X-MEN in the Style of Classic Disney Animation Makes Marvel’s Mutants Magical

Thanks to X-Men ’97, we now know Marvel Mutants and Disney go together like peanut butter and jelly. Of course, the animation style of X-Men ’97 doesn’t evoke the classic “Disney look.” It’s meant to be a blend of the ’90s animated series with a dash of anime. But what if the X-Men were actually animated in the iconic Disney 2D style? Particularly the style from classic ’90s films like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin? Well, now we have a good idea of what that would actually look like and it’s fabulous.

Comic book artist Mark Brooks, whose detailed work you’ve seen on comics like Spider-Man, Star Wars, and many more has reconfigured the classic X-Men characters in the Disney house style, and they’re incredible. Over the past month, he’s been dropping new Disney X-Men characters via social media. Some characters are super famous, some more obscure (Lookin’ at you, Strong Guy). Yet all perfectly capture that classic Disney feel. Here’s a sampling of Mark Brooks’ Disney-style X-Men characters so far:

Storm commands the weather, but in this image, Ororo Munroe looks like she could command a song as one of the Muses from Hercules.

It’s Wolverine and Deadpool’s year, so it makes sense these two would share an image together.

Kitty Pryde is serving us some Belle from Beauty and the Beast energy, and her pet dragon Lockheed looks like the Walt Disney World EPCOT mascot Figment.

The only un-Disney thing about this Gambit is that Remy is smoking. We appreciate that Brooks gave Gambit his costume and his crop top. And where there’s Gambit, Rogue can’t be far behind, sugah.

There are also plenty of villains, starting with the X-Men’s biggest nemesis Magneto. He looks less homicidal and more just grumpy in his Disney form.

Mister Sinister, however, is giving us all the dramatic Jafar from Aladdin vibes.

Jean Grey has long been the “princess” of the X-Mansion, so it’s only fitting she’s giving such a classic Disney princess vibe. Her clone the Goblin Queen on the other hand? She feels as if she could give Maleficent a run for her money in the “fashionably evil” department.

This version of X-Men field leader Cyclops has all the Milo from Atlantis: The Lost Empire vibes you could want.

Emma Frost is the White Queen of the Hellfire Club, and she’s also giving a classic evil Disney villain in this one. She might send a hunter to bring back Jean Grey’s heart in a box as if she were Snow White.

Mark Brooks’ Disney-style X-Men series has over 25 characters so far, with more on the way. We can’t wait to see what a Disney-style Mystique looks like, or even Apocalypse. Our hope is that Mark Brooks’ series doesn’t wrap up before we get Iceman, Angel, Bishop, Psylocke, and oh, about a half dozen others. We look forward to every single one of these Disney-fied mutants.

To check out more of Mark Brooks’ amazing Disney X-Men, be sure to head on over to his Twitter and Instagram accounts.