X-Men ’97 justifies a major change to the character of Nightcrawler from the comics with a glorious payoff. Despite being one of the most popular X-Men in the comics, Kurt Wagner barely figured into the original X-Men cartoon from 1992. Originally presented as a devil-may-care prankster, later stories developed Kurt Wagner into a devout Catholic who prayed in Latin. How X-Men ’97 finally pays off the original cartoon’s biggest Nightcrawler change(Image Source: Disney+)X-Men ’97 Season 1 moved forward with the original series’ portrayal of Nightcrawler as a more religious character. (Image Source: Disney+)By contrast, X-Men ’97 ran with the idea of Nightcrawler with a man of faith.