Darren Cross is the main antagonist of the 2015 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Ant-Man and the secondary antagonist of its 2023 threequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Once Hank Pym's trusted assistant, Cross eventually betrayed Hank and ousted him from his own company Pym Tech, taking over as CEO.
What went wrong? M.O.D.O.K., the perfect killing machine. His name is literally an acronym for Modified Organism Designed Only for Killing. Before becoming a cyborg-type creature, he was Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), a scorned scientist who felt abandoned by his mentor.
Corey Stoll as Darren Cross / Yellowjacket in Ant-Man (2015). Darren Cross appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Corey Stoll. Cross first appears in Ant-Man (2015) as Yellowjacket.
Self-made man Darren Agonistes Cross created and headed his company Cross Technological Enterprises and made it a success to rival the top competitors. However, Darren was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. He used his own technology to create an experimental nucleorganic pacemaker to save his life.
Trivia. This is both the only version of Hank Pym and Yellowjacket to be Near Pure Evil. Darren Cross in the main timeline can't qualify as Near Pure Evil because he fails the MCU's high Heinous Standards too much, is too much of a comic relief and redeems himself in his final moments.
MODOK's Creation Scene | ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Why did Darren Cross turn evil?
Though believed to have perished in a battle against Scott Lang, Cross survived but was left severely mutilated, ending up in the Quantum Realm. There, he was found by Kang, who transformed him into a Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing (M.O.D.O.K) and forced him into servitude.
George Tarleton aka M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing), formerly M.O.D.O.C. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Computation), was a lowly American technician working for A.I.M.
Darren Criss is in mourning after the death of his father, Charles William Criss Jr., who was better known as Bill. The Glee alum, 33, announced the death in an Instagram post on Monday, writing in a statement, "Bill Criss has left the building.
Kang the Conqueror was exiled to the MCU Quantum Realm by his own variants in the Council of Kangs due to his attempts to eradicate them and become the sole Kang in the multiverse.
MODOK (/ˈmoʊdɒk/; also written as M.O.D.O.K.; an acronym for Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #93 (September 1967).
And while he might be a little oozy pink blob of a being, if Veb sounds familiar it's because he's actually played by a long-time member of the Ant-Man films, David Dastmalchian.
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Cassandra "Cassie" Lang appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson as a child, Emma Fuhrmann as a teenager, and Kathryn Newton as a young adult.
Trapped and heavily disfigured in the Quantum Realm, Cross was found by Kang the Conqueror, who provided him with a mechanical armor and dubbed him the Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing, or M.O.D.O.K. for short. Cross spent over a decade serving Kang as his sentient weapon and enforcer.
We all imagined Darren had died in the process, but Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania reveals he met an even worse fate. The Pym particles randomly enlarged and shrunk down parts of Darren's body once the Yellowjacket suit was damaged, turning him into a giant head with tiny limbs.
He was then discovered by Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), who equipped Darren with his high-tech weaponized hover-chair. Thus, Darren Cross became MODOK, the Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing.
Prior to his appearance in Quantumania, though, Majors made his MCU debut in the Season 1 finale of Loki, playing one (of many) variants of his villain Kang the Conqueror named He Who Remains.
Why Kang would beat Thanos. Kang isn't physically stronger than Thanos, and if the two were to square up in a one-vs-one fight then the Titan would arguably win. However, Kang's knowledge of the multiverse means that would quite literally be several steps ahead of Thanos at all times. As a result, Kang wins this battle ...
Unfortunately, this didn't work, and Ahura ended up killing Kang and assuming his position, leading to an epic and heartbreaking battle between Ahura and the Inhumans.
The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing/Conquest (M.O.D.O.K. /M.O.D.O.C.), is a major antagonist in Marvel Comics. Originally an A.I.M. scientist known as George Tarleton, he would be mutated by his colleagues into a deformed cybernetic being with vast psychic and mental abilities.
His efforts to recreate Pym Particles turn Darren into the supervillain Yellowjacket, and at the end of the first Ant-Man movie, he is turned subatomic by Scott Lang, and banished to the Quantum Realm. He then appears in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as MODOK, replete with giant head, little body, and tiny legs.
The Council of Kangs, having deemed Kang too dangerous, chose to banish him into the Quantum Realm in an attempt to prevent a new war, since Kang was still seeking to conquer the Multiverse.
