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M.O.D.O.K. Assassin #1-5
M.O.D.O.K. Assassin
In a world populated by the most fearsome thieves, murderers and ne'er-do-wells, there is one who is a HEAD above the rest... Enter, M.O.D.O.K.: The Mental Organism Designed Only for KILLING! Killville's very own Merc with a Maw is open for business! But his next job may be biting off more than he can chew... COLLECTING: M.O.D.O.K. ASSASSIN
112 pages, Paperback
First published December 29, 2015
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July 9, 2022
One of the Battleworld books from Secret Wars. MODOK is the premiere assassin in Killville. He falls in love with Angela at first sight and the two kill most of the villains in the Marvel universe. It's some mindless entertainment.
March 31, 2016
This book was actually pretty funny in places and had a concept so tenuous as to enamour itself to me. Worth a go if you like your funny-books actually funny.
Things I didn't like about it:
1. The white text on a pink background! Seriously, guys, that combo is absolute bloody murder on the eyes! Please don't do this again.
2. Given that the book is (sort of) a parody of Elektra: Assassin (as evidenced by the logo) wouldn't it have made more sense for the Thor that MODOK falls in love with be... y'know... Elektra? I feel like you missed a trick there with your desire to oversaturated the Marvel Universe with Angela (a business decision I can still make no sense of, by the way).
Still, pretty funny, all things considered....
Things I didn't like about it:
1. The white text on a pink background! Seriously, guys, that combo is absolute bloody murder on the eyes! Please don't do this again.
2. Given that the book is (sort of) a parody of Elektra: Assassin (as evidenced by the logo) wouldn't it have made more sense for the Thor that MODOK falls in love with be... y'know... Elektra? I feel like you missed a trick there with your desire to oversaturated the Marvel Universe with Angela (a business decision I can still make no sense of, by the way).
Still, pretty funny, all things considered....
July 1, 2020
An oversized floating mechanical head goes on a murderous rampage and ends up falling in love.
If you're a fan of comics and that premise doesn't amuse you to some degree, then you’re dead inside and nothing I can write here will breathe life into your soulless husk.
However, if your gripe is less with the content and more with the fact that M.O.D.O.K. has not been given an ongoing series, I completely understand.
If you're a fan of comics and that premise doesn't amuse you to some degree, then you’re dead inside and nothing I can write here will breathe life into your soulless husk.
However, if your gripe is less with the content and more with the fact that M.O.D.O.K. has not been given an ongoing series, I completely understand.
August 3, 2022
The modern Secret Wars (Secret Wars 3?) was in the end kind of bad and uninteresting. A lot of the spin off / tie-in books were worse. This M.O.D.O.K. book was entertaining, dare I risk the wrath of M.O.D.O.K. and say this book was down right cute. Cute modified that the story was of a "Monster" protecting an Angel in the most bloody high body count way. While M.O.D.O.K. moved beyond his programing and evolved as a character / person (even if this evolution would be wiped out at the reboot of the universe) even when no other character actually changed beyond wanting to just kill M.O.D.O.K. on sight.
So anyway, this was a good goofy cute fun book.
So anyway, this was a good goofy cute fun book.
September 18, 2016
I thought to myself, "Well shit, this oughtta be good if the cover style has anything to do with the type of story in this book":
I notice myself thinking, "Weird, we're seeing the world through the eyes of a half-robot, and it's both engaging and mystifying." It's rare in my comics reading to hear the thoughts of a character who's normally just a cipher - a designation, not quite a two-dimensional construct. Definitely not someone around whom a story could be architected. So this is intriguing, especially in that so many people actually liked this that I'm going in with positive expectations. (You're all freaks. Or maybe I'm the freak, and you're all constructs for my amusement. God I hate when my brain goes down that road, makes me feel both omnipotent and totally alone.)
Killing Bullseye for example - I think he actually enjoyed the outcome as much as the act of killing:
So how does a MODOK find itself in love with anything but its own killing potential?
I think MODOK is actually *confused* by her beauty:
And the starry-eyed man/machine goes on and on like this for the rest of the book. "Her murderous eyes! Oh, that lithe will to kill!" Not that it isn't funny in parts, and trivially surprising in moments, but the gag eventually wears thin and there's really not much left than to trod through to see how it ends.
While Yost is a decent writer, nothing really dazzles or blows me away. In fact, by the end I find myself contemplating idle thoughts like: has MODOK always had such ridiculous weaponry?
[Bees, for example. Makes me think "Simpsons did it!"]
Goes on a couple of issues too long. Some of these Secret Wars tie-ins are too short, this one feels the opposite. Wonder what this would've been like in Jason Aaron's grizzled hands?
I notice myself thinking, "Weird, we're seeing the world through the eyes of a half-robot, and it's both engaging and mystifying." It's rare in my comics reading to hear the thoughts of a character who's normally just a cipher - a designation, not quite a two-dimensional construct. Definitely not someone around whom a story could be architected. So this is intriguing, especially in that so many people actually liked this that I'm going in with positive expectations. (You're all freaks. Or maybe I'm the freak, and you're all constructs for my amusement. God I hate when my brain goes down that road, makes me feel both omnipotent and totally alone.)
Killing Bullseye for example - I think he actually enjoyed the outcome as much as the act of killing:
So how does a MODOK find itself in love with anything but its own killing potential?
I think MODOK is actually *confused* by her beauty:
And the starry-eyed man/machine goes on and on like this for the rest of the book. "Her murderous eyes! Oh, that lithe will to kill!" Not that it isn't funny in parts, and trivially surprising in moments, but the gag eventually wears thin and there's really not much left than to trod through to see how it ends.
While Yost is a decent writer, nothing really dazzles or blows me away. In fact, by the end I find myself contemplating idle thoughts like: has MODOK always had such ridiculous weaponry?
[Bees, for example. Makes me think "Simpsons did it!"]
Goes on a couple of issues too long. Some of these Secret Wars tie-ins are too short, this one feels the opposite. Wonder what this would've been like in Jason Aaron's grizzled hands?
May 18, 2016
I read this on the train into work. And I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it because I paid $5 for it out of the 4/$20 bin at a comic con. I can't imagine reading a trifle like this a month at a time for whatever the floppies went for.
Well, no, I can. And it kind of pisses me off.
But I liked that it was a story about MODOK, a super villain designed to kill, who in this story kills other killers. I like how he becomes smitten with Angela in an incredibly creepy way and when he "goes for it" in the end she gives him a smack in the face with an axe.
There wasn't a lot in this book. It makes me hesitant to read any of the other Warzone books.
I enjoyed it because I paid $5 for it out of the 4/$20 bin at a comic con. I can't imagine reading a trifle like this a month at a time for whatever the floppies went for.
Well, no, I can. And it kind of pisses me off.
But I liked that it was a story about MODOK, a super villain designed to kill, who in this story kills other killers. I like how he becomes smitten with Angela in an incredibly creepy way and when he "goes for it" in the end she gives him a smack in the face with an axe.
There wasn't a lot in this book. It makes me hesitant to read any of the other Warzone books.
February 5, 2017
Ridiculous, but in a slightly endearing way.
MODOK has moments of hilarity in between killing, and matching him in a love moment? Genius.
That's not enough to sustain a whole 5 books though....
MODOK has moments of hilarity in between killing, and matching him in a love moment? Genius.
That's not enough to sustain a whole 5 books though....
July 29, 2016
Never read anything with this character in it before but this was a fun read. Not too serious but fun.
May 15, 2016
Actually pretty funny and entertaining in a weird way. MODOK falls in love with Angela as they are chased by assassins and end up unraveling a plot by the nefarious Baron Mordo of Killville. This was just one big kitchen-sink full of mayhem and mirth, but I, for one, enjoyed the hell out of it. One of the better Secret Wars tie-ins I've read.
July 29, 2016
Couldn't make it passed issue #3 ...and I love Yost. That says something.
Seriously, MODOK is the most uninterested character EVER. He should hang out with Jar Jar. No. Jar Jar is far more INTERESTING.
Anyway, MODOK is the whole reason I didn't like Gwenpool's story at the beginning on her solo ongoing title. That says something too.
STAY AWAY.
Seriously, MODOK is the most uninterested character EVER. He should hang out with Jar Jar. No. Jar Jar is far more INTERESTING.
Anyway, MODOK is the whole reason I didn't like Gwenpool's story at the beginning on her solo ongoing title. That says something too.
STAY AWAY.
November 30, 2015
M.O.D.O.K. Assassin has been an unexpected highlight of the Marvel Secret Wars event for me. This short run is a brilliant blend of humour, heart and >>>killing, I would really recommend picking it up!
January 20, 2016
I had really low expectations. But in the end this one was just fun...with lots of killing (and love).
So this was a really strong proof the the short things Secret Wars could do...since I would never want to see more than this for this title.
So this was a really strong proof the the short things Secret Wars could do...since I would never want to see more than this for this title.
June 14, 2016
What an excellent and original premise. I am surprised that Marvel went with this, and I am surprised that it turned out as well as it did.
This is fun (and funny) stuff.
This is fun (and funny) stuff.
March 17, 2021
3.5 stars.
One word: MODOK!
Not high art, but MODOK stories are ALWAYS fun becuase you never know what will happen (as with this story.)
One word: MODOK!
Not high art, but MODOK stories are ALWAYS fun becuase you never know what will happen (as with this story.)
July 2, 2021
Super bonkers and over the top, even for a later Marvel book. Would have been much better if the cover artists were doing the interiors.
November 20, 2017
Reprints M.O.D.OK. Assassin #1-5 (July 2015-November 2015). M.O.D.O.K. aka the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing finds himself as Baron Mordo’s enforcer in Killville…home to assassins and murderers. When a Thor named Angela crashes into Killville, M.O.D.OK. finds the love of his life…even if she doesn’t know it. Now Angela is in an unlikely team-up with M.O.D.OK. and out to find who is plotting against Lord God Doom and his agents.
Written by Christopher Yost, Warzones!: M.O.D.OK. Assassin is a five issue limited series spinoff of the Marvel Comics’ series Secret Wars. The collection features art by Amilcar Pinna.
Secret Wars didn’t really interest me that much, but some of the spin-off limited series did. There were cliché titles that you expected surrounding X-Men, Spider-Man, and the Avengers, and then there were odd titles like M.O.D.OK. Assassin with very little preconceived notion…and M.O.D.OK. Assassin turned into a fun comic as a result.
The joy of M.O.D.OK. Assassin is M.O.D.OK. himself. The character has always been an odd mix of science, technology, and just weirdness due to his strange physical appearance. Here, we get to hear a lot of M.O.D.OK. internal (or often external) monologue which provides both humor and rounds the character which always struggled to be more than a big headed little man to me.
Each spinoff title be it Warzones! or Battleworld were kind of extended versions of Marvel’s What If? which I enjoyed. It didn’t have the limits of What If? in that a specific event was the touchstone for each world and instead, the writers had a bit more freedom to expand their portion of Battleworld. M.O.D.OK. Assassin utilizes this and has a great supporting cast of killers…even if they get whacked by M.O.D.OK. unceremoniously (which is part of the reason it is fun…like Taskmaster).
The art for the series is a lot of fun as well. M.O.D.OK. is such a goofy character and artists have to have fun with this. With a giant, expressive face, M.O.D.OK. is like a nice blank slate for Pinna to play with and the art works for the absurdity of the series.
You don’t have to necessarily read Secret Wars to enjoy M.O.D.OK. Assassin and that is why it works better than some of the other series. The inane humor and fun of the comic carries it a long way and a short five issue run helps keep it from getting longwinded. M.O.D.O.K. Assassin almost is a standalone in some aspects, but it is unfortunate that comics like this got buried in the avalanche of Secret Wars…it is worth visiting Killville.
Written by Christopher Yost, Warzones!: M.O.D.OK. Assassin is a five issue limited series spinoff of the Marvel Comics’ series Secret Wars. The collection features art by Amilcar Pinna.
Secret Wars didn’t really interest me that much, but some of the spin-off limited series did. There were cliché titles that you expected surrounding X-Men, Spider-Man, and the Avengers, and then there were odd titles like M.O.D.OK. Assassin with very little preconceived notion…and M.O.D.OK. Assassin turned into a fun comic as a result.
The joy of M.O.D.OK. Assassin is M.O.D.OK. himself. The character has always been an odd mix of science, technology, and just weirdness due to his strange physical appearance. Here, we get to hear a lot of M.O.D.OK. internal (or often external) monologue which provides both humor and rounds the character which always struggled to be more than a big headed little man to me.
Each spinoff title be it Warzones! or Battleworld were kind of extended versions of Marvel’s What If? which I enjoyed. It didn’t have the limits of What If? in that a specific event was the touchstone for each world and instead, the writers had a bit more freedom to expand their portion of Battleworld. M.O.D.OK. Assassin utilizes this and has a great supporting cast of killers…even if they get whacked by M.O.D.OK. unceremoniously (which is part of the reason it is fun…like Taskmaster).
The art for the series is a lot of fun as well. M.O.D.OK. is such a goofy character and artists have to have fun with this. With a giant, expressive face, M.O.D.OK. is like a nice blank slate for Pinna to play with and the art works for the absurdity of the series.
You don’t have to necessarily read Secret Wars to enjoy M.O.D.OK. Assassin and that is why it works better than some of the other series. The inane humor and fun of the comic carries it a long way and a short five issue run helps keep it from getting longwinded. M.O.D.O.K. Assassin almost is a standalone in some aspects, but it is unfortunate that comics like this got buried in the avalanche of Secret Wars…it is worth visiting Killville.
November 29, 2021
Part of the Warzones! tie-in to Secret Wars.
M.O.D.O.K. is happy in his life in Killville, being the most efficient killer in a realm of assassins. However, the arrival of a female Thor into his life has two significant impacts; he becomes the target of the Assassins Guild and he falls hopelessly in love with the murderously violent Thor, Angela.
I'm rarely a fan of comedic comics set in the mainstream comics universes, since their tone and content is often just too jarringly different from other stories in those worlds. However, the shattered alternate world of Battleworld affords a surprising degree of leeway in what fits and what doesn't; if you can get on board with an army of Thors, then everything else is fair game.
As such, I actually enjoyed this book far more than I was expecting to and the murder-obsessed and love-struck M.O.D.O.K. hit just the right comedic tone, where it easily could have become just too silly.
That doesn't mean this is a great book, however, but it is perfectly enjoyable as a short read.
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M.O.D.O.K. is happy in his life in Killville, being the most efficient killer in a realm of assassins. However, the arrival of a female Thor into his life has two significant impacts; he becomes the target of the Assassins Guild and he falls hopelessly in love with the murderously violent Thor, Angela.
I'm rarely a fan of comedic comics set in the mainstream comics universes, since their tone and content is often just too jarringly different from other stories in those worlds. However, the shattered alternate world of Battleworld affords a surprising degree of leeway in what fits and what doesn't; if you can get on board with an army of Thors, then everything else is fair game.
As such, I actually enjoyed this book far more than I was expecting to and the murder-obsessed and love-struck M.O.D.O.K. hit just the right comedic tone, where it easily could have become just too silly.
That doesn't mean this is a great book, however, but it is perfectly enjoyable as a short read.
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July 18, 2020
This is my least favorite book from the Secret Wars stories so far. I enjoyed Christopher Yost's X-Men related books a decade or so ago, but this "humor" book suffers from not actually being funny. It's half a joke beaten over the readers heads over and over and over. I'm also not sure why they chose the Gwenpool color pallete for the narration panels, but it looks pretty terrible.
I can't think of anything nice to say about this book. It's characters are dull and one-dimensional, it's plot is illy but not in a fun way, and I've heard three year olds deliberately say things funnier than anything in this book.
I think the faces in this book are deliberately drawn to look weird but, even if it deliberate, it's off-putting.
I can't think of anything nice to say about this book. It's characters are dull and one-dimensional, it's plot is illy but not in a fun way, and I've heard three year olds deliberately say things funnier than anything in this book.
I think the faces in this book are deliberately drawn to look weird but, even if it deliberate, it's off-putting.
January 1, 2021
El dominio de Killville debe ser uno de los más inhóspitos dentro de Battleworld, ya que cada heroe ha sido asesinado por M.O.D.O.K. (Organismo Mecanizado Diseñado solo para Matar) quien además debe velar por el cuidado de las fronteras del dominio, que colindan con dominios mutantes
En el cumplimiento de sus labores encuentra una oficial Thor caída y empiezan un periplo tratando de averiguar como cayó, sumado a que el sindicato de asesinos de Killville ya se encuentra aburrido de M.O.D.O.K, por lo que planea su asesinato
De corte humorístico, con harto asesinato y sangre, como corresponde al tener como protagonista a M.O.D.O.K. tenemos una lectura rápida y entretenida, que nos da algunos insights de que en Battleworld, la voluntad de Doom no parece ser completamente aceptada por todos
En el cumplimiento de sus labores encuentra una oficial Thor caída y empiezan un periplo tratando de averiguar como cayó, sumado a que el sindicato de asesinos de Killville ya se encuentra aburrido de M.O.D.O.K, por lo que planea su asesinato
De corte humorístico, con harto asesinato y sangre, como corresponde al tener como protagonista a M.O.D.O.K. tenemos una lectura rápida y entretenida, que nos da algunos insights de que en Battleworld, la voluntad de Doom no parece ser completamente aceptada por todos
January 21, 2025
when i started this comic i wasn't amazed by it so it took me a while to read. though, i must say that the last 2 issues were very entertaining and funny. i had only read modok in west coast avengers and gwenpool, but never thought too much of him besides that he was a jerk. even though i wouldn't say that this comic is one of my favorites, it was funny and it did bring some insight that modok does not only serve this reason to live but can evolve to certain degree. i did enjoy the end of the comic a lot, i did spend the whole time reading wondering if Angela was gonna fall in love with him, but at the end when he tried to kiss her and she just punched him was very satisfying to me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 17, 2021
M.O.D.O.K.: Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing... or is he?
This absurdly fun (and funny) tale follows M.O.D.O.K., the extremely arrogant and mouthy assassin in Killville. He is designed ONLY FOR KILLING! That is, until Angela of the Thor Corps falls from the sky to the ground directly in front of him. As he fights alongside Angela as they are hunted by Assassins Guild, M.O.D.O.K. finds a heart and falls in love and discovers that he is a Mental Organism Designed for but not strictly limited to Killing!
This absurdly fun (and funny) tale follows M.O.D.O.K., the extremely arrogant and mouthy assassin in Killville. He is designed ONLY FOR KILLING! That is, until Angela of the Thor Corps falls from the sky to the ground directly in front of him. As he fights alongside Angela as they are hunted by Assassins Guild, M.O.D.O.K. finds a heart and falls in love and discovers that he is a Mental Organism Designed for but not strictly limited to Killing!
August 25, 2020
MODOK is one of those characters that doesn't get used often enough. Yost takes this oldboy for a spin to knock the dust off in the wake of Secret Wars in stories that don't or won't matter much because the continuity will be rebooted in no time. So he goes pretty big, all out, and it's fun for a minute, and then it's tiresome.
Grade: C
Grade: C
June 19, 2017
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January 5, 2018
Wow, this Secret Wars event is *really* dumb. Like, amazingly bad. This book was a little bit fun, but mostly just bad art and bad action sequences.
July 5, 2018
The weirdest, killing-est, Battleworld-iest love story ever told. Fabulously strange fun, delightfully written and illustrated.
August 8, 2018
This was an enjoyable book. I've never been a huge fan of M.O.D.O.K., but I liked how goofy and nonsensical this series was.
September 6, 2018
This was a lot of fun, I wasn't expecting such a laugh. Reminded me a bit of Deapool's silliness. Definitely worth it.
November 28, 2019
Not quite as comical as I expected it would be, yet a still enjoyable read. Gives further perspective to the inner workings of Doom's Battleworld.
December 22, 2019
parts of it are fun but there's this Rick and Morty type problem where MODOK is actually bad and not just playing around.
February 18, 2020
Modok and Angela tries to survive In Killworld
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