What made #xmen97 S1 so good was it was*about* something: the ease at which people can become desensitized to violence and hatred, and sit back as genocide happens. That marginalized peoples will never be allowed peace and security. S2 was about...cyborgs and explosions. X-Factor was perfectly set up to explore what it means to try to be part of the system that hates you. E2 started to get into that... But no follow-up. #xmen97 S2 follows the depth and thoughtfulness of S1 with kabooms. Though if that's not a perfect distillation of '90s comics, I don't know what is