Gui Agustini), a young Brazilian mutant with solar powers who plays a role similar to Jubilee’s in the original cartoon. Though supervillains threaten mutants and humans alike, X-Men ‘97 uses characters like Henry Gyrich (Todd Haberkorn) — an extremist who equates tolerance with extinction — to emphasize how racist acts of terror are byproducts of societies poisoned by small-minded thinking.
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