M.O.D.O.K.
M.O.D.O.K. is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
George Tarleton
At college, he became involved with a woman named Linda who became pregnant with his child but Tarleton abandoned her. (Ms. Marvel v2 #17)
As a result of the War of the Supervillains, M.O.D.O.K. was deposed as leader of A.I.M. and came to control a splinter faction whose forces wore blue versions of their uniform with them securing their base of operations on the West Coast. During this time, he had been observing the mysterious Ms. Marvel and captured her in order to replicate her powers for his forces though this failed with the hero managing to escape capture. (Ms. Marvel v1 #7)
He lent his might against the freed heroes where he used his mental powers to fight the mutated Amadeus Cho but ultimately his opponent overpowered M.O.D.O.K. Cho then used his abilities to undo the mutations to Tarleton's body thus turning him back to his human form and seemingly ending the threat of M.O.D.O.K. (Incredible Hulk v1 #610)
M.O.D.O.K. Superior
Whilst defeated, M.O.D.O.K. had instituted one final plan whereby he helped orchestrate the Scorched Earth project that were a series of doomsday plans for the world but this was only meant as a distraction for his second objective. One of the cultivated brains he cloned from himself was allowed to develop into maturity in case M.O.D.O.K. was ever defeated. The Scorched Earth scenario kept all the heroes busy thus allowing the brain to develop to maturity where he was tended to by L.M.D.'s that then transferred the brain into a new body which became known as M.O.D.O.K. Superior. (Hulk v2 #29)
Following his earlier defeat, M.O.D.O.K. decided to observe the Red Hulk from a distance during a time when the world had fallen into the grip of the events of Fear Itself. During this time, he saw that a corrupted Thing had engaged the Red Hulk and defeated him with Avengers Tower being in ruins. (Hulk v2 #37) At the time, an unknown third party was present with this being the Black Fog who was an agent of Zero/One. M.O.D.O.K. arrived at the scene to remove the assassin and thus save the Red Hulk but was forced to escape when the corrupted Thing arrived on the scene. Afterwards, M.O.D.O.K. Superior decided to defend the city alongside his forces against the Nazi army that had been assembled by Sin. He was then attacked by the reconstituted Black Fog but the entity was stopped from killing M.O.D.O.K. by Zero/One who initiated a knowledge exchange with the him. Thus, the two found themselves as kindred spirits and came to work together against the Nazi forces in the city that threatened their respective plans. (Hulk v2 #38)
Afterwards, A.I.M. came to be taken over by a rising scientist within their hierarchy named Andrew Forson who restructured the organisation into a government based on the island of Barbuda that was driven by a fanatical cult. M.O.D.O.K. saw this as a corruption of A.I.M.'s ideals and formed a splinter group that sought the main branches destruction. To that end, he formed an alliance with S.H.I.E.L.D. where he offered their technical expertise as scientists and provided intelligence to them on A.I.M. facilities. This led to the revelation of the Medusa base with a Secret Avengers team dispatched to infiltrate it but a trap was arranged that led to the capture of three operatives. At first, Director Maria Hill believed that M.O.D.O.K had sent them into a trap but he assured her of any duplicity and was sincere in his aid as he wanted Forson's A.I.M. cult to be destroyed. (Secret Avengers v2 #13)
M.O.D.O.K. came to learn that that the giant robot Ultimo was residing on the island of Lingares. To acquire him, M.O.D.O.K. came to build a team of Deathloks that were sent to convert the inhabitants of the island into more soldiers. However, the cyborgs rebelled against their maker and sought to stop him from acquiring Ultimo. They were then confronted by a team of superheroes that had been sent to shutdown the Deathloks that were indiscriminately transforming the native population. Upon encountering Ultimo, they were approached by M.O.D.O.K. who offered them a means of defeating the giant robot. However, this was ultimately so that M.O.D.O.K. could take over the giant machine thus becoming UltiM.O.D.O.K. who then turned on the heroes. They managed to trick him into an unpopulated area of the island where Quake used her powers to create a large fissure that caused UltiM.O.D.O.K. to seemingly fall to his destruction. (2020 Force Works v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
His father was actually Alvin Tarleton who was also known as the Founder and as A.I.M. Agent 001. (M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games v1 #3) It was said that he founded A.I.M. after seeing the world being imprisoned by religion and politics. After George's birth, Alvin sought a place for his son but became disappointed to see him ill-suited to a life of science. This was the reason he masterminded the re-engineering of his child into M.O.D.O.K. though he never saw the boy as his son but rather a tool. (M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games v1 #4)
In college, George had an affair with a blonde haired woman named Linda who he abandoned after she revealed that she was pregnant with his son. His son grew up to hate George Tarleton and did not take his name but instead went by Sean Madigan who said that he was nothing like his father. He had plotted to usurp A.I.M. and intended to kill his father but was shot in the head by Monica Rappaccini. Despite that, A.I.M. agents came to retrieve his body and revived him with his brain preserved within his skull-headed body where he was given the name Head Case. (Ms. Marvel v2 #17)
The Founder came to install a program designed to sedate M.O.D.O.K. when he was powered down and in rest mode with this being known as J-O-D-1-E.. It was said to manifest as some inner desire that brought him peace with this being seen as a family. (M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games v1 #4)
Powers and abilities
This was a magnetically powered mobile chair that was far more agile than simple legs. (Tales of Suspense v1 #94)
M.O.D.O.K. was able to phase out of the current timespace thus making out of sync and thus completely invisible to others. (Hulk v2 #38)
Other weapons included in his frame were; three Vibranium buzz saws, two flamethrowers. four Pym Particle proxy mines, an anti-matter laser cannon, six temporal grenades and further such armaments. (M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games v1 #4) The greatest single weapon at his disposal though was his invincible mind beam where he could use many types to different effects. One could anchor a person allowing a person to move them with his mind, create a stun-shock effect, a heat beam increasing the temperature to a target struck or create a simple blast capable of shattering a steel floor. (Tales of Suspense v1 #94)
He made use of cloning technology and created duplicates of himself where he cut the brain functions immediately to prevent any from becoming developing into a threat to him. M.O.D.O.K. then had the brains harvested for use as raw processing power where they acted as organic hard drives that ran A.I.M. equipment around the world. The remaining parts were then used for replacement parts and organs in case he ever required a transplant. (Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk v1 #1)
It was shown that he came to create a cell phone case that was made of indestructible Uru metal. (M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games v1 #4)
Notes
- M.O.D.O.K. was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made a cameo appearance in Tales of Suspense v1 #93 (September, 1967) before making his first full appearance in Tales of Suspense v1 #94 (October, 1967).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Iron Man: Armored Adventures, M.O.D.O.K. appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Lee Tockar.
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, M.O.D.O.K. appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Wally Wingert.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, M.O.D.O.K. appeared as a boss villain in the video game where he was voiced by actor Michael Gough.
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, the M.O.D.O.K. appeared as a character in the Facebook video game with his own Dossier.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, M.O.D.O.K. featured both as a playable character and in the story of Netmarkble's iOS video game. During the story mode, it was revealed that he and A.I.M. were experimenting in bringing individuals from alternate dimensions onto their Earth.
Appearances
- Tales of Suspense v1: (1967)
- Ms. Marvel v1:
- Ms. Marvel v2:
- Hulk v2:
- Fall of the Hulks: Alpha v1:
- Fall of the Hulks: Red Hulk v1:
- Avengers v4:
- Secret Avengers v2:
- 2020 Force Works v1: (2020)
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