Warning: contains spoilers for M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #3!
Though MCU fans are glued to the series, hoping to finally understand its trippy mysteries, former AIM leader's fake reality about to try and kill him, but his life is seemingly being ruined by a sitcom that actually exists.
Yes, MODOK is experiencing false memories that seem to be from his own Hulu animated show. With comedian Patton Oswalt working on both projects, M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games details the villain's struggle to find out why he's ing pieces of a sitcom life he never lived - but one set to be released in real life. Yes, Wanda experiencing her life as a twisted sitcom is weird, but not quite as strange as a fictional character being plagued by his own very real comedy - and that's before MODOK reached his own creepy suburban town in the style of WandaVision's Westview.
Tracking the source of the mental broadcasts, MODOK finds himself on the street of a bizarre town at the end of M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #3 - from Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn - freaked out that no-one in 'Butterville' seems perturbed by his bizarre appearance. Questioning why they aren't cowering in fear as he floats by them, he tells himself he is ready for some answers. Making his way to a familiar house, MODOK is greeted by a mysterious beekeeper - that's right, just like WandaVision's creepy image.
When MODOK recognizes his voice, the beekeeper confesses to being the Founder, aka AIM Agent 001, Alvin Tarleton. If that last name sounds familiar, it's because it is also MODOK's last name - this man is his creator, his father, but what is he doing here? MODOK has been on the search for his imaginary wife and kids, but he's found something far worse. As Alan points out, he found his family, just not the one he was looking for. The issue ends there, but the cover for the next issue reveals that the inhabitants of Butterville are actually androids who'll soon be doing their best to kill MODOK off with everything from baseball bats to serrated knife-hands.
MODOK seems to have one-upped WandaVision with a fake reality that is run by his father (who likely does not have the best intentions), and an intrusive sitcom version of his life that's hiding a darker truth. With the time it takes to create both comics and TV, it's highly unlikely that either story took inspiration from the other, which makes commonalities like the threatening bee keeper all the more disturbing. In both cases, the cheery facade of comedy is used to heighten the sense of characters who are trapped in a reality they don't recognize, answerable to someone else's script for their lives. But while Wanda is a hero at heart, MODOK is a villain of the highest order, and M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #4 looks like it won't just provide answers but a huge, cathartic brawl when it hits stores in April.
