MODOK - Revision history

Acotilletta2: added category

2010-04-27T23:38:53Z

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	\| identity = No dual identity		\| identity = No dual identity
	\| occupation = Would-be conqueror, terrorist, A.I.M. leader; former A.I.M. agent, technician		\| occupation = Would-be conqueror, terrorist, A.I.M. leader; former A.I.M. agent, technician
-	\| place_of_birth = ~~Erie~~, ~~Pennsylvania~~	+	\| place_of_birth = Bangor, Maine
	\| groups = [[MODOK's Eleven]] ,[[A.I.M.]]; former associate of the [[Headmen]]		\| groups = [[MODOK's Eleven]] ,[[A.I.M.]]; former associate of the [[Headmen]]
	\| citizenship = USA		\| citizenship = USA
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		+	[[category:Hulk]]
	[[category: Villains]]		[[category: Villains]]
	[[category: People who used to be dead but aren't anymore]]		[[category: People who used to be dead but aren't anymore]]

Tom-Q-Vaxy at 12:58, 26 March 2010

2010-03-26T12:58:58Z

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	\| identity = No dual identity		\| identity = No dual identity
	\| occupation = Would-be conqueror, terrorist, A.I.M. leader; former A.I.M. agent, technician		\| occupation = Would-be conqueror, terrorist, A.I.M. leader; former A.I.M. agent, technician
-	\| place_of_birth = ~~Bangor~~, ~~Maine~~	+	\| place_of_birth = Erie, Pennsylvania
	\| groups = [[MODOK's Eleven]] ,[[A.I.M.]]; former associate of the [[Headmen]]		\| groups = [[MODOK's Eleven]] ,[[A.I.M.]]; former associate of the [[Headmen]]
	\| citizenship = USA		\| citizenship = USA
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	\| weapons = Various high-tech weapons outfitted into his hover-chair.		\| weapons = Various high-tech weapons outfitted into his hover-chair.
	\| paraphernalia = Headband to help focus his power and control the hover-chair to which he is confined (he otherwise cannot move due to his deformed body). The chair flies/hovers at moderate speeds and contains various advanced weaponry. MODOK has employed in the past a giant robotic body proportionate to his monstrous head, and it is superhumanly strong and resistant to most forms of attack.		\| paraphernalia = Headband to help focus his power and control the hover-chair to which he is confined (he otherwise cannot move due to his deformed body). The chair flies/hovers at moderate speeds and contains various advanced weaponry. MODOK has employed in the past a giant robotic body proportionate to his monstrous head, and it is superhumanly strong and resistant to most forms of attack.
-	\| debut = Tales of Suspense #93 (1967~~) (mentioned only, the actual appearance in #94~~)	+	\| debut = Tales of Suspense #93 (1967)
	\| origin = Captain America #133 (1970); Captain America Annual #7 (1983)		\| origin = Captain America #133 (1970); Captain America Annual #7 (1983)
	\| significant_issues = See the [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-AZ7#M.O.D.O.K.\|Official Handbook Bibliography]]		\| significant_issues = See the [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-AZ7#M.O.D.O.K.\|Official Handbook Bibliography]]

Htaler at 16:51, 24 January 2009

2009-01-24T16:51:54Z

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	\| weapons = Various high-tech weapons outfitted into his hover-chair.		\| weapons = Various high-tech weapons outfitted into his hover-chair.
	\| paraphernalia = Headband to help focus his power and control the hover-chair to which he is confined (he otherwise cannot move due to his deformed body). The chair flies/hovers at moderate speeds and contains various advanced weaponry. MODOK has employed in the past a giant robotic body proportionate to his monstrous head, and it is superhumanly strong and resistant to most forms of attack.		\| paraphernalia = Headband to help focus his power and control the hover-chair to which he is confined (he otherwise cannot move due to his deformed body). The chair flies/hovers at moderate speeds and contains various advanced weaponry. MODOK has employed in the past a giant robotic body proportionate to his monstrous head, and it is superhumanly strong and resistant to most forms of attack.
-	\| debut = Tales of Suspense #93 (1967)	+	\| debut = Tales of Suspense #93 (1967) (mentioned only, the actual appearance in #94)
	\| origin = Captain America #133 (1970); Captain America Annual #7 (1983)		\| origin = Captain America #133 (1970); Captain America Annual #7 (1983)
	\| significant_issues = See the [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-AZ7#M.O.D.O.K.\|Official Handbook Bibliography]]		\| significant_issues = See the [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-AZ7#M.O.D.O.K.\|Official Handbook Bibliography]]

Mimicx35: added avengers cat and MODOK's Eleven link within group affiliations

2007-08-17T17:35:33Z

added avengers cat and MODOK's Eleven link within group affiliations

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = George Tarleton
| identity = No dual identity
| occupation = Would-be conqueror, terrorist, A.I.M. leader; former A.I.M. agent, technician
| place_of_birth = Bangor, Maine
| groups = [[MODOK's Eleven]] ,[[A.I.M.]]; former associate of the [[Headmen]]
| citizenship = USA
| education = Mathematics degree, possibly higher
| aliases = Gerlach, MODOC, Scientist Supreme, Damocles Rivas, the Saint
| relatives = Unrevealed
| height = 12’; (Tarleton) 5’8”
| weight = 750 lbs.; (Tarleton) 165 lbs.
| eyes = White; (Tarleton) Brown
| hair = Brown
| powers = Fantastic psionic abilities and superhuman calculating ability. Can form force field barriers effective against energy attacks, mentally produce heat and mental blasts of pure psionic energy, probe the minds of others, and recall any fact he has ever known. He can also convert himself into raw data and travel in the form of e-mail.
| abilities = Superhumanly-augmented intellect and supreme strategist
| weapons = Various high-tech weapons outfitted into his hover-chair.
| paraphernalia = Headband to help focus his power and control the hover-chair to which he is confined (he otherwise cannot move due to his deformed body). The chair flies/hovers at moderate speeds and contains various advanced weaponry. MODOK has employed in the past a giant robotic body proportionate to his monstrous head, and it is superhumanly strong and resistant to most forms of attack.
| debut = Tales of Suspense #93 (1967)
| origin = Captain America #133 (1970); Captain America Annual #7 (1983)
| significant_issues = See the [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-AZ7#M.O.D.O.K.|Official Handbook Bibliography]]
}}{{Headshot|
|main_image= Modok.jpg
}}
{{bio|
bio_text= Average technician George Tarleton found his fate forever changed thanks to a random selection by his boss, the Scientist Supreme of [[A.I.M.]], who needed a unique, bio-engineered “living computer” in order to plumb the mysteries of the [[Cosmic Cube]]. Tarleton was subjected to hideous experiments, mutating his body into a massive-headed being possessing superhuman intelligence and extraordinary psionic powers, and the process drove him mad. Given the code-name MODOC ("Mobile Organism Designed Only for Computing"), Tarleton instead turned on his superiors, slaying them all and declaring himself Scientist Supreme. Moreover, he changed his name to MODOK, with the “K” standing now for “Killing.”

Knowing only the barest of information, S.H.I.E.L.D. sent its [[Carter, Sharon|Agent 13]] to gather intelligence about A.I.M. and MODOK, but she was captured and [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Captain America]] was then sent to the rescue. The two heroes were captured, but ultimately discovered MODOK when he revealed himself and tried to kill them personally. During the resultant clash, other A.I.M. agents, those opposed to MODOK's leadership, turned on him and allowed Captain America and Agent 13 to escape. The submarine base destroyed, MODOK was believed dead, although he used his psionic abilities to save himself and soon reasserted his leadership over A.I.M.

Initially, MODOK turned A.I.M.’s pursuits toward acquiring technology and new recruits, running into conflict with Captain America, [[Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)|Doctor Doom]] and the [[Sub-Mariner]], and the [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]]. During the latter confrontation, MODOK first used a giant robot body in a preemptive strike on the Hulk, and later he mutated [[Ross-Banner, Betty|Betty Ross]] into the Harpy to defeat him (although MODOK was stopped by the arrival of the [[Bird People]].) MODOK used his giant body to confront [[Iron Man (Anthony Stark)|Iron Man]], capturing him but being defeated by the [[Yellow Claw]].

Following this defeat, MODOK was deposed as leader of A.I.M., as his followers were dissatisfied with MODOK's increasing preoccupation with his super-powered adversaries causing A.I.M. to largely abandon its goals for scientific breakthroughs. However, MODOK regained control of a West Coast faction of A.I.M. and, in alliance with [[Deathbird]], he led A.I.M. in an attack on its East Coast division. Still, a considerable portion of the A.I.M. organization remained outside of MODOK's control. MODOK did not realize that the members of A.I.M. whom he believed were securely under his control were secretly conspiring with the other faction of A.I.M. to destroy him. To his surprise, both A.I.M. groups joined forces and attacked him. MODOK retreated, soon afterwards fighting A.I.M. forces alongside the Hulk, but he finally fled after battling the Hulk himself. With MODOK gone, all of A.I.M. was finally reunited under new leadership.

The new leaders of A.I.M. hired the [[Serpent Society]] to assassinate MODOK to prevent him from posing any further threat to them. MODOK had escaped capture, ultimately hiding in a warehouse at a shopping mall in Newbury, New Jersey, but he was followed by both the Serpent Society and Captain America. Captain America found the weakened MODOK as two of the Serpents, [[Cottonmouth]] and [[Death Adder]], were tearing away at his flesh. MODOK died even as Captain America was trying to help him, and the Serpents delivered his corpse back to A.I.M.

A.I.M. managed to keep MODOK’s body for use as a living computer, similar to his intended origin, but A.I.M. agent Yorgon Tykkio sent MODOK into battle against Iron Man, guiding him by remote control. At the height of battle, however, Tykkio caused MODOK's headband to fire plasma that ignited underground fuel lines, causing an explosion that ultimately annihilated MODOK's body.

Years later, A.I.M. once again sought the control of the Cosmic Cube, and in so doing they tore reality itself. Using the Cube, they restored MODOK to life, hoping that he could command the energies to fix reality. Although it was actually an Adaptoid that saved the day, MODOK took advantage to resume leadership of A.I.M. once more.

He returned to his preoccupation with his rivals, battling Captain America and Iron Man, but he also explored new avenues for A.I.M., such as exploring the relationship of science and magic (running afoul of [[Alpha Flight]] for reviving their member [[Snowbird]]), allying with [[Hydra]] over nanotechnology (before taken down by [[Citizen V (John Watkins III)|Citizen V]] and the [[V-Battalion]]), and creating a legitimate corporate front for A.I.M. as Advanced Corp. (until exposed by Iron Man.) MODOK was once saved by the [[Headmen]] from where he had lost himself in an extradimensional quest for additional power. In gratitude, he agreed to join them in their hopes of taking over the world, helping them do so with the help of the alien [[Orrgo]]. MODOK admitted, however, that this association was merely scientific, as he examined the efforts of the Headmen to better understand himself, and he and A.I.M. disassociated themselves from the Headmen before the villains were thwarted by the Defenders.

In a strange series of events, MODOK appeared to be hunting down and killing all A.I.M. agents responsible for his original transformation. In fact, MODOK had switched bodies with [[Rivas, Damocles|Damocles “the Saint” Rivas]], the brother of a drug lord who developed a viral bio-weapon using MODOK’s DNA, and Damocles was acting on MODOK’s long-suppressed hatred of his form. MODOK had hoped to use Rivas to claim the scheme for himself, but ran afoul of the [[Falcon (Sam Wilson)|Falcon]] and the [[Anti-Cap]]. His defeat sent his mind back into his body, where it co-existed with Damocles. Damocles instead hoped to engage the Hulk in battle and thereby destroy MODOK’s form, but Captain America intervened, inspiring Damocles to use MODOK’s mental powers to revert the Hulk to Bruce Banner and gain his help to cure the MODOK virus. MODOK was rendered comatose, but he soon reverted to normal to once more lead A.I.M., with all traces of Damocles Rivas expunged.
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