Mojo (July 30, 1985) This Day In Comics – Longshot #4
Mojo is one of the “Spineless Ones,” an alien race that is immobile without advanced technology. He is a slaver who rules the Mojoverse, a dimension where all beings are addicted to his gladiator-like television programs. Mojo first appeared in Longshot #4 (July 30, 1985), and was the main villain of the miniseries.
Most of the denizens of what would come to be called the Mojoverse were slowly driven insane by waves of energy from another space-time continuum. Mojo’s race did not evolve much because of their inability to stand upright, until a scientist named Arize developed exoskeletons that allowed a fast technological revolution. Some members of the race refused to use them and called themselves the Spineless Ones. Instead, they used motorized platforms to transport their bodies. They also became the rulers and demanded a race of slaves to do all the tasks they could not or would not do. The power structure of this world was based on the television industry and Mojo became their leader by controlling it, along with the slave trade. Mojo named the world after himself; ‘Mojo World’ and the universe the ‘Mojoverse’.
