Abraxas (Marvel)
Abraxas is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Abraxas
Abraxas emerged into the material multiverse after the mainstream iteration of Galactus was completely eliminated from reality, breaking free from an eternal cosmic seal enforced inside the abstract structure of Eternity. Seeking to bring about the absolute dissolution of all parallel universes and timelines, Abraxas initiated a multiversal campaign of slaughter, systematically hunting down and murdering alternate variants of Galactus across different realities. To draw the attention of the Fantastic Four and establish a pathway into Earth-616, he decapitated an alternate universe’s Galactus and hurled the massive severed skull onto Earth, materializing it directly inside Times Square to serve as an active homing beacon. This structural intrusion systematically fractured the local space-time continuum, generating spatial rifts that allowed foreign entities and alternate-reality heroes to bleed into the environment. When Captain Universe transported Reed Richards and an alternate iteration of Dr. Druid into deep space to investigate the multi-pronged disturbance, they discovered Abraxas standing victoriously atop a colossal, desolate pile of dead Galactus carcasses. Abraxas explicitly revealed his identity as the ultimate embodiment of multiversal destruction, openly mocked their mortal presence, and dismissed any potential physical opposition before utilizing his reality-warping energy to violently hurl the heroes back to Earth with a direct, roaring fire-based warning that his absolute arrival was completely inevitable. (Fantastic Four Annual v1 #2001)
The location of the Ultimate Nullifier is unknown except to the Human Torch, a member of the super hero team the Fantastic Four. With the intention of attracting the attention of the Fantastic Four, Abraxas kills another universe's Galactus, and sends his skull to Earth-616,[1] also using the skull as a homing beacon. This causes a disturbance in the space-time continuum, allowing people from other universes to come through the gap left by the head, including another Nova. When the Fantastic Four seeks the counsel of the Watcher, they find that he has forgotten who he was, and then he becomes comatose. Eternity informs Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four that this was caused by Abraxas.
After Mister Fantastic gathers a selection of superheroes to fight the minions of Abraxas on the moon (the home of the Watcher), the Silver Surfer is killed by a mist of micro-organisms as he attempts to defend the Watcher from them.[2] The minions seemingly seek the Human Torch, and after some investigation it is discovered that he possesses the coordinates of the Ultimate Nullifier within his subconscious. However, they are not only within the mind of their Human Torch, but split between the minds of three other Human Torches in alternate universes.
After finding these alternate Human Torches, and passing on the information to the Human Torch of Earth-616, the Fantastic Four finally locate the Ultimate Nullifier. However, they are betrayed by the alternate version of Nova, who reveals she serves Abraxas. Abraxas then seemingly destroys Roma,[3] the protector of Eternity.
After Nova gives Abraxas the Ultimate Nullifier, a battle commences and the Fantastic Four seem hopelessly outmatched. However Franklin Richards, Mister Fantastic's son who possessed powers that enabled him to warp reality, and Valeria von Doom pool their powers and reconstitute Galactus from his star-like remnants, though the siblings burn out their powers in the act. The newly reformed Galactus then recalls the Ultimate Nullifier from Abraxas' grasp, and states that it is "as much a part of me as my heart itself". Due to a distraction from Nova the Ultimate Nullifier falls to Mister Fantastic, who realizes that the only way to destroy Abraxas is to destroy the whole of reality and recreate the multiverse using the Nullifier.[4] After he does so, those who had died, including the Silver Surfer, are restored to life, Franklin Richards is left without any power, Valeria is replaced with a new baby (who, apparently, actually is her) inside the womb of the Invisible Woman, and the Watcher is returned to normal.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Abraxas was a colossal, non-humanoid cosmic entity who personified absolute multiversal destruction and cosmic chaos. He possessed an exceptionally massive, towering height that vastly exceeded the physical proportions of an average human adult or an armored Galactus, paired with a heavy, muscular, and terrifying humanoid body build. His entire outer skin carried a dark, heavily textured and scorched complexion that constantly radiated an intense internal cosmic energy and thick trails of dark smoke. His monstrous, hairless head lacked traditional mammalian ears and hair, featuring a stark facial structure defined by a broad, mocking, and sinister grin paired with unblinking, glowing red eyes that flared with a constant internal heat. Abraxas did not wear conventional woven human clothing or standard manufactured tactical armor; instead, his primary defenses were completely integrated into his own physiology, showcasing sharp, jagged metallic protrusions along his shoulders and chest that bled superheated vapor whenever his reality-warping systems were actively taxed. (Fantastic Four Annual v1 #2001) Due to the nature of his creation, he was also referred to as the Bomb Entity. (Storm v5 #12)
Powers and abilities
In reality, Abraxas was a weapon created by Eternity to be used in high-level conflicts between cosmic abstracts. He was created to be used as a last resort weapon in the cosmic conflict between Eternity and Oblivion. As a result of his creation, a 'spark' of Eternity was said to reside within Abraxas. (Storm v5 #12)
Notes
- Abraxas was created by Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Marin where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four Annual v1 #2001 (September, 2001).
Appearances
- Fantastic Four Annual v1: (2001)
- Fantastic Four v3:
- Storm v5:
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