When M.O.D.O.K. is searching for a powerful alien race to summon to the party, he dismisses the following candidates:
- Skrulls (first appearance: Fantastic Four #2, September, 1961) for being too slimy;
- Shi'ar (first appearance: X-Men #97, February, 1976) for being too sexy;
- Watchers (first appearance: Fantastic Four #13, April, 1963) because having a big head is M.O.D.O.K.'s thing.
- He finally settles on the Brood (first appearance: Uncanny X-Men #155, March, 1982).
- But the aliens that arrive are Ciegrimites (first appearance: Hercules #4, December, 1982).
M.O.D.O.K. mentions the Savage Land, a tropical prehistoric land located in Antarctica in the Marvel Universe.