An Underrated X-Men Foe Beat Marvel's Strongest Mutants With No Effort
Warning: Contains spoilers for X-Men #11
One of the newest, and strangest, X-Men villains just beat two mutant powerhouses with no effort at all. Cordyceps Jones may not look like much (he is, after all, a giant fungus), but his powers were enough to neutralize both Wolverine and Jean Grey when the X-women invaded his space casino.
The X-Men have a long list of villains, including some of the oddest looking creatures in the Marvel Universe. Mojo, for example, is a spineless, magical TV mogul from another dimension obsessed with turning the X-Men into reality stars. Krakoa, the living island on which the mutants now live, debuted as an X-Men villain too. Amongst the latest introductions into the X-Men's rogues gallery, Cordyceps Jones stands out as a talking parasitic fungal spore, intergalactic casino proprietor, and notorious crime boss. Jones has entered the X-Men's orbit after his casino, Gameworld, started running bets on who or what could destroy the Earth, which happened as a consequence of the mutants colonizing Mars. After several attacks from extraterrestrial threats (interested in collecting the bets from Gameworld), the X-Men realized they had to do something and sent a team to the casino, whose location was revealed by Rocket Racoon.
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In X-Men #11, by Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia, Jean Grey, Rogue, Wolverine, and Polaris infiltrate Gameworld, planning to make clear to everyone that Earth is off-limits. While Polaris creates a distraction, Jean intimidates a group of alien gamblers showing them why they should not mess with Krakoa. However, Wolverine, who was aiming for Cordyceps Jones, was already taken out by the
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