X-Men villain capable of imprisoning others in a TV show. The MCU's first Disney+ show was, fittingly for a streaming service, about the television medium and the comfort that it can provide. Grieving the loss of Vision (Paul Bettany), Wanda used her powers to create a perfect life in the town of Westview, inspired by the sitcoms she used to watch as a child. The citizens of Westview essentially became unwilling players in Wanda's sitcom fantasy, leading to the intervention of the U.S. government.
In Marvel Comics, various major X-Men characters have come across another powerful sorcerer who has a troubling fixation with TV. Mojo is from the Spineless Ones, a race of beings driven insane by TV signals broadcast from Earth satellites into their pocket universe. Mojo rose to become the leader of the planet and its home universe, dubbing them "Mojoworld" and the "Mojoverse," respectively. Installed as the world's leader, Mojo installed a power structure based on the TV industry, inspired by the very signals that had driven his people mad.
Mojo Runs A Television-Based Planet Like Wanda Ran Westview
The traditional family structures of U.S. sitcoms like Malcolm in the Middle or Bewitched inspired Wanda's version of Westview. The sitcoms Wanda watched gave her the family that was twice tragically denied to her. Mojoworld, on the other hand, is run more like a cutthroat Running Man-style society where the only thing that matters is ratings. This leads Mojo to kidnap various Marvel characters and have them compete in reality TV show-style programs to entertain the Mojoworld citizens.
Some of the shows that Mojo has produced include "Spider-Man and Wolverine's Adventures in Time!" and created baby versions of both the X-Men and the Avengers. Mojo once tried to make a documentary about the X-Men but found them incredibly uninteresting when they weren't battling evil. One of the most bizarre attempts by Mojo to achieve high ratings was "Martian Transylvania Super Hero Mutant Monster Hunter High School" This show featured supernatural avengers like the Scarlet Witch and Ghost Rider in a teen high school drama.
Which Marvel Heroes Mojo Commonly Faces
Mojo originated in the six-issue limited Longshot series in 1985 when it was revealed that Longshot was the greatest stuntman on Mojoworld until he rebelled against Mojo's cruel regime. Longshot teamed up with Doctor Strange to defeat Mojo and send him back to his realm. It was the intention that Mojo would go on to become a Doctor Strange villain, but writer Ann Nocenti moved on to write The New Mutants, and Mojo became an X-Men villain instead, facing off against various mutants over the past few decades. Another stunt performer from Mojoworld was Shatterstar, who was sent to seek the X-Men's assistance with overthrowing Mojo's regime.
Shatterstar has already appeared as part of X-Force in the MCU's meta-jokes about Kevin Feige. Using Mojo could also expand upon the themes of WandaVision, exploring the way that an entire planet obsessed with TV ratings can, like Westview, become a prison.
