TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (Season 1)
Tim MatassaA scary new villain brings Earth to its knees while a valuable leader lives his best life off-world. Plus, Cyclops is cool, Genosha is mutant utopia, and Magneto was right.
Tag: Professor X
TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (1.10) – Tolerance Is Extinction – Part 3
Professor X commits a violation and races the clock to save a friend. Plus, a cosmic entity reemerges, President Kelly debates executing the Magneto Protocols, and Bastion is “the future incarnate.”
TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (1.9) – Tolerance Is Extinction – Part 2
Professor X and Magneto are back to square one, but the stakes are higher than ever. Plus, betrayals, turncoats, and the violent end to a feud.
TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (1.8) – Tolerance Is Extinction – Part 1
All the Prime Sentinels are activated, and they are EVERYWHERE! Plus, Bastion has some weird DNA, Cyclops plays the overprotective dad, and Magneto proves why he’s an omega-level mutant.
TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (1.6) – Lifedeath – Part Two
As Forge lays dying, Storm comes face to face with the Adversary. Plus, an old friend must make a massive choice, and the genocide on Genosha is too much even for Trask.
TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (1.3) – Fire Made Flesh
The mystery of the two Jeans comes to a violent head. Plus, a mad scientist returns, the X-Mansion becomes a house of horrors, and Rogue trains her stamina with the new boss.
TV REVIEW: X-Men ’97 (1.1) – To Me, My X-Men
Human-mutant relations have improved in the wake of Professor X’s “death”—but is it real, or just on the surface? Plus, Scott and Jean decide on their future, Bolivar Trask has been busy, and Jubilee crushes on a yuppie.
TV REVIEW: X-Men (Season 5)
An old friendship helps the series stick the landing. Plus, the classic intro gets knocked off, the final multi-part arc is a dud, and Magneto makes everything better.
TV REVIEW: X-Men (5.10) – Graduation Day
The series finale is here, and the fate of the world hinges on… Magneto! Plus, the Shi’ar’s advanced tech comes to the rescue again, Professor X says goodbye, and Duluth, Minnesota, is a hotbed of mutant resistance.
TV REVIEW: X-Men (5.9) – Descent
We head to 19th Century Whitechapel for Marvel by Gaslight. Plus, Charles Darwin thinks Mister Sinister is a quack!