MOJO WORLDWIDE Part 5
• Lights! Camera! Action!
• MOJO continues his takeover of MANHATTAN, broadcasting every battle and tragic loss as KITTY PRYDE and her X-Men struggle to overcome obstacle after obstacle...
• ...until it becomes clear that the only option left is to take the fight to MOJOWORLD.
Rated T+
The use of matching scenery at the end of the last segment with Magneto and the start of the main teams final battle of this issue shows genius foreshadowing, almost pointing us to the reunion that will surely follow in the final instalment over in X-Men Blue as Magneto is forced to reveal he is still alive. All going toward wrapping up in time for the two teams next separate adventures with Blue in The Cross Time Capers and Gold in The Negative Zone War AKA The Dartayus Odyssey. Read Full Review
If you're unsatisfied with your weekly pull, add X-Men: Gold to put a smile on your face. Read Full Review
I have liked how both the Gold and Blue teams have each shaped a different niche and identity for themselves. In some ways, I would have hoped they would have more time as separate teams before they were thrown in a big story together. In some ways, this story threatens to undo some of the work that has been done over the past year and just jumble all the X-men together and say "Look, they are all still buddies. We can mix and match as we like." I was enjoying the different feel the teams have and hope they can get back to that once this Mojowar is done. Read Full Review
Visually, it's really enjoyable to look at and worth owning just for the art. I just wish the story could have been better. Read Full Review
There's still plenty of wonderfully big set pieces and layouts, but this installment doesn't have much to differentiate itself from the previous issue. It's an average issue but the overall crossover isn't tainted. However, there is a sigh of relief seeing that the next chapter will be the conclusion. Read Full Review
Classic Guggs. Bad plotting, uninspired artwork and some of the worst dialogue in comics. No more Mojo crossovers! Read Full Review
Found this one more enjoyable then the last several issues.
The united X-team plods inevitably into position for a showdown with Mojo. Some quips are attempted, some effort is wasted pretending the stakes are really really for-sure high, and Magneto's backup team is a few steps behind the main heroes. Diego Bernard and JP Mayer turn in some notably polished art, but it's terribly generic stuff. It ends up reinforcing the dullness of the script instead of counteracting it. The prospect of one more issue of Mojo hurling kitchen-sink villainy at a team that's already proven unhurtable is an ear-to-ear yawn for me.