Exiles #18

Publisher
Marvel
Year
2002
Month
12
LastChanged
1/17/2024 9:20:35 PM
So Lame: The Exiles in Mojoverse

Summary

  The Exiles are in midst of battle with Callisto, till her ally Storm suddenly betrays her and tosses the Gem Stone of Marradan to Sasquatch, who destroys it. T.J. emerges from Storm, having possessed her, a bit too long for her own health.

  The Tallus activates, a bumpy ride, and then it stops working altogether. The Exiles realize why when Mojo greets them: it's the Mojoverse, a nexus of all realities which each has visited before except Clarice. Mojo's back as media mogul; it's been years since Longshot defied him (cf. NXM 11, UXM 393).

  Clarice tries to port everyone away, but Mojo has it jammed, and Spiral shoots a bubble gun that traps Kevin and T.J. Clarice calls "shake and bake": Calvin and Heather thump the ground to make a "Hulk Quake," and Mariko lays down a swathe of flame while Calvin flies the others to safety. He then catches her when she falls exhausted, and has her keep her flame on so he can fly her quickly, even though it will burn him.

  Kevin, bound in a machine, mocks fat Mojo, but he has a proposition: Kevin must return to his network (he had the best show ever), or Mojo will continue to torture T.J. Kevin caves.

  The others make it to Slave Town Junction; Calvin knows they need Longshot, so they ask a pedestrian, who shows them the large, obvious sign pointing to Longshot's jail. Nearby, a billboard advertises The Morph Show.