Episode 4 of X-Men ’97 gave its biggest Marvel crossover yet. A surprise post-credits scene sets the arc for a Wolverine-focused story that will also feature two iconic heroes. The episode titled “Rise of Apocalypse – Part II” wraps up the team’s confrontation with the Kang variant Rama-Tut. The battle comes at a high cost, with a major character falling before the closing credits roll. Magneto takes an arm-cannon blast directly to the chest, seemingly ending Erik Magnus Lehnsherr’s story. Still, history suggests the Master of Magnetism rarely stays down for long.
X-Men ’97 Episode 4 post-credits scene brings in the first Avenger
The X-Men 97 episode 4 post-credits scene reunites Wolverine with Captain America and Black Widow, which is the first proper Avenger appearance in the animated revival.
Fans will remember Season 1’s devastating moment when Magneto ripped the Adamantium from Wolverine’s skeleton. The stinger shows Logan meeting Cap at a rooftop, where he receives a file labelled “Weapon X.” The implication is Wolverine is contemplating a return to the covert programme that bonded the indestructible metal to his bones in the first place. That too, by “getting the old band back together.”
Whether Logan actually wants the Adamantium back remains an open question. The next episode, titled “Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs,” will give viewers the answers. After all, the X-Men 97 episode 4 post-credits scene is no random team-up. It directly references Uncanny X-Men #268, with both Captain America and Black Widow sporting costumes that match Jim Lee’s iconic cover art from that issue. For long-time readers, it’s a faithful nod to a beloved flashback story that linked Logan’s past to the wider Marvel Universe.
In the comics, Weapon X operates as a secret Canadian government programme designed to create the ultimate living weapon. It sits within the larger Weapon Plus initiative, where “X” represents the Roman numeral for 10. Logan was far from the first test subject.
X-Men ’97 Season 2 continues with the mutant team scattered across different eras, desperately trying to find their way home while threats multiply in the 1990s they left behind.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on SuperHeroHype.com.
