), an arms-dealing organization specializing in futuristic weaponry, who undergoes substantial mutagenic medical experimentation originally designed to increase his intelligence.

While successful, the experiments result in him developing a freakishly overdeveloped head and a stunted body, causing the character's signature look and use of a hoverchair for mobility.

A different depiction of the character made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), portrayed by Corey Stoll as Darren Cross.

[3] Writer Mike Conroy stated "Inevitably, he (MODOK) returned to plague Captain America, whose physical perfection he so resented.

2) #29 and was created by Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman, who is depicted as the archenemy of Gwendolyn "Gwen" Poole in The Unbelievable Gwenpool #1–25 (June 2016–April 2018), West Coast Avengers (vol.

scientists used advanced mutagenics to alter Tarleton and created the super-intelligent man-mind originally named MODOC (an acronym for "Mental Organism Designed Only for Computing") to study and improve upon the object, alongside the JOD1E program.

Renaming himself MODOK (an acronym for "Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing"), he comes into conflict with the hero Captain America, who is intent on rescuing S.H.I.E.L.D.

[9] MODOK reappears and abducts Betty Ross, changing her into the Harpy with gamma radiation at a higher level than that which turned Dr. Robert Bruce Banner into the Hulk in a bid to destroy the monster.

agents arrive in time to kill the creature known as the Bi-Beast, the guardian of the aerie, but not before activating a self-destruct mechanism, forcing everyone on board to flee.

MODOK attempts to regain control of the organization and prove his worth by unleashing a nerve agent on New York City, which is prevented by Ms. Marvel and the Vision.

Eventually it is revealed that MODOK has actually been stranded in an alternate dimension, but manages to return to Earth with the unintended help of the supervillain team the Headmen.

[23] After attempting to steal a device that boosts mental power,[24] MODOK agrees to aid the Headmen in their plans of conquest, but after taking control of A.I.M.

MODOK is then lobotomized and employed to infiltrate spy satellites and manipulate the stock market, but he recovers from the lobotomy and exploits the situation to his own benefit until he is captured and taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D.

[28] MODOK then seeks a sample of the cybernetic species the Phalanx,[29] and after brief encounters with the mutant superhero team the X-Men,[30] battles Ms. Marvel once again, with the heroine this time aided by fellow Avenger Wonder Man during an elaborate scheme by renegade A.I.M.

[31] Employing an elaborate scheme and double-cross involving several supervillains, MODOK restores his personal wealth and power and re-establishes himself as the leader of A.I.M.

[40] During the "Fear Itself" storyline, MODOK Superior reviews the attacks by Skadi and tells his followers that she is actually the Red Skull's daughter Sin, who has tapped into the powers of the Asgardians.

[45] When he found out that she was not a superhuman and had no special training, he attempted to eliminate her, but she turned on him and sent him into outer space with an injured eye and damaged equipment.

[50] During the "Secret Empire" storyline, MODOK Superior appears as a member of the Army of Evil and took part in the attack on Manhattan in retaliation for what happened at Pleasant Hill during the "Avengers: Standoff!"

[51] MODOK Superior resurfaced in a new form during a confrontation with the newest incarnation of the West Coast Avengers (of which Gwen Poole is now a member), appearing as an attractive, long-haired man, calling himself BRODOK (Bio-Robotic Organism Designed Overwhelmingly for Kissing) and insisting that he was now reformed.

[52] The team eventually exposed his scheme to turn various citizens of Los Angeles into giant mindless monsters[53] and defeated him, reverting him back to the traditional appearance that George Tarleton once had.

Now empowered with the knowledge of his true upbringing, MODOK Superior traps his father's consciousness inside his phone and uses the bodies of leftover Super-Adaptoids to create solidified and weaponized versions of his imaginary family.

technology, MODOK wore a headband on his forehead that enables him to focus his mental power into devastating energy beams variously known as "Brain-Beams"[13] or "Mind-Beams".

[59] He has vast psionic abilities, plus allowing him to contact others through telepathy, mentally control individuals or large groups, and generate force fields strong enough to withstand minor nuclear explosions.

A side effect of this mutation was also the enormous growth of Tarleton's head to the extent that his own body can no longer support its weight without assistance.

Twice in his career, MODOK employed a large mechanical android body specially made so he could fit inside its head for greater mobility.

[68] MODOT (Mobile Organism Designed Only for Talking), formerly Nobel Prize hopeful Dimitri Smirkov, appears in the third Howard the Duck miniseries and, unlike his predecessor MODOK, can walk without the aid of a hoverchair.

Although he starts the story as the amoral cyborg genius George Tarleton, after he is infected by the Gah Lak Tus probe, he is eventually reduced to a disembodied head.

[73] At least four versions of MODOK, apparently based around Elvis Presley, were created by the Beyond Corporation to defend their secret weapons factory, State 51.

[78] In the pages of Avengers of the Wastelands, which takes place on Earth-21923 and serves as a sequel to Old Man Logan, MODOK is among the villains that attack Danielle Cage's group in Osborn County.

[79] A Dazzler-centered story, "Disco Highway", in issue #4 of the miniseries X-Men: Serve and Protect, released in February 2011, features a character named MODORD (Mental Organism Designed Only for Roller Derby).