The X-Men '97 Trailer Reveals A Pregnancy

While he's yet to appear in the trailer or be confirmed to turn up on the new show, the original animated series does see the time-traveling mutant Cable (Lawrence Bayne) drop in to warn the X-Men about the arrival of Apocalypse (John Colicos). Cable's real name is Nathan Summers, and he's the son of Scott Summers, aka Cyclops (Norm Spencer), and Madelyne Pryor, Scott's first wife and the clone of Jean Grey (Catherine Disher). As far as we know, Jean is still Jean on the new show, but there might be a possible shock in store that could reveal that there may have been a clone swap during our time away from Cyclops and company and that that really is Madelyne. Then again, it would make a nice link to the previous series if X-Men lore were altered for the show and Jean did give birth to Nathan.

Alternatively, there's also the chance that, depending on the reality, Jean and Scott could be set to have another son, Nate Summers, a different version of Cable born within the Age of Apocalypse timeline in the comics. It's worth noting that the '90s series does include a run-in with Apocalypse, who is thankfully thwarted, but there's no reason that Nate Summers couldn't be a byproduct of their victory. It's all very confusing, but hopefully, we'll get some clarification on the matter when "X-Men '97" drops on Disney+ on March 20.