With a friendly letter, on The Journal of MODOK Studies stationary, from the Editor to the artist Coop, saying in part "I'll be in L.A. this summer visiting Johnny "Hot Pants" Ryan, so maybe we can meet & talk about how great MODOK is."

The letter is signed "Robert 'George Tarleton' Newsome"

This fanzine was a witty mixture of homage and satire of the infamous Stan Lee-Jack Kirby creation MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing). This is the third and last issue.

From the comics news site, The Pulse:

The Journal of MODOK Studies—or JOMS as it’s known among the faithful—was an obvious labor of love. Printed on a photocopier, its old skool cred was evidenced by the still faintly visible lines around its pictures and blocks of text, betraying its literally “pasted up” nature. And of course, as its name makes clear, it was devoted to all things MODOK. What’s important about this publication isn’t just its single-minded devotion to MODOKery, though, but rather, that singular vision in combination with its tone: a half awed, half mocking ironic zeal focused on a subject that couldn’t have been more deserving of such treatment, a Kirby/Lee creation that was graphically half genius and half idiocy.

According to the indicia, “MODOK is really awesome and this journal is only published because of this awesomeness, and not through any desire to make money…” This first issue begins with a play-by-play narration of MODOK’s original appearance in Tales of Suspense, then moves on to a piece supposedly reprinting the diary of a hapless food service employee recruited by MODOK’s parent organization, AIM (don’t ask). Included as well are MODOK pinups by a number of artists, including Johnny Ryan, Drew Weing and Patrick Dean—as well as a Bob the Angry Flower cartoon by Stephen Notley which introduces the character MODOKMODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing MODOK). To anyone prescient enough to have been onboard the hovering MODOK bandwagon at this stage, JOMS offered the following congratulatory remarks: “You are to be commended for your interest in MODOK which has lead you to this publication, and if you’ve found the Journal and do not posses such an interest, it is our hope that this publication will create this interest, and a love of MODOK in you.