The exact piece I need!
Right in my hands...
Accursed superheroes!
Serves you right for bein' grabby!
MODOK! Assist me!
I'll cut off MODOK's escape route!
MODOK! Hold off the Helicarrier!
I'll get that fractal!
The entire Helicarrier? By myself?
You are MODOK, a mental organism designed only for kicking butt.
Well, my winged friend, yon villain MODOK
be passing brave or very, very foolish.
Or just very big-headed.
You see, 'cause he's got a really big head.
Ah.
Can you boys keep Doom from dinging my Helicarrier?
Ah, there you are.
You meddling metal misanthrope!
Ah, ah, ah.
Looks like Doom's thrown down the gauntlet
by increasing the power of his gauntlet!
Do not fear, my teammate.
I have a plan to use his own power against him.
Surfer! Be careful! You could...
Did I do that? I must have!
And I have been working out.
Tremble at the power! That is MODOK!
Better get out of the way!
Oh, perhaps that was a cosmic miscalculation on my part.
You think, shiny?
Iron Man! We're detecting loss of power from Shield HQ! Do you copy?
I think your cosmic energy actually amplified Doom's power.
Yes!
So, did you guys see how I disabled the entire Helicarrier?
What a fortunate turn of events!
I have what I need.
Fortunate?
Did you not see my power and skill?
We've got to save the Helicarrier!
But the wayward fractal!
One emergency at a time.
Miss Marvel, take remote control!
Try re-routing power through the rigid coupling interface.
I know how to fly my own boat, Iron Man.
I'm also trying to bring the auxiliary reactor online.
Hulk! We need your strength factor!
No way.
Lifteth with thine legs!
Come on! Come on!
Just a few more seconds!
Hey... kinda gettin' all the weight here.
Come on!
Sixty percent power restored.
Nice work. But Doom did escape with the fractal.
Let's get back aboard the Helicarrier
and have a little "what went wrong" meeting.
Me? What did I do?
With that Infinity Sword, I will rule the Universe!
All right, Squaddies, time to Hero Up!
I hate those Squaddies.
Silver Surfer, you almost crashed Miss Marvel's favorite toy.
And heck hath no fury like a woman whose Helicarrier has been scorned.
I'm only trying to do my best.
Yeah, well, some of your best worries me lately.
Lately?
Sorry.
I am merely making an effort to fit in with earth culture.
Well, that explains why you had "upside down day" in the Shield cafeteria.
I thought perhaps zero gravity would give you a more...
cosmic dining experience.
I had to steam-clean my armor!
Three times!
Uh! Those gravy stains!
Mmm. Makes Hulk hungry!
Oh! It's coming back up!
No, it's going back down.
Alas! Just a fortnight ago, yon space borne sentinel
denied me his surfboard as a mirror.
Why are you all looking at me?
It's because I'm fat, isn't it?
You don't look fat, Goldilocks.
The surfboard adds ten pounds.
Surfer, we appreciate your enthusiasm. However...
Say no more, Iron Man,
I must wander the earth for a time... alone.
Hulk love that story.
Look, uh... Hey, that's not what I meant.
At least take my GPS.
Still unstable.
How will I meld this fractal dagger without more cosmic energy?
-Perhaps my powerful brain... -Silence!
Your powerful brain more often gives me a headache.
Where? Where can I find a source of more cosmic energy?
Wait! Wait! What's this?
The Silver Surfer's power should do the trick!
-Elderly human, I will assist you.
I wanted to cross in the other direction
you-you silver stumblebum!
-No need to thank me, good citizen.
Let me help you in your endeavors.
That plant creature will harass you no longer.
I shall assist!
But we were just supposed to put on a new roof!
You're welcome!
Ahh. A whole grape jelly, onion, and tuna fish pizza, all for me.
Hey, sparkly, Doc Doom needs you.
Perhaps, but I do not need him.
Tremble at the power of MODOK!
He who brought down the Helicarrier with one shot!
I'm afraid that was me.
Tremble! Tremble in fear...
of MODOK!
Hey, ya chrome dome, what gives?
I give!
I also take away!
MODOK! Deploy the cosmic containment field.
My brilliantly designed containment field has him um...
contained within its field.
Hey! I ain't in love with chrome dome
but you gotta let him go!
Criminy!
They took the beach bum.
I gotta go tell Iron Man.
This place...
It is dank, dark
and draining my energy.
It is the pit of my despair.
It's a dungeon!
We weren't going for curb appeal!
What did you expect? Ice cream and cookies?
What need do you have for my cosmic powers?
Silence!
I love saying that, when Doom's not around.
He's gone, right?
You have no need to know of my villainous plan for you!
Uhh... I thought it was the Doc's plan.
Oh... his plan.
My plan. I did all the legwork.
Legwork? But you only got teeny-tiny legs.
MODOK! Keep draining his cosmic energy!
When we have taken ninety percent of his power
the fractal dagger will be complete!
And... what will the dagger do?
A miniature version of the Infinity Sword's power
to reshape the universe.
With this, I will be able to deconstruct
entire cities at the molecular level!
Just drain his cosmic power at a constant rate.
Understand?
"Understand?"
Yes, I understand everything! Ooh!
I'd kick your butt if my legs weren't so tiny!
Uh, can we suck out his powers faster?
Uh, I could give you some tips, my friends.
Twenty percent is customary.
Say, why would you help us?
The faster my powers are drained, the faster this ordeal is over.
Would you not at least wish to have my torment complete?
You know, I don't have a great history with that shiny space case
but, uh... this ain't right.
Look, the only reason Doom would take him
is to somehow drain his cosmic powers.
He could use that energy to bind together several fractals.
Uh, yeah. What is all this fractal stuff, anyway?
Sheesh! Where have you been?
The fractals are the remnants of the most powerful item
in the universe... The Infinity Sword.
I'll never forget the day that Doom opened the rift-window
to retrieve the Infinity Sword.
I couldn't let that much power fall into Doom's hands.
I did what I could, but it wasn't enough.
Since then, we've battled Doom at every turn for those fractal pieces.
And now, the foul evildoer has taken our friend.
And my wallet!
Yeah, after we drove him out
because we thought he was weird.
He is weird.
Said the man who smells like a rodent
-and has built-in machetes.
Hey! The thing of it is...
We can't let him rot in Doom's dungeon!
Yeah. The Thing's thing is the main thing.
I made a new cloaking device.
The Stark Stealthizer 7.
Don't ask about the first six.
If I can hook it up to the Helicarrier
we should be able to get close enough to Doom's HQ
that we can bust out the Silver Surfer.
A prison break from Villainville.
Now we're talkin'!
Yes. I can feel the energy draining from me.
Work your legs faster.
Explain to me again.
How does this help to drain your powers?
Why, your motions create a... a cosmic antenna
which enhances the power-draining effect.
Uhh... that don't make any sense.
Not to you, it doesn't. Oaf!
But isn't there something else we can do?
Something less... aerobic?
Well, let's see.
Proper nutrition helps.
Yes! The world's biggest chocolate brownie!
Now, eat up and drain your energy!
Cosmic!
But you misunderstood.
You must eat the brownie.
-What?
I've been waitin' for this!
-Ohh! Mmm!
Isn't there something we can do that involves our brains?
Okay. Next question.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Yes, yes! I know this!
There is a silicon-based creature on a moon of Anthos 12 that has...
-A towel? -Ahhh!
Indeed! A towel gets wetter the more it dries!
-You win again! -Oooh!
A tow... Ask a real question this time!
Very well.
Where is the ocean deepest?
Wait. I'm running the numbers. The Marianas Trench.
It reaches depths of 6.8 miles and...
-Oh!
The ocean's deepest... at the bottom!
-Correct!
What? The bottom? You can't be serious!
MODOK! What is going on down there?
No matter.
The fractal dagger is almost complete.
-Good work.
They dare to attack me?
They will pay once my fully-powered
infinity dagger blasts them out of the sky
and Super Hero City...
off the face of the earth!
I've got a bead on the Silver Surfer. He's in that dungeon!
Time to Hero Up, Squaddies!
-Hulk, make a hole.
Belly flop!
Yo! Need a hand?
How about two hands?
I need only a few more minutes for the fractal dagger to be complete.
What about the Silver Surfer?
He's of no more use to us.
-Hold off those heroes!
Concentrate on freeing the Surfer!
Redwing! Do something about that stone in his forehead!
Hey! That's unsanitary, you flying vermin!
Nice try! Ha!
Moves pretty well for a big guy.
Yes! Yes!
My fractal dagger is complete!
Come on, sparkles. Let's get you back to where the sun shines, huh?
To... me, my board.
Hey, Tin Man, we found him!
He's in bad shape, but he'll live.
Excellent work, heroes. Now we can turn our attention to...
My fully charged fractal dagger
will make you pay for your insolence.
Iron Man! Doom almost cut you in half with that thing!
Hoo! Pick, pick, pick.
Let's cloak before Doom nails us again.
Yes!
Cosmic waves, washing over me making me stronger!
Returning my Power Cosmic!
'Tis a reprehensible weapon!
Yon dagger hath the power to de-molecularize most anything!
Yeah! Wait. That means us, right?
Aren't we made of molecules?
I am the only one with the cosmic energy to stop Doom.
Soon, every fractal will be in plain sight
once I obliterate the city around them!
Farewell... Superhero Squad!
The power of this object was not intended for any earthly being!
That is not for you to say!
In fact, it is.
-All right! -Yeah!
What!
I shattered the infinity dagger into fractals again.
Doom has not one fractal left.
You know we can find them before Doom can.
How about for now, we go home.
Yes. With you, my friends, I have found a home.
The Silver Surfer taught me stuff
like, what goes up, but never comes down?
Wait. I know this. The Centaurans have anti-gravity missile that...
Uh-uh. Your age.
Silence!
As an offering of thanks, I've brought you
your favorite pulpated tomato and cheese-covered disks.
Whoa! That's real big of you, silver britches!
He has an appetite, like, unto Galactus!
Yeah, it's an issue sometimes.
Hey, let's go out, and I'll buy you a slice! What do ya say?
-Cosmic. -What kinda cheese do ya like?
-Mozzarella's good, right? -Sweet.