MOJO WORLDWIDE pt I
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Penciled by Mike Mayhew
Cover by Arthur Adams
Published Oct 4 2017
Penciled by Mike Mayhew
Cover by Arthur Adams
Published Oct 4 2017
The issue opens with Mojo addressing his producer, as well as attempting to explain why he killed the writer. Meanwhile at a softball game, the longest running cliche in any X-title, the Blue and Gold teams hang out.
Softball. I'm shocked. |
Logan and James exchange father and son, um, pleasantries and Jean and Kitty talk shop. Suddenly gigantic spires begin to drop from the sky. Jean tries to organize the teams but Kitty immediately takes over. Jean looks irritated but the X-Men clearly don’t object, even ordering the students into recon teams.
Sorry Jean. Kitty just totally dunked on you. |
Scott, Storm, Kitty and Prestige approach one with Rachel clearing the area. She psi-link’s with the others, and all of them equally report trouble. Suddenly a forcefield appears around each team causing immediate power dampening and it appears the X-Men have wandered into a trap. No matter how hard they try, they cannot punch apart, teleport around, or claw through the barrier although somehow Rachel's psychic link still works. The more they discuss, each is in a different type of environment - from old New York to frozen Asgard.
With all this going on, I'm just psyched to see Wolvie in an old costume. |
Each member of the team takes on a different appearance as a response. Rachel's "hound" future is painfully resurrected while Storm's 80's mohawk and even Logan's brown and tan Wolverine look returns. All across town, they're pitted against sentinels from the future to demons from the "Inferno" storyline. Suddenly Mojo comes across the airwaves announcing he's broadcasting it across the globe. The X-Men's greatest hits and no matter who happens, the audience is the real winner. Images from the future and past flitter across the screens behind him as he lauds what's upcoming. And with that, this issue is left to be continued.
Yuck. |
Mojo is one of my favorite villains of all time and I can only hope this crossover somehow culminates in the return of Longshot. It's also an amazing coincidence this was one of my first exposures into comics in the mid 80's. If this is the X-Men's foray into Legacy, a throwback to that character set would be almost perfect. Can't wait to see what happens, I give this one an 8/10.
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