A Revived Marvel Animated Universe
I just watched the third episode of X-Men ‘97 and I’m loving the show so far. It got me thinking about what if Marvel Studios’ animation division revived all of the 90s Marvel cartoons, and how to do it. Imagine X-Men ‘97 goes for 3 seasons before they start spinoffs. The first spinoffs could be Iron Man ‘97 and Fantastic Four ‘97 (both of those shows ended in 1996 and could pick up one year later).
For Iron Man, first you bring back that badass “I Am Iron Man” theme song from season 2. That’s half the battle right there. Then update the Mandarin to get rid of the more problematic and racist elements of the character. The story would have Tony coming to grips with his age, his relationship with Julia Carpenter (maybe they get married or break up?) and his fears about the rise of technology outpacing him heading into the new millennium. Him being a futurist and seeing where the world is going toward the digital age. At some point, Tony dissolves Force Works; this will be important later.
After Iron Man ‘97 and FF ‘97, then we get a Hulk ‘98 series before getting Spider-Man ‘99. I know the Spider-Man one is the least likely to happen because of the Sony side of things, but I’d imagine picking up with Peter being returned home by Madame Web at the end of the Spider-Man TAS finale. Just ignore the events of Spider-Man Unlimited, or say it was an alternate universe. I enjoyed Spider-Man Unlimited as a kid, but I understand a lot of fans don’t care for it, plus it would be a lot of unnecessary baggage to reference that series in a potential Spider-Man TAS revival.
Last but not least, and the one I want the most actually, is a Silver Surfer ‘98 series. The 90s Silver Surfer show ran for 13 episodes before ending on a cliffhanger with Thanos destroying the entire universe. According to the leaked plans for a proposed season 2, the Surfer would have recreated the universe and defeated Thanos in an opening 2-parter before continuing his adventures in the new universe which is similar to his original universe, but not quite the same.
Now here’s where things get interesting. While the events of Iron Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Hulk, and Spider-Man TAS all take place in the same universe; the 90s Silver Surfer show took place in its own universe.
My idea is for a Silver Surfer ‘98 series is, when the Surfer recreates the universe, the new universe is retconned/revealed to have always been the universe where all the other 90s Marvel shows took place. So chronologically it would be the events of Silver Surfer season 1, Thanos destroys the universe, Surfer recreates the universe, then the events of X-Men, Iron Man, FF, Hulk, etc. And this would reconcile any discontinuity between the 90s shows while unifying them all in one continuity while picking up where each story left off.
What do you guys think?
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