The first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Five, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, promises to begin a three-year story arc of escapades focused on the danger posed by the evil Kang the Conqueror.
Yet, Kang is not the only character casting a shadow over Quantumania. There is another. He’s a wicked genius, a horrifying experimental experiment, and one of the most adored Marvel supervillains (for being the absolute worst). He is a MODOK.
In the Film Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Who is MODOK?
There haven’t been many MODOK appearances in the Quantumania previews from Marvel Studios. We’ve seen him armored up and shooting lasers, but other than fleeting glimpses, the entire weirdness of MODOK’s appearance has been kept a secret.
Yet it appears likely that he will have some connection to Kang, one of the enemies Scott Lang will have to overcome. Corey Stoll also portrays MODOK, which clearly indicates the MCU from which he might have come. Stoll portrayed Yellowjacket, also known as Darren Cross, in the movie Ant-Man (2015).
The last time we saw him, he was violently shrinking away into nothing after Scott Lang destroyed his shrinking suit to prevent him from murdering his daughter Cassie and her new stepfather. But thanks to Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), we now know that if you go small enough, you can enter the Quantum Realm, a strange place concealed within the universe’s subatomic components.
Stoll may still be portraying Darren Cross in Quantumania, and whatever occurred to him in the Quantum Realm since we last saw him had transformed him into MODOK in the MCU. This seems plausible, if not likely.
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Who is Modok in Marvel Comics?
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s 1967 Tales of Suspense #94 introduced MODOK. He first appeared as a pitiful test subject for the researchers of the mad science organization known as AIM in the Marvel Universe (Advanced Idea Mechanics).
The scientists at AIM gave the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing (MODOK) its acronym-based name after they turned that person into the ideal weapon. However, the scientists performed their work “too brilliantly,” as MODOK himself yelled at Captain America on his debut.
After that, MODOK grabbed control of AIM and ruled it supreme for many years. His original form emphasized how his heightened intelligence led to his ugly appearance (he’s all brain and no brawn, you get it).
With the help of a hovering harness that allowed him to concentrate his “mental energy” into laser beams that shot from his forehead, he had all the menace of a supergenius and a respectable psychic.
But nowadays, hardly anybody publishes meaningful MODOK fiction. It’s difficult to avoid the reality that his design appears somewhat ridiculous in the current comic book art style. His current specialty is as one of Marvel’s most famous joke villains.
This role allows comic book writers and artists to indulge in the bombast of old-school amusing book speeches and explosions while allowing their heroes to crush an absolute pushover.
The MODOK version joke is another example. The Mental Organism Designed Only for Kicking-butt (MODOK) or MODOC—the Mental Organism Designed Only for Computing—has replaced MODOK when content standards frown upon the use of the word “killing” in a children’s program (or Conquest).
We’ve seen the handsome, shirtless BRODOK, the Bio-Robotic Organism Designed Overwhelmingly for Kissing, whose head was only noticeably more significant than the human standard. We’ve also seen the MODOT (Talking), MODOG (Genocide), MODORD (Roller Derby), MODAM (a lady MODOK, mother of a MODOK baby), and MODORD (Roller Derby).
As a result, it’s not surprising that he appears in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He’s the perfect punchline for one of the MCU’s funniest sub-franchises.