We’ve already known that X-Men ’97 Season 3 was happening, but at New York Comic Con 2026, Marvel showed the first teaser for the new season, with surprise appearances from Deadpool and She-Hulk.
After the chaotic ending of Season 2, the X-Men are scattered, and according to Variety, the trailer shows Deadpool and She-Hulk in attendance of Rogue and Gambit’s wedding – which is also a thing, apparently.
From this brief appearnace, it’s not clear how big of a role either of these characters will play. It’s possible that they’re just in a brief cameo for the wedding. However, Deadpool is no stranger to working with the X-Men when it suits him, so we could totally see him having a bigger part.
We don’t know much else about what X-Men ’97 season 3 is going to be about yet, though. Back at SDCC, Marvel revealed some clips of the Brotherhood of Mutants, with Pyro, Avalanche, Toad, and Blob writing “mutant freedom” on the side of a building. Then, of course, they’re attacked by a sentinel dressed in red, white, and blue paint.
But while we knew that the Brotherhood of Mutants is back, we also know who is leading them after Magneto’s death at the hands of Apocalypse in season 2. The trailer shows Mystique leading the team, which opens up a ton of possibilities.
Luckily, during the SDCC panel, Executive Producer Brad Winderbaum suggested that the studio was wrapping up animation on season 3 while season 2 was finishing. Hopefully that, combined with this new trailer, means that season 3 will come out sometime next year. But we’ll just have to wait for Marvel to reveal more information.
Jackie Thomas is the Senior Tech Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. She’s been covering gaming hardware for more than a decade for IGN, TechRadar, Gizmodo, PC Gamer and more. You can follow her @Jackiecobra
