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Pop Culture Happy Hour

X-Men '97

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

For millions of kids, the popular 1990s X-Men animated series served as a gateway drug into the world of the X-Men and comics in general. Now, the new Disney+ series X-Men '97 picks up right where the original ended. But changes are also taking place: secrets get revealed, the team roster gets shuffled, and characters meet shocking fates. What hasn't changed is everything fans expect from the X-Men: big fights, big powers, and lots of mutant melodrama.

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For a million. For millions of kids, the popular X-Men animated series from the 90s served as a kind of gateway drug into the world of the X-Men in particular and comics in general. Now the story's been

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continued on Disney Plus. X-Men 97 picks up right where the original series

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ended with most of the same characters and many of the same voice actors. But changes are taking place at

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Xavier's school for gifted youngsters. Secrets get revealed. The team roster gets

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shuffled and beloved characters mean shocking fates. What hasn't changed is

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everything fans expect from the X-Men, big

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fights, big powers, and lots and lots of mutant melodrama. I'm Glenn Weldon and today

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we're talking about the Disney Plus series X-Men 97 on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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