STORY: "The X-Men vs the X-Men!  (Again)" (16 pages)   The X-Men escape Mojo and join forces with the rebel network to overthrow him.

What you need to know:
Mojo II is apparently a "flawed clone" of Mojo.  The flaw seems to be that he has a spine.

The X-Men and Mojo II overthrow Mojo, who dies.  As the leader of a successful rebel movement (unlike Longshot), Mojo II assumes the throne.

Everyone has grave doubts that they can trust Mojo II, and indeed, he did ultimately turn out to be just as bad as the original.  Mojo then returned from the dead and resumed the throne, and the whole thing was pretty much forgotten about.

Dazzler is pregnant with Longshot's child.  The baby was never born (Dazzler had a miscarriage).  In a throwaway line on the last page, Longshot suggests calling it Shatterstar.  That caused a lot of speculation that the kid was supposed to be Shatterstar from X-Force.  In fact, the line was just meant to be a throwaway joke.  Eventually, Shatterstar was given a deliberately contradictory origin and a different real name (Gaveedra-7), which finally laid the question to rest.

Call me a old sceptic if you will, but page 13 doesn't look like Jim Lee artwork to me.  Even at his most rushed, he's got a better grasp of anatomy than that.  At a guess, I'd say it was ghosted by Dan Panosian.

Comments:
This is Jim Lee's final issue, after he decided to leave Marvel and found Image along with Jim Valentino, Rob Liefeld, Dale Keown, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri and Erik Larsen.  Lee's studio, WildStorm, eventually left Image to go its own way, and finally wound up as a subsidiary of DC.  The mass exodus threw the X-books into chaos for a bit, only for them to settle down with Fabian Nicieza writing X-Men and Scott Lobdell on Uncanny.

Lee's closing storyline is decidedly uncharacteristic - you don't really associate him with absurd comedy stories about the Mojoverse.  But he does do a great Mojo, and while this is an odd point to break off from storylines that were clearly only in an early stage, it does at least allow his run to end with a suitable sense of resolution.  Almost everything in this issue has subsequently been brushed aside, but it's still quite good fun.

FEATURE CHARACTERS
The Beast (next in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368, Infinity War #3 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368, Infinity War #3, Moon Knight vol 3 #41 and behind the scenes in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Fantastic Four #368, then in Infinity War #3, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Infinity War #3, then in Infinity War #4, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #44, then in Infinity War #6)
Cyclops (next in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #367 and Infinity War #2, then again in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Infinity War #2, then again concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again concurrently in Fantastic Four #367 and Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368 and Infinity War #3, then in Quasar #38, then again in Infinity War #3, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then again in Infinity War #3, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #110, then concurrently in Quasar #38 and Infinity War #3, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Infinity War #3, then concurrently in Infinity War #3, Quasar #38 and Warlock & The Infinity Watch #8, then again in Quasar #38, then in Fantastic Four #369, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Infinity War #5, then in Quasar #39, then again in Infinity War #5, then in Quasar #40, then again in Infinity War #5, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #5, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #15, then concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Fantastic Four #370, then concurrently in Infinity War #6 and Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then in Avengers vol 1 #350-351)
Gambit (next in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Infinity War #2, then again concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #367 and Infinity War #2, then in Infinity War #3, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Infinity War #3, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then in Infinity War #3-4, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #41 and #43, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then in Infinity War #6)
Professor X (next in Infinity War #2, then in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then in Fantastic Four #368, then concurrently in Quasar #38 and Infinity War #3, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Quasar #38, then again in Infinity War #3, then concurrently in Infinity War #3 and Warlock & The Infinity Watch #8, then again in Quasar #38, then in Infinity War #4, then in Fantastic Four #369, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4,then in Quasar #39, then behind the scenes in Sleepwalker #17, then in Sleepwalker #18, then in Infinity War #5, then in Dr Strange vol 3 #46, then in Infinity War #6, then concurrently in Infinity War #6 and Fantastic Four #370, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then in Avengers vol 1 #350-351, then in Uncanny X-Men #291-293, then in Marvel Comics Presents #117-118)
Psylocke (next in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then in Infinity War #3, then in Fantastic Four #368, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then concurrently in Infinity War #3 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then concurrently in Infinity War #3 and Warlock and the Infinity Watch #8, then in Quasar #38, then in Infinity War #4, then in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then behind the scenes in Sleepwalker #17, then in Sleepwalker #18, then in Infinity War #5, then in Dr Strange vol 3 #46, then in Infinity War #6, then concurrently in Infinity War #6 and Fantastic Four #370, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6)
Rogue (next in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Fantastic Four #368, then in New Warriors #27, then in Infinity War #3, then concurrently in Quasar #38 and Infinity War #3, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then concurrently in Infinity War #3 and Moon Knight vol 2 #41, then concurrently in Infinity War #3, Quasar #38 and Warlock & The Infinity Watch #8, then again in Quasar #38, then in Infinity War #4, then in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then in Quasar #39, then in Fantastic Four #369, then in Infinity War #5, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #15, then concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Fantastic Four #370, then in Infinity War #6, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #15, then again in Infinity War #6, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6)
Wolverine (next in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2, Fantastic Four #367 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Fantastic Four #367, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368 and Infinity War #3, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Infinity War #3, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #110, then concurrently in Quasar #38 and Infinity War #3, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Quasar #38, then again in Infinity War #3, then concurrently in Infinity War #3 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then concurrently in Infinity War #3, Quasar #38 and Warlock & The Infinity Watch #8, then again in Quasar #38, then in Infinity War #4, then in Fantastic Four #369, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Quasar #39 and Infinity War #4, then in Infinity War #5, then again in Quasar #39, then again in Infinity War #5, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #5, then concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #15, then again concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Infinity War #6, then in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then concurrently in Infinity War #6 and Fantastic Four #370, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then in Avengers West Coast #87-88, then in Marvel Comics Presents #117-118)

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
Jubilee (next in Moon Knight vol 3 #41)
Longshot and Dazzler (both next in Marvel Fanfare vol 2 #4)
Lila Cheney (next in Uncanny X-Men #294)

VILLAINS
Mojo (does not die; next in X-Force vol 1 #60)
Mojo II - The Sequel and Major Domo (both next in Marvel Fanfare vol 2 #4)

SECOND STORY: "Over... Again" (7 pages)   Maverick kills Warhawk and Alexander Ryking.

What you need to know:
Maverick mentions that he no longer has his mutant powers.  (He got them back around the time that his solo series started.)

He also mentions at the end that he's not very happy about killing people for a living, though that didn't stop him being flippant in the rest of the story.

Ryking's death isn't entirely clear from this story, but it's clarified next issue when Xavier attends his funeral.

Comments:
Pointless fight scene, really.  Quite amusing for the Mark Texeira art, but that's about it.

FEATURE CHARACTER
Maverick (next in Wolverine vol 2 #67)

VILLAINS
Alexander Ryking (dies, as confirmed next issue; his corpse is behind the scenes at his funeral next issue)
Warhawk II (dies)

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