Ultimately, I edited each season "Marathon Cut" style, taking a page from one of the few good aspects of the Dragon Ball Z orange box DVD sets. Each edit in this collection only includes opening and closing credits. Every credit sequence or "previously on X-Men" review has been removed, substantially cutting down on the runtimes of each season. I've edited the two current seasons of X-Men '97 in the same way and was surprised to see that their final runtime fell in line with the previous seasons.


This always felt like a guilty pleasure opinion, but I always preferred this series to Batman the Animated Series. Because the show offered serialized storytelling, I found myself easily hooked into the overarching narrative that was complexly woven across so many diverse characters. The '97 revival series has more than carried the torch, exceeding in dramatic storytelling and mutant mayhem.


I hope that you enjoy this collection for binging at your leisure. I'm currently working on similar edits of the 90s Spider-Man and Hulk animated series. For Spidery I'll likely go one season at a time but since Hulk only got two seasons, I may do his as an all-in-one.


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