History ComicBook / XMen92

** The second issue of volume 2 is called "Young Blood," a nod to ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'', the Image project that Rob Liefeld created after leaving Marvel in the '90s.

* CloningBlues: Cassandra Nova is reimagined as a clone of Xavier created by Apocalypse rather than his literal EvilTwin. Why she is female is left unexplained.

* FinalSolution: Done by the X-Men to vampires as a desperate GodzillaThreshold brought on by Alpha Red. This does not ''kill'' all vampires (though it does kill the corrupted Alpha Red), instead "merely" turning them all human. One would think a world without vampires could only be a good thing, but as it turns out...

* NobleDemon: Dracula is written this way, even getting outraged at one point when Storm questions his honor.

* AlternateSelf: A number of alternate Draculas gather in an extradimensional space to observe the NearVillainVictory of Alpha Red.

* BadFuture: As this trope is pretty much mandatory of any X-Men property, Scott and Jean get sent to one in the second volume. Thankfully it doesn't linger long enough to wear out its welcome.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: StarterVillain of Alpha Red, who at first appears to be an original character created for the title, is [[spoiler:revealed to be Dracula's son Janus, a previously established character in Marvel Universe]].

** There is no indication that the Fenris twins are either Neo-Nazis or engaged in any {{Twincest}} like their mainstream incarnations.
** The setting as a whole is this to an extent, as the usual grimdark anti-mutant atmosphere is dialed way back and, as mentioned above, the X-Men are regarded by the public as heroes rather than menaces. This is especially ironic as the title is based off the continuity and characters of the notoriously grimdark '90s.

* ThoseTwoGuys: As something of another MythologyGag, the Upstarts Shinobi Shaw and Trevor Fitzroy are always seen together, and when Shinobi goes on an "extended cruise" Trevor is notably the only Upstart invited.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the regular continuity Fabian Cortez, while having his moments as a ManipulativeBastard, is most often a SmugSnake who overestimates his own abilities and pays the price for it. While he still retains his SmugSnake attitude (and even ramps it up to SmugSuper levels) his competence and willingness to get his own hands dirty are cranked up a notch, culminating in the very impressive feat of getting all the X-Men stranded millions of miles from Earth by using his SuperEmpowering abilities to overload the mutant teleporter Lila Cheney. Even Apocalypse, though displeased by this disruption to his plans, can't help but be impressed by this.

* WhatTheHellHero: After the battle against Alpha Red Beast gives a subdued one of these to Storm, chiding not her but the entire team (him included) for the way they defeated Alpha (which essentially amounted to forcing every vampire on Earth to become human against their will) and wondering how different it would be if humans ever managed to do the same to mutants. [[spoiler:This becomes a CallBack when Xavier calls out the entirety of humanity with the request to become mutants to help save the world from Xodus. They all accept the request.]]

''X-Men '92'' is a 2015 Creator/{{Marvel}} comic book, co-written by Chris Sims and Chad Bowers with art by Scott Koblish and Alti Firmansyah. Launched as a ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' tie-in, ''X-Men '92'' takes place in a {{broad strokes}} version of the classic ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. After a brief run of five issues, it returned as part of the ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative, this time being allowed a run of ten issues. The last issue was released in December 2016. In January 2022, it was revealed that a new mini-series would be released set in this universe called ''ComicBook/HouseOfXCII'', giving the iconic ''[[ComicBook/HouseAndPowersOfX House of X]]'' storyline a 90’s flair.

Do not confuse with "X-Men adventures", the actual ComicBookAdaptation of the series. X-Men '92 is an homage to the TV series, but has its own stories.

!! ''X-Men '92'' provides examples of:

* AliensAreBastards: Subverted with the X-Brood, played straight with the Shi'ar Imperial Guard and [[spoiler:Xodus the Forgotten]].

* AuthorAppeal: The series contains a lot of things readers of Chris Sims' previous writing will immediately identify as his personal favourites, even when they're not especially connected to the X-Men. The Celestials and Dracula most notably, but also the idea of Gladiator being a dick.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Jubilee & Chamber.