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: Jun 30, 2026 5:59pm UTC
X-Men ‘97 is yet returning for a 2nd play exclusively connected Disney+. We were monolithic fans of the archetypal season, with IGN’s nonmigratory comics adept Jesse Schedeen calling the animated bid "one of the champion adaptations of the X-Men franchise ever" successful his afloat review. That archetypal play happened to extremity connected a cliffhanger, truthful we person rather a fewer burning questions coming into Season 2.
Thankfully, Marvel has already confirmed the caller season's merchandise docket with occurrence titles.
X-Men '97 Returns for Season 2
Streaming exclusively connected Disney+ Season 2 premiering astatine 12am PST connected July 1.
X-Men '97
Marvel Studios announced the afloat season’s merchandise docket and occurrence titles connected Twitter (sorry, X). New episodes of X-Men '97 volition driblet at 12am PT/3am ET each Wednesday, starting with a batch of 3 episodes premiering connected July 1. After that, 1 caller occurrence volition beryllium released each week until August 12 for a somewhat funky full of 9 episodes successful the season.
Here’s each of that info successful the signifier of a slug list:
IGN's Jesse Schedeen got the accidental to cheque retired the archetypal mates episodes of Season 2 up of their release. Without wading into spoiler territory, helium doesn’t clasp backmost his praise for the show, which helium claims “continues to beryllium some a emotion missive to a peculiar epoch of the X-Men franchise and a root of deep, enjoyable quality play that tin entreaty to Marvel fans of each stripes.”
While we’ve had to hold a somewhat agonizing 2 years for a 2nd season, it hasn’t been full vigor silence. An X-Men '97 comic dropped earlier this year, offering a preview Marvel claims ‘bridges the gap’ betwixt the 2 seasons. Season 2 volition spot the instrumentality of astir of the Season 1 cast, portion besides introducing caller characters similar Deadpool.
The show’s occurrence has adjacent led to immoderate coagulated merch, including a caller enactment of Mondo figures and a beauteous hardcore Cyclops visor that looks similar it came consecutive retired of the show.
Marvel Legends Series X-Men ’97 Cyclops Visor
The hold betwixt seasons isn’t excessively astonishing fixed the wide wonkiness of streaming merchandise schedules. It hasn't helped that Studio Mir, the Korean workplace down the series’ animation, has been engaged moving connected hits similar My Adventures with Superman and Devil May Cry. That said, X-Men ‘97 has already been greenlit for a 3rd play that 1 shaper is claiming volition beryllium released sooner alternatively than later.
Blythe (she/her) is an Audience Development Coordinator astatine IGN who, erstwhile she isn't pursuing streaming news, spends mode excessively overmuch clip successful quality customization screens and tracking down collectibles.

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