X-Men ’97 Season 2 Trailer Confirms Missing Hero Comeback, Unleashes Two New Mutant Teams

Marvel has had a rocky run expanding the MCU onto Disney+, but the irony is their most bulletproof show right now lives outside the MCU entirely. X-Men '97 landed in 2024, picked up right where the 90s cartoon left off, and then started doing its own thing with near-universal applause. Now we finally got a first look at Season 2 — Marvel rolled the trailer out over the weekend at Comic Con Revolution Ontario — and it is stuffed with new faces, fan-favorite teams, and a very loud, very blue threat.

Where Season 2 picks up

The trailer opens not long after the Season 1 finale. The core X-Men are scattered across time, and Apocalypse is looming at both ends of the timeline. So yes, it is messy in that very X-Men way. The show is still rocking that 90s look, just with sharper edges.

New faces, overdue returns

Comic readers are going to clock a few arrivals immediately — Quentin Quire, aka Kid Omega, makes his animated debut. The bigger cheer moment, though, is the return of a heavy hitter the first season left on the bench: Colossus is officially in for Season 2.

Calling in backup: X-Force and X-Factor

Because the team is lost across time, Bishop starts recruiting help from the wider X-corner of Marvel. The trailer confirms both X-Force and X-Factor are suiting up, and they look exactly like you hope they would.

• X-Force: Cable and Archangel are in the mix.
• X-Factor: Wolfsbane, Multiple Man, and Strong Guy show up.
• New character spotlight: Quentin Quire/Kid Omega.
• Long-awaited return: Colossus finally joins the party.

Yes, it leaked. Yes, fans are already arguing.

After the room-only premiere in Ontario, the trailer leaked online and spread fast. Reactions have been predictably loud. One fan called their shot with:

"This is going to be another peak season of television."

Others are already dissecting leadership shots and wondering if Cyclops is being sidelined again — for what it’s worth, he does appear throughout the footage. And a not-small crowd is asking the same question: "Where's Emma Frost?"

So when is it actually dropping?

There is still no release date or even a window in the trailer. That said, the show is reportedly still on track for this year. With Marvel's VisionQuest set for fall and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider- Man Season 2 penciled for late 2026, there is a decent lane for X-Men '97 to slide back in this summer. Not confirmed, just the most logical read of Marvel's calendar.

Bottom line: the standalone X-Men cartoon continues to be Marvel's ringer. If the trailer is any indication, Season 2 is doubling down on the big swing timeline chaos, the 90s glow-up, and the roster geek-bait — and I mean that in the best possible way.