The X-Men ‘97 season 1 finale welcomes En Sabah Nur and Mother Askani in its final minutes.
Here’s how these cameos and surprise reveals set up season 2.
This X-Men 97 article contains spoilers.
But, as Bishop tells Forge, This aint our first time at the X-Men are Dead rodeo.
What does it all mean?
So they both jump right in to help a mystery man defend himself from a masked mob surrounding him.
When the mob subsides, the man pulls down his face covering and introduces himself as En Sabah Nur.
Wheres his cool armor?
And whats he doing in ancient Egypt?
Nurs conquests drew the attention of the Celestials (remember them fromEternals?
BecauseKevin Feigedoesnt), who gave him advanced technology and set him to further human evolution.
Of course, Apocalypse lost fairly regularly in the comics.
Will they follow in the footsteps of their teacher and show him a better way?
There, they are the outnumbered ones, surrounded by ragged figures with advanced weaponry.
However, Nathan isnt the only Summers scion present in that meeting.
Rachel is the daughter of Scott and Jean, who possesses her mothers amazing psychic abilities.
Rachel finds shelter with some rebels, who dub her Askani which means outsider.
Over the decades, Rachel gathers others to fight against the warlord, forming the Clan Askani.
Rachel gets a powerful new addition to her clan when she pulls her time-displaced half-brother Nathan to her time.
The name of that warlord who controls the future: Apocalypse.
Back in the present, Apocalypse himself makes an appearance inthe ruins of Genosha.
Like the rest of us, hes dismayed by all the destruction he sees.
Thats because, for him, Gambit is most useful in death.
Remember how Apocalypse has four horsemen to do his bidding?
Of course, there are still some dangling plot threads out there, too.
And did I mention that Wolverine also becomes Death of the Horsemen in the comics?
When Apocalypse offers to restore his Adamantium?
And then promptly sends Wolverine to recover the remains of Bastion?
Seems like a potential season two plot thread.
Finally, there are the X-Men left behind, namely Forge.
Hes greeted by Bishop, who recruits Forge to help him find his missing colleagues.
Whatever happens, it will certainly mean the world of the X-Men will never be the same.
X-Men 97 is now streaming on Disney+.
