X-Men ’97: 10 Burning Questions After The Season 1 Finale

As Bishop said on the show, this isn’t the first time that the X-Men have been missing and presumed dead. The finale has some echoes of The Fall of the Mutants, a storyline where the X-Men appeared to die saving humanity from the Adversary, only to be quickly resurrected and allowed to maintain the illusion of their death. Forge was also left behind that time.

The key difference here is that Bishop is convinced that something or someone kidnapped the X-Men and scattered them in time. If so, who could have pulled that off and why?

The common denominator between two time frames in the past and the far future are Apocalypse. The team in the past has now met En Sabah Nur when he was still mortal, while Apocalypse is the enemy of Clan Askani in the future. We’re also curious if Mother Askani is Rachel Summers, Cyclops and Jean Grey’s other child from an alternate timeline. Rachel was briefly glimpsed in Episode 8 during Cable’s description of mutantkind’s future under Bastion’s control. Until now, that was the only confirmation that Rachel existed in the world of the show. And if young Nathan is in the future, can his clone Stryfe be far behind?