Originally conceived as a scientist named George Tarleton who underwent genetic mutations in order to gain superhuman intelligence and—oops! —also somehow get turned into a giant floating head with tiny baby limbs, M.O.D.O.K. is believed to be a mechanized organism designed only for killing, hence the name.
Let's talk MODOK: How Corey Stoll returned as a giant floating head in Quantumania. The original Ant-Man actor opens up about his 'bizarrely satisfying return,' this time as one of Marvel's most absurd villains.
Instead, he shrank his way into the Quantum Realm, and the out-of-control process left him with an oversized head. He was eventually found by Kang the Conquerer, who outfitted him with cybernetic implants, and some snazzy armor. Thanks to the time traveling super villain, Darren becomes an angry floating head.
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. centers around an egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body, who struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family.
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.
M.O.D.O.K.: Who Is Quantumania's New Big Head Villain?
Who is the yellow head guy in Ant-Man Quantumania?
Right now, there is much ado online about a big dumb head. Since the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the Marvel fandom has been abuzz about the film's inclusion of Corey Stoll as M.O.D.O.K., a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby villain that first appeared in comics in 1967.
A zany new character in Marvel's latest release, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, will amuse but might also confuse viewers who lack deep knowledge of the comics. If you watched the first Ant-Man movie, you might recognize the actor who plays M.O.D.O.K. —Corey Stoll—who originally played Darren Cross.
George Tarleton. George Tarleton was a technician for the criminal organization Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.), founded by his father Alvin. He was born in Bangor, Maine.
The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, commonly shortened to M.O.D.O.K. and formerly named George Tarleton, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Monica Rappaccinni) of the 2020 video game Marvel's Avengers, appearing as the main antagonist of the "Reassemble" campaign.
Dr. William "Bill" Foster, also known as Black Goliath, Giant-Man and Goliath, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a professor with powers similar to Hank Pym's increasing size and mass to gigantic proportions.
In an attempt to greatly increase his intelligence, Tarleton was subjected to a medical experiment gone wrong. His intelligence did increase, but all at the cost of his body. This resulted in his head growing to a gargantuan size, while every other part of his body had the opposite effect.
Cross later returns in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), having become M.O.D.O.K. (Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing) due to his uncontrolled shrinking and aligned himself with Kang the Conqueror, who placed him in special armor.
(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. (Advanced Idea Mechanics). He joined the team to help develop the Cosmic Cube, but was mutated into a human computer by the Scientist Supreme.
And we eventually learn that Kang has commissioned "the hunter" to come after Janet—whom Kang had already met when she was stuck in the quantum realm—and, perhaps most surprisingly, that "the hunter," a nickname given to M.O.D.O.K., is actually a Marvel Cinematic Universe villain we've met before: Darren Cross, a.k.a. ...
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.
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.
Formerly Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), MODOK worked for Kang during his time in the Quantum Realm, but was convinced to betray the conqueror by Cassie Lang. In his heroic redemption, MODOK helped orchestrate Kang's fall from power, but was mortally injured in the process.
He is so powerful, and with the brains and technical know-how to match, Kang could wreak multiversal havoc whenever he pleases. One of the main reasons Kang is a much larger threat than Thanos ever could be is because of his ability to see time to know the future, past, and present all at once.
Due to M.O.D.O.K.'s mutated size, he is no longer capable of unassisted physical movement. M.O.D.O.K.'s body is housed within a technologically advanced device which he refers to as his "Doomsday Chair" designed by A.I.M..
Ben Schwartz as Louis "Lou" Tarleton: M.O.D.O.K.'s socially awkward 12-year-old son who is different from the rest of his family, and does not have a care in the world.
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.
Fearing for their safety, the Council of Kangs planned an ambush on Kang the Conqueror and attacked him. Now having the ability to access to the Sacred Timeline, the Council sabotaged his Time Sphere and exiled him to the Quantum Realm, where his Time Sphere crash landed.
Is He Who Remains stronger than Kang the Conqueror?
Despite the shocking level of power expressed by Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Loki season 1 implied that He Who Remains was, in fact, stronger than the Conqueror and all his other variants.
