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* FlyingFirepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{X 23}} at different points) and grants them Class 6 SuperWeight cosmic powers.
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* FlyingFirepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{X 23}} at different points) and grants them Class 6 SuperWeight JustForFun/SuperWeight cosmic powers.
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Currently, Captain Universe was Tamara Devoux, a young woman who attracted the malfunctioning Unipower after getting in a car crash and lying in a coma for ten years. She's a member of the Avengers and, as it turns out, a scion of ComicBook/TheNewUniverse. The power has since separated and was recently bonded to ComicBook/MilesMorales to help save the multiverse from the Inheritors.
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Currently, Captain Universe was Tamara Devoux, a young woman who attracted the malfunctioning Unipower after getting in a car crash and lying in a coma for ten years. She's a member of the Avengers and, as it turns out, a scion of ComicBook/TheNewUniverse. The power has since separated and was recently bonded to ComicBook/MilesMorales [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] to help save the multiverse from the Inheritors.
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[[folder:Evan Swann]]
!!Evan Swann
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Evan Swann
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #5 (1989)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
!!Evan Swann
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Evan Swann
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #5 (1989)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1120877_evan_unmasked_ii.jpg]]
!!! '''Notable
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #5 (1989)
!!! '''First
Dr. Evan Swann was once a professor of physics who worked at Empire State University and is one of the tutors who made Peter Parker into the man he is today. Swann was also a wielder of the Captain Universe powers.
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* FlyingFirepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{X 23}} at different points) and grants them Class 6 SuperWeight cosmic powers.
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* FlyingFirepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{X 23}} at different points) and grants them Class 6 SuperWeight cosmic powers.
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[[folder:Jeff Christiansen]]
!!Jeff Christiansen
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jeffrey Steven Christiansen
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Quasar'' #20 (1991) [[note]]Mentioned[[/note]]; ''X-Men/Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants'' #1 (1994) [[note]]Seen[[/note]]
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
!!Jeff Christiansen
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jeffrey Steven Christiansen
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Quasar'' #20 (1991) [[note]]Mentioned[[/note]]; ''X-Men/Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants'' #1 (1994) [[note]]Seen[[/note]]
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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!!Jeff Christiansen
!![[HelloInsertNameHere Reader Submitted Name]]
!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!!
!!! '''Possessed
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
In the early 90s, Marvel had a special promotion where a reader could send in their name and gender along with a fee and receive a special customized comic where they would become the host of Captain Universe and team up with the X-men.
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*FeaturelessProtagonist: The reader's civilian appearance is mostly kept hidden with the reader only being fully shown in Captain Universe costume which hides the host's features.
*HelloInsertNameHere: The comic was customized with the reader submitted name. The reader would become Captain Universe and would be addressed by name by the other characters such as the X-Men.
*PurelyAestheticGender: There were two variants of the comic for male and female readers. The different versions featured Captain Universe drawn differently but were otherwise identical in terms of story.
*WishFulfillment: The comic allowed the reader to gain superpowers and team up with the X-Men who at the time were Marvel's most popular characters.
*WordOfDante: Some websites will list the character's name as Jeff Christiansen, the author of [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/ Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]], but this is not officially acknowledged by Marvel.
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*HelloInsertNameHere: The comic was customized with the reader submitted name. The reader would become Captain Universe and would be addressed by name by the other characters such as the X-Men.
*PurelyAestheticGender: There were two variants of the comic for male and female readers. The different versions featured Captain Universe drawn differently but were otherwise identical in terms of story.
*WishFulfillment: The comic allowed the reader to gain superpowers and team up with the X-Men who at the time were Marvel's most popular characters.
*WordOfDante: Some websites will list the character's name as Jeff Christiansen, the author of [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/ Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]], but this is not officially acknowledged by Marvel.
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** Let's put it this way, the Unipower-powered Spider-Man was able to punch ComicBook/IncredibleHulk ''into orbit''!
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* EvenMoreOmnipotent: Knull, the god of darkness and the symbiotes, eats [[CosmicEntity Celestials]] for breakfast either killing them or enslaving them. Even when the Enigma Force was weak, it still holds its own against Knull and later when the God of Light joined Eddie Brock - he was able to OneHitKill Knull.
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* GodOfLight: In ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'', it's discovered what the Enigma Force actually is. It's the alien God of Light that had battled Knull throughout the eons before one of its avatars got killed by Gorr the Godbutcher.
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* LightIsGood: It's the god of light and helps the heroes whether its in minor problems or going against universe-ending threats.
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The concept was introduced in The ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts}}'' comic book series. The first Captain appeared in issue #8 (August, 1979), created by Creator/BillMantlo and Michael Golden. It was established there that the universe the heroes came from, The Microverse, was separated from Earth's by a "space wall" that had to be supported on both sides. In the Microverse, it was maintained by the "Enigma Force" that was [[TheChosenOne wielded]] by Commander Rann, the Micronauts leader; on Earth however, there was no specific wielder for the Enigma Force's counterpart, for some reason. Instead, the Unipower sustained itself by jumping from one person to another. Such a person would gain the powers and costume of Captain Universe, along with knowledge of the mission he or she had to fulfill (but no direct communication with the Unipower); after its completion, the host would return to normal.
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The concept was introduced in The ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' comic book series. The first Captain appeared in issue #8 (August, 1979), created by Creator/BillMantlo and Michael Golden. It was established there that the universe the heroes came from, The Microverse, was separated from Earth's by a "space wall" that had to be supported on both sides. In the Microverse, it was maintained by the "Enigma Force" that was [[TheChosenOne wielded]] by Commander Rann, the Micronauts leader; on Earth however, there was no specific wielder for the Enigma Force's counterpart, for some reason. Instead, the Unipower sustained itself by jumping from one person to another. Such a person would gain the powers and costume of Captain Universe, along with knowledge of the mission he or she had to fulfill (but no direct communication with the Unipower); after its completion, the host would return to normal.
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* SuperEmpowering: What the Uni-Power does to anybody selected to be Captain Universe. In 2016, this was taken UpToEleven in a miniseries where 5 other ''superheroes'', specifically Daredevil, the Invisible Woman, the Hulk, X-23 and the ''Silver Surfer'' each become Captain Universe and get the Uni-Power added to their repetoire, which ranges from SwissArmySuperpower to WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer
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* SuperEmpowering: What the Uni-Power does to anybody selected to be Captain Universe. In 2016, this was taken UpToEleven {{exaggerated|trope}} in a miniseries where 5 other ''superheroes'', specifically Daredevil, the Invisible Woman, the Hulk, X-23 and the ''Silver Surfer'' each become Captain Universe and get the Uni-Power added to their repetoire, which ranges from SwissArmySuperpower to WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer
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!!Captain Universe
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_universe_7.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The hero who could be YOU!]]
%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' The Avenging Angel, God of Light, Guardian of Eternity, The Hero That Could Be You, Uni-Power, Enigma Force
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Micronauts'' #8 (August, 1979)
''Captain Universe'' is a Creator/MarvelComics character, and one of the few truly unique superhero concepts. Specifically, Captain Universe is a ''superhero identity'' that keeps changing hosts -- by itself!
To be precise, Captain Universe is actually a semi-sentient [[CosmicEntity cosmic force]] called The Unipower, whose main purpose is to maintain the barrier between Earth and another universe in place. Secondarily, it will grant powers to single individuals temporarily so they can fulfill specific missions. Curiously, these missions range everywhere from saving the world to rescuing single, normal individuals.
The concept was introduced in The ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts}}'' comic book series. The first Captain appeared in issue #8 (August, 1979), created by Creator/BillMantlo and Michael Golden. It was established there that the universe the heroes came from, The Microverse, was separated from Earth's by a "space wall" that had to be supported on both sides. In the Microverse, it was maintained by the "Enigma Force" that was [[TheChosenOne wielded]] by Commander Rann, the Micronauts leader; on Earth however, there was no specific wielder for the Enigma Force's counterpart, for some reason. Instead, the Unipower sustained itself by jumping from one person to another. Such a person would gain the powers and costume of Captain Universe, along with knowledge of the mission he or she had to fulfill (but no direct communication with the Unipower); after its completion, the host would return to normal.
Captain Universe is more a plot device than a character, since it has no regular host and the Unipower itself is rarely seen speaking (this varies by writer, however). It's mostly used to power up heroes when needed, or to give normal people a taste of what it's like to be a superhero, even if only for a short while. The concept's most famous use probably was in the StoryArc where Spider-Man gained its powers (but not its costume or knowledge of where they came from, due to a freak accident) leading the hero to gain post-Superman level powers during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' CrisisCrossover, where supervillains switched enemies, and thus gave Spidey a chance against much more powerful villains than he usually battled.
The "character" has also starred in at least one miniseries.
Currently, Captain Universe was Tamara Devoux, a young woman who attracted the malfunctioning Unipower after getting in a car crash and lying in a coma for ten years. She's a member of the Avengers and, as it turns out, a scion of ComicBook/TheNewUniverse. The power has since separated and was recently bonded to ComicBook/MilesMorales to help save the multiverse from the Inheritors.
And now it has returned to Earth-616 to settle the score with an ancient enemy: [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/KingInBlack The King In Black]]]]
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!!Tropes related to Captain Universe:
* AnotherDimension: Where the Space Wall and The Microverse are located.
* AwesomeButTemporary: Nobody can hold the powers and identity forever. Once the threat is defeated and/or neutralized, it leaves, although one story suggests that it always finds a new host quickly.
* BerserkButton: It doesn't like being summoned. When the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan did it in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', it chewed out the various Spiders for their failings.
* BlessedWithSuck: Spider-Man didn't exactly like having these powers, as it was hard to control them, but then, this was because an accident made him have them longer than average. Indeed, when Miles Morales took hold of the power, Peter admitted he handled it a ''lot'' better than he did.
* ChosenOne: What all of the wielders of the Unipower become. For a little while, at least. [[spoiler: In the ''Chaos Theory'' arc of her ongoing series, the Enigma Force tells ComicBook/{{X 23}} that she is the chosen future heir of the Enigma Force's power, suggesting she has a longer-term connection.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: There is none. Anyone can be Captain Universe, regardless of sex or species. The current one has [[http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121115175229/marveldatabase/images/1/1a/Avengers_Vol_5_6_Textless.jpg an appearance]] that is this to the page image.
* EldritchAbomination: One of the functions of the Unipower is to maintain the seal imprisoning malevolent entities called Whirldemons, and preventing them from crossing over into reality.
* FlyingFirepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{X 23}} at different points) and grants them Class 6 SuperWeight cosmic powers.
* HeroicHost: Different in that the entity bonds with a different person each time, until recently.
* HumansAreSpecial: apparently, since saving even single lives seem to matter to the Unipower. Guess it just likes us (note that in at least one case, an alien became Captain Universe).
* InstantCostumeChange: Hosts of the Uni-Power spontaneously manifest a costume with a white lower body, a blue upper body and mask, and white constellation-like markings. The costume adapts slightly to each user -- such as Peter Parker and Miles Morales' variants having larger eyes and displaying their regular masks rather than their mouths -- but the theme is always the same.
* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Just when Spidey was starting to adjust to his powers "going screwy", he fought and defeated the threat, and he lost the powers. He couldn't help but think what more he could have done. (And this was shown in detail in an issue of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'')
* KidHero: One of its hosts was a ''toddler''.
* PowerIncontinence: During the period when Spider-Man had the powers. He was given them in order to destroy the Tri-Sentinel, but the transfer happened during an experiment at his college, so it was interrupted. He was left with much of the power, but not the ability to properly control it or why he even had it in the first place. This was during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' crossover, so the powers came in handy against villains out of his weight class, but he often struggled with controlling himself. In the last part, a villain's attempt to negate these new powers instead fixes the transfer, allowing Spidey to finally learn why this happened and to complete the true mission.
* PowersViaPossession: The Unipower grant powers to single individuals temporarily so they could fulfill specific missions. Though the Unipower doesn't really force the host to do anything, only tells him what he has to do. Presumably if you disobey, it'll just leave you.
* RealityWarper: In the ''What If?'' where Spidey kept his powers, he eventually developed cosmic awareness, the ability to shapeshift atoms (accidentally warping the Hobgoblin's face in a version of his own) and the like.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Unipower ''is'' the can, or at least the lid, keeping the Whirldemons sealed away.
* StoryBreakerPower:
** Let's put it this way, the Unipower-powered Spider-Man was able to punch ComicBook/IncredibleHulk ''into orbit''!
** A ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' story had Spidey ''keep'' the power after ''Acts of Vengeance''; it wasn't pretty. He actually punched the friggin' Juggernaut ''out of New York City!''
** One story had the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] himself gain its powers!!
* SuperEmpowering: What the Uni-Power does to anybody selected to be Captain Universe. In 2016, this was taken UpToEleven in a miniseries where 5 other ''superheroes'', specifically Daredevil, the Invisible Woman, the Hulk, X-23 and the ''Silver Surfer'' each become Captain Universe and get the Uni-Power added to their repetoire, which ranges from SwissArmySuperpower to WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer
* SuperpowerLottery: You win it!! For a few minutes anyway.
* TheSymbiote:
** The Enigma Force/Uni-Power acts like one, bonding to a host to turn them into Captain Universe -- and it turns out this isn't a coincidence. [[spoiler:''King in Black'' reveals the Enigma Force emerged in opposition of Knull, the god of the symbiotes, and thus acts like one itself to oppose him.]]
** Mister E, the LivingShadow fought by Captain Universe in ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #9, is revealed to be a proto-symbiote created by Knull in '' Symbiote Spider-Man: ComicBook/KingInBlack''.
* SymbolMotifClothing: As seen in the page image, Captain Universe is frequently connected with the stars, and individuals with whom it bonds are frequently depicted with stars and constellations on their costume. [[spoiler: That it was the Enigma Force that helped X-23 throw off Hellverine's influence in ''The Killing Dream'' arc of her solo book is ''strongly'' hinted at when the manifestation of her "self" is depicted as a starry void, and that in the aftermath, the symbol of a star is left on the palm of her right hand. The connection is largely confirmed in the ''Chaos Theory'' arc of her ongoing series when the Whirldemon King recognizes the marking.]]
** The linked molecule motif across the chest and arms represents the Microverse.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Inverted. Anyone can be Captain Universe, even an old man in a coma. [[spoiler:Or even the dead body of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]].]]
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!!Hosts
[[folder:Ray Coffin]]
!!Ray Coffin
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Raymond Coffin
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Micronauts'' #8 (1979)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Steve Coffin]]
!!Steve Coffin
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Steven Coffin
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #9 (1980)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Claire Dodgson]]
!!Claire Dodgson
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Claire Dodgson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #10 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Ann Stanford]]
!!Ann Stanford
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ann Dodgson-Stanford
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #10 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Monty Walsh]]
!!Monty Walsh
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Montgomery Walsh
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #11 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Commander Arcturus Rann]]
!!Commander Arcturus Rann
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Arcturus Rann
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Micronauts'' #35 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Doctor Strange]]
!!Doctor Strange
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Stephen Strange
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Micronauts'' #35 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Hulk]]
!!Hulk
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Robert Bruce Banner
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Incredible Hulk Annual'' #10 (1981); ''Captain Universe/Hulk'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Unnamed Female Host]]
!!Unnamed Female Host
!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Super-Heroes Contest of Champions'' #1 (1982)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Delayne Masters]]
!!Delayne Masters
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Delayne Masters
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Fanfare'' #25 (1986)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Evan Swann]]
!!Evan Swann
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Evan Swann
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #5 (1989)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Little Eddie]]
!!Little Eddie
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Edward Price
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #6 (1990)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Jeff Christiansen]]
!!Jeff Christiansen
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jeffrey Steven Christiansen
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Quasar'' #20 (1991) [[note]]Mentioned[[/note]]; ''X-Men/Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants'' #1 (1994) [[note]]Seen[[/note]]
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Elijah Jackson]]
!!Elijah Jackson
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Elijah Jackson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #148 (1994)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Roland Taylor]]
!!Roland Taylor
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Roland Taylor
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Cosmic Powers Unlimited'' #5 (1996)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Ted Simmons]]
!!Ted Simmons
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Theodore Simmons
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Amazing Fantasy'' vol. 2 #13 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Dr. Gilbert Wiles]]
!!Dr. Gilbert Wiles
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Gilbert Wiles
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Hulk'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Daredevil]]
!!Daredevil
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Matthew Murdock
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Daredevil'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:X-23]]
!!X-23
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Laura Kinney
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/X-23'' #1 (2005); ''X-23'' #16 (2011)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Invisible Woman]]
!!Invisible Woman
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Susan Storm-Richards
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Invisible Woman'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Gladiator]]
!!Gladiator
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kallark
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Invisible Woman'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Krosakis]]
!!Krosakis
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Krosakis
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Silver Surfer'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Silver Surfer]]
!!Silver Surfer
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Norrin Radd
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Silver Surfer'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Gabriel Vargas]]
!!Gabriel Vargas
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Gabriel Vargas
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Silver Surfer'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:William Nguyen]]
!!William Nguyen
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' William Nguyen
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #627-#629 (2010)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Juggernaut]]
!!Juggernaut
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Cain Marko
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #629 (2010)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Tamara Devoux]]
!!Tamara Devoux
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2938863_2703068_aven2012006_cov_col_02.jpg]]
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Tamara Devoux
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Avengers'' Vol. 5 #1 & #2 (2012)
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Avengers'' Vol. 5 #1 (February, 2013)
The current Captain Universe, she was granted her power after a car crash and was recruited into the Avengers.
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* BrokenHero: [[spoiler:Both personalities, Tamara was in a car accident and was in a coma for a decade before Captain Universe took her body as her host. Captain Universe feels some is wrong with universe and a great disturbance coming from the Earth that warranted it/her taking on a full time host to confront the yet shown threat]].
* CloudCuckooLander: Due to Tamara's brain damage, any time she's at the wheel she just talks about pie.
* DistaffCounterpart: She's a female version of Captain Universe.
* FlipPersonality: Due to their [[SharingABody circumstances]] Captain Universe is in control most of the times but Tamara will have moments where she returns to the surface.
* LegacyCharacter: Technically the Captain Universe power jumps from host to host, the current Captain Universe appearing Avengers is just one of a long line.
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[[folder:The Phalanx]]
!!The Phalanx
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Phalanx Drone
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Annihilation: Conquest - Star-Lord'' #4 (2014)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Deadpool]]
!!Deadpool
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Wade Winston Wilson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Deadpool vs Thanos'' #4 (October 2015)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Spider-Man II]]
!!Spider-Man II
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Miles Morales
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Spider-Geddon'' #5 (December 2018)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Venom]]
!!Venom
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Eddie Brock
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''King In Black'' #4 (February 2021)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:The hero who could be YOU!]]
%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' The Avenging Angel, God of Light, Guardian of Eternity, The Hero That Could Be You, Uni-Power, Enigma Force
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Micronauts'' #8 (August, 1979)
''Captain Universe'' is a Creator/MarvelComics character, and one of the few truly unique superhero concepts. Specifically, Captain Universe is a ''superhero identity'' that keeps changing hosts -- by itself!
To be precise, Captain Universe is actually a semi-sentient [[CosmicEntity cosmic force]] called The Unipower, whose main purpose is to maintain the barrier between Earth and another universe in place. Secondarily, it will grant powers to single individuals temporarily so they can fulfill specific missions. Curiously, these missions range everywhere from saving the world to rescuing single, normal individuals.
The concept was introduced in The ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts}}'' comic book series. The first Captain appeared in issue #8 (August, 1979), created by Creator/BillMantlo and Michael Golden. It was established there that the universe the heroes came from, The Microverse, was separated from Earth's by a "space wall" that had to be supported on both sides. In the Microverse, it was maintained by the "Enigma Force" that was [[TheChosenOne wielded]] by Commander Rann, the Micronauts leader; on Earth however, there was no specific wielder for the Enigma Force's counterpart, for some reason. Instead, the Unipower sustained itself by jumping from one person to another. Such a person would gain the powers and costume of Captain Universe, along with knowledge of the mission he or she had to fulfill (but no direct communication with the Unipower); after its completion, the host would return to normal.
Captain Universe is more a plot device than a character, since it has no regular host and the Unipower itself is rarely seen speaking (this varies by writer, however). It's mostly used to power up heroes when needed, or to give normal people a taste of what it's like to be a superhero, even if only for a short while. The concept's most famous use probably was in the StoryArc where Spider-Man gained its powers (but not its costume or knowledge of where they came from, due to a freak accident) leading the hero to gain post-Superman level powers during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' CrisisCrossover, where supervillains switched enemies, and thus gave Spidey a chance against much more powerful villains than he usually battled.
The "character" has also starred in at least one miniseries.
Currently, Captain Universe was Tamara Devoux, a young woman who attracted the malfunctioning Unipower after getting in a car crash and lying in a coma for ten years. She's a member of the Avengers and, as it turns out, a scion of ComicBook/TheNewUniverse. The power has since separated and was recently bonded to ComicBook/MilesMorales to help save the multiverse from the Inheritors.
And now it has returned to Earth-616 to settle the score with an ancient enemy: [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/KingInBlack The King In Black]]]]
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!!Tropes related to Captain Universe:
* AnotherDimension: Where the Space Wall and The Microverse are located.
* AwesomeButTemporary: Nobody can hold the powers and identity forever. Once the threat is defeated and/or neutralized, it leaves, although one story suggests that it always finds a new host quickly.
* BerserkButton: It doesn't like being summoned. When the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan did it in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', it chewed out the various Spiders for their failings.
* BlessedWithSuck: Spider-Man didn't exactly like having these powers, as it was hard to control them, but then, this was because an accident made him have them longer than average. Indeed, when Miles Morales took hold of the power, Peter admitted he handled it a ''lot'' better than he did.
* ChosenOne: What all of the wielders of the Unipower become. For a little while, at least. [[spoiler: In the ''Chaos Theory'' arc of her ongoing series, the Enigma Force tells ComicBook/{{X 23}} that she is the chosen future heir of the Enigma Force's power, suggesting she has a longer-term connection.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: There is none. Anyone can be Captain Universe, regardless of sex or species. The current one has [[http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121115175229/marveldatabase/images/1/1a/Avengers_Vol_5_6_Textless.jpg an appearance]] that is this to the page image.
* EldritchAbomination: One of the functions of the Unipower is to maintain the seal imprisoning malevolent entities called Whirldemons, and preventing them from crossing over into reality.
* FlyingFirepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{X 23}} at different points) and grants them Class 6 SuperWeight cosmic powers.
* HeroicHost: Different in that the entity bonds with a different person each time, until recently.
* HumansAreSpecial: apparently, since saving even single lives seem to matter to the Unipower. Guess it just likes us (note that in at least one case, an alien became Captain Universe).
* InstantCostumeChange: Hosts of the Uni-Power spontaneously manifest a costume with a white lower body, a blue upper body and mask, and white constellation-like markings. The costume adapts slightly to each user -- such as Peter Parker and Miles Morales' variants having larger eyes and displaying their regular masks rather than their mouths -- but the theme is always the same.
* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Just when Spidey was starting to adjust to his powers "going screwy", he fought and defeated the threat, and he lost the powers. He couldn't help but think what more he could have done. (And this was shown in detail in an issue of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'')
* KidHero: One of its hosts was a ''toddler''.
* PowerIncontinence: During the period when Spider-Man had the powers. He was given them in order to destroy the Tri-Sentinel, but the transfer happened during an experiment at his college, so it was interrupted. He was left with much of the power, but not the ability to properly control it or why he even had it in the first place. This was during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' crossover, so the powers came in handy against villains out of his weight class, but he often struggled with controlling himself. In the last part, a villain's attempt to negate these new powers instead fixes the transfer, allowing Spidey to finally learn why this happened and to complete the true mission.
* PowersViaPossession: The Unipower grant powers to single individuals temporarily so they could fulfill specific missions. Though the Unipower doesn't really force the host to do anything, only tells him what he has to do. Presumably if you disobey, it'll just leave you.
* RealityWarper: In the ''What If?'' where Spidey kept his powers, he eventually developed cosmic awareness, the ability to shapeshift atoms (accidentally warping the Hobgoblin's face in a version of his own) and the like.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Unipower ''is'' the can, or at least the lid, keeping the Whirldemons sealed away.
* StoryBreakerPower:
** Let's put it this way, the Unipower-powered Spider-Man was able to punch ComicBook/IncredibleHulk ''into orbit''!
** A ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' story had Spidey ''keep'' the power after ''Acts of Vengeance''; it wasn't pretty. He actually punched the friggin' Juggernaut ''out of New York City!''
** One story had the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] himself gain its powers!!
* SuperEmpowering: What the Uni-Power does to anybody selected to be Captain Universe. In 2016, this was taken UpToEleven in a miniseries where 5 other ''superheroes'', specifically Daredevil, the Invisible Woman, the Hulk, X-23 and the ''Silver Surfer'' each become Captain Universe and get the Uni-Power added to their repetoire, which ranges from SwissArmySuperpower to WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer
* SuperpowerLottery: You win it!! For a few minutes anyway.
* TheSymbiote:
** The Enigma Force/Uni-Power acts like one, bonding to a host to turn them into Captain Universe -- and it turns out this isn't a coincidence. [[spoiler:''King in Black'' reveals the Enigma Force emerged in opposition of Knull, the god of the symbiotes, and thus acts like one itself to oppose him.]]
** Mister E, the LivingShadow fought by Captain Universe in ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #9, is revealed to be a proto-symbiote created by Knull in '' Symbiote Spider-Man: ComicBook/KingInBlack''.
* SymbolMotifClothing: As seen in the page image, Captain Universe is frequently connected with the stars, and individuals with whom it bonds are frequently depicted with stars and constellations on their costume. [[spoiler: That it was the Enigma Force that helped X-23 throw off Hellverine's influence in ''The Killing Dream'' arc of her solo book is ''strongly'' hinted at when the manifestation of her "self" is depicted as a starry void, and that in the aftermath, the symbol of a star is left on the palm of her right hand. The connection is largely confirmed in the ''Chaos Theory'' arc of her ongoing series when the Whirldemon King recognizes the marking.]]
** The linked molecule motif across the chest and arms represents the Microverse.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Inverted. Anyone can be Captain Universe, even an old man in a coma. [[spoiler:Or even the dead body of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]].]]
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!!Hosts
[[folder:Ray Coffin]]
!!Ray Coffin
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Raymond Coffin
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Micronauts'' #8 (1979)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Steve Coffin]]
!!Steve Coffin
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Steven Coffin
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #9 (1980)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Claire Dodgson]]
!!Claire Dodgson
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Claire Dodgson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #10 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Ann Stanford]]
!!Ann Stanford
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ann Dodgson-Stanford
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #10 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Monty Walsh]]
!!Monty Walsh
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Montgomery Walsh
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #11 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Commander Arcturus Rann]]
!!Commander Arcturus Rann
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Arcturus Rann
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Micronauts'' #35 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Doctor Strange]]
!!Doctor Strange
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Stephen Strange
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Micronauts'' #35 (1981)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Hulk]]
!!Hulk
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Robert Bruce Banner
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Incredible Hulk Annual'' #10 (1981); ''Captain Universe/Hulk'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Unnamed Female Host]]
!!Unnamed Female Host
!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Super-Heroes Contest of Champions'' #1 (1982)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Delayne Masters]]
!!Delayne Masters
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Delayne Masters
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Fanfare'' #25 (1986)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Evan Swann]]
!!Evan Swann
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Evan Swann
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #5 (1989)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Little Eddie]]
!!Little Eddie
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Edward Price
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #6 (1990)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Jeff Christiansen]]
!!Jeff Christiansen
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jeffrey Steven Christiansen
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Quasar'' #20 (1991) [[note]]Mentioned[[/note]]; ''X-Men/Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants'' #1 (1994) [[note]]Seen[[/note]]
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Elijah Jackson]]
!!Elijah Jackson
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Elijah Jackson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #148 (1994)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Roland Taylor]]
!!Roland Taylor
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Roland Taylor
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Cosmic Powers Unlimited'' #5 (1996)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Ted Simmons]]
!!Ted Simmons
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Theodore Simmons
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Amazing Fantasy'' vol. 2 #13 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Dr. Gilbert Wiles]]
!!Dr. Gilbert Wiles
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Gilbert Wiles
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Hulk'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Daredevil]]
!!Daredevil
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Matthew Murdock
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Daredevil'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:X-23]]
!!X-23
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Laura Kinney
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/X-23'' #1 (2005); ''X-23'' #16 (2011)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Invisible Woman]]
!!Invisible Woman
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Susan Storm-Richards
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Invisible Woman'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Gladiator]]
!!Gladiator
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kallark
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Invisible Woman'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Krosakis]]
!!Krosakis
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Krosakis
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Silver Surfer'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Silver Surfer]]
!!Silver Surfer
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Norrin Radd
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Silver Surfer'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Gabriel Vargas]]
!!Gabriel Vargas
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Gabriel Vargas
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Captain Universe/Silver Surfer'' #1 (2005)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:William Nguyen]]
!!William Nguyen
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' William Nguyen
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #627-#629 (2010)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Juggernaut]]
!!Juggernaut
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Cain Marko
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #629 (2010)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Tamara Devoux]]
!!Tamara Devoux
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2938863_2703068_aven2012006_cov_col_02.jpg]]
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Tamara Devoux
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Avengers'' Vol. 5 #1 & #2 (2012)
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Avengers'' Vol. 5 #1 (February, 2013)
The current Captain Universe, she was granted her power after a car crash and was recruited into the Avengers.
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* BrokenHero: [[spoiler:Both personalities, Tamara was in a car accident and was in a coma for a decade before Captain Universe took her body as her host. Captain Universe feels some is wrong with universe and a great disturbance coming from the Earth that warranted it/her taking on a full time host to confront the yet shown threat]].
* CloudCuckooLander: Due to Tamara's brain damage, any time she's at the wheel she just talks about pie.
* DistaffCounterpart: She's a female version of Captain Universe.
* FlipPersonality: Due to their [[SharingABody circumstances]] Captain Universe is in control most of the times but Tamara will have moments where she returns to the surface.
* LegacyCharacter: Technically the Captain Universe power jumps from host to host, the current Captain Universe appearing Avengers is just one of a long line.
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[[folder:The Phalanx]]
!!The Phalanx
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Phalanx Drone
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Annihilation: Conquest - Star-Lord'' #4 (2014)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Deadpool]]
!!Deadpool
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Wade Winston Wilson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Deadpool vs Thanos'' #4 (October 2015)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Spider-Man II]]
!!Spider-Man II
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Miles Morales
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''Spider-Geddon'' #5 (December 2018)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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[[folder:Venom]]
!!Venom
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Eddie Brock
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''Possessed In:''' ''King In Black'' #4 (February 2021)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
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