Overview

• Marvel Animation announced at New York Comic Con that X-Men ’97 Season 2 will stream on Disney+ in Summer 2026.
• A trailer screened exclusively at the panel teases Apocalypse and the team scattered across different points in time.
• Marvel Television and Animation head Brad Winderbaum says the new season keeps the same high stakes, with character mortality still on the table.
• Coverage reports that Gambit appears to return in Season 2 as Apocalypse’s Horseman known as Death.
• Winderbaum indicates the series is planned to continue with annual releases for multiple years.