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X-Men Gold (Collected Editions)
X-Men Gold, Vol. 3: Mojo Worldwide
MOJOVERSE HAS INVADED! And it's going to take the combined might of two X-MEN teams to fight back! When sections of Manhattan are attacked byMojo and his terrible minions it's up to X-Men Gold to save the day...alongside the young heroes of X-Men Blue, of course! But when threats from their past are thrown at them, how will these teams react? As Sentinels and Brood and bad memories attack at every opportunity, Will Kitty and Jean and their teams be able to save Manhattan?
COLLECTING: X-MEN BLUE 13-15, X-MEN GOLD 13-15
COLLECTING: X-MEN BLUE 13-15, X-MEN GOLD 13-15
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 24, 2018
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Marc Guggenheim
930 books175 followersMarc Guggenheim grew up on Long Island, New York, and earned his law degree from Boston University. After over four years in practice, he left law to pursue a career in television.
Today, Guggenheim is an Emmy Award–winning writer who writes for multiple mediums including television, film, video games, comic books, and new media. His work includes projects for such popular franchises as Percy Jackson, Star Wars, Call of Duty, Star Trek, and Planet of the Apes.
His next book, In Any Lifetime, coming from Lake Union Publishing on August 1st.
Guggenheim currently lives in Encino, California, with his wife, two daughters, and a handful of pets.
Keep up to date on his latest projects with LegalDispatch, a weekly newsletter where he shares news and notes about writing, comics, and the entertainment industry.
Today, Guggenheim is an Emmy Award–winning writer who writes for multiple mediums including television, film, video games, comic books, and new media. His work includes projects for such popular franchises as Percy Jackson, Star Wars, Call of Duty, Star Trek, and Planet of the Apes.
His next book, In Any Lifetime, coming from Lake Union Publishing on August 1st.
Guggenheim currently lives in Encino, California, with his wife, two daughters, and a handful of pets.
Keep up to date on his latest projects with LegalDispatch, a weekly newsletter where he shares news and notes about writing, comics, and the entertainment industry.
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September 3, 2023
Just about Two Stars for yet another passionless inane Mojo story. This one villain I wished they'd let just fade away! It's the first real X-Men Gold and X-Men Blue team up, but will they be enough to stop Mojo's invasion of New York? Do I care? Oh look, there's some paint drying. A 4 out of 12, Two Star read. Doesn't even deserve an image or GIF!
2019 read
2019 read
May 2, 2018
It took 12 issues but we have our first crossover of the 2 current X-books. There's nothing you haven't seen before, but a Mojo appearance is always a lot of fun. Mojo is making the X-men relive their past as he throws all their greatest hits against them. Sadly, too many X-Men die early on so you know they are going to reappear later. Whoever decided to give Rachel Summers and Jean Grey the same haircut should be shot. It was really difficult to tell who was who at times, especially when they put Rachel in some of Jean's old costumes. Nothing much of substance happens, but it was fun getting there.
July 21, 2021
Are you tired of the multiverse? Sick of character clones, blatant rip-offs or alternative versions from another timeline? Getting event fatigue? Then get ready for... oops, sorry guys, its gonna be more of that, this time on steroids and member berries.
February 28, 2022
What a complete and utter mess. Why they feel the need to continuously rely on timeline bending, alternate reality, crossover, etc. X-Men storylines is beyond me as they just don't work most of the time. The story is all over the place, the art isn't exactly a treat for the eyes, and there are simply too many characters packed in for any of them to actually feel significant. Oh, and not to mention the fact that I couldn't even tell who was who sometimes... One of the most boring and pointless arcs I have ever read and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
February 17, 2022
This was a fun read!
I can't believe I am saying it but I love Mojo after this?! He is a crazy villain alright but wow this story made me a fan and in the right ways I mean. It starts pretty much with spires falling and the X-Men team going to check on them but when the team gets transported to weird dimensions and we find out where they really are, it becomes a bonkers of a story as the team has to go through various simulations of past X-Men stories like Days of future past, Fall of mutants, mutant massacre and all that! Its crazy and I love it.
There are some great moments between characters like the time-travelling X-Men or the X-Men in the present and the drama behind it all and it makes you nostalgic for these events (I have not read them but it was still fun to see) and then Mojo vs X-Men, coming of longshot, enter Magneto and his team and Rachel and Kitty finding out the Blue teams benefactor and the drama there and the ultimate fight and the big team up vs MOJO! Its a lot to take in sometimes but the way its written is almost seamless and makes you enjoy the whole fight and yeah the ending was quick but the ending with Mojo with a new status quo was fun.
I like the art here but its more the colors which makes it pop and thats why its a great read. Mojo is really fleshed out here well and we get to see Longshot back which was fun, the characterwork in the whole series has been great and this volume continues that trajectory. A must recommend and yep it will make you a Mojo fan for sure!
I can't believe I am saying it but I love Mojo after this?! He is a crazy villain alright but wow this story made me a fan and in the right ways I mean. It starts pretty much with spires falling and the X-Men team going to check on them but when the team gets transported to weird dimensions and we find out where they really are, it becomes a bonkers of a story as the team has to go through various simulations of past X-Men stories like Days of future past, Fall of mutants, mutant massacre and all that! Its crazy and I love it.
There are some great moments between characters like the time-travelling X-Men or the X-Men in the present and the drama behind it all and it makes you nostalgic for these events (I have not read them but it was still fun to see) and then Mojo vs X-Men, coming of longshot, enter Magneto and his team and Rachel and Kitty finding out the Blue teams benefactor and the drama there and the ultimate fight and the big team up vs MOJO! Its a lot to take in sometimes but the way its written is almost seamless and makes you enjoy the whole fight and yeah the ending was quick but the ending with Mojo with a new status quo was fun.
I like the art here but its more the colors which makes it pop and thats why its a great read. Mojo is really fleshed out here well and we get to see Longshot back which was fun, the characterwork in the whole series has been great and this volume continues that trajectory. A must recommend and yep it will make you a Mojo fan for sure!
July 9, 2018
Are you ready for a crossover yet? No? Well too bad, because Marvel loves their crossovers more than a crackhead loves crack. Also, I get that X-Men Gold is trying to recapture the magic of classic X-Men stories, but to literally make them relive their most famous battles (in their classic costumes, no less) is just lazy.
What's worse is that this book is pretty pointless. There are no stakes and nothing super interesting even happens (except for a lot of pew-pew and punch punch). You might as well just skip the word bubbles, look at the pretty pictures, and move on to the next volume.
What's worse is that this book is pretty pointless. There are no stakes and nothing super interesting even happens (except for a lot of pew-pew and punch punch). You might as well just skip the word bubbles, look at the pretty pictures, and move on to the next volume.
January 3, 2018
[Read as single issues]
You didn't ask for it, but he's back! Mojo's here, and he's going to unite the X-Men Gold and X-Men Blue teams in a battle for their lives against their greatest hits!
There are some things this book does very, very well. It's one of the few Marvel Legacy books that's embraced the legacy of the teams in more than just a perfunctory sense, and throwing the X-Men through the biggest events of the past 50 years is clever. It also has some pretty big revelations between the two teams, especially with regards to Magneto. Plus Longshot's always fun.
But then there are some things that make me despair, like the fact that the first half of the crossover kills off so many characters that it instantly becomes obvious that none of them are dead, and the stakes are just completely gone by the end. It also feels like this isn't as big a deal for the Gold team as it does for the Blue one, so it's a bit lopsided.
Blue gets the better half of the artist stick as well, with Jorge Molina returning for three consecutive issues, while Gold gets Mike Mayhew, Marc Laming, and Diego Bernard on its three, who are all good artists in their own right but don't really offer up much in the way of synergy with Molina or each other.
It really feels like this should be X-Men Blue Volume 3, rather than Gold, for many, many reasons. It's a good story in parts, but then others make me shake my head.
You didn't ask for it, but he's back! Mojo's here, and he's going to unite the X-Men Gold and X-Men Blue teams in a battle for their lives against their greatest hits!
There are some things this book does very, very well. It's one of the few Marvel Legacy books that's embraced the legacy of the teams in more than just a perfunctory sense, and throwing the X-Men through the biggest events of the past 50 years is clever. It also has some pretty big revelations between the two teams, especially with regards to Magneto. Plus Longshot's always fun.
But then there are some things that make me despair, like the fact that the first half of the crossover kills off so many characters that it instantly becomes obvious that none of them are dead, and the stakes are just completely gone by the end. It also feels like this isn't as big a deal for the Gold team as it does for the Blue one, so it's a bit lopsided.
Blue gets the better half of the artist stick as well, with Jorge Molina returning for three consecutive issues, while Gold gets Mike Mayhew, Marc Laming, and Diego Bernard on its three, who are all good artists in their own right but don't really offer up much in the way of synergy with Molina or each other.
It really feels like this should be X-Men Blue Volume 3, rather than Gold, for many, many reasons. It's a good story in parts, but then others make me shake my head.
April 2, 2018
You remember Mojo? You know, the bloated would-be TV mogul from another dimension you never cared for? Well, you didn't ask for him but he's back.
So he manages to catch Gold and Blue in his latest production to increase his ratings.
And... Cut!
That's about it. Not abysmally bad this book certainly ain't good in any way either. Merely insignificant. No real stakes- every on-screen death is exactly that and we all know it-, heavy-handed critic of Hollywood, self-conscious dialogues- sometimes fun, I'll admit it- and Mojo monologues boring over redemption.
Mojo was a lousy bad guy back in the 80's and it didn't improve over the years. As for Longshot he is portrayed here as a vapid revolutionary Youtubber. Wow. Color me impressed.
Nah, just kiddin'.
What's to save? Some nostalgia moments for old farts like me who read the original stuff way back when, some fun lines from both Guggenheim and Bunn and Jorge Molina's decent art on Blue (three uninmpressive different artists on Gold).
There's no objective reason you should read this book. Just know that your eyes won't bleed if you do.
So he manages to catch Gold and Blue in his latest production to increase his ratings.
And... Cut!
That's about it. Not abysmally bad this book certainly ain't good in any way either. Merely insignificant. No real stakes- every on-screen death is exactly that and we all know it-, heavy-handed critic of Hollywood, self-conscious dialogues- sometimes fun, I'll admit it- and Mojo monologues boring over redemption.
Mojo was a lousy bad guy back in the 80's and it didn't improve over the years. As for Longshot he is portrayed here as a vapid revolutionary Youtubber. Wow. Color me impressed.
Nah, just kiddin'.
What's to save? Some nostalgia moments for old farts like me who read the original stuff way back when, some fun lines from both Guggenheim and Bunn and Jorge Molina's decent art on Blue (three uninmpressive different artists on Gold).
There's no objective reason you should read this book. Just know that your eyes won't bleed if you do.
December 1, 2018
3.5
I love how everyone gets all snarky at Magneto when he fights all out. Polaris is all like 'You're enjoying this aren't you?'
I love how everyone gets all snarky at Magneto when he fights all out. Polaris is all like 'You're enjoying this aren't you?'
April 1, 2018
Esta parte incluye un crossover entre las series X-Men Gold y X-Men Blue. El asunto es simple, Mojo, un extraterrestre que controla niveles de audiencia ("TV") intergaláctica propone un juego en el que los X-Men estará involucrados, así que mediante su tecnología súper avanzada genera unos campos virtuales en pleno Estados Unidos.
Aunque Mojo es un rival mediano las situaciones que pasaron los X-Men hacen que me gustó, sobre todo porque la realidad que creó el villano trataba de los episodios pasados que pasaron los X-Men como la saga de Dark Phoenix, Avengers vs X-Men, Etc. así que los protagonistas sufren cambios de atuendos y clásicos villanos y situaciones traen algo de nostalgia a esta serie.
Aunque Mojo es un rival mediano las situaciones que pasaron los X-Men hacen que me gustó, sobre todo porque la realidad que creó el villano trataba de los episodios pasados que pasaron los X-Men como la saga de Dark Phoenix, Avengers vs X-Men, Etc. así que los protagonistas sufren cambios de atuendos y clásicos villanos y situaciones traen algo de nostalgia a esta serie.
July 29, 2018
X-Men crossovers used to mean something; here, it means 6 issues running around punching Mojo-bots.
Taking a shot every time someone mentions Jean and Scott's psychic rapport might make this bearable.
Taking a shot every time someone mentions Jean and Scott's psychic rapport might make this bearable.
March 15, 2018
Perhaps I just don't care for Cullen Bunn's sensibilities as I have tended not to like his work with the Spiderverse either, but while it is interesting to see Mojo again and dynamics of the history of the X-men are explored, the stakes are so high that it becomes clear the stakes are actually quite low. What do I mean: so many key characters die early on and one realizes that they can't be gone. The combination of X-men Gold and X-men Blue are interesting, the new Generation X makes an unnecessary cameo, the going through Claremont and Jim Lee legacy issues is interesting as is the reintroduction of Longshot, this ultimately doesn't do much. While this is a trade for X-Men Gold, the X-men Blue issues are actually stronger: some of it is the character dynamics are clearer and X-men Blue team has less baggage having not actually experienced most of the legacy battles being referenced. Furthermore, Jorge Molina is the primary X-men Blue artist on most of its issues in this trade and his art stands out despite being largely in Marvel house style. X-men Gold has Mike Mayhew, Marc Laming, and Diego Bernard on its three issues, but none of their art seems memorable even by their own standards and the inconsistency shows in X-men Gold's pages. Lots of nostalgia, but sometimes I wonder if that is primarily what post-2015 X-men seems to be largely dealing in.
April 28, 2019
3.5 Stars
I've never been a huge fan of X-Men villain Mojo, and while this didn't make me a fan, it still was one of the better Mojo stories. Mojo invades the X-Men's dimension and splits the team up, putting them through various scenarios based on past X-Men storylines such as Mutant Massacre, Fall of the Mutants, Days of Future Past etc. This storyline doesn't seem to have much long term consequences as things seem pretty much the same when it was over as it was before, although some information does come out that had been a secret. Art isn't bad and it was interesting to see the first real interaction of the Gold and Blue teams. Overall not bad at all, and I haven't been a fan of recent X-Men titles.
I've never been a huge fan of X-Men villain Mojo, and while this didn't make me a fan, it still was one of the better Mojo stories. Mojo invades the X-Men's dimension and splits the team up, putting them through various scenarios based on past X-Men storylines such as Mutant Massacre, Fall of the Mutants, Days of Future Past etc. This storyline doesn't seem to have much long term consequences as things seem pretty much the same when it was over as it was before, although some information does come out that had been a secret. Art isn't bad and it was interesting to see the first real interaction of the Gold and Blue teams. Overall not bad at all, and I haven't been a fan of recent X-Men titles.
December 25, 2019
I’ve never been a real big of Mojo, so perhaps I went into this with low expectations. I was actually surprised at how much I ended up enjoying this, though, with the X-Men divided into various teams and stuck in Mojo’s simulations as they fight to survive and relive the various Big Event milestones of the past. We get riffs on X-Tiction Agenda, Mutant Massacre, AvX, and the like. It ends up being pretty enjoyable, and being a crossover between X-Men Gold and Cullen Bunn’s X-Men Blue, the crews are forced to contend with certain secrets that have developed between the two titles. Good stuff!
December 17, 2025
If you have read X-Men comics for a while, then you know Mojo and you know his deal - entertainment "curator" for a dimension that revolves around ratings. Mojo's specialty is programming and he doesn't mind at all going that extra deadly length to get people to watch his broadcast.
In actuality, besides Arcade, Mojo is my least favorite villain of the X-Men. If only because he's very one note and that note has been played over and over again throughout the years. However, I will say Marc Guggenheim found a way to make Mojo's antics quite entertaining this time. By setting up a tour through the X-Men's history, the usually "death trap" angle of Mojo's attack became quite interesting and I actually found myself wondering- wow where are they going next. I mean, somehow Guggenheim has written a Mojo plot that - while on the surface, yes, its the same thing - it actually was kind of a neat twist on it and I found it thoroughly entertaining and dare I say ... fun.
I guess this means I'm tuning into Mojo's programming this time. Let's see what Guggenheim has in store for the X-Men next.
In actuality, besides Arcade, Mojo is my least favorite villain of the X-Men. If only because he's very one note and that note has been played over and over again throughout the years. However, I will say Marc Guggenheim found a way to make Mojo's antics quite entertaining this time. By setting up a tour through the X-Men's history, the usually "death trap" angle of Mojo's attack became quite interesting and I actually found myself wondering- wow where are they going next. I mean, somehow Guggenheim has written a Mojo plot that - while on the surface, yes, its the same thing - it actually was kind of a neat twist on it and I found it thoroughly entertaining and dare I say ... fun.
I guess this means I'm tuning into Mojo's programming this time. Let's see what Guggenheim has in store for the X-Men next.
November 27, 2019
It was an action-packed story. Good art. Anything else was quite forgettable and a bit hard to follow, since the story didn't have a focus and we had waaaaaaaay too many mutants hanging around.
X-Men Gold was trying to hard to recapture the glory of old days, but you know what happens when someone tries something way too hard...
X-Men Gold was trying to hard to recapture the glory of old days, but you know what happens when someone tries something way too hard...
July 19, 2020
A proposta foi interessante porém, só ação numa vibe mais nostálgico e é por isso que n curti muito n sou um profundo conhecedor de x-men para pegar todas as referências acho q isso interferiu bem a leitura e por conta dessa história parou o desenvolvimento que estava acontecendo.
February 14, 2018
(Read only the X-Men Blue issues)
December 18, 2018
goofy and fun! Down with overly complicated stressful crossovers, up with ridiculous reality television AU crossovers.
March 3, 2018
Six issues of a Mojo story, which is at least five issues too many. I'm also sincerely unsure as to why this is labeled as an X-Men: Gold collection when half the issues are X-Men: Blue.
February 23, 2018
Mojo's Tour through X-Men History
Collecting:
----X-Men Gold #13-15
----X-Men Blue #13-15
This crossover episode picks up where X-Men Gold Vol. 2: Evil Empires and X-Men Blue Vol. 2: Toil and Trouble left off. The time-displaced young X-Men and the veteran X-Men are caught up in Mojo's insane attempt to take over the world.
Mojo's plot pits the X-Men against "classic" foes in a series of scenarios that takes readers on a retrospective tour of the all the "greatest hits" of X-Men history. This playlist is both the strength and weakness of this book. Readers are shown glimpses of (**inhales deeply**): X-Men: Asgardian Wars ,X-Men: Inferno ,X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Mutant Genesis ,X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda ,Avengers vs. X-Men ,X-Men: Mutant Massacre as well as Apocalypse, the Shi'ar, the Savage Land, and Krakoa. (**whew**)
The strength of Mojo's twisted tour through X-Men history is that it was an equal mix of fun and nostalgia to see how many of Mojo's battlegrounds I knew from years past. Unfortunately the scope of the tour is also the weakness of this issue: all the references are ridiculously short, lasting anywhere between a couple panels and a handful of pages. There is no space to even explain why the scenario is noteworthy. If you don't have a familiarity with the scenarios, then they are meaningless and repetitive. A little editorial eye could've paired the list down and made it much more meaningful for both new and veteran X-fans.
That said, I've loved Mojo since he first appeared in X-Men: Longshot. He lives in a world of sensationalism, media manipulation, viewership, and ratings and offers not a little sly commentary on our own media-saturated world. Longshot's YouTube channel was an smart counterpoint to Mojo's broadcast-based media empire.
There is a lot to like here, even if it was a little effusive. The relationship between Kitty and Jean's teams will certainly be impacted by the revalations in this book. I hope some of the threads dropped in the is novel are picked up in the next issues.
After this crossover issue, the adventures of Kitty's Gold team continue in X-Men Gold Vol. 4: The Negative Zone War and Jean's Blue team continue in X-Men Blue Vol. 3: Cross-Time Capers
Collecting:
----X-Men Gold #13-15
----X-Men Blue #13-15
This crossover episode picks up where X-Men Gold Vol. 2: Evil Empires and X-Men Blue Vol. 2: Toil and Trouble left off. The time-displaced young X-Men and the veteran X-Men are caught up in Mojo's insane attempt to take over the world.
Mojo's plot pits the X-Men against "classic" foes in a series of scenarios that takes readers on a retrospective tour of the all the "greatest hits" of X-Men history. This playlist is both the strength and weakness of this book. Readers are shown glimpses of (**inhales deeply**): X-Men: Asgardian Wars ,X-Men: Inferno ,X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Mutant Genesis ,X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda ,Avengers vs. X-Men ,X-Men: Mutant Massacre as well as Apocalypse, the Shi'ar, the Savage Land, and Krakoa. (**whew**)
The strength of Mojo's twisted tour through X-Men history is that it was an equal mix of fun and nostalgia to see how many of Mojo's battlegrounds I knew from years past. Unfortunately the scope of the tour is also the weakness of this issue: all the references are ridiculously short, lasting anywhere between a couple panels and a handful of pages. There is no space to even explain why the scenario is noteworthy. If you don't have a familiarity with the scenarios, then they are meaningless and repetitive. A little editorial eye could've paired the list down and made it much more meaningful for both new and veteran X-fans.
That said, I've loved Mojo since he first appeared in X-Men: Longshot. He lives in a world of sensationalism, media manipulation, viewership, and ratings and offers not a little sly commentary on our own media-saturated world. Longshot's YouTube channel was an smart counterpoint to Mojo's broadcast-based media empire.
There is a lot to like here, even if it was a little effusive. The relationship between Kitty and Jean's teams will certainly be impacted by the revalations in this book. I hope some of the threads dropped in the is novel are picked up in the next issues.
After this crossover issue, the adventures of Kitty's Gold team continue in X-Men Gold Vol. 4: The Negative Zone War and Jean's Blue team continue in X-Men Blue Vol. 3: Cross-Time Capers
April 5, 2018
Ah Mojo.... this psychotic obese cyborg alien from his own dimension... when he shows his face, it means two things: Team-up and old stuff. This Volume delivers both of those!
Gold and Blue teams of X-Men join together for a team building friendly game of baseball in Central Park. Can there ever be a time when the teams get together to hang out and nothing happens but a relaxing day of peace? Nope... Suddenly, plinth-like antennas start descending from the sky and Mojovision makes itself known to the city, taking over every channel. In Mojoverse, heroes are forced to relive some of their worst battles ever, sort of like old gladiatorial combat, including to the death.
The X-Men are initially divided into 3 teams:
Team One: Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Prestige, Bloodstorm - taking on 'Days of Future Past' Sentinels
Team Two: Angel (Blue Team), Iceman (BT), Storm, Logan - battling in the 'Asgardian Wars'
Team Three: Jean Grey, Beast (BT), Nightcrawler, Jimmy Hudson, Colossus - 'Inferno' storyline
Longshot joins Team One shortly after it begins.
'Fall of the Mutants', 'Mutant Genesis', 'Avengers vs. X-Men', a weird respawning enemies adventure in the Savage Land, and 'Mutant Massacre' also make appearances here, also changing the costumes of the heroes to match the time period when they originally went through the storyline.
Eventually, all the teams come together and fight past the simulations, first in Mojoworld itself, then back in New York. It is another team (Magneto, Danger, and Polaris) who end up saving the day, but in turn, the secret that Magneto was leading the Blue Team comes out and puts the future of his association with them at risk. Mojo, having been deleted from his own universe, is shown to be surviving in the sewers, with promise to return soon.
Having a storyline like this pays homage to all the X-Men have been through, and serves as a reminder of all the wonderful storylines that readers can go back and experience. Both Gold and Blue books are really great right now and I hope it can continue.
High recommend.
Gold and Blue teams of X-Men join together for a team building friendly game of baseball in Central Park. Can there ever be a time when the teams get together to hang out and nothing happens but a relaxing day of peace? Nope... Suddenly, plinth-like antennas start descending from the sky and Mojovision makes itself known to the city, taking over every channel. In Mojoverse, heroes are forced to relive some of their worst battles ever, sort of like old gladiatorial combat, including to the death.
The X-Men are initially divided into 3 teams:
Team One: Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Prestige, Bloodstorm - taking on 'Days of Future Past' Sentinels
Team Two: Angel (Blue Team), Iceman (BT), Storm, Logan - battling in the 'Asgardian Wars'
Team Three: Jean Grey, Beast (BT), Nightcrawler, Jimmy Hudson, Colossus - 'Inferno' storyline
Longshot joins Team One shortly after it begins.
'Fall of the Mutants', 'Mutant Genesis', 'Avengers vs. X-Men', a weird respawning enemies adventure in the Savage Land, and 'Mutant Massacre' also make appearances here, also changing the costumes of the heroes to match the time period when they originally went through the storyline.
Eventually, all the teams come together and fight past the simulations, first in Mojoworld itself, then back in New York. It is another team (Magneto, Danger, and Polaris) who end up saving the day, but in turn, the secret that Magneto was leading the Blue Team comes out and puts the future of his association with them at risk. Mojo, having been deleted from his own universe, is shown to be surviving in the sewers, with promise to return soon.
Having a storyline like this pays homage to all the X-Men have been through, and serves as a reminder of all the wonderful storylines that readers can go back and experience. Both Gold and Blue books are really great right now and I hope it can continue.
High recommend.
April 7, 2023
Y después de un añito de X-Men Blue y de X-Men Gold, llegaba el momento del clásico encuentro entre las dos colecciones, encuentro que en este caso ocuparía tres números de cada una de ellas, y que tendría como nombre Mojo Worldwide, dejando claro desde el principio quien iba a ser el villano de la saga. Así que con un planteamiento sencillo (Mojo necesita recuperar sus niveles de audiencia y decide convertir de nuevo a los X-Men en protagonistas de sus programas principales, emitiendo directamente en la Tierra) y lo hace lanzando una serie de antenas sobre NY durante el clásico partido de baseball que reúne a los dos grupos. De este modo, los dos equipos van a dividirse en tres grupos que investigarán cada una de las antenas de Mojo, y que van a encontrarse con que Mojo quiere hacer un revival de grandes éxitos de la historia de los mutantes. Así que se van a ver inmersos en Días del Futuro Pasado, Inferno o la estancia en Asgard de la Patrulla-X; pero también veremos la Masacre Mutante, la caída de Magneto en el primer arco de X-Men, Vengadores vs X-Men, el enfrentamiento con Apocalipsis, y otros momentos, con Magneto, Polaris y Peligra uniéndose a la lucha por su cuenta , y con Longshot como invitado especial...
Y a verdad es que, no sé si por la intervención de Bunn o por el apoyo directo en los "grandes momentos" de la historia, este tomo sube bastante el nivel de los dos tomos anteriores de X-Men Gold, y se hace bastante entretenida. De nuevo es una historia que no va a cambiarle la vida a nadie... pero que se deja leer rápido y que engancha.
Y a verdad es que, no sé si por la intervención de Bunn o por el apoyo directo en los "grandes momentos" de la historia, este tomo sube bastante el nivel de los dos tomos anteriores de X-Men Gold, y se hace bastante entretenida. De nuevo es una historia que no va a cambiarle la vida a nadie... pero que se deja leer rápido y que engancha.
December 16, 2025
The worst part of one of the worst eras in X-Men history.
Mojo is rarely an interesting character. At his best during the Ultimate line of the late 90s/early 2000s, this version of Mojo is just a preposterously dull excuse for the reader to be, as Mojo screeches at the X-Men "killed by nostalgia."
It's bad meta-storytelling. [spoiler]They use it to kill off a new-ish character (technically she's been around since Mutant X: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 but nobody's really used her until the previous volume of X-Men Blue, Vol. 2: Toil and Trouble. It feels like they just didn't know what to do with her, anyway, and wanted to (pardon the pun) raise the stakes by killing her.[/spoiler] There's no depth to the nostalgic set pieces, it's just a great example of South Park's member berries.
The whole concept is a stale idea, told poorly, and satisfying few. Both Guggenheim and Bunn should be embarrassed by this whiff of an X-Men crossover.
If you love shallow action comics that have absolutely no resonance but remind you of a time when the comics were better, this is the book for you.
Mojo is rarely an interesting character. At his best during the Ultimate line of the late 90s/early 2000s, this version of Mojo is just a preposterously dull excuse for the reader to be, as Mojo screeches at the X-Men "killed by nostalgia."
It's bad meta-storytelling. [spoiler]They use it to kill off a new-ish character (technically she's been around since Mutant X: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 but nobody's really used her until the previous volume of X-Men Blue, Vol. 2: Toil and Trouble. It feels like they just didn't know what to do with her, anyway, and wanted to (pardon the pun) raise the stakes by killing her.[/spoiler] There's no depth to the nostalgic set pieces, it's just a great example of South Park's member berries.
The whole concept is a stale idea, told poorly, and satisfying few. Both Guggenheim and Bunn should be embarrassed by this whiff of an X-Men crossover.
If you love shallow action comics that have absolutely no resonance but remind you of a time when the comics were better, this is the book for you.
March 24, 2018
X-Men Gold has been entirely mediocre, while X-Men Blue shows some flashes of goodness. This crossover between the two unfortunately falls on the mediocre side.
Honestly, I've never liked Mojo as a villain because his stories tend to go straight over the top into pointless-zany land. But, this one is worse than most. The majority of the crossover is spent in a repercussions-free zone where characters fight against animatronic versions of their past. There's a slight nostalgic value, but overall this is pointless. And the zany isn't even close to fun (or funny).
We step outside of the repercussion-free, dull-retread zone for the last few issues, when our heroes actually meet our foes, but really it's just a continuation of a six-issue-long, dull, uncompressed fight.
The only things saving this volume are the bits of nostalgia and the fun meet-ups between people from different teams, particularly some "familial" reunions. Otherwise, this is totally skippable — which has been sadly the case for too many X-comics post Secret Wars. I dunno what happened after so much greatness in the late '00s and early '10s.
Honestly, I've never liked Mojo as a villain because his stories tend to go straight over the top into pointless-zany land. But, this one is worse than most. The majority of the crossover is spent in a repercussions-free zone where characters fight against animatronic versions of their past. There's a slight nostalgic value, but overall this is pointless. And the zany isn't even close to fun (or funny).
We step outside of the repercussion-free, dull-retread zone for the last few issues, when our heroes actually meet our foes, but really it's just a continuation of a six-issue-long, dull, uncompressed fight.
The only things saving this volume are the bits of nostalgia and the fun meet-ups between people from different teams, particularly some "familial" reunions. Otherwise, this is totally skippable — which has been sadly the case for too many X-comics post Secret Wars. I dunno what happened after so much greatness in the late '00s and early '10s.
March 23, 2019
Moan, moan. Blugh crossovers. Boring multi-verse. Nothing we've not seen before.
Good God, other reviewers were a whiney bunch of mofos.
I read comics for fun, and you know what, this was fun.
Loved all the 'family' connections. (Although, seriously, who thought out was a good idea to give Rachel and Jean the same hairstyle.)
Longshot is always great to have in a comic.
In general the Blue issues were better than the Gold, possibly because the artwork was more appealing, and because I prefer that team.
I could have done without seeing Jean Gray's pubic bone. Yes, yes, I get that this was kind of her former outfits, but as far as I remember this current version of JG hasn't worn anything so revealing. And the writer (or artist) could have made a point out of this.
A simple "I wore this!" or trying to tug it up and then grabbing something to put around her waist would have been sufficient. And would have made a nice comment on the ridiculous overly sexual outfits of that era. *climbs off soap box*
But on the whole I really enjoyed this.
Good God, other reviewers were a whiney bunch of mofos.
I read comics for fun, and you know what, this was fun.
Loved all the 'family' connections. (Although, seriously, who thought out was a good idea to give Rachel and Jean the same hairstyle.)
Longshot is always great to have in a comic.
In general the Blue issues were better than the Gold, possibly because the artwork was more appealing, and because I prefer that team.
I could have done without seeing Jean Gray's pubic bone. Yes, yes, I get that this was kind of her former outfits, but as far as I remember this current version of JG hasn't worn anything so revealing. And the writer (or artist) could have made a point out of this.
A simple "I wore this!" or trying to tug it up and then grabbing something to put around her waist would have been sufficient. And would have made a nice comment on the ridiculous overly sexual outfits of that era. *climbs off soap box*
But on the whole I really enjoyed this.
June 15, 2018
If I can get Jimmy (baby Wolverine) and Jean together, I will give that volume 5 stars. Straight up. Get this on for me, because this whole weird angst thing with Scott is just dumb. Yes, they have a weird and complicated relationship made only more complicated by knowing how their future-selves turned out. But really Scott is a whiny baby in Jean's head now while Jean is doing a pretty good job of being the most "adult" and leading the team.
Anyway, thought on the actual plot. . . . I have liked Mojo stories in the past, but I think I might be over them since I have read so many. Similarly to how I rated the Blue volume 3 lazy because of time travel, this one is a *little* lazy also by dredging up Mojoworld and all that jazz again. However I thought the "Legacy" catch with the X-Men fighting a lot of their previous big battles was fun to read.
Anyway, thought on the actual plot. . . . I have liked Mojo stories in the past, but I think I might be over them since I have read so many. Similarly to how I rated the Blue volume 3 lazy because of time travel, this one is a *little* lazy also by dredging up Mojoworld and all that jazz again. However I thought the "Legacy" catch with the X-Men fighting a lot of their previous big battles was fun to read.
November 27, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
Remember when I said that I love nostalgia but feel like the X-books need to finally move on from it? Yeah, this book basically lies firmly in the nostalgia camp (pretty literally all nostalgia - it is the X-Men fighting their way through their history...) and it sort of... works?
Okay, listen... This is a fun read if you have been reading the book for a long time and you remember all of these moments. But in the end it is empty calories. Guggenheim tries a couple of times to get meta with the text but falls pretty flat (when Soule is handling it so well over in Astonishing) on that level.
If you want an afternoon of remembering the X-men's greatest slugfests, this volume is for you. If you want something with a bit more depth that moves the story forward, there are better books out there.
Remember when I said that I love nostalgia but feel like the X-books need to finally move on from it? Yeah, this book basically lies firmly in the nostalgia camp (pretty literally all nostalgia - it is the X-Men fighting their way through their history...) and it sort of... works?
Okay, listen... This is a fun read if you have been reading the book for a long time and you remember all of these moments. But in the end it is empty calories. Guggenheim tries a couple of times to get meta with the text but falls pretty flat (when Soule is handling it so well over in Astonishing) on that level.
If you want an afternoon of remembering the X-men's greatest slugfests, this volume is for you. If you want something with a bit more depth that moves the story forward, there are better books out there.
February 15, 2018
I read this in one night, it was too good to stop!! All of the teams back together again. Secrets come out, characters die... I know Mojo from another graphic that I recently read, Moon girl and Devil Dinosaur. He looks a little more gross in this version, but it was fun all the same. I am looking forward to the continuation of both teams stories and the introduction of the red team. I don't know everyones background, in fact the only characters that I am familiar with are the ones from the movies. Before that I knew nothing, that is why these characters are so interesting. For the story itself, it was easy to follow and I really LOVED the graphics. These characters really came to life with the artists hand.
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