Multiverse (Marvel)

The Multiverse in Miles Morales: Spider-Man v1 #37.

The Multiverse is a place that features in Marvel Comics.

History

Origin

The Multiverse was a collection of universes that existed within a wider Omniverse.

Originally, there was a single universe that was embodied by the First Firmament who deemed himself perfect yet alone. In his loneliness, he created life in the form of Celestial beings with these being akin to toys and servants. Such was their devotion to him that he named them his Aspirants and he was content in their worship. However, in time, others formed that opposed the state of existence and instead wanted their creations to evolve to the point that they could attain the power of the universe. These Celestials wanted know growth, change and ultimately mortality as part of evolution. This was considered sacrilege to the Aspirants and a terrible war was waged between the two branches of Celestials where the rebels detonated unimaginable weapons that splintered the First Firmament into pieces which formed new universes from his substance that became the first Multiverse. From the Second Cosmos, the rebel Celestials colonised this Multiverse and crafted their own servitors as they engaged in their great work. (Ultimates 2 v2 #6)

It was said that in some prior Multiverse there was a single omnipotent being that existed all across infinity but found its lonely existence too unbearable and futile. To alleviate its solitude, it attempted to create life with this resulting in the creation of Demons as they had no concept of good or evil. The demonic horde turned to evil with their eventual actions displeasing their creator who destroyed them. Eventually, the loneliness by the cosmic being led to them committing a form of cosmic suicide that birthed existence along with re-creating the demonic hordes. This also led to the creation of cosmos relics that were known as the Infinity Gems. (Silver Surfer v3 #45) It was shown that a race of Celestials resided within the primordial universe where they mined for the Infinity Stones. (Infinity Wars v1 #5) They were responsible for distributing the gems across the Multiverse as part of some unknown purpose. (Infinity Wars v1 #6)

Second Cosmos

The Celestials colonized the Second Cosmos and created servitors called Omegas to help them manage the newly-created Multiverse. However, the Second Cosmos only lasted a few millennia because everything at the time was new, including the concept of an 'all-death'. The personification of the Second Cosmos was eager to try it and thus willingly died. After its death, it was reborn as the Third Cosmos. The Celestials moved on to the next Multiverse, while the Omegas decided to stay outside of the Multiverse in the remnants of the Second Cosmos. Due to this, the Omegas became known as the race of beings called the Beyonders. (Defenders: Beyond v1 #2)

Fifth Cosmos

The Fifth Cosmos was the first to have magic and sorcery began here. One of its inhabitants was Moridun, who was Sorcerer Supreme. At the end of the Fifth Cosmos, Moridun presumably bonded with the Sentience of the Cosmos and passed on to the Sixth Cosmos as Omnimax, the Devourer of Worlds. (Defenders v6 #3)

Sixth Cosmos

The Black Winter was responsible for killing the god-like beings of the previous universe. (Thor v6 #2) It was noted to had spared Galan of Taa who was to be its herald in the new universe. (Thor v6 #5)

Seventh Cosmos

After Wolverine traveled back in time numerous times to prevent the rise of power of the evil artificial intelligence known as Ultron, the space-time continuum was broken, causing a multiversal massive shockwave to echo through time and space as reality seeming to shatter before being pulled back together. A 'multiversal chaos' was unleashed, where numerous beings from other realities were transported to other universes through the tears of reality. (Age of Ultron v1 #10)

Due to the result of a phenomena paradoxical in nature known as incursions which resulted from the early destruction of a reality causing a contraction in the Multiverse. (New Avengers v3 #33)

The contraction to the Multiverse led to events known as the incursions. Realities throughout the Multiverse began to experience regular collisions one with another, with their respective planets Earth acting as the focal point. Unless the impact was averted by the destruction of either of the two colliding Earths, both intersecting realities would be destroyed when the two planets made contact. In addition, the entire Multiverse's lifespan was shortened. (New Avengers v3 #2)

While numerous different beings and groups of people from across numerous universes attempted to avert the death of everything, it all eventually came down to the final incursion between the last two surviving universes, Earth-616 and Earth-1610, which were subsequently destroyed. Only a handful of inhabitants from each universe outlived their realities, aboard life rafts that kept them in suspended animation. Among them were the Reed Richards of each universe, Mister Fantastic and the Maker. (Secret Wars v1 #1)

Eighth Cosmos

Merlyn later came to found the Captain Britain Corps tasked with the purpose of defending the Multiverse. This saw each reality being defended by a Captain Britain who was based in a version of the British Isles where they drew on Merlyn's magic and science. (Excalibur v1 #50)

Overview

Each Multiverse was formed and ultimately destroyed where it ultimately laid the way for a new Cosmos to replace it. (Ultimates 2 v2 #6)

Locations within the Multiverse included:

• House of Ideas : the core of all of reality and the birthplace of all that was, all that is, and all that yet may be. (Avengers: No Road Home v1 #9) It was the home of the One-Above-All who was responsible for creating everything with all ideas taking shape in creation. (Avengers: No Road Home v1 #10)
• Quarry of Creation : the God Quarry was said to be a location situated at the edge of the universe that was accessible through a black hole where it was also known as the Inverted World and as the End of All Things. It was the home of the fabled Witches of Infinity who were said to be the gatekeepers of the gods who were older than the pantheons. (Thanos v2 #8) It was the home of dead and forgotten gods with those entering it being turned to stone and becoming part of its structure. (Thanos v2 #9) The witches were said to disperse the power of forgotten gods back into the universe. (Thanos v2 #8) At the bottom of the Quarry was a near impenetrable barrier that served as an entry point to the primordial universe where the Celestials resided who mined the Infinity Stones and delivered them to different realities across the Multiverse. (Infinity Wars v1 #5)
• Nexus of All Realities :
• Chronopolis :
• Omnipotence City :
• Kyln :
• Gamesworld :
• Amenth :
• Negative Zone : an alternate universe that was an broken malformed bad continuum that existed within the wider structure of the Multiverse. (Secret Avengers v1 #18) It was said to be a failed pocket universe that resided in an existing one. (Avengers v5 #21)
• Dark Dimension :
• Otherplace :
• Underspace :
• Microverse :
• Overspace : a point above all realities that was the opposite of the Underspace. (Mighty Avengers v1 #30) It was referred to as the realm of the Abstract Entities. (Avengers Academy v1 #7)
• Neutral Zone : an entire universe where negative and positive matter co-existed allowing for the formation of Neutronium. (Fear Itself: The Home Front v1 #4)
• Cancerverse :
• Mojoverse :
• Amenth :
• Otherworld :
• Panoptichron :
• Structure :
• Library of Worlds : a place located outside the observable Multiverse and had been built by the Ivory Kings to allow them to observe all realities without being detected. (New Avengers v3 #5)
• Below-Place :
• Beyond Realm :
• Far Shore :

Among the known realities in the Multiverse included:

• Earth-616 :
• Earth-1610 :
• Earth-65 :

Races that existed across the Multiverse included:

• Beyonders :
• Celestials :
• Demons :
• Proemial Gods :
• Elder Gods :
• Builders :
• Black Priests : robed beings wearing one-eyed masks that wielded magic who participated in the Game of Worlds where they destroyed intrusive worlds during an Incursion. (New Avengers v3 #2)
• Many-Angled Ones :
• Infinites :

Organizations that encompassed multiple universes included:

• The-Natural-Order-of-Things :
• The-Powers-That-Be :
• Captain Britain Corps :
• Time Variance Authority :
• Elders of the Universe :
• Centum :
• Council of Reed : a group formed by three different versions of Reed Richards referred to as the founders who formed the group the dream of achieving great and incredible feats. (Fantastic Four v1 #570)
• Black Swans : an order of women from across the Multiverse that formed from disciples of Doctor Doom after he took the identity of Rabum Alal. (New Avengers v3 #33)
• Deadpool Corps :
• Omega Council : a group of superheroes in the Multiverse who scanned the polyverse of infinite realities for miracles as they sought to create champions to battle the Death Celestials. (Defenders v4 #11)
• Great Society :
• Beyond Corporation :
• Special Executive :
• Infinity Watch :
• Council of Cross-Time Kangs :
• Chronos Corps :
• Gatherers :
• Inheritors :

Within the cosmic order, an Avatar was the servant of the magical entity that were the The-Powers-That-Be. There was only one Avatar, as opposed to the 100 Centivars who work for the scientific entity, The-Natural-Order-of-Things. The Avatar was immortal and was bound for life in their role. (G.O.D.S. v1 #1)

The Multiverse was home to a number of cosmic forces, energies and relics that included:

• Zero Force : a pre-primordial power that predated all existence where it was capable of ending a universe and beginning the next one. Once released, it was said to grow until it consumed all of reality in the process. (Fantastic Four v6 #25)
• Phoenix Force :
• Enigma Force :
• Starbrand : a universal system created by Builders that was triggered during a White Event to create a defence system on a planetary scale to aid in the progress of a civilization on a world. (Avengers v5 #8)
• Astral Regulator :
• Iso-8 : formed from the fires of universal rebirth. (Contest of Champions v2 #2)
• Galactus Seed :
• Web of Life and Destiny : a structure that forms a map of the Multiverse, with differing nodes representing the universes and the skeins representing people - particularly the avatars of Spider-Totems, objects, and series of events. (Spider-Gwen v2 #31)
• Concordance Engine : It was said to be a map of everything thus making it the heart and soul of a universe. (Defenders v4 #2) The Engine could remove things and recontextualise them within the framework of other universes that might need them. (Defenders v4 #11) The Omegas had developed the reality warping Concordance Engines to draw 'miracles' to the planet Earth so that the resulting superheroes could defend against the Aspirants. (Defenders v4 #6)
• Spider Totems :
• Parker Particles :
• M'Kraan Crystal :
• Infinity Gems :
• Ghost Boxes :
• Black Vortex : a portal that was under the care of the Celestial Godhead that was said to be a gateway to infinite power with those submitting to it being transformed to achieve their full cosmic potential but risked corruption at their new ability. (Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Alpha v1 #1)
• Siege Perilous :
• Tallus :
• Time Diamonds : they were naturally grown artifacts of a long dead world that gave the user mastery over time and space enabling their user travel through the past, present, future, alternate timeline and adjacent realities. It was said that the diamonds called out to one another and sought each other out. (Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine v1 #5)

Inhabitants

• One-Above-All :
• One Below All :
• Living Tribunal :
• Death of Death :
• Death :
• Oblivion :
• Beyonder :
• Master Order :
• Lord Chaos :
• First Firmament :
• Infinity :
• Eternity:
• Neverqueen :
• Eon :
• Origin :
• Phoenix :
• Conductor : a titanic god-like being who operated the Train that came from a time and space beyond knowing who was regarded as a myth to Galactus. The motives of the cosmic being were unknown where it broke the universe down into fuel. (Silver Surfer: The Best Defense) It used living worlds to power the Train's furnace since the time of first memory as part of an endless labour. (Defender: The Best Defense v1 #1)
• Black Winter : a cosmic being known as the All-Death that went about destroying the cosmos. (Thor v6 #5) It was known by many names that included the Star Plague, the Blight Storm, the Rot Blizzard as well as others. (Thor v6 #1)
• Hunger :
• Griever :
• Moridun :
• Taaia : a female Scienceer from the world of Taa where she was the mother of Galen of Taa. (Defenders v6 #2)
• Immortus :
• Kang the Conqueror :
• He Who Remains :
• Shathra :
• Morlun :
• Nimue du Lac :
• Lion of Wolves :
• Rachel Summers :
• Nate Grey :
• Dark Beast :
• Nemesis :
• Sugar Man :
• Noh-Varr :
• Lyra :
• Kashmir Vennema :
• Maestro :
• Iron Maniac :
• Maker :
• King Hyperion :
• Brute :
• Necromancer :
• Cubisk Core :

Notes

• The Multiverse was created by Marvel Comics where it featured in the setting of the Marvel Universe.

In other media

Television

• In Spider-Man, the Multiverse appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series.
• In Loki, the Multiverse featured in the setting of the live-action Disney television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was revealed that there once existed multiple different timelines that spawned a Multiverse where in each of these arose a figure who could control the timeline. These various incarnations came to fight one another in a Multiversal War that nearly destroyed all of reality. This was until only one survived who went by the name of He Who Remains who established the Time Variance Authority (TVA) to ensure that only one Sacred Timeline remained to prevent another Multiversal War. This was done so by removing Variants spawned from particular events with this being overseen by the TVA whilst He Who Remains created the Time-Keepers as figureheads for his rule.
• In What If...?, the Multiverse appeared in the setting of the animated CGI anthology television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Films

• In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Multiverse appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Multiverse appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Video games

• In Marvel: Contest of Champions, the Multiverse appeared in the setting of the mobile video game. It was revealed that the collapse of Battleworld created a fractured world called the Battlerealm where numerous incarnations of individuals fought one another in a contest.
• In Marvel: Realm of Champions, the Multiverse embodied in the Battlerealm appeared in the setting of the mobile video game. It was ruled by the Maestro where several factions came to form that served as regents under him. This was until his murder whereupon these factions battled one another for dominance. Among these factions included the Patriot Garrison, the House of Iron, the Asgardian Republic, the Gamma Horde, the Kingdom of Wakanda and Pyramid X.
• In Marvel: Future Fight, the Multiverse appeared in the setting of the mobile video game.
• In Marvel: Future Revolution, the Multiverse featured in the setting of the mobile video game. It was revealed that a crisis emerged due to events known as the Convergence causing two Earth's to manifest before one another leading to a collision that would destroy both of them. A.I.M. came to learn of this and various incarnations of M.O.D.O.K. looked to destroy their own Earth with an anti-matter bomb and move to the mainstream Earth with this being deemed the only way to prevent destruction. Meanwhile, the heroes formed an organization called Omega Flight headed by Hank Pym who went to construct the Convergence Engine that sought to repel the other Earth. The effort failed and in desperation the Vision merged with the machine where he used his powers to merge the two Earth's to prevent the collision. This created a new shared reality along with manifested a new substance called Convergium with the stability of this Earth being the mission of this merged world.

Appearances

• Motion Picture Funnies Weekly v1: (1939)
• Avengers v1:
• Exiles v1:
• New Avengers v3:
• Ultimates:
• Venom:
• Defenders v6:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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