The X-Men are back, and apparently death is only a mild inconvenience when you’re Remy LeBeau.
In this episode of XXL Men, we’re diving into X-Men ’97: “Dead Man’s Hand,” an episode that gives us undead Gambit, Rogue dealing with the emotional consequences of Remy’s return, Apocalypse continuing to be the mutant equivalent of a cockroach, and enough supernatural insanity to make the average X-Men family reunion look downright healthy.
And because this is X-Men ’97, nobody is allowed to process grief normally when they could instead process it through zombies, telepathy, explosions, ancient mutant magic, and several deeply unhealthy relationship decisions.
In this episode:
🃏 We talk about Gambit’s very complicated return from the dead and what becoming Death has done to our favorite Cajun card-thrower.
💔 We dig into Rogue and Remy’s relationship, because apparently “till death do us part” was merely a suggestion.
😈 We discuss Apocalypse’s latest scheme and why this man simply refuses to remain dead, defeated, buried, vaporized, or otherwise inconvenienced.
💨 We marvel at Nightcrawler going absolutely feral, reminding everyone that Kurt Wagner’s kindness may be the only thing keeping the rest of the mutant population alive.
🧠 We get into Professor Xavier doing Professor Xavier things, which generally means entering somebody’s mind without knocking first.
🔫 We talk Cable, X-Force, X-Factor, and the ever-expanding collection of mutant teams that are rapidly becoming impossible to track without a spreadsheet.
🔥 And, of course, we break down all the action, character drama, ridiculous comic-book logic, and deeply questionable decisions that make X-Men ’97 so much fun to talk about.
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: This discussion contains major spoilers for X-Men ’97 – “Dead Man’s Hand.”
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