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Maria Pym
Maria as MODAM, battlingQuasarinQuasar#9
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearance
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoMaria Trovaya Pym
Team affiliations
Partnerships
Notable aliases
  • SODAM
  • MODAM
  • Maria Pym
  • Olinka Barankova
Abilities
  • Superhuman intelligence
  • Various psionic abilities
  • Telepathy
  • Powered exo-skeleton

Maria Trovaya Pymis asupervillainappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics,depicted as the first wife ofHank Pymand the mother ofNadia van Dyne.After being initially held captive by the Red Room and killed, she is resurrected byA.I.M.and mutated into a being nearly identical in appearance toM.O.D.O.K.calledS.O.D.A.M.(and laterM.O.D.A.M.).

Publication history

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Maria Trovaya Pym debuted inTales to Astonish#44 (plotted byStan Lee,scripted byH. E. Huntley,and drawn byJack Kirby,June 1963) as the deceased wife ofHenry "Hank" Pymwhom his future partner and second wifeJanet "The Wasp" van Dyneresembles.[1]She first appeared inTheWest Coast Avengersvol. 2 #36 as an agent ofA.I.M.,created bySteve EnglehartandAl Milgrom,inSolo Avengers#16 as SODAM, created byTom DeFalcowith Milgrom, andQuasar#9 as MODAM, created byMark Gruenwaldand Mike Manle. A younger Maria Trovaya appears inflashbacksthroughoutThe Unstoppable Wasp,starring the character's daughterNadiaand created byMark WaidandAlan Davis,in a recurring capacity.

Fictional character biography

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Maria Trovaya is the daughter of Janos Trovaya, aHungariangeneticist and former political prisoner. Upon meetingHank Pym,Maria fell in love with him and the pair married, returning to Maria's nativeHungaryfor theirhoneymoon,during which she inspires his interest inants.[2]

Kidnapping, pregnancy, and death

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While in Hungary, Maria is kidnapped by communist agents and presumed dead while her father dies in a laboratory explosion. Swearing revenge, Hank goes on a rampage throughout Hungary and is eventually imprisoned for assault.[2]Unbeknownst to Hank, Maria survived, was imprisoned in theRed Room,and eventually had a daughter,Nadia van Dyne.Nadia was raised to become a potentialBlack Widowand later became the secondWasp.[2][3][4][5]

Resurrection and mutation into MODAM

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After resurrecting Maria,A.I.M.mutated her into a large-headed creature similar toMODOKbefore sending her to Hank Pym at the headquarters of theWest Coast Avengers.[6]Pym took her in, seeking to cure her condition, but she stole files from him and returned to A.I.M.. There, she was further mutated into a being nearly identical in appearance to MODOK calledSODAM(SpecializedOrganismDesigned forAggressiveManeuvers). In this new form, she opposedHawkeyeand Pym, who identified what was left of Maria within her as dead.[7]Her code name was later changed toMODAM(MentalOrganismDesigned forAggressiveManeuvers). Her first assignment as MODAM was acquiringQuasar's quantum bands.[8]MODAM later appeared as a member ofSuperia'sFemizons.[9]

Omega Redbelieved that MODAM was not Maria Trovaya, but Olinka Barankova, a woman who had once betrayed the mercenary. However, MODAM herself stated that "A.I.M. personnel files are routinely falsified" while revealing that she is the real Maria Trovaya.[10]Maria subsequently disappears when A.I.M. sends her in to attempt to fix a breach in reality caused by theCosmic Cube,[11]with her body chassis later being found and put on display by inHYDRAheadquarters by theRed Skull.[12]

Powers and abilities

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As MODAM, Maria possesses superhuman intelligence and the ability to manipulate psionic energy for a number of effects, including concussive energy blasts, force field generation, and telepathy. However, she is physically weak and dependent on her mechanical exoskeleton for physical support and movement.

References

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  1. ^Wells, John (2015).American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960–64.TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 138.ISBN978-1605490458.
  2. ^abcTales to Astonish#44 (June1963)
  3. ^Free Comic Book Day 2016 Civil War II(July2016)
  4. ^The Unstoppable Wasp#8 (Aug.2017)
  5. ^All-New, All-Different Avengers#9 (July2016)
  6. ^TheWest Coast Avengersvol. 2 #36 (Sept.1988)
  7. ^Solo Avengers#14–16 (Jan.–March1989)
  8. ^Quasar#9 (April1990)
  9. ^Captain America#387–392 (July–Sept.1991)
  10. ^Iron Man#296 (Sept.1993)
  11. ^Captain America#440 (June1995)
  12. ^Captain Americavol. 3 #3 (March1998)
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