Yost, Christopher

AVERAGE REVIEW SCORE:

3 out of 5

(1 book)

M.O.D.O.K. Assassin

(Art by Amilcar Pinna, Terry Pallot and Ed Tadeo)

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.

3 out of 5

Collaborations & Anthologies:

Avengers vs X-Men: It's Coming (here)

Colossus: Cry For The Children!/A Most Dangerous Game/X-Men Origins - Colossus (here)

Havok: Wanted - Dead Or Alive: Cyclops!/The Living Pharaoh/Emperor Vulcan (here)

Storm: Lifedeath I & II/X-Men - Worlds Apart (here)

Wolverine: Dangerous Games (here)

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