Marvel Animation has officially unveiled the first trailer for X-Men ‘97 Season 2, offering fans their first look at the highly anticipated continuation of the acclaimed animated revival ahead of its Disney+ return on July 1, 2026.
Following the emotionally devastating events of Season 1, the new season raises the stakes dramatically by scattering the X-Men across multiple timelines, forcing the mutant heroes to survive in vastly different eras while fighting to reunite and return home.
And honestly, the scale already feels significantly larger.
According to Marvel, Season 2 will take the X-Men into “an ancient past, the present, and a distant future,” while the world they left behind in the 1990s continues spiraling deeper into anti-mutant fear and political unrest following the team’s disappearance.
The trailer itself leans heavily into the franchise’s signature blend of emotional character drama, mutant politics, large-scale action, and comic-inspired visuals that helped make the first season one of Marvel Animation’s biggest critical successes in years.
Alongside the trailer reveal, Marvel also debuted a new tribute poster for Season 2 inspired by Frank Miller’s iconic Wolverine (1982) #1 comic cover — a fitting homage considering Wolverine once again appears positioned to play a major role in the upcoming storyline.
Season 2 of X-Men ‘97 will consist of nine episodes and continues the revival of the beloved X-Men: The Animated Series, which originally aired during the 1990s and became one of the defining superhero cartoons of its generation.
The returning voice cast includes:
- Ross Marquand as Professor X
- Matthew Waterson as Magneto
- Ray Chase as Cyclops
- Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey
- Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm
- Cal Dodd as Wolverine
- Lenore Zann as Rogue
- George Buza as Beast
One of the biggest strengths of X-Men ‘97 has been its ability to modernize the emotional depth and serialized storytelling of the original series while still fully embracing the melodrama, aesthetics, and political themes that made the franchise resonate with audiences decades ago.
Season 1 proved Marvel Animation could successfully revive legacy animated properties without stripping away their identity, and based on the new footage, Season 2 appears ready to lean even harder into the time-travel chaos, fractured team dynamics, and escalating mutant tensions that have long defined some of the X-Men’s best comic arcs.
The timing also feels especially important for Marvel overall. While the live-action X-Men reboot remains years away, X-Men ‘97 has quietly become one of the studio’s strongest mutant-focused projects, reconnecting longtime fans with the franchise while introducing younger audiences to characters and themes that helped define Marvel storytelling for generations.
And if the trailer is any indication, Marvel Animation isn’t interested in playing it safe for Season 2.
The series returns exclusively to Disney+ on July 1, 2026.
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