Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for X-Men '97
It's incredibly satisfying to watch Professor X go from a barely-tolerated outsider to a domineering teacher that forces the Shi'ar to examine their own imperialistic ways. The fact that he's able to almost convince them to do better is a testament to Charles' powers of persuasion and relentless optimism.
This fight unquestionably proves why Cyclops is the X-Men's field leader, effortlessly skating around the battlefield using the recoil of his optic blasts. Cyclops is no slouch, whether locked in hand-to-hand combat or assuring the fearful Roberto that everything would be okay with a cocky smile. While his final line in the scene, "I surrender...
Hoisting a third rapier in his prehensile tail, Nightcrawler joins the fray after Wolverine is sent plummeting back into the X-Mansion, joining him in slicing up Bastion's terrifying Prime Sentinels. Their combined assault looks like something out of a high-octane video game, with the stunning art direction of the series shining brighter than ever.
Pummeling Bastion within an inch of his life just before he can reach the gravity core, Rogue pulls out all the stops to lay the hurt on the genocidal cyborg, from dragging him through machinery to punching him across the lunar surface to unleashing a point-blank sonic clap strong enough to rend his face from his endoskeleton.