S5E111 - Issue 111 - Mojo

Intro Last chance for Batman voice clips - email [email protected] by 2/28Background (2:05) Mojo created by Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams in Longshot #3 (Nov. 1985)Residents of what became the Mojoverse were driven mad by energy waves from our world - turned out to be our TV transmissionsA race of spineless beings used technology to avoid having to do any manual labor, and instead forced slaves to do their biddingMojo used television to gain a measure of control over the world, and used it to dominate the world and the slave tradeLongshot, a stunt performer in Mojoverse, escaped to Earth 616, where he befriended Dr. Strange and several heroes - went back to free the remaining slaves, but was capturedMojo then captured Psylocke and implanted cameras in her eyes to broadcast what she saw to his TV audience - although he was defeated by the X-Men, the battles created high ratings, so he remained popularLongshot did eventually free the slaves, and Mojo was replaced with a humanoid clone, Mojo II: The Sequel, but he was also defeated by Longshot, and the original Mojo returnedAt one point, captured most of the X-Men and recreated important points from their history, all while broadcasting it across the Mojoverse - simultaneously attempted to terraform NYC into the Mojoverse - defeated by an electromagnetic pulse that destroyed his equipmentIn addition, the Howard the Duck movie is canon in the comics - Mojo filmed an alien in a duck costume interacting with Lea Thompson as part of a reality series on Howard the Duck Issues (9:07) ManiaGluttony/hedonism (14:28)How much of it is his fault? (21:12)Break (28:42) Plugs for Cult of Domesticity, Talk Me Into, and Chris ClaremontTreatment (29:59) In-universe - Install an M-Chip to block him from accessing signals and unpry his eyesOut of universe - (33:10)Skit (39:25)Ending (47:11) Recommended reading: X-Men: Black - Mojo, Mojo WorldwideNext episodes: Batman & relationships, Fan thoughts on Batman, Roundtable with professionalsPlugs for social References: A Clockwork Orange - Anthony (07:44)Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Doc (11:33)Beetlejuice cartoon - Doc (27:40)Uatu episode - Anthony (31:27) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: here Twitter Facebook Patreon TeePublic Discord