The ‘X-Men ’97’ season 2 reviews are in, and the Marvel revival has landed a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes since returning to Disney+ on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, already charting as a global streaming hit.
The animated sequel picked up less than two days after launch to become one of Disney+’s biggest new arrivals, as reported by ScreenRant.
It follows Swisher Post‘s earlier coverage of the X-Men ’97 season 2 release date, and the reception has now outpaced the hype that surrounded the premiere.
What the ‘X-Men ’97’ season 2 reviews say
Critics have been unanimous so far. The second season is holding a 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, with an audience score sitting at 96%, marking one of the strongest receptions Marvel Animation has pulled off.
The praise has centred on the season’s ambition and its emotional payoffs.
Fans have echoed the critics. The audience score has stayed high through the opening days, and social feeds filled with reactions to the three-episode premiere, praising the animation and the darker turn the story takes as the team is torn apart and thrown across the timeline.
The run opened with a three-episode drop titled Days of Past Future, A Force to be Reckoned With and Rise of Apocalypse, Part I. The remaining six episodes then roll out weekly on Wednesdays, keeping the momentum going through the rest of the season.
Why ‘X-Men ’97’ season 2 is a global streaming hit
The numbers back up the buzz. Within two days of release, the season was charting at number three on Disney+ in Singapore and Brazil, number four in Sweden, Peru, Bolivia and Canada, and number five in the United States.
That spread points to a truly worldwide audience.
The success also matters beyond the show itself. X-Men ’97 is being treated as a launchpad for Marvel’s wider animated slate and a bridge toward its bigger crossover plans, so a strong second season strengthens the case for the mutants taking a central role in what comes next on Disney+.
The story sets up the stakes. After the first season’s cliffhanger, the X-Men are scattered across time, from Ancient Egypt to the far future, and must fight their way back to the 1990s to stop Apocalypse.
The time-hopping structure has given the writers room to swing big, and viewers have rewarded it.
What happens next for ‘X-Men ’97’
With season 2 releasing weekly through August, the finale will decide how the mutants find their way home.
Marvel has already confirmed a third season for 2027 and is developing a fourth, so this hit run is being set up as the middle chapter of a bigger X-Men story, not a one-off comeback.
