I guess that technically, this is actually both X-Men Gold AND X-Men Blue vol 3. It's the first official crossover between the two books. I thought it might be too soon for that to happen, but after reading it, I was wrong. I didn't feel shoehorned in. It felt right. And that's the way to do a crossover.
I love that the book starts out with the X-Men teams doing what the X-Men teams love best. Playing baseball. And like any X-Men baseball game, it never ends well. This time it ends with an attack on NYC by Mojo. He's back, he's looking to make a lot of trouble for the X-Men. And why? For big ratings, of course. It's scary how the concept of Mojo and our current administration have more than enough in common to be comfortable.
What I love about this particular story is it gets to be nostalgic without actually being nostalgic. Mojo puts the various teams of X-Men through a series of their "greatest hits." And it's fun. Plus, we get the return of long time X-Men ally and member, Longshot. You can't ask for much more. Honestly.
X-Men Gold Vol 3: Mojo Worldwide
Written by: Marc Guggenheim, Cullen Bunn
Illustrated by: Mike Mayhew, Marc Laming, Diego Bernard, Jorge Molina
Marvel Comics
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