X-Men ’92 Takes on The House of X in New Marvel Series

Warning: contains preview images for X-Men 92: House of XCII #1!

The X-Men 92 incarnation remains popular to this day, and now they stand ready to enter the House of X in a brand-new mini-series titled X-Men 92: House of XCII from Marvel Comics. The book will be written by Steve Foxe and illustrated by Salva Espin, and promises to put a unique spin on both X-Men 92 and House of X. The first issue is on sale in print and digital April 6.

The animated X-Men show premiered in 1992, and quickly became not only one of the most popular cartoons of its day, but also a generation’s entry point into the X-Men franchise. The cartoon ran for five seasons, ending in 1997. The show is still fondly remembered today, and Marvel capitalized on this by releasing X-Men 92, a series telling new stories set in the cartoon’s continuity. The series was a huge success. In 2019, Marvel revamped the Earth-616 X-Men in the ground-breaking series House of X, under the stewardship of writer Jonathan Hickman. This series, and the relaunched X-Men titles that followed, told the story of Krakoa, an island paradise created by mutants, for mutants. This refocusing of the X-Men titles breathed new life into the franchise. Now, the worlds of Krakoa and X-Men 92 are about to collide in a new five-issue miniseries X-Men 92: House of XCII.

Marvel provided AIPT with a first look at the series, revealing plot details and advanced art, shared below. X-Men 92: House of XCII’s story unfolds much like House of X, with Professor X, Magneto and a mysterious woman coming together to found Krakoa. In House of X, this woman was Moira MacTaggert, yet Marvel has promised it is not MacTaggert in House of XCII. No other plot details were revealed. The preview art is a homage to the cover of House of X #1, featuring the same characters, only dressed in their X-Men 92 costumes.

1992’s X-Men animated series and House of X both had huge impacts on the franchise. As mentioned earlier, the cartoon introduced a generation to the X-Men (including writer Steve Foxe) and House of X redefined the franchise for the 21^st century, embracing the concept’s science fiction themes. Without the X-Men cartoon, House of X may have never happened, and Foxe and Espin are now bringing these two seemingly disparate eras together, mixing past and present together to give fans of both X-Men 92 and House of X a new take on each story.

The X-Men 92 cartoon continues to find new generations of fans, and an official continuation to the series, titled X-Men 97, will premiere on Disney + in the near future. In the meantime, Marvel is giving fans of the cartoon a bold new take on the cartoon, bringing in elements of House of X to a familiar world.

Source: AIPT

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