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The Animated Series’ Wolverine Celebrates Returning for the Disney+ Revival

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X-Men: The Animated Series’ Wolverine, Cal Dodd, celebrates getting back in the booth for the upcoming Disney+ revival, X-Men ’97.

X-Men: The Animated Series alum Cal Dodd is officially back in the booth for Disney+’s upcoming revival series, X-Men ’97.

On Twitter, Dodd — who voiced James “Logan” Howlett/Wolverine in X-Men: The Animated Series — shared a photo of himself in a recording booth. Dodd is seen sporting a black and yellow varsity-style jacket, which has the named “Logan” embroidered on the torso, and holding up three fingers, seemingly to represent Wolvie’s three claws. “Guess what I was doing in the studio today?” he wrote. “So great to be back!!! #Wolverine #DisneyPlus #Xmen #XMen97 #XMenTAS.”

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On Disney+ Day on Nov. 12, Marvel Studios officially announced X-Men ’97, a Disney+ animated original series that serves as a continuation of the fan-favorite X-Men: The Animated Series, which itself ran on Fox Kids for five seasons from 1992 to 1997. Set to premiere sometime in 2023, X-Men ’97 features numerous returning cast members from X-Men: The Animated Series, Dodd included. Dodd voiced Wolverine in all five seasons of the show, appearing in 73 of its 76 episodes.

As part of a crossover, Dodd also voiced Logan in two episodes of Fox Kids’ Spider-Man: The Animated Series in 1995. Moreover, he provided the voice for Wolverine in multiple Marvel video games from 1994 to 2000, namely X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, X-Men Cartoon Maker, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes. In addition to Wolverine, Dodd also voiced the characters of Bobby Drake/Iceman and Steve Rogers/Captain America in several of the aforementioned video games.


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In addition to Dodd, X-Men ’97 is expected to feature the return of fellow X-Men: The Animated Series alums Lenore Zann as Anna Marie/Rogue, George Buza as Hank McCoy/Beast, Adrian Hough as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, Christopher Britton as Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister, Catherine Disher as Jean Grey, Chris Potter as Remy LeBeau/Gambit, Alison Sealy-Smith as Ororo Munroe/Storm and Alyson Court as Jubilation Lee/Jubilee.

The revival series also features a number of newcomers in the form of Jennifer Hale, Anniwaa Buachie, Ray Chase, Matthew Waterson, J.P. Karliak, Holly Chou, Jeff Bennett, A.J. LoCascio.


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X-Men ’97 premieres on Disney+ in 2023.

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