He had the power to achieve whatever he pleased. For his recklessness, the Beyonder was punished, although very leniently: the Living Tribunal exiled him and forced him to remain in his own universe, where he once again was bored with life, because everything was just him. [32], In an underground sanctum sanctorum deep beneath the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Beyonder decided that perhaps he could find the contentment he sought by becoming a mortal being. He appeared in his silvery armored form which he had once used in the Avengers. In shock, she teleported herself and several others away. Despite their vast powers and knowledge, they seem unable to travel forward or backward in time. Powerful beyond all comprehension, The Beyonders live in a universe beyond the Marvel Comics multiverse. He also began to learn about the importance of risk: one time he tried to fix a horse race for Vinnie, but Vinnie was crestfallen because that would take all the sport and fun out of life. He then let the heroin affect him, and was stunned at how horrible the experience was. Owen Reece had been taken over by his "dark side," and turned back into a crazed Molecule Man. Ben explains that they were all brought here by some being called the Beyonder. He is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. He teleported into Nebula's ship and, thinking he was helping the Avengers, teleported her away from the scene. [47] He once destroyed a galaxy on a whim to meet his needs during the first Secret Wars,[46] and later created a universe out of his own being. He realized that he "could erase the universe with a thought." Doom asks all the heros to live in his kingdom, and Reed Richards accuses Doom of only wanting praise and servitude. However, the Beyonder was really just sitting and thinking. [4], Hank Pym is sent by the Illuminati to investigate the Incursions and the collapsing multiverse. Who can measure the advantages that would result if the magnificent abilities of these women could be devoted to the needs of government, society and home, instead of being consumed in the struggle to obtain their birthright of individual freedom? The Sphinxes Superpower is that he's Mysterious. As everyone enters the kingdom they see that it is an ideal society, the planets inhabitants are at peace. The Beyonder was everything in this universe, just as seen in the end of Secret Wars II. [11] In his personal universe, the Beyonder was everything. In a cover for "Rogue & Gambit #3" by Ema Lupacchino . However, only in this new origin is the Beyonder in fact from our universe, and thus in fact natural.). This extra degree of mortality appears to be what turned her insane. As everything settles down the Lizard suddenly attacks Spider-Man. [4] Various superpowered adventurers from Earth, including the Hulk, Spider-Man,[19] and members of the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men, went to New York City's Central Park to investigate an enormous circular construct which had materialized in the park's Sheep Meadow. Boom Boom remarked that they didn't seem to worried about him, and he said they were, they just didn't show it. Eventually, he gets tired of all wars and battles and decides that the only way to achieve peace is to build walls between the four races, hoping that they will forget their grudge after a thousand years or more. Some USAF jets attacked him as he flew by in the car, and he switched vehicles with one of them, taking the jet to Owen and Marsha's apartment. They took a ride in his flying car out into space to cheer her up. It is unclear whether his power under this retcon is greater of lesser than the Cosmic Cube version of the Beyonder, or if it is even at the level of Pre-Retcon Beyonder. In his rage, he went back to the New Mutants in New York. He caused enormous natural catastrophes all around the globe, causing havoc. It is this encounter that marks the beginning of the High Evolutionary's mental instability. According to the Shaper, they are beneficent in their motives. The Beyonder is a recurring antagonist of Avengers Assemble. The rest of the energy flowed into the empty Beyond-realm. Summers, meanwhile, was in a coma due to a bite from Dracula, and was under the care of that world's X-Men. Beyonder showed the ability to teleport himself and others, forward time over one place without causing a chain reaction over the rest of the universe. He was still observing her though, and was interested in her power, saying that, out of those he had encountered so far, she was the being who had the potential to be the most like him. [39] He also lost part, or all, of his power on various occasions, some of them engineered by himself. The Beyonder has been retconned many times. He further altered his physical appearance, giving himself black curly hair and maintained this form for most of the rest of his existence on Earth. Secret Wars II: A Complete Guide to Marvel's Forgotten Crossover, Doctor Strange 2 Just Gave the MCU a Better Dark Phoenix Story, One of Marvel's Most Powerful Villains, The Beyonder, Returns for a New Defenders Story, Marvel's Secret Wars II Was Ahead of Its Time. Thanos planned to keep the Maker alive to keep the Beyonder trapped in the only "prison" that could contain him. [42], The Beyonder was no longer a malicious entity; instead, he emerged as a fully-grown Beyonder. He appeared in an amalgam form, based on the many heroes that fought on Battleworld. He sought his power, but this is far, far, more than even he can bear. Mephisto was particularly fearful and enraged. The Torch, tremendously afflicted by the event, became unsure of his role as a hero. Pym then led them in an attack against the Stranger to force him to stop his Beyonder-inspired experiments. He is one with the universe! Owen Reece, a.k.a. The character played in a more antagonistic role in the 1985 sequel, Secret Wars II, in which he took human form to learn about desire, but threatened to destroy the multiverse out of increasing frustration. No, Wait Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 1, Power Grid/Durability/Virtually Indestructible, Power Grid/Energy Projection/Virtually Unlimited, Power Grid/Fighting Skills/Master: Several Forms of Combat. When he returned, Dazzler was leaving. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's First Appearance), Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man's First Appearance), Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine's First Appearance), Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, A universe created by the other Beyonders to incubate their young, 14 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Beyonder (Earth-616), 36 minor appearance(s) of Beyonder (Earth-616), 13 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Beyonder (Earth-616), 13 quotation(s) by or about Beyonder (Earth-616). Having learned his lesson, the Beyonder then released the rest of the world from his control. The Beyonder thus destroyed three planets (with a hundred billion inhabitants) with the wave of his hand, creating a firebreak that would temporarily stop the energy wave. Then all of a sudden, one of Boom Boom's time bombs went off; she didn't want him to forget her. He creates a human body for himself (this body originally resembles Molecule Man). He was at this time still wearing the face of the Molecule Man. The Beyonder begged him for enlightenment. Dr. Contents 1 Biography 2 Background 2.1 In the Comics 3 External Links Biography In one reality, there are two Spider-Men. The Beyonder resurrected Scion and returned to our universe. [12], The narration stated that he possessed power millions of times greater than the entire multiverse combined,[35] and that a regular universe was a drop of water in the ocean compared to the Beyond Realm. He gave the cup to Death, and she drank it. So he tricked the Thing, who was making a movie on a nearby island. So, who can stop Superman? The Maker's madness takes control of several inmates but is finally subdued by Thanos and several of his allies among the prisoners. The Beyonder is told that this is his origin, but he is missing a containment vessel and the Molecule Man absorbed part of his energy. He refers to the Beyonder from the original Secret Wars as a "child unit" of the Beyonders. Mr. But, again, the Beyonder used his powers to control the minds of others to do so. In this issue, a younger, less-experienced Deadpool is hired by the Kingpin to kill the Beyonder. The dome (as powerful as the multiverse) Molecule Man created, which the Beyonder shattered, wasn't as powerful as the original. His inner quandry reflected itself upon the nature of reality without him even trying, imploding suns and collapsing parallel universes. The Beyonder is a cosmic entity of immense power. Venom is often considered the strongest overall because his powers and abilities are the most versatile. He said that he had offered them a chance to go out with a bang--implying that the M'Kraan gambit had not really been Rachel's idea, but his--but they had flubbed it. let me know in the comments Robo Thread Dec 11, 2022 beyonder ( pre-retcon ) marvel upgrade Replies: 22 Forum: Content Revision Pre Retcon Beyonder vs Lucifer Morningstar DC Impressed with Rogers' physical abilities and affect on those around him, he decided to take on Rogers' body's form for his next physical incarnation, and became blonde and blue-eyed. No, Wait, He's an Inhuman! This time, however, in a contradiction with all previous encounters between the two, the Molecule Man proved to be the more powerful. They can also directly choose the opponents Beyonder powers as targets for punishment, giving them the strength to break it. [30] The Puma when in perfect harmony with the universe was also claimed to be able to destroy the Beyonder. Even in this state, however, he was incredibly powerful, having enough strength to at least banish a legion of demons back to Hell in one motion. He explored New York City in a naive fashion, trying to replicate basic human experiences like eating and wearing clothing, but inevitably made innocent mistakes, like eating a soda bottle along with its contents. [41] However, on another occasion, after trying to be a superhero by fighting a superpowered biker gang, the Beyonder stated that he limits his powers to keep them more in line with the world around him. It's time to escape Battleworld and travel to The Beyond where CBR's celestial writers reside. Beyonder demonstrates his abilities by splitting the Hulk and Bruce Banner apart before sending them to the other parts of Battleworld. He has the power to kill even me!" She converted Sam Guthrie before he realized what she was doing, but the others rejected his "gift." [51][full citation needed], In Mutant X, the Beyonder allies with Dracula to wage war on Earth's forces and to confront the entity known as the 'Goblyn Queen'. [26], In a retcon of past events, Charles Xavier reveals to his fellow Illuminati members that in the original Secret War, he had attempted to mind-scan the Beyonder, revealing him as one of the Inhumans previously ruled over by fellow Illuminati member Black Bolt. Hold together a planet that he made out of remnants of destroyed realities by thought alone. So in this case, the Beyonder wanted to have the experience of going on an alcoholic bender, and expressly limited himself so that such a thing could happen. The only difference between these two is the perspective of thinking. However, there are cases in the normal world where a weaker object can break a stronger object if it hits it in exactly the right way--for instance it can set up dissonant shock waves that are a counter to the other object's structure, and force it to break itself apart. The Beyonder left, saying that he was above such human emotions, and went back to the Beyond-realm. The Beyonder actually made an appearance in Spider-Man the animated series. [1] The Beyonder later underwent another retcon, briefly becoming a mutant inhuman, and after a last retcon is now considered to be a member of the alien race of the same name and is referred to as a "child unit" by the Beyonders. As they died, Moondragon left a psychic message with the others, saying that perhaps this result was the Beyonder's intent all along--that he knew they could only truly defeat the Dragon by forcing them to take this extra measure. [39], Under unrevealed circumstances, Kosmos left Kubik, went mad, turned herself into a mortal called the "Maker," and obliviously slaughtered 64,000 colonists of a Shi'ar agrarian settlement. The Beyonder then explained that his only intention was to do good, and that to him, nothing was impossible to accomplish. Then he effortlessly erased the armada, as well as all their homeworlds, and every planet that had ever had any contact with any of those worlds. The good side of Reece finally won out, and returned the Beyonder persona and power to Kosmos. Beyonder last edited by [50], In an alternate reality depicted in the "Heroes Reborn" miniseries, a character named Mister Beyonder appears as an inmate of the Negative Zone before escaping and confronting Hyperion, claiming that his reality is not what it seems. They had been friends, but now Reece was worried about how unstable he was becoming, and what he might do next. He teleported the two of them back to the heroes' site. The heros attempt to stop the assult and don't suceed until Iron Man fires a laser to knock the Lizard out. They traveled across the universe as observerers, and as they came to Earth they learned many new concepts,the most interesting were the concepts of good and evil. This, in conjunction with the fact that he thinks Black Bolt died long ago raises the possibility that he is actually coming from a future timeline somehow. Kosmos and Kubik then departed as a couple. He sarcastically says "What's he going to do drop a mountain on us?". The superhero team that deals with big level cosmic threats known as the Ultimates, drastically changed Galactus's hunger for cosmic energy. He tries to make Phoenix stop--but she will not. Finally, a rift opened in space-time, from which poured a blinding light, and the passengers within the constructs heard a voice telling them, "I am from beyond! Part of the energy from the dimension escapes and imbues Reece with near-infinite powers, which he wields as the villainous Molecule Man . However, the immediate effect was that Galactus sensed the Beyonder's power, and desired it, for he could tell that it would be able to take away his hunger to destroy worlds. Stripped of their power, Kubik and Kosmos would not exist, while Reece would still exist. People needed to be free to learn and take risks, just like the horse race. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Doctor Strange 2 Sets the Stage for the MCU's Secret Wars - But Which One? But his genetic anomaly radically changed the Terrigen experience for him, and his power grew exponentially to an unprecedented scope. It convinced her that if she had enough power, she could resist the Dragon's evil. The Puma was enraged at this, and swore he would kill him. [12], His time as a Cosmic Cube was short-lived and he eventually returned to being the Beyonder. This would probably suggest he was from a different universe. The Beyonder later met a street walker named Toots. To study the effects of enabling someone to fulfill his fantasies, the Beyonder transformed television writer Stewart Cadwall into the armored Thundersword. She left a message for the X-Men and flew towards the west coast. A wave of negative energy was sweeping through the Microverse, and would destroy it all unless stopped. [6] One of these energy modicums would later develop sentience and take its name after its creators, the Beyonder.[7]. However, the Thing found out, and insisted that the Beyonder be allowed to join, and that they wrestle as soon as possible: he wanted revenge for what happened to him on Battleworld. At first, he was changed to a gift from the race of Beyonders, a Cosmic Cube, but was flawed due to his shared history with the Molecule Man. Doctor Doom, however, did not help matters. Instead, he learns the incursions are being caused by the Beyonders, whom he also refers to as the Ivory Kings. Asking for more information about him, the Illuminati sadly discovered that Black Bolt, the Inhuman leader, did not seem to remember the Beyonder prior to the Beyonder's elevation to nigh (?) Although the Beyonders were successful in destroying the Multiverse, Doctor Doom used their power to salvage its remnants and created Battleworld. Rafter Pound has a deep connection with the Tudor family [7][8] This dimension was accidentally accessed by lab technician Owen Reece; some of the energy from the dimension escapes and imbues Reece with infinite powers, which he wields as the villainous Molecule Man, and the remaining energy gains sentience and curiosity as the Beyonder. [4][12] While still a child,[3] the older Beyonders began their grand experiment where they transformed Owen Reece into the Molecule Man;[2] this "accident" poked a hole into the Beyonder's universe. Owen Reece, the conduit for the Beyonders' power, transferred that power to Reed Richards, leading to the Multiverse's recreation. There is a short series of ambiguous flashbacks that seem to show the Beyonder walking into the Terrigen Mists. He then wanted know the reason of the Illuminatis visit, and even directed his questions to his King, stating that his highly destructive voice would not cause anyone harm if he used it, due to his own powers containing it. He found a nearby seedy hotel and got a room, sleeping on the floor. As he matured, he discovered love. The Molecule Man, narrates The Beyonder's origin story while Doctor Doom and The Fantastic Four listen on. He suddenly appeared in front of Parker, scaring him at first. It'sugly! He felt that the Beyonder should be more like him, and just settle down to enjoy the small things in life, like his life with Marsha. She entered the apartment in trepidation, and found it in ruins. Still, Gladiator called her (perhaps with typical comics hyperbole) "the most powerful being in the known universe" even in this stage of her existence. They felt that if the Beyonder took care of everything, people would get lazy and wouldn't take care of themselves any more. As a result, death, portrayed by Mephisto, cannot destroy him. Powers and Abilities Stated to be a race of beings of infinite power they only lacked infinite knowledge but through this, they studied mankind and others like them, through the Marvelverse they have been one of the top beings who manipulates its realities. It was then that he realized that the Beyonder wasnt the galactic entity of unknown origin that he presented himself to be. Omnipotent and coming from another universe, he stuck around for a bit, which often meant cosmic-scale trouble. He built an enormous tower filled with his favorite gadgets in Sparta, Illinois. While they walk around they are invited to Dr. Dooms castle. Instead, as the Beyonder projected an image of the Inhuman royal family image into the Professors mind, it became clear that the Beyonder, was, in fact, an Inhuman. There, he asked about love. With this in mind, readers have ample opportunity to discover the celestial god for themselves. Marvel had two God's, then changed to the One Above All as one God. At first, he manipulated her into loving him, but quickly saw this was not the answer, and released her. It took them a while to get up, however, and they had been knocked miles away. Her mind was opened to his infinity and majesty, which she felt must be like her mother's experience as Dark Phoenix. She was apparently completely unsurprised to see him use his powers, and because of her lifetime of hard experience began to tell him many of the hard truths about the world. [18], In order to combat Beyonder, Mephisto sent his demon agent Bitterhorn to form the Legion Accursed where he managed to get 99 villains together upon shaking their hand. [30] Upon reaching the House of Ideas, he decides to leave the story, promising to return on his own terms. Once a celestial figure of cosmic light, The Beyonder now fashions a human body to observe humanity firsthand. Omnipotence: The Beyonders omnipotence have been shown to kill a non-corporeal entity who can only be killed by God itself which who the Living Tribunal.They were also able to create, warp, and destroy . The Beyonder is more powerful than Eternity, The Living Tribunal, and most any other Marvel Comics character to date. Deciding to confront the Beyonder before became a viable threat once more, the Illuminati employed a Skrull ship and traveled to Ceres, only to find a hidden replica of the island of Manhattan in the middle of the asteroid belt. Deciding to see how far this would go, he increased Kurse's power once again. However, the Dragon was able to take her over anyway, and just took advantage of her extra power. He learned about Havok and became obsessed with him, although he wasn't sure why: he just had a subconscious feeling that he need to find him. Dave the reporter, who had started to work for the Beyonder in his tower, intervened. The most omnipotent character in Marvel is arguably the cosmic entity known as "The Beyonder". Then, trying to teach her a lesson, he gave her an enormous amount of power--enough to kill him. Because of this, Strange decided to let him out of the illusion. Then Owen Reece and Volcana showed up, and he added to Kubik's attack on the Beyonder. 7. Some are tapped into by various beings, including Skrulls and humans, to create reality-warping Cosmic Cubes. At the very same moment Beyonder and Madame Web observe the whole situation. . In 1984, the multiverse was all the dimensions in Marvel comics, and now it's only the universes that spring from a common timeline (Earth 616, Earth 1610, etc.). Giving her a tour of a mall from the air, he said he would join her crusade of public awareness for mutants, but she said she would rather do it on her own, so he brought her back to the place from where he had taken her originally, and they parted on good terms. A fleet of alien starships, consisting of the might of thirty thousand races, attacked, using an "ultimate eradicator," which would destroy a thousand worlds in its aftershock. When they arrive the giant sand worms attack, but they are easily thwarted off by Doom's robot. Cadwall ran amok in his new identity, and was opposed and defeated by various costumed adventurers. [15] He eventually threatened to end existence but accidentally allowed himself to get killed, or so it seemed. As the Beyonder explained, "once the Puma fit exactly into his life's rolethe universe aligned itself around him harmoniously!