I question exactly how successful, regarding X-Men 97. I haven’t bothered to go looking for viewer numbers, which is the only real measure you can go...
My mom's old boyfriend had old comics. I remember looking at the first Nightcrawler mini. After that my true first experience was X-men the Animated...
Yes, I remember this and he didn't appear again until years later but Rachel had sacrificed herself by then. I wonder if he would go for her a third...