X - Men ' 97 : Created by Stan Lee, Beau DeMayo. With George Buza, Cal Dodd, Holly Chou, Ray Chase. A band of mutants use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them; they're challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future. On her birthday, a nostalgic Jubilee is forced to relive the X - Men 's greatest adventures when an entertainment system transports her into a 16-bit video game. Overview Marvel Animation’s ' X - Men ’ 97 ' revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X -Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future. Picking up where ' X - Men ' left off, the X - Men are in a period of transition, struggling with the loss of Professor X . And while their world is in a strained state of calm when it comes to mutant-human relations—everyone knows that's likely temporary.