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    HOW’S YOUR HEAD?

    May 19, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS: TARA BENNETT

    AMONG THE GRAB BAG OF THOUSANDS of Marvel Comics characters waiting to get called up to fulfill their TV or cinematic destinies, M.O.D.O.K. has always been a bit of a head-scratcher. The creation of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the disembodied head/supervillain debuted in Tales Of Suspense (1967). Visually, George Tarleton (who was mutated into M.O.D.O.K., the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) has always been the Kirbiest of creations, and his outsized looks and temperament have always made him a tough fit for any grounded adaptations. He’s never played well with others, in any sense.

    It just took 50 years and writers Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum to figure out that M.O.D.O.K. really can’t share the stage. He’s got to be front and centre; when you humiliate him with petty, everyday people problems, that’s when

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