| Gwenpool: Head of M.O.D.O.K. | |
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| No. of issues | 6 |
| Main characters |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Christopher Hastings |
| Artists | Irene Strychalski Gurihiru[1][2][3] |
| Letterers | Clayton Cowles |
| Colorists | Rachelle Rosenberg Stacey Lee |
| Editors | Jordan D. White Heather Antos |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Unbelievable Gwenpool |
| ISBN | 978-1-3029-0177-6 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Gwenpool: Believe It |
| Followed by | Gwenpool: Totally In Continuity |
"Gwenpool: Head of M.O.D.O.K." is a six-issueexistentialistcomic bookgraphic novel primarily written byChristopher Hastings and drawn byGurihiru as the second volume ofUnbelievable Gwenpool. Published byMarvel Comics, the story revolves aroundGwen Poole, as after banishingM.O.D.O.K. Superior to space inBelieve It, she assumes command of theAgents of M.O.D.O.K., facing down their biggest clientVincent Doonan and the Teuthidans, while also meetingMiles Morales, helping him track down a classmate of hisplanning on murdering his classmates, before Miles punches and strangles Gwen and has her arrested after she aims to kill the would-be mass murderer instead of arresting him.[4] Additionally, the origin story of Vincent Doonan serves as a continuation of theThe Unbeatable Squirrel Girl storylineSquirrel, You Really Got Me Now byRyan North: created byDoctor Doom as he was ambushed byOld Lady Squirrel Girl.[5]
The series received a universally positive critical reception, and was adapted as theGwenpool Missions of the 2017 video gameLego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (along withMs. Poole if You're Nasty andBelieve It), with Gwen Poole voiced by Becca Stewart. It was followed byGwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up,Rocket Raccoon & Groot: Civil War II, andGwenpool: Totally In Continuity.
After banishingM.O.D.O.K. Superior to space inBelieve It and having assumed command of theAgents of M.O.D.O.K., Gwen decides to leave the group's main client/benefactor on read for a short spell and subsequently meetsMiles Morales on the subway, deciding to team up with him, attributing her knowledge of Miles' history to knowledge from a dyingWatcher (correctly deciding that he will not be able to handle the truth), she proceeds help him track down a classmate of hisplanning on murdering his classmates who she remembered reading about in an issue ofUltimate Comics: Spider-Man back inreality (before she and Miles were both separately transported toEarth-616 followingSecret Wars), Gwen going to Miles' house and meeting his mother, being surprised to learn Miles does not currently remember her previous death (inVenom Wars) or the fact Miles is fromanother reality. On tracking the would-be mass murderer down, Gwen attempts to shoot him, before being stopped by Miles, who proceeds to punch and strangle Gwen and tying her to a pole to be arrested, believing people should not be killed for things they have not done yet. Left in tears from the actions of "her hero", Gwen is then broken out of prison by her coworkers.
Accompanied by the ghost of Cecil, Gwen meets with their benefactor:Vincent Doonan, who she learns to be a sentient Doombot seeking a 'normal' life (created over theSquirrel, You Really Got Me Now arc ofThe Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) after shooting him in the face for selling her out to theNYPD teaming up with the Teuthidans, a group of squid-like aliens, against her after she had attempted to set off cartoon-style violence across the city to defeat them herself. While fighting Vincent, Gwen randomly elects to give one of the police 'extras' sentience as Officer Gray, before tricking Vincent into saving people sans-face and pushing him into a public-facing role as a superhero 'keeping the peace', which he greatly dislikes (the redeemedVictor Von Doom, watching from elsewhere, being proud of his son). However, due to Gwen's method of doing this having involved destroying the mobile M.O.D.O.K. base, the other Agents disband, and, realising she has been left totally alone, Gwen calls Big Ronnie and asks to be given the worst missions she can find.[6]
The volume received universally positive reviews.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
The 2017 video gameLego Marvel Super Heroes 2 adapts the events ofMs. Poole if You're Nasty,Believe It, andHead of M.O.D.O.K. as the plot of its bonus missions, hosted by Gwen Poole (voiced by Becca Stewart) and known as the "Gwenpool Missions".[19] In the narrative of the missions, Gwen is presented as having been transported to the game from Earth-616, after previously having been transported to Earth-616 fromthe real world.
