Longshot #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeLongshot #4 marks the first appearance of Major Domo, Mojo's sardonic android right-hand man, who went on to become a durable fixture across decades of X-Men-related titles. It is also the debut of the Fatboys (here called the Starrammers) — Alfie, Butch, and Darla — street kids who would later resurface as supporting characters in Ann Nocenti's celebrated Daredevil run, making this issue a quiet crossroads between two of her most important creative chapters. The issue brings Mojo himself to Earth for the first time alongside Spiral, escalating the miniseries' central threat and cementing the Mojoverse as a fully realized corner of the Marvel Universe with lasting satirical weight. Guest appearances by She-Hulk and Spider-Man grounded the still-new Longshot within mainstream Marvel continuity, signaling to readers that this interdimensional stranger belonged in the same world as its most familiar heroes.
In "Can't Give It All Away!", Longshot finds himself a fugitive after a high-profile diamond heist leaves his face splashed across every news feed in New York. With a new crew of street-smart friends and a mysterious gun that triggers flashes of his forgotten past, he’s caught between heroes like She-Hulk and Spider-Man, and a monster hunt that leads straight to Magog. Written by Ann Nocenti and brought to life with dynamic art by Arthur Adams—whose cover is a standout—this 1985 issue blends urban chaos with personal mystery, all anchored by a story that’s as much about identity as it is about escape.
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The Longshot miniseries was the product of an unlikely pairing: writer Ann Nocenti, then serving as assistant editor under Carl Potts, had crafted a script rooted in existentialist philosophy and media-satire that every established Marvel artist had declined to draw. Editor Al Milgrom discovered the portfolio samples of a then-teenage Arthur Adams while vacating his office, and Nocenti recognized Adams as the right fit — a decision that proved transformative for both careers. The series was freelance-edited by Louise Simonson, and its schedule was deliberately left open-ended, giving Adams room to develop his extraordinarily detailed style even as he redrew significant portions of early issues after learning to manage Nocenti's dense, multi-panel scripts with guidance from editor Elliot Brown and editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. By the time issue #4 arrived, Adams had honed a visual voice that would shortly make him one of the most celebrated pencillers of the Copper Age.
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- First appearance of Major Domo — Mojo's sarcastic android aide-de-camp, created by Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams — who would go on to appear across Uncanny X-Men, Exiles, and numerous other titles.
- First appearance of the Fatboys street gang (Alfie, Butch, and Darla), here called the Starrammers; these characters later reappear as supporting cast in Nocenti's Daredevil run.
- Mojo and Spiral make their first journey to Earth in this issue, arriving at Ricochet Rita's home and threatening her as a means to locate Longshot — a turning point that raises the miniseries' stakes dramatically.
- She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) and Spider-Man (Peter Parker) both appear as antagonists, pursuing Longshot as a wanted fugitive following his accidental blackout of New York City; both fail to capture him once he focuses his luck power.
- Written by Ann Nocenti with pencils by Arthur Adams, inks by Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams (assistant inker), colors by Christie Scheele, and letters by Joe Rosen; edited by Louise Jones (Simonson). Jim Shooter served as editor-in-chief.
- The issue's title is 'Can't Give It All Away!' — Longshot attempts to distribute stolen Con Edison diamonds to make amends for the blackout, only to find no one trusts him.
- Touching a gun belonging to the Fatboys triggers Longshot's psychometric power and sparks further recovered memories of his past life as a rebel slave — a key incremental step in the series' ongoing amnesia plot.
- The complete six-issue miniseries, including this issue, has been collected in multiple formats: a 1989 trade paperback, a 2008 Marvel Premiere Classic hardcover (X-Men: Longshot), and a 2013 trade paperback reprint.
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Reprinted in Les Transformers #7 (1986), Les Transformers #8 (1986), Spécial Strange #59 (1988), Superaventuras Marvel #81 (1989), Superaventuras Marvel #82 (1989), Marvels universum #7/1990 (1990), X-Marvel #5 (1990), Obras Maestras #8 (1993), X-Men: Longshot #[nn] (2008), X-Men: Longshot #[nn] (2013), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #13 (2021), The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #5 (2023), Marvel Universe by Arthur Adams Omnibus #[nn] (2023), Longshot #2
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