X-Men ’97 season two is supposed to be few weeks (or months) away, hence a slow marketing buildup. First comes a tie-in comic, now here’s some merch giving fans a window into what’s up next for the mutants.
Nexus Point News spotted various pieces of clothing on Amazon showing the X-Men will have several teams across different time periods. On Team Wasteland, we’ve got Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, Morph, and Storm and Team Ancient Egypt has Magneto, Nightcrawler, Beast, Bishop, and Rogue. Both teams were mostly established at the end of season one, and most of the heroes sport looks reflecting where they are. All characters appear in different pairings across t-shirts, tank tops, but not everyone gets equal prominence: A-listers like Rogue and Storm get clothing all to themselves, Xavier and Forge only get to be in group shots.
Meanwhile, the present day has its own teams. First is X-Force, made up of Cable, Jubilee, Sunspot, Archangel, and Psylocke. The latter two mutants cameoed in season one via Morph, while Jubes and Roberto have their own new looks that draw from the comics. (Unlike the others, Jubilee has never been part of X-Force before now.) X-Men ’97 is also introducing X-Corp and X-Factor; the latter was government-sponsored in the 90s run by Peter David and Larry Stroman. The show’s lineup—Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Havok, Polaris, and Val Cooper—reflects that era’s starting roster.
Lastly, X-Corp counts Cyclops, Jean, Bishop, Nightcrawler, Polaris, Beast, and Rogue among its ranks. This team mostly includes time-displaced heroes who’ve apparently returned to the present, but no one here has been in any of the group’s comics incarnations.
Disney doesn’t have a firm release for X-Men ’97 season two yet, but its first episodes will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 13.
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