M.O.D.O.K [616.]

George Tarleton (Earth-616)

ALIASES:
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Codenames:
M.O.D.O.C. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Computing),[1] M.O.D.O.F. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Fun),[2] M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)[3]
Nicknames:
Big Head,[4] Mister Potato Head,[5][6] Moddy[7]
Other Aliases:
Chairman,[8] Damocles Rivas,[9][6] Gerlach,[6] the Saint,[9][6] Scientist

AFFILIATION:
Advanced Idea Mechanics (Earth-616), [10] M.O.D.O.K.'s 11 (Earth-616), Gamma powered Super Soldier program leader (possibly),[5] Intelligencia (Earth-616)

RELATIVES
Parents:
Alvin Tarleton (father)
Children:
Sean Madigan (son)
Other Relatives:
M.O.D.O.K. Superior (clone)

MARITAL STATUS
Single

GENDER
Male
HEIGHT
12′ (3.66 m) (as M.O.D.O.K.),
5′8″ (1.73 m) (as Tarleton)
WEIGHT
750 lbs (340.19 kg) (as M.O.D.O.K.),
165 lbs (74.84 kg) (as Tarleton)
EYES
Eyeballs:

White (as M.O.D.O.K.)
Irises:

No Visible (as M.O.D.O.K.)
Brown (as Tarleton)
HAIR
Brown
UNUSUAL FEATURES
Formerly an Enlarged Head

ORIGIN
Human; formerly Mutate and Cyborg

LIVING STATUS
Alive

REALITY
Earth-616

PLACE OF BIRTH
Bangor, Maine

OCCUPATION
Would-be conqueror, AIM leader, terrorist; former AIM agent, technician

History

Several accounts exist that discuss George Tarleton's life before becoming M.O.D.O.K.. In one George Tarleton was a skilled technician from Erie, Pennsylvania.[11] The second as recounted by his father Alvin said that George lacked intelligence and was hired as a janitor for A.I.M.[12] A third saw him as a smart man, hired by the US Army for weapons research, who took the samples collected from the monsters of Sin-Cong for study.[13]

He joined the radical scientific group A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) and worked with them to create the Cosmic Cube, a device with infinite capabilities. The Scientist Supreme (Lyle Getz) decided they needed a way to study the cube so they created project M.O.D.O.C. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Computing) to analyze and probe the Cosmic Cube and to improve the organization's productivity in its scientific endeavors, while still being subservient to the higher echelons of the organization. To that end they mutagenically altered George into the super intelligent being, M.O.D.O.C., his massive cranium was too much for his frail body to support so they place in a hoverchair dubbed the Doomsday Chair. These scientists unwisely did not take into consideration the theory that superior ability naturally leads to superior ambition.[11] It did not take long for M.O.D.O.C. to turn on his former masters and overthrow A.I.M. He adopted the new acronym for his title: M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) at this time as he was more of a ruthless killer than a bean counter in his own estimation.[3]