Cyclops is Waiting for Me - An X-Men: The Animated Series Weekly Recap

They really did it. We got full on Fatal Attractions in the penultimate episode of Season 1 and it is a doozy. MT of Guardians of the Palaxy & Heavy Spoilers joins us as the X-Men need to split up and fight on two fronts. Gold Team needs to stop Bastion who hasn't been taken down by Magneto's EMP blast that has shut down the globe and Blue Team heads into space to convince Magneto to p...

This is one we have been excited to make happen as A.J. LoCascio hops on to talk to JC and Rod about his portrayal of one of the most talked about characters of the entire season, Gambit. We talk about A.J.'s audition process, his relationship with the X-Men community and finding out about Gambit's fate. The Xavier Files is our offshoot interview show focused on conversations with members...

In this special bonus episode, we have Matt Raub returning for our spot on the Podcast Showcase at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles during Free Comic Book Day (#Maythe4th too) to chat about what's happened thus far and what we are hoping from for what's to come next with X-Men 97. Along the way, we do some trivia with our first live audience to give away hordes of steelbook blu rays. If...

Kind of wild to think that after more than 2 and a half years of waiting, we are in the thick of the season finale already! Though the big bad wasn't a huge shock, Bastion's actions this episode continue to raise the stakes and look like they are leading to more iconic moments. But at this point, who knows? This team has continued to delight and surprise JC and as Rod says, he has no idea...

In the penultimate story before the 3-part finale, you'd think this week may lighten things up for us but instead it just keeps building. JC & Rod react to Nightcrawler joining the time while Rogue is running through the globe and America's Top Cop in search of Bolivar Trask. If you're going to hit something, Rogue isn't pulling her punches. Especially now. Cyclops is Waiting f...

After the emotions of "Remember It", Chris Riley of X-Reads and the Uncanny Experience joined us for what we were hoping would be a little bit of a more lighthearted week. Thankfully, alongside some dramatic moments this week also gave us the sassiest character on this side of the gallery with Deathbird. With a surprise return for Xavier to the series and the story of Storm taking on The...

It's the night of the Genoshan Gala. With the Watcher overlooking the event, we know this was going to be a huge moment but we don't think anyone was prepared for this. JC, Rod and our guest Cosmoe of the Cosmoe Show react to one of the biggest moments in mutant history (with the likes of the Phoenix and Dark Phoenix sagas). We can't emphasize enough the emotion contained in this episo...

There was so much to talk about with "Remember It" that we needed to separate our own episode into 2 parts. In the highest rated piece of non-comic X-Men media, Remember It welcomes Genosha into the UN as the X-Men are represented on the island nation by Magneto, Rogue and Gambit. Cosmoe Tayson, one of LA's Gambit superfans joins us for this emotional episode where this love triangle...

Moments after Sinister reveals their replacements to the Nasty Boys, he welcomes his Sinister Seven of the Mutant Menace to the team and sends them out to wreak havoc on the X-Men. Most notably, he actually has them attack Wolverine AT A BAR. He didn't think it through. Preorder Your Copy of the X-Men 97' Trade with our Affiliate Link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3PqkK3r⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Cyclops is Wai...

In this mini bonus episode, find out just what happened between the events of the series finale "Graduation Day" and the premiere of X-Men 97' in the Marvel canon prequel comic. JC gives Rod a quick breakdown of the events of the comic so you can start using this info to further your own theories! Preorder Your Copy of the X-Men 97' Trade with our Affiliate Link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://am...

We NEED a new sidescrolling X-Men Beat 'em Up video game. This episode proves it. In this interesting presentation with 2/3 of the episode being 1 story and the latter 1/3 being part 1 of the classic LifeDeath story. Kinda Funny's Tim Gettys joins Rod and JC to gush about his love of the series so far and to deep dive on the relevant as ever Motendo episode as Mojo looks to move to the mos...

JC and Rod are humbled as we are joined by Isaac Robinson-Smith, a.k.a. the Voice of Bishop. We aren't going for spoilers or a big scoop here. Instead, we are excited to share this amazing conversation as Isaac talks about the process of becoming an X-Men as a voice actor, his own personal connection to the character and what it's like having a character he is voicing show up on the shelf...

"We're in hell!" Morph making sure we know that the Inferno has kicked off and kicked off hard. We get our first dose of "Secret Babies" as JC and Rod discuss what it means to have two Jeans (with one very obviously being the Goblin Queen, thanks Funko for the NYCC spoiler) in this surreal nightmare. And we get 97's first appearance of Sinister. Literally the only thing...

With a two episode launch, we are posting up a second day in a row to not leave you hanging like Episode 1 attempted to leave all of us with the revelation that Charles Xavier has left everything (including the X-Men) to Magneto. Already a highlight for the series, JC and Rod talk about the speech given by Magneto at the UN, the seismic change in the team's dynamics with Storm and this week&#3...

To say we have been waiting for this for a while is an understatement. Mirroring the debut of X-Men: The Animated Series, the X-Men 97' lineup finds themselves rescuing a young mutant and go toe to toe with the sentinels. This is what we've wanted and been waiting for. Listen and sound off in the comments! Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and w...

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN-ANIMATED-EPISODE we can find. Our first series started with the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series building up to the release of X-Men 97’. Along with the entirety of X-Men: TAS, we've begun X-Men: Evolution and have created tons of bonus material. Follow to get our latest episo...

Things aren't great for the X-Men as they are getting used to the world knowing who they are an being under a microscope from Principal Kelly. But FBoy Gambit pokes his head into the Brotherhood which sends Rogue and Kitty off to see what they've got planned. X-Men 97 Debuts on March 20th! We will be taking a break at that time from X-Men: Evolution to jump into X-Men 97' on their rele...

"Going Woke" before it was Mainstream. (Yes, we had to.) Even though they aren't outlawed, the X-Men are losing students at the institute and may not be allowed back to Bayville. And let's be honest. It is REAL hard not to see similarities to real life historical moments. And we are here for it. X-Men 97 Debuts on March 20th! We will be taking a break at that time from X-Men: Evo...

The cat is out of the bag. Everyone knows about mutants and they are NOT happy. Rod gets his wish to see how the general populace and government would react to this shocking revelation of walking weapons living amongst them and a surprise return of the Juggernaut too! X-Men 97 Debuts on March 20th! We will be taking a break at that time from X-Men: Evolution to jump into X-Men 97' on their rel...

What do you do when half of your team and half of your enemy's team gets taken? In the case of the X-Men and the Brotherhood, you team up. This episode continues raising the stakes as the world knows about mutants and it goes about as well as you'd think it would (even by today's "standards"). X-Men 97 Debuts on March 20th! We will be taking a break at that time from X-Men: E...

X-Men 97 Debuts on March 20th! Take a listen to JC and Rod giving their full reaction and detailing all the Easter Eggs and moments from the Trailer! Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN-ANIMATED-EPISODE we can find, along with some bonus content. Our first series started with the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series bui...

Sentinels, Acolytes and Defcon 4 are here for the X-Men in this 2-Part Season Finale. Like Rod mentions, the stakes here are massive and the team is put to one of their first true tests. It gets messy. X-Men 97 Debuts on March 20th! We will be taking a break at that time from X-Men: Evolution to jump into X-Men 97' on their release weeks! Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series...

Now we understand why the comments and DMs were telling us that people couldn't wait to hear our thoughts on this two part season finale! Pretty much every major player of the series so far (except one) is involved here with some massive character debuts for the Evolution universe. Mystique and Magneto are both back and ready to rumble while Xavier seems like the worst team lead ever. Cyclops...

When Steven Gordon shared with us to keep an eye out for how X-Men: Evolution's version of Scarlet Witch would play a big part in what the MCU would do later, the man wasn't kidding. Wanda makes he debut in X-Men: Evolution and she does it in a huge way with The HeX Factor. And, let's be honest, she took out a LOT of people over the years. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcas...

Steve Rogers is back in another X-Men animated series... sort of. In X-Men: Evolution, we see a different version of Captain America with a change to his origin and how he fits in the larger universe. Luckily, Logan is still a part of that backstory alongside some other darker ties, including to a young Erik Lehnsherr. Wolverine backstory, Cap and more with Evolution's Big Bad? Sign us up! Cyc...