X-Men 97 1x6 Reaction | Lifedeath - Part 2

[@dkfrito]

Cable was in the old series. He and the X-Men have met multiple times, but he never revealed his true identity to anyone.

[@biguy617]

Jean knew his true identity when she read his mind.

[@sharqane]

In case you forgot, Storm canonically has claustrophobia, after surviving the building collapse that crushed her parents

[@geneticjen9312]

They all know Cable because he time travels back a lot in the older seasons. They don't know that Cable is Nathan. Although Madeline recognised it right before she was killed in the attack

[@XeonAlpha]

“So let them thunder for I AM _LIGHTNING!”_ That line gave me all the chills.

[@Nastyn1nja808]

Deny your Power or Humanity with Thunder Down upon you. "You are all an Echo of who i am" plus these words right before the lightnin g line soooo good

[@adp806]

Jean Grey's orginal code name in the 1960's comics was Marvel Girl. Forge's mutant abilities is as an intuitive inventor. His understanding and connection to magic is tied to his Native American heritage. In the comics there was tension between him and his people/family because of his embracing of the "modern" scienfiic/mechanial mutant power. But in time he came to embrace both sides of himself and his heritage.

[@jasonmarbach]

There are some craaaaazy cameo appearances in the opening scene in space. Vulcan just chilling there like it’s no big deal is WILD.

[@-nav-398]

Storm, beyond her powers, has the personality and epic speeches which makes her not only badass, but so bombastic that she gives herself a kind of godly grandeur whenever she does choose to flex those powers.

[@_UPRC]

God, I love X-Men '97's version of Sinister. His voice is so Saturday morning cartoon villain-esque, but still legitimately imposing and threatening sounding. His voice actor is just so goooooood.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

Same. I would be plenty happy to watch an entire multi-season show with him as the lead villain.

[@Mercurial_Phantom]

It's the same actor from the 90's. He still nails it!

[@sakisaotome6753]

I had some major congnitive dissonance flipping between this version of sinister and the version on Krakoa. the two could just not be more different if they tried.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

@@sakisaotome6753 What's the difference?

[@joesolo2311]

@@sakisaotome6753 all sinisters (spoiler alert) are awesome in new comics. ♦️❤️♠️♣️

[@MrGaleanon]

I love that Deathbird liked the apple too much to interrupt again till it was finished.

[@gdadder]

The lie I believe storm believed was that she wanted to be human, when that’s not the case, she wants to love and accept herself for who she is, which is storm mistress of the elements.

[@xXwolfmanzackXx]

yup thats the lie Forge was talking about being told to his people. that they could be "normal".

[@cerebrokid86]

No need to ever feel stupid when it comes to comic book and/or movie and TV lore. There is a lot to keep track of which can be difficult if you haven't read the comics. As a lifelong comic book reader myself, I sometimes have a hard time keeping track of things. The nice thing about shows like this is that it doesn't matter if you're a long time fan or a casual fan. This wonderful work of art is for all of us!

[@Nixeen]

In the original series Rogue unlocked some memories from her evil days and revealed that her only powers was ability stealing. She got her strength and flight by stealing the powers from Captain Marvel, which left Carol Danvers in a coma.

[@jovanleonardi1574]

also this is the old school ms marvel power set super strength, super durabilty, and flight. no energy powers and a lot weaker than the current captain marvel in the mcu. for reference rogue and captain marvel rank 5 out of 7 on the strength scale under people like colossus and thing who are 6's.

[@stevenrice4174]

Actually Carol wasn’t Captain Marvel yet. She was Ms Marvel (Captain Marvel’s side kick) at the time and hadn’t gotten the power upgrade that came with her taking over as Captain Marvel. This is why Rogue doesn’t get Captain Marvel level powerful. Carol would also get so powerful later that she would split herself into a second body…who would go by Binary and join the XMen team. In “the Marvels” Monica’s mom is wearing Binary’s suit in the lab with Beast, which leads me to believe Monica ended up in the alternate reality that the Illuminati was in during Dr. Strange 2.

[@simonelott3403]

When I watched storm take off into the sky, I started jumping around my apartment like my team won the superbowl

[@champcpr]

Gambit can charge explosive kinetic energy into anything he touches, his body was essentially like a Trojan horse. Being impaled have him contact and contact means boom! He went out like a G✊🏾😭

[@FizzyWM]

He died how he lived, with style.

[@dariootero6555]

" the New Sun " = Gambit ,

[@geminiblade]

I didn’t realize it till now that the demon was voiced by storm’s VA, truly fighting inner demons. The only thing holding her back was herself.

[@rachelespiritu4215]

I thought this episode was genius in how it chose to tie Charles and Lilandra's story to Lifedeath, and using them to impart the same message. Storm's lie was that she'd be better off without her powers, because of the fear that being her full self would inevitably bring the wrath of all the "normal" people around her. She was tempted by the notion that making herself smaller and lesser would allow her an easier path to coexistence. And then we have Charles, who is all about preaching coexistence, but he's paired with the Jingoistic Freedombirds of Imperialism (I swear there's no satire there), who espouse the belief that they are helping people by conquering them, who convince their victims that they must cut off parts of themselves, give up their own culture, make themselves smaller and weaker and lesser, in order to fit in with the superior Shi'ar, because assimilation naturally ought to be the highest aspiration for "inferior" cultures. They ask Charles to play "educator" and "peacemaker" to people whom have already been subdued. I've been an X-Men fan my entire life, but I have to admit, neither Charles nor Storm were characters I ever found particularly relatable. This episode was the first time they really resonated with me. But I can't deny, this episode speaks to me deeply as a second-generation immigrant, whose parents were not allowed to speak their native language and thus were unable to pass it onto me. My parents wanted me to assimilate, but I haven't been accepted as any more American than other immigrants, I just became a racially-ambiguous brown woman with no culture to call my own. And it speaks to me as a queer woman in America, one who has (shamefully) spent more years and written more words preaching assimilation over pride, because for so many years my fear of abuse from heteronormative culture was greater than my own sense of self. It's crazy to think I've spent my whole life working so hard to fit in, to assimilate, to be the perfect model minority and be embraced by those who would abuse me, and here I am now pushing 40 with nothing to show for it. It's only been the past five years or so that I've really started trying to explore myself and be all I can be, and in that short time I've earned more respect and found more happiness than in all the decades of trying to fit in.

[@jamescheddar4896]

I think the message was a bit too mature to have the characters all stay in the 10-14 year old world scope. They're always fighting even though most of them have the power to create economic drive, as in it would be like being racist towards the oil company

[@darkstar_57]

Great comment! I think you definitely got the message in a similar way to myself! Was a superb episode

[@chazzerous]

Love the sailor moon transformation into Storm’s OG costume Lilandra and Charles’ romance began in the original show and the Shi’ar first appeared in the season that had the Phoenix saga.

[@chillasslofi]

Okay. Next is Bright Eyes, and then the three part finale. You are going to love these next 4. They are some of the best TV ever. I love this show.

[@simonelott3403]

Forge is canonically Storms first comic relationship❤

[@Wezt334]

So a tldr the Imperial Guard are sort of like a Legion of Superheroes (a future version of the Justice League) knock off, for example the guy with the Mohawk is Gladiator who has the same powers as Superman, however his powers increase or weaken depending on his self confidence unlike Superman. That said there was 1 member shown 8:21 in the bottom right corner who is actually isn’t a Legion of Superheroes inspired character and is a very important relative to Cyclops…..but they don’t know it

[@sammylane21]

I can't wait to see Gladiator in the MCU.

[@walfiend2]

The Charles/Lilandra romance did happen in the comics, but it was a little different. In the comics Charles died in a battle with Grotesk, but he was actually replaced by the comics version of Morph, while Charles was in space. So Morph died instead of Charles, but Charles was with the Shi'ar, planning to stop an invasion of earth by a race of aliens. So when Charles returns, everyone is surprised, and thought he was actually dead. Gladiator is an analogy of Superman, having very similar power sets.

[@dngillikin]

Unless there has been a major retcon in the last 20 years, Charles was not in space with the Shi'Ar between his apparent death in X-Men #45 and #65. According to Charles' explanation in #65, he spent the months since his apparent death secluded in a sub-basement lab in the mansion preparing to ward off the Z'Nox Invasion. When Charles joined together all the psychic energy of humanity and channeled it through Jean to drive off the Z'Nox. The mental energy released somehow linked Lilandra's mind with Charles, bonding them and eventually drawing her to Earth ca. issue #104. That's how it was portrayed in the comics on initial publication.

[@Hawksmoor42]

"Families often mimic black holes. Visit and risk being stuck in its ever-spiralling vacuum of dramas." Lilandra's familiar with X-Men books, it seems.

[@Sephiroth144]

Magneto ABSOLUTELY sacrificed himself- his last words were of comfort to a small child he was trying to protect... What Gambit did? He used his power of charging up object wit' kinetic energy, but instead of doing it to the card, he turned it up to 11 and charged the -Kaiju- Wild Sentinel via the metal spine that said Wild Sentinel used to pierce him. Deathbird? More like Deathbitch... Gladiator is essentially Superman-Lite

[@terrenced7742]

Cable met the team in the original series. He said that he "already knows about" Scott Summer and Jean Grey. Plus, if Maddie and Jean share all the same memories, then Maddie would have recognized Cable from their encounters in previous seasons.

[@spankyhi]

1:10 nah gambit saved rogue from that green beam. she wasn't gonna reach master mold before the beam hit her.

[@dariootero6555]

Gambit is " the New Sun" now.....

[@Zachfive]

I really enjoy your reactions! Keep on doing what you do

[@steveerbyx1]

Oh yeah and one more thing also in the comics now Magneto is a member of the X-Men and so is Juggernaut

[@inkpenavengerYT]

Forge's power is intuitive invention. He thinks of an idea and just *knows* how to build a machine that does it.

[@blackshard641]

Mutant Tony Stark.

[@ergoat]

Gladiator had quite a badass introduction in the original X-Men TAS. The series up to that point had emphasized how powerful and unstoppable the Juggernaut was, and Gladiator, picked him up and tossed him across Muir Island like he was a rag doll. (Search "Gladiator VS Juggernaut" for the clip) Great reaction!

[@Pepsolman]

You’re reactions are killer. I have felt all of the same emotions you display on my first watch and feel them raw once again as I watch you react. I feel you.

[@caparzzo]

amazing reaction! love your content, cheers from Mexico

[@chrisbramble4774]

Gladiator is one of the many Superman type characters in Marvel.... He was in the original series

[@MadisonCarter]

Rogue wasn't going to destroy the Sentinel - it was about to completely obliterate her with that green beam when Gambit knocked her to the side and saved her. She wasn't going to survive that blast.

[@justincleary5249]

Can’t wait to see you watch the final 4! It’s going to be a roller coaster.

[@kurtmager1626]

Lilandra and Charles were involved in the comics around 1990. I was surprised to see it referenced because I have been waiting almost 35 years for it to be produced outside the comic series.

[@zebbailey1727]

I'm still hoping for a Wolverine x Storm relationship because it's one of my favourites

[@movieopinions7201]

Love your reactions, i think i went through the same range of emotions watching Remember It and Lifedeath

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Her name is Jean Grey Summers. Her superhero alias is Marvel Girl (however, this has long been abandoned, and in the comics it was picked up by Rachel Grey Summers). So, in the end... unlike most X-Men who have two... she has one name. That's it. She has no more names. Madelyne Pryor is an entirely separate woman. The Phoenix is an entirely separate entity.

[@sakisaotome6753]

Rachel hasn't used that name for quite a while herself. has since had at least 2 names since then (Prestige, and Askani). as for Phoenix ... that is extremely complicated. because she didn't always have the powers of the phoenix, and other characters (such as racel) have had the power of the phoemix as well. but she most certainly goes by Phoenix (she literally has a own series entitled Phoenix which just began this month) however things really got muddled in Xmen forever where it was stated that Jean is the Phoenix and the Phoenix is Jean. essentially they are two different aspects of a single being in different forms. then again this none of that may be relavent for xmen 97 as it is its own universe.

[@mattcolton6268]

When Madeline sent Cable into the future with Bishop she implanted a psychic bond between her and Jean to him, that’s why she recognizes him and that’s why he knows she’s his mom.

[@backfandangoX]

She knows Cable because they met in the original series. We don't know when Jean was replaced with Madelyne so she would know his name

[@Pit_Wizard]

Storm looks GREAT in that outfit. Hot damn 😅. It's a little odd how fast her romance with Forge was, but this version of the character has a history of whirlwind romances (pun absolutely intended). Anybody remember Arkon?

[@NathanielWhitehead-vg3lc]

Yeah, this show does a horrible job of making ingredients it clear how much time has past. Forge and Storm were living together for a whole month when he confessed his feelings, but there was absolutely no indication that a month had passed until Scott says that he had been talking to Madelyn for a month. They really need to slow the pacing down on this show.

[@stevenrice4174]

“Not what I expected happening at all”. Lol Welcome to watching XMen.

[@markriedel1977]

This Storm subplot is one of my favorite 'side quests' in X-Men 97, going up against a Demon. You got sci-fi royal issues on one hand, then mystic evil Storm is dealing with on the other. This is why X-Men is such a great IP, you can plop characters in pretty much any kind of scenario and it works.

[@andrewgrant6516]

If it helps you remember, Madeline Pryor is a real person. She's the lead singer of the folk group Steeleye Span, who had hits with All Around My Hat, and the Christmas song Gaudete.

[@Pinkielover]

In the original animated series they're in love big time they're soul mates, They can even talk to it each other across the stars. telepathically Because they're both pretty equally matched

[@MerryMarvelite]

Here's an interesting tidbit about Deathbird from the comics. She is known by that moniker because she was stripped of her birth name, Cal'syee Neramani, as punishment for killing another member of the royal family. (Either her mother or an unnamed sister, depending on the story.) That's also why she doesn't sit on the throne, despite being the older than her remaining siblings, Lilandra and D'Ken.

[@Trikeboy2]

"Let them thunder, for I am lightning" God, I love Storm. Halle Berry really was badly cast in the role for the live action movies.

[@cje499]

Not bad casting, bad writing for her character

[@ergoat]

@@cje499 No, it was bad casting and bad writing. Halle Berry clearly doesn't have the range to capture the goddess energy of Storm. And in case you forgot, the reason Cyclops was killed off early in X3 was because Halle demanded a bigger role = look how well that turned out (just one of many, many things wrong with X3, but a big one).

[@elijahjackson1052]

@@ergoat Thats not true at all. He was killed off because of scheduling conflicts with him doing another movie. She did demand a bigger role (which she should've cuz they gave her nothing to work with in the first two movies and even what they gave her in the third movie was abysmal with them cutting out all the scenes of her backstory) but that had nothing to do with scotts death.

[@sakisaotome6753]

@@ergoat they dont always go for that version of storm. xmen evolution for example didn't go for that version of storm. sometimes Storm is just a bad ass. thats what halle berry's version was. they just failed at writting her well just liked they failed at writting most characters who aren't magneto, charles, and wolverine, and rogue

[@supermoogle07]

You were right to love Gladiator. He’s is a monster. Essentially Superman levels of power. In the OG cartoon dude tossed juggernaut around like a stuffed toy.

[@davizloco]

"Remember it" hits different now

[@sakisaotome6753]

the sentinel with 3 rotating heads is called a wild sentinel. Master Mold is the guy wolverine destroys in episode 1 who is sitting on a a throne.

[@apocalypsezero]

As an avid X-Men fan/collector (up until 2000), this series and the old 92 was the best "comic book adjacent" for stories and characters. This season is solid (not perfect...) and the next is shaping up to be just as solid. And while Ep. 5 was just the first drop, the next episodes are the rest of the roller coaster. A lot of iconic comic pages brought to life.

[@imthestein]

The lie was that she was defined by her powers and that she was nothing without them. By realizing that wasn't true is what allowed her to regain her power

[@imthestein]

Marvel Girl was the first code name Jean went by until she gained the power of the Phoenix in the comics

[@biguy617]

Forge is a cyborg that is very intelligent and knows machines very well. I guess he has knowledge about sorcery too.

[@jasonbeatty831]

Forge is a super interesting mutant who can invent things without the need for the know how, plus a really capable sorcerer. In the “fall of the mutants” storyline, he used the essences of the X-men at the time to defeat “the adversary” which saved their reality. As a reward, Roma resurrected them with the added ability of being completely invisible to cameras and video cameras at the time While they set up base in Australia.

[@Thecharliesruiz]

I love Storm & Psylocke mine favorite marvel superheroes X-Men characters ever in my heart!

[@sakisaotome6753]

i take it by psylocke you mean betsy?

[@brianbortner5962]

The Danger room's tech was Shi'ar technology in the comics. Charles and Lilandra have been FWB for a long time. Gladiator's powers are based on his imagination and belief in himself - as long as he believes he can do a thing, he has unlimited power, unless someone makes him doubt himself, then *poof* power fails.

[@kool2btrue]

''The lie" is Storm telling herself that she would be better without her powers. Notice that through this episode and Part 1 the Adversary references Storm's conversation with Jean in episode 2, where Jean said she would like her then unborn son to be "normal". Storm says that she has "daydreamed" about being normal. The Adversary is basically Pennywise the Clown (from IT) but instead of feeding on fear, feeds on misery. Through the episode The Adversary taunts Storm about this lie, about how humanity will hunt her down if she is anything but normal. Storm feels like she is being buried by the pressure of existing: she wields this power every time she uses it to save humanity, they hate her more. She finally triumphs when she realizes that The Adversary is just mimicking her fears and telling them back at her, "You all are an echo of who I am". Finally she decides to face the truth and decides to face the world as her true self, "so let them thunder, for I am lighting."

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

The Shi’ar, which Lilandra is the Empress of, are one of the oldest, and one of the most powerful, empires in the Marvel Universe. The other “main” empires are the Kree and Skrulls. After leaving their home-world, the Shi’ar forced many species, and their planets, to live under their rule for millennia.

[@kerouac.jackson]

Lilandra initially reached out to Charles telepathically from the other side of the galaxy, seeking his help. She isn't a telepath, but she was somehow able to reach him anyway because they were each other's true love. At least, that's how it happened in the comics. I can't quite recall whether the show had this happen the same way, but I can't recall them not having it happen this way. Gladiator is the praetor of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, who are basically super-powered members of various planets conquered by the Shi'ar empire. He's essentially one of Marvel's equivalents to Superman.

[@jaynecobb8356]

Forge is a builder. His Mutant ability is to build anything he can imagining. But he can also use magic, as well as Storm can.

[@AaronLitz]

When Charles says "I have forgotten my greatest gift" he wasn't talking about his Omega Level psychic powers, he was talking about _being a teacher._ And then he got smacked right in the face by a _ludicrously_ powerful psychic premonition of death. Forge's mutant power is _Invention:_ his mind makes instinctive connections about technological concepts that allow him to create things far beyond what his actual intelligence would allow by itself, on the level of Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (not that he's dumb; he's very smart as well.) But he is _also_ a powerful ancestral shaman, trained in Native American traditions of magic.

[@daverowe03]

Didn't Forge explain his power in the previous episode?

[@Ericortiz_arts]

Marvel Girl was Jean’s first code-name. Smart way of Marvel keeping names legally.

[@Clarence_Oddbody]

1:22 DP3, nuff said!

[@dupersuper1938]

The Shi'ar Imperial Guard is an homage to DC's Legion of Super Heroes, and Gladiator is their Superboy (the Legion is a group of super heroes a thousand years in the future that a young Superman had adventures with), so yes: he's a bad ass.

[@DoctorSciencetime]

Forge's powers are a bit vague. Basically, it's invention. He can use more of his brain at once than other people and understand how to build anything he can conceive of. Some other versions give him technopathic powers alongside it, for a little extra spice, but basically yeah, he's a super inventor

[@jaybird8619]

Funnylilgal you I bet you would like Dragon Con here in Atlanta

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Oh How i look forward to your reaction of the next episode :). Of all season 1 this was the episode i liked the least and I still enjoyed it, your discussion and fandom make it easy to smile when I watch. Thank you for covering this amazing series :)

[@HarrIock]

Dont forget Wolverine calls Jean, Red. I believe Gladiators powers and strength have to do with his confidence. And if memory servers me right Gambit, in the comics was supposed to be a one off character that dies. But due to him being so popular he became a permanent member.

[@ryanbagley3293]

Gladiator, as I understand him, is a wild and amusing character. He is basically superman, but his power is dependent on his mental state. If he is confidant and resolute in himself and his cause he is basically unbeatable, but if you can get in his head and shake his confidance in what he is doing, who he is serving, the cause he is fighting for, ect he gets weaker. In most cases he can be his own worst enemy lol

[@PatheticApathetic]

Madeleine knew who Cable was because they’ve met him before in the original show

[@sakisaotome6753]

deathbird apparently becomes a good aunt in the comics though, (and a good mother in the alterate universe series Xmen: the end)

[@imthestein]

Lilandra and the Shi'ar are part of the comics and she's Xavier's soul mate

[@NathanielWhitehead-vg3lc]

Yep. And they also have a daughter named Xandra (their names combined) who currently sits on the throne. She has a deep respect for Storm, who once saved her life.

[@PrinceIMC]

Forge’s power is understanding technology and intuitive invention, but he is descended from Native American Shamans. In the comics he tapped into his magic training and summoned the Adversary when he and his unit were under attack during Vietnam. The Adversary then haunted Forge for years until he got the X-Men’s help in defeating him. Gladiator is the head of the Shi’ar Inperial Guard. Imagine if Superman were raised to be absolutely loyal to the throne of an intergalactic conqueror empire.

[@aaronbourque5494]

Carol Danvers has a long, deep history with the Uncanny X-Men, because shortly after she was made into Ms. Marvel, her comic book was written by Chris Claremont, the guy who took over the reigns for the Uncanny X-Men in the late 70s until the late 80s and early 90s and is responsible for a lot of the background stuff the X-Men cartoon, and X-Men '97, is adapting (not everything, but a LOT). Him and the various artists on Uncanny X-Men are responsible for taking what was then an almost forgotten team and turning them into THE best-selling, best known, most read comic book for YEARS. Ms. Marvel's first book only lasted a couple years, but Claremont had grown fond of Carol and always looked for places to put her when he was working on other projects. Rogue had originally been created by him (and artist Michael Golden) to be an enemy of Ms. Marvel, as a hench(wo)man for Mystique (also co-created by Claremont) who could mimic/absorb Carol's strength and give her a fight on equal footing. Between the end of Ms. Marvel and Rogue becoming an X-Man, Rogue's powers went beyond what they usually do and absorbed almost all of Carol's powers (this is why Rogue can fly so high and punch so hard), and put Carol in a coma for many years. She eventually woke up, but without her powers, and became a recurring character in the X-Men comics until she was experimented on by some aliens and became the superheroine Binary (and even after, for some time). Eventually she got her original powers back (Rogue and Carol sharing them, essentially) and went by name Warbird, becoming an Avenger (again) and developing a drinking problem to deal with all the crap she'd been through, until deciding once and for all to get her life together and assume the mantle of Captain Marvel (she had originally been introduced in the original Marvel Captain Marvel's second appearance, as head of security for the place Captain Marvel's secret identity briefly worked at, with something of a Lois Lane role, despite Captain Marvel already having a love interest... but that's a whole other story). The Lilandra stuff is indeed a part of the comics. Charles and Lilandra are often a romantic couple, when they're not a star-crossed couple. Forge's mutant power is to create inventions that work despite sort of breaking even comic book science (he's very smart, but sometimes even he isn't 100% sure how his stuff works), and he's also a shaman, or medicine man, of his tribe, so he knows a good bit of Native American magic, too. Nearly every X-Man has died at some point or another, either actually died on page or been presumed dead. They usually come back (fictional heroes, being fictional, don't have to stay dead).

[@deanthemachine8879]

Good rule to keep in mind: EVERY Marvel character has died at some point *especially* X-Men characters

[@crossbones13]

16:13 "Girl, tight spaces and me. I might be small but I just don't like...I...I...I hate tight spaces." I am the complete opposite. I thoroughly enjoy squeezing into tight spaces.

[@blackshard641]

Forge's mutant power is basically to be Tony Stark: he can create any technology. It looks like he was using magic in this episode, though, which presumably doesn't have anything to do with his mutant powers. I assume it's just something he has learned, and probably has to do with properties of the book he has.

[@Pinkielover]

Forges powers is exactly what his name means. He can build machines and stuff. He also study mystic arts a little Kinda like a hobby I guess

[@alexthenorth2705]

Yes in the comics they was a couple and gambit I won’t spoil it

[@thefearmakerlive]

Yes, back in the 60s when the X-Men were created, the original class was Cyclops, Beast (he wasn't Blue yet, but had the big feet like when 1st meet him in X-Men 1st Class, Angel (with the wings) Iceman, and Jean Grey whose code name was Marvel Girl. But unlike everyone else, because it really didn't describe her or her powers, by the time you reach the late 60s & 70s, they aren't really calling her that a lot. And by the time you get to giant sized X-Men #1 in the late 70s, which introduced the international characters like Storm from Egypt, Wolverine from Canada, Colossus from Russia, Banshee from Ireland (the guy with the Sonic voice in 1st class)Sunfire from Japan, & native/ Indigenous American, Thunderbird, who was killed shortly after being introduced. The guy with the red and blue costume that looks native American, running in the X-Men intro may be Thunderbird. But it also may be John Proudstar's (Thunderbird's real name) younger brother James, who hated the X-Men at his inception, for getting his older brother killed, and took on his older brother's name (Thunderbird ) & costume, & became an X-Men villain. But eventually saw the error of his ways, changed the costume a bit, took on the name Warpath, and in the late 80s/early 90s, became a member of Cable's X-Force team. Which was Cable & Domino, like from the Deadpool 2 movie (Yes, Josh Brolin was Cable & Thanos) A girl named Boom Boom (who can create little bombs with her hands) Warpath, and some kids who were in Xavier's last class who were in an 80s book called New Mutants. (The Last Fox X-Men movie is New Mutants , you might want to do a reaction. Anya Taylor Joy plays Magik who's Colossus's younger sister in the comics) Those kids were Cannonball and Wolfsbane, who are in the new Mutants movie. Roberto Decosta (Sunspot) who's the new guy with Jubilee in this series, comes from New Mutants, and he's also in the movie.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

I laughed about you asking about all of Jean Grey's names. Surely there's a couple more because comics simply do so much, but you kind of know them all, I guess. There's still plenty to learn about Jean, I think she was always a person of great character, she's just a little too tied up in soap opera drama. 😂

[@barelywatch9278]

They had a love story back in the original show, they just continued it.

[@vizh]

Much like Star Trek, the sci-fi side of Marvel has various planets and Empires in conflict. The three Empires most explored in the classic comics are the Kree, the Skrull, and (especially in X-men comics) the bird-like Shi-ar. As briefly mentioned in this episode, the X-men helped overthrow the prior "Mad" Emperor of the Shi-ar and thus bring Lilandra to the throne, and she did have a long romance with Charles. The Shi-ar were also a major part of the comics (and cartoon's) Pheonix Saga, wanting to kill Jean Grey to eliminate the threat to the galaxy (after she wiped out an inhabited planet under the Pheonix's influence.) Gladiator, the head of the royal guard, is basically a version of Superman. Marvel has a few that have been created over the years when writers have wanted to do an unofficial Marvel vs. Justice League kind of story.

[@reconsoldier135]

Just remember, in the comic book universe no one who is dead can’t be brought back

[@sakisaotome6753]

it was even the job of 5 mutants to just resurrect people all day long for a time.

[@tkim2320]

I haven't seen the reaction yet but I hope she knows that Storm is super claustrophobic. She was trapped under rubble in the arms of her dead parents as a child for days. Just something that is vital to Storm's background in a lot of storylines. It's something writers use to help balance her OPness and or show her strength like in this episode. She has trouble conquering her fear for herself but never if it's for the sake of someone else.

[@endarkens]

Gonna be honest, I thought you were going to cry when you saw that nightcrawler replaced you-know-who in the opening credits.

[@blacktoothlongwalker1037]

Just a friendly reminder that Xavier had a daughter with the Lilandra and just never bothered to meet her. At least the cartoon addressed his first kid he abandoned. He has a third kid he didn't raise, but in his defense he was mildly dead at the time.

[@Trichromanic]

27:35 It's safe to assume almost every character has died in the comics at some point xD

[@sakisaotome6753]

thats for sure. you check them out on the wiki and the number of charcters who are listed as alive rather than alive (previoulsy dead) is almost non existant but there are however few some that have managed to never die yet

[@sakisaotome6753]

but yes everyone single member of the xmen on this team has died at least once in the comics.

[@ticozayas6430]

Forge is a shaman on top of being a mutant, although he is not nearly as powerful a spell caster as say a Wanda Maximov or Dr. Strange, he tends to stick to his technical skills granted by his mutation

[@KillJoy5950]

Forges machine worked, just her internal lie prevented her from accessing her power

[@josearroyo8008]

Omg I'm soo stupid. Your content is always on my feed and didn't realize I'm not subscribed....fixed that. Let's continue the journey

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Not stupid, you just noticed a mistake 😉

[@samfisher6606]

12:53 You forget the core rule of Marvel: FF is a family, Avengers are coworkers, and the X-Men is a giant orgy.

[@T-ON-x5h]

The reason cable said sorry mum is because he couldn't get there in time to save her

[@neptunusrex5195]

Hey Angela, so we know mutant powers are trigger by extreme emotional events so after the watching the last episode what would be YOUR mutant power that would get unlocked ? 😜 If I could pick my power mine would be telekinesis because I’m lazy 😅 like getting situated and comfy in bed and then having to get up again to grab the tv remote 🥴 or forgetting to grab my book off the shelf, leaving my phone on the table, etc little things like that would be easier with telekinesis 😅 also phased telekinesis that way if I forget something in another room I could just think about it and it would fly through the walls and come directly back to me 😂

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

I don't like it when I hear you call yourself stupid particularly because it is not, in the least, true. In watching, now, about 10 of your videos, I have always found you remember the most minute details (ones I could not remember on my best day) and have profound insights into what you are watching and the most honest reactions. In the last video, I just wanted to give you a hug and hold your hand because you were so upset. So please realize just how great you are and realize that you're dealing with a ton of information and that you are doing just fine, thank you. Keep up the great work and I'll will remain a loyal fan as I watch things with you. I'm about to watch episode 7 myself. I will like watch the four remaining episodes tonight and watch your reactions to them starting tomorrow. Be well!!

[@dm_dude]

The lie storm believed was, that her powers were gone for good and that that was just her life now. Forges machine worked, but she had already accepted what has happened to her. So that is the lie.