Episode #48 - Secrets Not Long Buried
Original Airdate 17th February 1996

Cyclops visits an old teacher only to discover strange things about the town he lives in...

Credits
Written By: Mark Onspaugh
Music Composed By: Shuki Levy
Animation Services By: AKOM

Review: An odd episode to say the least, if only because the hero isn�t in costume at any time in the episode, and the rest of The X-Men don�t even appear! Solo Cyclops episodes have always been a little different from everyone else�s on the show, but this one was just weird.

The opening was pretty cool, if only to see the old Kirby suits. I�ve always dug the fanboy nods shown throughout the show, even if I didn�t notice/understand them, but I�ve always dug the old Kirby costumes, and it�s simply cool seeing them on TV. The old costume�s aren�t the only fanboy nods in the episode, a lot of the mutants in Skull Valley are mutants from the comics, most notably, who makes his only non-cameo appearance in this episode. I�ve never been a massive Toad fan, and this version did nothing to change that.

In fact, it�s the villains that stand as the weakest aspect of the episode. They were mediocre from start to finish, I�m actually glad they didn�t appear again. I can�t quite put my finger on why, but they were really odd villains. They weren�t the only odd aspects of the episode, however. Scott himself gives a man who offers him a lift an earful for not slowing down earlier. He later barges in on the same Doctor, and starts barking orders at him. The bang on his noggin obviously left ol� Slim a little loopy!

Other than that, it�s a perfectly good episode, it has some nice flashback sequences with Scott and there�s nothing particularly wrong with it, villains aside. It�s just damn weird.

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