Jay described how the 1992 animated series was a source of comfort and identity growing up as a queer black child in Mississippi. The characters were seen as being 'born different'.
So those two things changed everything for me.
— Episode: "The Cows Came Home To Roost" (w/ Jay Ju...
Episode: "The Cows Came Home To Roost" (w/ Jay Jurden)
Jay described how the 1992 animated series was a source of comfort and identity growing up as a queer black child in Mississippi. The characters were seen as being 'born different'.
So those two things changed everything for me.
So you have X-Men Evolution. You have Wolverine and the X-Men. You have the failed pilot Pride of the X-Men, which was before all of them.
The thing about the 92 series is they use the designs from the highest selling comic book of all time, which was Jim Lee, Chris Claremont. And I forget who was the anchor, but Uncanny X-Men like number one.
It's the most important comic book to Marvel. At the time, Marvel was like, whatever people want from the X-Men they can do.
And so they put together like a beat, like a beautiful mashup team. The first two episodes, Nine of Sentinels were so important because a character dies.