The untold truth of X-Men: The Animated Series

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Stan Lee helped create the X-Men for Marvel Comics in the early '60s, and Hollywood regularly churned out X-Men movies in the 2000s and 2010s. But in the 1990s, the best and most exciting place for this superhero squad was on a Saturday morning cartoon. 

From 1992 to 1997, X-Men: The Animated Series was a mainstay of Fox's weekend lineup, and it was a ratings champion, too. Years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe would regularly provide comics fans with the fare it so desired, this show was one of the few outlets for well-produced, superhero-based content taken seriously by its creators. It also introduced the general public to a massive fictional world, an alternate version of Earth where superpowered mutants with uncanny abilities lived among humans in a not-always peaceful way. Protagonist Professor X helped mutants like Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm learn to harness and control their gifts, while his villainous rival, Magneto, wanted mutants to admit that they were a superior race and help him take over the world.

X-Men: The Animated Series remains an enduring and influential bit of entertainment. Here's the behind the scenes story of the cartoon classic.