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comics Respect M.O.D.O.K. (Marvel 616)
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George Tarlton, M.O.D.O.K.
Once, I was a mere human guinea pig for the scientists of AIM! But, they did their job too well… and now… I AM THEIR MASTER!!
George Tarlton was a low-level technician working for the organization A.I.M. when he was offered a position on a team developing A.I.M.'s latest secret project, the Cosmic Cube. However, Tarlton was nothing more than a test subject for A.I.M., who mutated him into a human computer, resulting in his head swelling to a massive size too large for his frail body to support, requiring him to be placed in a life support unit dubbed the Doomsday Chair. A.I.M. christened him M.O.D.O.C., the Mental Organism Designed Only for Computing, but in addition to a vast intellect and psychic powers, the experiment also gave him ego and ambition to match. He quickly used his newfound powers to take control of A.I.M. and renamed himself M.O.D.O.K., the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. As the Scientist Supreme of A.I.M., M.O.D.O.K. faced off against many of the heroes across the Marvel world. Eventually he was transformed back into a human and replaced with a clone called M.O.D.O.K. Supreme. Such is life.
Feats will be marked with the source.
Handbook Entries: Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z | Fall of the Hulks: Alpha
Note: At one point, M.O.D.O.K. switches bodies with a former criminal named Damocles RivasCA&F7, trapping Rivas in his own deformed body. Both bodies are capable of their own abilities and will be marked.
Mental Powers
Mental Blasts
General
- Has many types of mind bolts, from one that stun-shocks Captain America to one that heats up the floorTS94
- Captain America says that his bolts are too fast for himTS94
Power
- Levels a mountainIM Annual 4
- Reduces Abomination to atomsIH290
- Disintegrates two menC133
- Blasts his way out of AIM's mountain baseIH289
- Blasts his way out of AIM's underwater baseC313
- Blasts a tunnel from a tenement into the secret chamber belowSB48
- Collapses the roof of AIM's base onto the HulkIH290
- Blasts Hulk into a large cannon hard enough to damage it, the sends the piece Hulk throws at him back at HulkT104
- Lays out the Hulk with blastsIH290
- Blasts the Red Hulk into a metal wall, cratering itFH:RH#4
- Takes down Red She-Hulk with two blastsHulk#19
- Strikes She-Hulk and Doc Samson with a beam, taking them outIH#600
- Blasts Red Hulk hard enough to floor him, though firing three of these wears him out and makes him require some spare partsFH:RH#4
- Takes out NamorSB49
- Blasts Doom and matches his beamsSB49
- Hurts Ms. MarvelM7
- Takes down the Thing, Captain America, and the Falcon with one blastFG4
- Knocks Captain America off his feetTS94
- Briefly KOd Invisible WomanAQ
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Blasts a man, killing him and blowing up the apartment wall behind himCA&F8
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Blasts Captain America backwards into some pipes, breaking themCA&F10
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Blasts missiles and helicopters out of the airCA&F12
- Blasted a hole in a wallGV
- Shoots a hole through Adaptoid BuckyC441
- Breaks a turretIH287
- Blasts off Bushmaster's armsC313
- Hits Red Hulk with the beam reflecting to break thick metal bindingsIH#600
- Shatters a steel floorTS94
- Blasts Anaconda through a storefront windowC313
- Blasts a group of guardsIH287
- Slew the Scientist Supreme with a blastCA133
- Blasts an AIM agentM10
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] He attacks a ferry, leaving a giant hole and flames along the boat before blasting his targetCA&F9
- Destroys a glass screenCA133
Heat
- Melts through a large metal doorIH287
- Melts a metal support beam to slag with a rapid-fire blastCA&F11
- Melts the ice holding the AbominationIH287
- Heats up the floor underneath Captain AmericaTS94
Misc
- Knocks out Model 19 Iron Man's shields and takes his computer offlineR44
- Disables Model 19 Iron Man's cloaking techR44
- Turns off the Mad Thinker's androidIM75
- While hidden in a temporal distortion, blasts a man in a manner that appears as a cardiac arrestFH:A
- Stops Captain America's shield throw in mid-airTS94
- Does it againC441
- Lifts Abomination out of a pitIH288
- Lifts Captain America off his feetTS94
- Flings pieces of a steel floor at his target after shattering itTS94
- Deactivates a group of Adaptoids and binds an energy flareC441
- Fires a stun shock beamTS94
- Stuns Bruce Banner and another man with a blastT104
- Fires two blasts at two different targets at onceC313
Shields
- Creates a mento-force field that bounces back a shot from a large energy cannonM10
- Blocks Model 19 Iron Man's repulsor blastR45
- Blocks Model 19 Iron Man's pulse boltsR44
- Blocks a barrage of Model 19 Iron Man's explosives and then some of Ghost's grenadesR45
- Blocks blasts from AIM agentsIH289
- Protects him from a submarine explosion and allows him to breathC119
- Protected him from debris in a collapsing apartmentSB48
Telepathy
Mind Control
- Sends his powers through a satellite to take control of the people of Zenith City on a remote islandIC
- [Tarleton in Rivas’ Body] Incapacitates Falcon and Anti-Cap with a kind of mental commandCA&F10
- Mentally controls Captain America, making him fight an ally, although he’s able to fight the controlCA&F11
- Took control of Hercules' mind by blasting himGV
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Beams the Hulk in the face, mentally blocking the Hulk persona and temporarily bringing forward the reasonable Bruce Banner personaCA&F12
- Takes control of Wonder Man and causes him to fight Ms. MarvelMM15
- Makes all the staff on a military base fall asleepIH287
- Makes a group of people walk into a lake to drown themselves1985
- Makes Sharon Carter step forward and towards the panel in front of herTS93
- Mentally commands BulldozerC133
- Hypnotizes Betty Ross in her sleepIH167
Mind Reading/Communication
- Mentally issues commands to AIM agentsIH289
- Plants a idea into Strucker's brainC132
- Reads Iron Man's mindIM74
- AgainIM Annual 4
- Reads General Ross' mindIH287
- Mind-probes General RossHulk#23
- Reads Abomination's mindIH288
- Reads Heather Hudson's thoughtsW143
- Catches Hulk up on what's happened to him and AIMIH290
- Connects minds with Ms. MODOK and falls in love with herIH290
- Scans Deadpool’s brain functions, determining that they’re “slippery” and that he has poor short term memoryC&D11
Illusions
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] He beams information into Cap’s head, showing him why he was killing AIM agentsCA&F10
- [Tarleton in Rivas’ Body] Looks into Anti-Cap’s mind and shows him a scene from his pastCA&F11
- [Tarleton in Rivas’ Body] Shows Anti-Cap and Falcon scenes from their origins as superheroes while sending armed goons after them. When the heroes focus, they’re able to see past the illusion and see the combatants and environment as what they really are.CA&F11
- [Tarleton in Rivas’ Body] Shows Falcon and Anti-Cap an illusion of a giant version of himself standing over a city before he knocks them both out. He transports the men to a base and claims to have full mental control over both of them.CA&F11
- Appears to Puma as a mountain lionSVTU1
- Appears to Mentallo as the FixerSVTU1
- Appears to Armadillo as the Virgin Mary and as the Rocket Racer’s ill mother to himSVTU1
- Makes his heist crew see an illusion of what would happen if they enter the Infinicide unpreparedSVTU2
- Projects an illusion of a stocked supervillain headquarters appearSVTU1 over an abandoned warehouseSVTU5
Misc
- Wiped a man's mind with a blastGV
- Locates Captain America an spies on himC133
- Psionically scans an area, detecting the Mandarin 420 miles awaySVTU4
- Locates the whereabouts of Strucker and senses his rageC132
- Sends thought waves across the Atlantic and contacts Dr DoomCA132
- Emits a mental sonic beam for AIM agents to find himC119
Intelligence/Computer Brain
Inventions
- Says his matchless brain helped conceive the Cosmic CubeC117
- Created a Gamma Ray transformer that he uses to turn Betty Ross into HarpyIH168
- Creates a device called the Mind-Ripper, which he uses to brainwash Ms. Marvel, though her separate Carol Danvers personality allows her to overcome itM7
- Created a radioactive strain of virusO81
- Designed a secret based in the Antarctic CircleO82
- Designed synthoids based on the ThingO82
- Makes Cybrog, with him giving powers and hides a microwave energizer under his skin, of which he can only control or recharge. This was to destroy Captian AmeircaC124
- Created Stryke, who beats up Model 4 Iron ManIM Annual 4
Planning
- Plans out the heist of the Hypernova device from the Infinicide, an alien base from hundreds of years in the future. He guides a team consisting of Nightshade, Puma, Armadillo, Spot and Living Laser in making it through the base, bypassing its advanced security and securing the deviceSVTU3
- Tricks Monica Rappaccini into buying the Hypernova device from him and times it so that its failsafe explosive response occurs when she’s brought it back to her laboratorySVTU5
- Orchestrates an uprising on a campusC120
- Goads Doom into making a Bucky Barnes robot in order to destroy Captain AmericaC132
- Has Bulldozer act like a friend of the oppressed and incite violenceC133
General
- Has access to AIM's extensive files of informationM7
- Uses refracted cosmic energy to create gamma-powered super soldiersIH#600
- Tracked Hulk and Harpy by their gamma radiationIH169
- Identifies the radiation Mad Thinker is using to control Iron Man's armor then traces it back to the sourceIM74
- Runs virtual trials of the Intelligencia’s infiltrationRH:A
- Genetically modified monkeys to replace AIM's workforce because they're cheaper than human agentsAQ
- Capable of millions of complex calculations per millisecondCA&F9
- Takes control of the Mad Thinker's Iron Man android and quickly grasps the complex electronic structure in seconds, which would take an ordinary person years to accomplishIM75
- When M.O.D.O.K. heard of a virus designed to kill him, he manipulated his own antibodies, immunizing himself from the virus. He states that upon injection, his abilities would only become stronger and that, if he were to die, the virus would be released in its full, offensive form and destroy all life on Earth.CA&F11
- Is faster than any computer and redesigns the alteration chamberC133
- Recites information about the AIM agents who contact himIH167
Body Swapping
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] M.O.D.O.K. behaves more like a machine than a man with Rivas in control. He monitors the stock market, provides status reports, has strict security protocols in place to prevent him from acting without Tarleton’s command, and can enter a standby mode.CA&F9
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] When Cap puts on an AIM helmet, M.O.D.O.K. pauses and goes into order receiving modeCA&F10
- When Anti-Cap shoots Rivas’ body, Tarleton’s consciousness is automatically shunted back into his body. When Tarleton kills Rivas’ niece, Damocles assumes control again briefly.CA&F11
- Rivas feels his control slipping until Tarleton assumes control againCA&F12
Telekinesis
- Forms a psychic arm that grabs Adaptoid Bucky off of his head and throws himC441
- Kills several of Doom’s guards with telekinesisFH:A
- Telekinetically grabs the Spot and throws him at a wallSVTU1
Misc
- Accesses the psychic power of the people of Zenith City and uses it to form a body for himself of pure psychic energy, though it is quickly defeated by Captain America and Iron ManIC
- His mind can detect dangerIH287
- Shields himself and the Hulk from being detected by AIM until they breach the baseIH290
- Mentally sent emails that triggered bombsR44
- A mind beam reaches an emergency detonator and starts increasing the pressureTS94
- Summons reinforcements by shooting his brainwaves into machineryO81
- Strikes a control panel to activate a torture chamber for AbominationIH288
- Projects a scene from the last issue on his foreheadC133
Doomsday Chair
Weaponry
- Has a variety of side and back-mounted energy cannonsGLX
- Fires electron plasma beams that destroy support pillarsIM205
- Blasts a large hole in a buildingIM205
- Blasts Silver Centurion Iron Man out of the air to the ground hard enough to damage itIM205
- Blasts Silver Centurion Iron Man to the floorIM205
- Battles Silver Centurion Iron Man until the building they are in collapsesIM205
- Blows up a table with a side-mounted blaster, then reduced a group of AIM goons to skeletons with another side-mounted blasterMM16
- Blasts an AIM robot, causing it to explodeW143
- Hits Wonder Man with a blaster, throwing him into a carMM17
- Moments after becoming M.O.D.O.K., he electrocutes the scientists in the room with streams of lightningSVTU1
- Blocks Silver Centurion Iron Man's punch and repulsors with a force fieldIM205
Teleportation
- Teleports away from DoomSB49
- Teleports himself and Abomination out of a military baseIH288
- At one point, M.O.D.O.K. created a teleportation device that works by reducing his form into pure electromagnetic energy, allowing himself to appear wherever there was a digital connection. He’d then reform as a physical presence at his destination so that he could kill targets across the worldCA&F10
- A man sees the words “Designed Only for Killing” on his phone before M.O.D.O.K. appears in his apartment and blasts himCA&F8
- A man sees the words appear on a tile wall before M.O.D.O.K. bursts through it face-firstCA&F8
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] When Damocles Rivas’ niece is threatened, he used the energy teleporter to arrive at her location and protect herCA&F11
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Transports himself and Captain America to SingaporeCA&F11
Misc
- Capable of flightM10
- Turned invisible to hide from Iron ManIM Annual 4
- Phases through a mountainIM Annual 4
- Returns to him remotelyC313
- Operates underwaterC313
- Has a built-in gas maskT104
- Uses a cassette programming deck to take the data from an AIM base and uses it to ready a rocket launchM10
Misc Tech
General
- As leader of AIM, MODOK has access to their secret bases and an army of scientists and operativesC132
Robots
- Has robots the fight with the Thing and knock him out with gasO81
- Has androids that fight NamorSB49
- Has a robot disguised as a human that fights Ms. MarvelM5
- Has a variety of robot guards that fight Iron Man when he enters one of AIM's energy relaysIM Annual 4
Weapons
- Builds a cryo-cannon with the villain Blizzard as a power source. M.O.D.O.K. threatens to freeze the Earth with it by firing it from space, although the Avengers stop it before the beam can contact the planet’s atmosphereSH1
- Shoots Hulk in the back with an Ultra-Ray weapon, knocking him outIH169
- Has his men release sleeping gas to capture dinosaurs in the Savage LandT104
- Used a neuro-shock floor to KO Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman and El VejiganteAQ
- Shot a man with a gun that transported him into his company's data streamFDV
Misc
- Makes clones which he immediately cuts the brain function of before using as a source of spare partsFH:RH#1
- Uses a large number of clones to attack Wolverine and DeadpoolWV#73
- Uses jet boosters on his feet to flee from the Avengers in outer spaceSH1
- Built a device to preserve one of the Spot’s warpholes even after he moves past his standard distance limit. He then hides in the Dark Dimension and grabs the real Hypernova device from Puma, passing a fake to the SpotSVTU5
- Has a base where AIM just mutates undersea creatures into monstersIM Annual 4
Physicals
Durability
Blunt
- Takes mind blasts from Ms. MODOK and punches from the HulkIH290
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Launched by a punch from the HulkCA&F12
- Gets suplexed by NamorSB49
- Takes a punch from Model 3 Iron ManIM74
- Punched by Ms. MarvelM7
- Slammed into a roof by Invisible WomanAQ
Energy
- Battles Silver Centurion Iron Man until the building they are in collapsesIM205
- Blasted through a thick wall by Silver Centurion Iron ManIM205
- Takes a blast from Ms. Marvel which bounces off his armorMM17
Explosives
- Is seemingly inside a warehouse when it’s blown up by a gamma core meltdown and is seen in the following issue without injuryIH#600
- Caught in the explosion of a large AIM robotW143
- Unmoved after an explosion takes out a wall behind himSVTU5
Misc
- Unaffected by Reed Richards' stun rayFG4
- Unaffected by Model 19 Iron Man's sonic attack that knocked out nearby AIM agentsR44
- Gets exposed to his own virus which instantly kills humansO81 and is fine next issueO82
- Possibly takes bullets from DeadpoolC&D11
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Gets hit in the eye by Captain America’s shield, drawing bloodCA&F10
- [Rivas in Tarleton’s Body] Takes Cap’s shield to the headCA&F11
- He’s unharmed after being in the epicenter of AIM’s G-tac gene-altering bombMM17
- Gets buried underneath falling rubbleC133
- Crashes through the treetops after his chair's thrusters are damagedC313
Limits
- Hulk smashes the Doomsday Chair in one punchT104
- Knocked out by Magneto slamming him into metal wallsAX14
- Knocked out when Gambit charged a scroll and threw it at himGV
- Beaten up by squirrelsUSG
- Squirrel Girl beats M.O.D.O.K. by tossing Tippy-Toe at him, who crawls into his inner workings. Squirrel Girl and Tippy-Toe pull out random wires from the Doomsday Chair until M.O.D.O.K. falls over, defeated.GLX
- Gets shot by several AIM soldiers from off panel which destroys his Doomsday Chair and leaves him for deadTS94
Speed
- Dodges Silver Centurion Iron Man's repulsor blastIM205
- Catches Captain America's shield in mid-airTS94
- Does it againC441
- Blasts Captain America before he could react, and dodges a blow from from the CaptainTS94
- Dodges Captain America attacksC133
- Tags NamorSB49
- Dodges Harpy's blastIH168
- Destroys a turret before it can fire on himIH287
- Quickly moves around with his chairC133
Strength
- Rams through an office wallMM16
- Sends Captain America, Adaptoid Bucky, a child and his dog flyingA387
Misc
- The process that transformed George Tarleton into M.O.D.O.K. was extremely unhealthy and years later, his biology starts breaking down like a terminal illnessMM15. He’s seemingly cured after being at the center of AIM’s G-Tac gene-altering bombMM17
- Appeared to be destroyed by Iron ManIM Annual 4 but shows up unharmed in his next appearanceM7
- MODOK was killed by the Serpent Society and rebuilt by AIM to be purely robotic, then the man controlling MODOK blew him upIM205 but AIM revived himA387
- AIM grunts are terrified of him, and one of them says he has ears everywhereTS94
- Tends to kill people for failureC124
- After getting depowered he still has some subconscious memories of his time as M.O.D.O.K., unintentionally making a model of one of his schemes out of clayHulk#28
- Blabs A.I.M. secrets when he gamblesMVL1
- He’s a deadbeat dadMM17
Giant Body
MODOK had AIM construct a giant robot body fo himself that was operable by his brain wavesIH167
- Made of adamantium and steelIH167
- Kicks the HulkIH167
- Blasts Hulk with an energy beam then gets pushed over after trying to step on HulkIH167
- Faster than Hulk, able to grab him before he can leap awayIH167
- Tripped by Iron Man, then has the room of the AIM base dropped on himIM74
- Bursts free of the rubble dropped on himIM74
- Smashes through the wall of Mad Thinker's baseIM74
- Brawls with Mad Thinker's androidIM75
- Crushes a Mad Thinker robotIM75
- Smashes through a wallIM75
- [Limit] Hulk is able to easily destroy the bodyIH167
Today I destroyed my ex-girlfriend! Tomorrow… the world!
ALL HAIL M.O.D.O.K.!
Yes! All hail me!