Issue 111 - Mojo

Capes On the Couch - Where Comics Get Counseling

• Intro
  • Last chance for Batman voice clips - email [e-mail] by 2/28
• Background (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 transmissions
  • A race of spineless beings used technology to avoid having to do any manual labor, and instead forced slaves to do their bidding
  • Mojo used television to gain a measure of control over the world, and used it to dominate the world and the slave trade
  • Longshot, 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 captured
  • Mojo 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 popular
  • Longshot 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 returned
  • At 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 equipment
  • In 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)
  • Mania
  • Gluttony/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 Claremont
• Treatment (29:59)
  • In-universe - Install an M-Chip to block him from accessing signals and unpry his eyes
  • Out of universe - (33:10)
• Skit (39:25)
• Ending (47:11)
  • Recommended reading: X-Men: Black - Mojo, Mojo Worldwide
  • Next episodes: Batman & relationships, Fan thoughts on Batman, Roundtable with professionals
  • Plugs 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)

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