MOJO WORLDWIDE pt IV
Penciled by Jorge Molina
Cover by Arthur Adams
Published Oct 25, 2017
Cover by Arthur Adams
Published Oct 25, 2017
As anchors struggle to broadcast the news over Mojo's television waves, it would appear people are interested. The spineless wonder is able to completely hijack the signals and directs everyone's attention back to him. Everytime he mentions death and destruction, the ratings see a spike. And with more spires on the way, it's even more imperative the X-Men are victorious.
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| Sorry, not sorry... |
They'll have their work cut out for them, as they battle in the savage land when suddenly Jean Gray is impaled through the shoulder. Colossus delivers a fastball special, and Jimmy slices her free and Nightcrawler teleports them to safety.. the team continues to battle fiercely when Mojo orders more spires on the ground in New York. They crash land as Magneto, Polaris and Danger investigate. Unfortunately the spires are tamperproof, and the trio quickly finds themselves in the Morlock tunnels. The Mauraders prepare for battle
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| Now Creed... we're buddies. Remember?! |
Meanwhile another team of X-Men battle the Avengers when Cyclops has an idea. Could Longshot hack Mojo's signals and transport them out? He does just that, and as they disappear, Mojo becomes infuriated. Domo explains to him what's likely happened, and Mojo demands a side story to temporarily fill the void. With that, it's back to the tunnels as Magneto and his team keep fighting. They seem to be getting the upperhand, but their chances take a turn with the arrival of Apocalypse.
Back in the Savage Land, the four horsemen surround the X-Men. Lucky for them, Longshot and his team appear and Kurt bamf's them all together. Longshot sends them all away again and as they wait for the cams to reboot, Jimmy smells something.
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| Guys! Something REEKS in here! |
When they all enter the vault, they find all of their previously killed teammates. Hank reanimates them all and they all share a well needed reunion. When they walk out, it slowly dawns on them - they're in Mojoworld.
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The issue wraps with the spires still falling all over town. Mojo is getting ready to warp every New Yorker's surroundings into his kind of town. How will the X-Men stop him this time? We'll have to wait as this issue is left to be continued.
You know, the first thing I noticed about this issue is that Colossus threw Jimmy and Cullen Bunn didn't pull out the cheap and cheesy "fastball special" quip. It's the tiny things like this that are able to keep this X-book ahead of it's Gold counterpart. And if you like X-books with colors, Marvel just recently announced X-Men Red, with an even more confusing lineup to keep us guessing. I've mentioned on twitter that I miss Uncanny, and with all the Legacy renumbering, was seriously hoping for it's relaunch. As far as this one issue goes though, it had it all. You have to hand it to these writers who can give you such an expansive crossover with just two books... It's almost refreshing. I give this one a 9/10.
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