After Spider-Man & his Amazing Friends but before Saban’s X-Men the Animated Series, there was this single pilot episode. Some of you may fondly remember it, while others may not have a clue. Either way, it’s one of the few genuine animated adaptations of the Claremont/Byrne era of the Uncanny X-Men, and animated surprisingly well, at that.

Read my full review, Right Here!

While the X-Men are off at the observatory, dealing with the likes of Pyro and the Blob (who are after the coordinates to the Scorpio comet), Magneto and the unstoppable Juggernaut attack the mansion. They break through the defenses and Professor X, using his telepathy, discovers that Magneto is after Cerebro’s mutant tracking circuit. Juggernaut and Magneto make short work of Kitty and the Professor, stealing the circuit and returning to Asteroid M. Asteroid M is the home base of Magneto’s Brotherhood of Mutant Terrorists (that’s right, “terrorists”): the White Queen (a psychic who can shoot energy from her hands now, apparently), Juggernaut (the unstoppable behemoth), Pyro (who can control fire), the Blob (the immovable fat man), the Toad (who can leap great distances
wow, he sucks) and their itty bitty punching bag, Lockheed (the adorable dragon-thing). Magneto has Toad install the circuit in a device he had built and uses his own power to summon the comet Scorpio onto a collision course with Earth. He intends to use the mass destruction to weed-out the weak (humans), allowing only the strong (mutants) to survive. This plan cannot fail.

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