., the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (
Patton Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism Designed O
nly for Killing is set to confront his greatest challenge yet!
Why It’s Essential Viewing: Even though the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are full of quips and funny banter, they’re only allowed to go so far with the comedy before it would overpower the comic book action and high stakes of it all. Then you have something like
Patton Oswalt stars in the new Hulu animated series.
By Chelsea SteinerMay 22nd, 2021, 4:36 pm
As Marvel continues to plumb the depths of their extensive catalogue of heroes and villains, the company’s more obscure characters are getting their moment in the sun. And few are as delightfully bizarre and goofy as M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing), a giant-headed genius whose cranium is so packed with evil plans that he can only travel via hoverchair. M.O.D.O.K was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in
Tales of Suspense #93–94 (September–October 1967). In the ensuing decades he kept popping up, battling the Avengers, the X-Men, and many others.
M.O.D.O.K. is a Marvel Comics villain. He is goofy. Defiantly so.
Comics are a visual medium, and M.O.D.O.K. has always been all about his visuals: He s a guy with a great big giant head who toodles around in a flying metal chair, zapping folk with mental blasts and whatnot (M.O.D.O.K. stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, of course).
Personality wise, he s not much, historically. Shouts a lot. Vows vengeance a lot. Plots world domination a lot. Goes to the puny-minded fools! well . just really a
whole lot.
Watch now, only on Hulu!
by Rachel Paige
He’s big! He’s bad! He’s taking out the trash! Literally! Because it’s trash day and no one else ha taken out the trash, and ugh, did no one sort the recycling? Just another regular day for the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing – aka M.O.D.O.K.
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. is now streaming on Hulu, which means you can dive into 10 episodes designed to make you laugh out loud. The megalomaniacal villain (voiced by Patton Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing is set to confront his greatest challenge yet!