Saturday, May 13, 2006
Comic Art
For sheer ugliness, I don't think there has ever been a better villain, and as most great comic art, he is from the mind of Jack Kirby, than MODOK. His story is great. M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) was just another A.I.M. [Advanced Idea Mechanics] agent when the Supreme Scientist decided that he needed a "volunteer" for one of his experiments. Twenty-four hours later he was transformed into M.O.D.O.K. After being freed from the alteration chamber M.O.D.O.K. killed his would be bosses and took over the leadership of AIM.AIM and therefore MODOK were largely foes of Captain America/SHIELD in the early days, but he proved so popular that he tangled with most everybody, most notably after Cap, the Hulk.
But as you can see here, he wrangled with Iron Man, amongst his many opponents. After a long hiatus, MODOK has been making some appearances lately which is great for old timers like myself, but these new stories don't understand - they keep writing MODOK - Nobody cares what the story is, you just like him as a villain because he looks the part. All head - so much head they had to build it special supports. What's truly amazing is that with all that head he's not all that smart, I mean Peter Parker is branier by a long shot, and Reed Richards, well.... In the end he is really pretty lame, which is why he went into hiatus, and I will admit that the new stories are better.But look at that top Kirby image - do you really care how lame the story is when you have an image like that? That is just the stuff to tickle the mind.
Now, if you want a comic challenge - how about making MODOK a good guy - can anyone so abhorent in appearance be a good guy - wouldn't that be an interesting story.
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