X-Men ’97’s ‘Strange Land, Savage Heart’ chafes against the limitations of its form
Court is in session as Nightcrawler mounts a defense of his bigoted half-brother in “Strange Land, Savage Heart,” X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 7.

Court is in session as Nightcrawler mounts a defense of his bigoted half-brother in “Strange Land, Savage Heart,” X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 7.
It’s Brood trouble in the big Arctic as Wolverine gets the old Weapon X band back together in “Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs,” X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 5.
The first season of X-Men ’97 proved it a worthy follow-up to the beloved 1990s animated series, a speed-run through a heaping helping of classic X-Men stories filled with both ‘member berries (Madelyne Pryor! Prime Sentinels! Fatal Attractions!) and genuinely emotional, gut-punch moments (“de name is Gambit…”). Ever since it wrapped, fans have been eagerly…