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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