History Characters / MarvelComicsCosmicEntities

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[[folder:Queen of Nevers]]

[[folder:Entropy]]
!!Entropy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/entropy_28earth_61629_from_captain_marvel_vol_5_5_001.jpg]]

One of the children of Eternity and the embodiment of the Big Freeze.

* GrandTheftMe: Once possessed the supervillain Blizzard.
* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: He wanted to destroy his father, Eternity, and thus destroy all of creation. And, in fact, with the help of Genis-Vell, he ''did''. But then he began to regret it and, with the help of Rick Jones and Genis-Vell, recreated the universe.

[[folder:Explosion]]
!!Explosion
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/explosion_28earth_61629_from_starbrand_26_nightmask_vol_1_4_001.png]]

One of the children of Eternity and the embodiment of the Big Bang.

* GrandTheftMe: Once possessed the supervillain Nitro.

[[folder:Gravitation]]
!!Gravitation
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gravitation_28earth_61629_from_starbrand_26_nightmask_vol_1_4_001.png]]

One of the children of Eternity and the embodiment of the Big Crunch.

* GrandTheftMe: Once possessed the supervillain Graviton.

[[folder:Griever at the End of All Things]]
!!Griever at the End of All Things
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6609585_fantastic_four_002_008.jpg]]

A being which describes itself as entropy, heat and death. She appears at the end of all things.

* CreativeSterility: Since her purpose is to destroy universes she can't innovate any technology of her own.
* CripplingOverspecialization: A cosmic being meant to destroy universes is not so good at focusing that immense power on single individuals any more than a person can choose to sterilize a single germ rather than an entire room. She also can't create and is entirely dependent on technology created by others to actually travel to different universes. If it gets destroyed then she's stranded with no capability to repair it on her own.
* HiddenEyes: Her headpiece occults her eyes.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her clothes are black and her headpiece is red.
* {{Underboobs}}: As her outfit shows.

[[folder:The First Firmament]]
!!The First Firmament
!!!Notable aliases: The One Who is One and More
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/first_firmament_first_cosmos_from_ultimates_2_vol_2_6_001.jpg]]

The original version of Eternity, the First Firmament is the first universe to ever exist. Lonely, it created the Aspirants and first Celestials so it wouldn't be alone. Unfortunately for the First Cosmos, said Celestials had different ideas and war occurred that broke the first universe and gave birth to the next. Unfortunately for everyone the First Firmament was NotQuiteDead and wants to reclaim its position as [[GeniusLoci embodiment of everything]] by force.

* AbusivePrecursors: The creator of the first Celestials and ultimately the source of all existence. While the First Firmament may not have started as this, it certainly is now [[OmnicidalManiac considering it wants to kill everyone]].
* ControlFreak: Despises the Celestials for creating against its wishes, and everything else for not being in power anymore.
* TheCorrupter: While it has Eternity imprisoned, it leaches life, love and joy from the universe, helping to cause the events of ''Civil War II'' and ''Secret Empire''. It finds this funny.
* EasilyForgiven: At the end of ''Ultimates'', he's confronted by his successors, and taken off to see if they can heal his mental wounds. After all, the One Above All's only weapon is love.
* GeniusLoci: Used to be the embodiment and consciousness of the original universe.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: The ''original'' embodiment of the universe, long before Eternity. And unlike its successors, the First Firmament doesn't give a damn about the beings in it. However [[PlayedWith its played with]] in that it only became evil ''after'' being supplanted.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Wrapped up in the very chains he bound Eternity in, because the Fifth Cosmos thought the irony would be a nice touch.
* PlaceBeforeTime: It ''[[GeniusLoci is]]'' the universe before any other, predating the Sixth Cosmos of ComicBook/{{Galactus}} by a long mile.
* OmnicidalManiac: Its goal is to become the only existence, which would result in the destruction of everything except for itself and its loyal Aspirants.
* SealedEvilInACan: After its defeat the First Firmament is locked away and imprisoned by its successors.
* TimeAbyss: While all [[CosmicEntity cosmic entities]] are this, the First Firmament stands out even compared to them by being the first universe to ever exist, several before the current reality. Barring [[TopGod The One Above All]] it is a contender for "oldest being in Marvel Comics".

[[folder:Anthropomorpho]]

!!Beyonders

[[folder:Beyonder]]
!!Beyonder
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4172484_newav2013029cov_bc2f7.jpg]]

!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kosmos
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Frank, Kurami
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984)

The Beyonder is an immensely powerful extradimensional entity of disputed origin. The Beyonder is the beyond-all and end-all of all things, striven on occasion to be both mankind's greatest savior and threat, in a quest to better understand human nature.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Though less acclaimed than the original ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' greatly expanded on the Beyonder's character, making him the focal protagonist of the story, as opposed to the featureless GenericDoomsdayVillain he was previously.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' establishes that he is merely a child unit dispatched by the even stronger Beyonders, effectively his bosses.
* AmbiguousSituation: ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' claims he's a mutant-Inhuman hybrid... possibly. But Black Bolt claims he can't remember anything about this, and there's just enough wiggle room to suggest the Beyonder was making this all up to distract them. ''Maybe.''
* CantLiveWithoutYou: When he grew out of the Cosmic Cube, half of his power went to Molecule Man, a living bomb who simultaneously exists in every reality in the multiverse.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Intentionally or not, his primary form bears some resemblance to Music/MichaelJackson.
* ContinuitySnarl / MultipleChoicePast: Infamously so. Almost every comic to star the Beyonder has given him a completely different origin and generally portrayed his personality and powers inconsistently. Reconciling some of these origins is nearly impossible, leading many fans to mentally separate his appearances into loosely-defined but distinct eras.
** In the original ''Secret Wars'', the Beyonder is established as a cosmic entity from another dimension, the Beyond Realm. He was said to be the absolute supreme ruler of this realm, a vast void which utterly dwarfs the entire Marvel multiverse, enough to make it look like a droplet of water in comparison. In ''Secret Wars II'', he suddenly gains a desire to be human and spontaneously changes himself into one.
** In the pages of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', he was revealed to be the result of a failed Cosmic Cube experiment created by the Beyonders, his unseen AbusivePrecursors. He changes back into a Cosmic Cube and eventually evolves into Kosmos.
** The most radical retcon occurs in ''New Avengers: Illuminati''. Charles Xavier scans Beyonder's brain and discovers that he is actually an insane mutated Inhuman from the kingdom of Attilan who deluded himself into believing he was a cosmic entity.
** ''Secret Wars (2015)'' follows the thread of our MJ-lookin' Beyonder being a creation of the Beyonders, though instead states that he is in fact one of them, albeit a petulant child by their standards. We also finally see that his true form is a cute little dark-skinned imp!
* CosmicEntity: Well, barring that one time he was an Earthling and that other time he was an Inhuman-Mutant, he is definitely this.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The Inhuman-Mutant hybrid Beyonder seen in ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'' is much weaker than any other version seen, but even this wimpier interpretation is enormously powerful.
* DoingInTheWizard: ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' drastically retconned his origin, making it significantly more mundane. Instead of an extradimensional cosmic being, he's portrayed as an insane Inhuman-Mutant hybrid from Earth who deluded himself into thinking he was from the Beyond Realm. He still possesses reality warping powers, but nerfed to a much more manageable level.
* FishOutOfWater: His complete inability to fit into human society in ''Secret Wars II'' creates both drama and comedy.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Not as bad as other examples, but his first appearance in ''Secret Wars'' didn't give him much motivation for pitting the heroes and villains against each other, except to sate his curiosity. Subsequent appearances made him much more three-dimensional (ironically).
* GreatGazoo: He's a reality-warping cosmic trickster who pops into the Marvel Universe to mess with the heroes' lives.
* HeroKiller: He kills the New Mutants... and brings them back moments later. But they were understandably ''massively'' screwed up by the experience.
* HumanityEnsues: He willingly transforms himself into an ordinary human being in ''Secret Wars II''.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Beyonder is an immortal capital-g God in every sense of the word, but has the mental capacities of a prepubescent child. He demonstrates very little self-control or understanding of the world beyond his insulated bubble.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: His debut saw him abduct many heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe to a patchwork planet and had them battle it out.
* LightIsNotGood: He wears a bright white suit and, while not irredeemably evil either, his appearances invariably spell bad news for everyone else.
* LiteralMinded:
** During ''Uncanny X-Men'' #196, the Beyonder is taught manners. "Ya want something, ya don't grab for it, ya ask nice, say please, say thank you, that sort of thing." How does the Beyonder ask for his food? "Please, say thank you, that sort of thing."
** His solution to Power Man telling him that lack of money is the root of the world's problems was to turn an entire skyscraper into gold, which quickly collapses and proves unusable for the economy. Similarly, he decides to erase the concept of death from the universe by literally poisoning the Grim Reaper herself, but quickly comes to regret the decision.
* NobodyPoops: Infamously averted; at one point after becoming human, Beyonder feels a strange pressure between his legs, and it falls to poor Spider-Man to ''show him how to poop''.
* NoSocialSkills: As a human in ''Secret Wars II'', he has none whatsoever, not helped by him being breathtakingly LiteralMinded. He also has to have very basic concepts explained to him constantly.
* TheOmnipotent: He has wavered from Type 1 to Type 5 and everything in between, but he gives one hell of a good rant about how utterly insignificant everything else in the cosmos is compared to his might:
-->''"Everything is what I '''say''' it is! If I decide that granite is squeezably soft, it '''is'''! If I decide that cows have wings, they '''do'''! To put it another way, cows do not have wings because I don't want them to! My imagination and reality are virtually '''indistinguishable'''! All existence, except me, might as well be a figment of my imagination! Maybe it is! I might have just dreamed all this up, including wingless cows! But then, the whole point is that it makes '''no difference!'''"''
* RealityWarper: For all of his many conflicting origins, he is consistently portrayed as an immensely powerful entity capable of altering reality to his whims.
* {{Retcon}}: For all his incredible power, he's a punching bag for bizarre retcons. See ContinuitySnarl above.
* TheUnseen: Despite his instigating role in dragging everyone to Battleworld, he goes unseen in the original ''Secret Wars'' storyline. His most iconic design, seen above, comes from the sequel.
* VictoryIsBoring: At one point in ''Secret Wars II'', he mentally dominates the entire population of Earth to bow before him. This bores him very quickly.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: His stint of living on Earth in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' to understand the human experience saw him learn new emotions such as love and pain. Beyonder tries to make the heroine Dazzler fall in love with him, but realizes he can't win her love fairly, with no mind control tricks. This drives him mad.
* TheWorfEffect: His specialty is dishing out beatings to other cosmic beings. In his earlier appearances, he was far and away one of the mightiest beings in the entire setting, if not '''the''' strongest. Effortlessly thrashing Galactus in his debut was merely the tip of the iceberg. He has since killed Death herself and sparred with the highest abstract beings of the multiverse.

[[folder:Kubik]]
!!Kubik
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/105443_32557_kubik.jpg]]

!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Cosmic Cube
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' #79 (July, 1966) [[note]]As Cosmic Cube[[/note]]; ''Captain America Annual'' #7 (October, 1983) [[note]]As Kubik[[/note]]

Kubik is a sentient Cosmic Cube, like the Shaper of Worlds and Kosmos (the former Beyonder). He has power on a cosmic scale, and is exploring the universe and his role in it.

[[folder:Shaper of Worlds]]
!!Shaper of Worlds
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3243523_shaper.jpg]]

!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' The Skrullian Cube
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #155

A powerful being that developed from a Skrull Cosmic Cube. He helped tutor Kubik, another sentient Cube, into maturity.

* AntiVillain: Not evil, as such, but does evil work for others.
* ContrivedCoincidence: When he lost the ability to absorb dreams, Shaper was seeking a type of radiation that would restore his abilities. Three guesses just who gave off the unique radiation signature that worked.
* CreativeSterility: He has no imagination of his own, so he depends upon other beings' ideas to manipulate reality. He can only create by copying the desires of others.
* DealWithTheDevil: Actually ComicBook/TheJoker, but close enough.
* RealityWarper: The Shaper of Worlds generates illusions that typically cannot be distinguished from reality. Its initial reach is limited to a few meters, but increases when used. He can transform an entire planet in 21 hours. "Illusions" last for four years, unless the Shaper manipulates them again to be kept.
* TheSpock: Very composed.
* UnexpectedCharacter: He was Marvel's villain in the Hulk[=/=]ComicBook/{{Batman}} crossover.

[[folder:The Ivory Kings '''(SPOILERS)''']]
!!Beyonders

!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Ivory Kings, The White Lords from Wild Space, The Destroyers
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984)

The progenitors of the original Beyonder. Like him, they are godlike entities who exist outside of space and time. They have been carefully plotting to erase the Marvel multiverse. However, sabotage from the mysterious interloper known as [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Rabum Alal]] results in their plan backfiring, causing universes to collide with each other. These "incursions" are the ongoing crisis explored throughout ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' before culminating in the epic crossover event, ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.

[[folder:Griever at the End of All Things]]
!!Griever at the End of All Things
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6609585_fantastic_four_002_008.jpg]]

A being which describes itself as entropy, heat and death. She appears at the end of all things.
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* CreativeSterility: Since her purpose is to destroy universes she can't innovate any technology of her own.
* CripplingOverspecialization: A cosmic being meant to destroy universes is not so good at focusing that immense power on single individuals any more than a person can choose to sterilize a single germ rather than an entire room. She also can't create and is entirely dependent on technology created by others to actually travel to different universes. If it gets destroyed then she's stranded with no capability to repair it on her own.
* HiddenEyes: Her headpiece occults her eyes.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her clothes are black and her headpiece is red.
* {{Underboobs}}: As her outfit shows.

[[folder:The First Firmament]]
!!The First Firmament
!!!Notable aliases: The One Who is One and More
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/first_firmament_first_cosmos_from_ultimates_2_vol_2_6_001.jpg]]

The original version of Eternity, the First Firmament is the first universe to ever exist. Lonely, it created the Aspirants and first Celestials so it wouldn't be alone. Unfortunately for the First Cosmos, said Celestials had different ideas and war occurred that broke the first universe and gave birth to the next. Unfortunately for everyone the First Firmament was NotQuiteDead and wants to reclaim its position as [[GeniusLoci embodiment of everything]] by force.

* AbusivePrecursors: The creator of the first Celestials and ultimately the source of all existence. While the First Firmament may not have started as this, it certainly is now [[OmnicidalManiac considering it wants to kill everyone]].
* ControlFreak: Despises the Celestials for creating against its wishes, and everything else for not being in power anymore.
* TheCorrupter: While it has Eternity imprisoned, it leaches life, love and joy from the universe, helping to cause the events of ''Civil War II'' and ''Secret Empire''. It finds this funny.
* EasilyForgiven: At the end of ''Ultimates'', he's confronted by his successors, and taken off to see if they can heal his mental wounds. After all, the One Above All's only weapon is love.
* GeniusLoci: Used to be the embodiment and consciousness of the original universe.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: The ''original'' embodiment of the universe, long before Eternity. And unlike its successors, the First Firmament doesn't give a damn about the beings in it. However [[PlayedWith its played with]] in that it only became evil ''after'' being supplanted.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Wrapped up in the very chains he bound Eternity in, because the Fifth Cosmos thought the irony would be a nice touch.
* PlaceBeforeTime: It ''[[GeniusLoci is]]'' the universe before any other, predating the Sixth Cosmos of ComicBook/{{Galactus}} by a long mile.
* OmnicidalManiac: Its goal is to become the only existence, which would result in the destruction of everything except for itself and its loyal Aspirants.
* SealedEvilInACan: After its defeat the First Firmament is locked away and imprisoned by its successors.
* TimeAbyss: While all [[CosmicEntity cosmic entities]] are this, the First Firmament stands out even compared to them by being the first universe to ever exist, several before the current reality. Barring [[TopGod The One Above All]] it is a contender for "oldest being in Marvel Comics".

!!Beyonders

[[folder:Beyonder]]
!!Beyonder
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4172484_newav2013029cov_bc2f7.jpg]]

!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kosmos
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Frank, Kurami
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984)

The Beyonder is an immensely powerful extradimensional entity of disputed origin. The Beyonder is the beyond-all and end-all of all things, striven on occasion to be both mankind's greatest savior and threat, in a quest to better understand human nature.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Though less acclaimed than the original ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' greatly expanded on the Beyonder's character, making him the focal protagonist of the story, as opposed to the featureless GenericDoomsdayVillain he was previously.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' establishes that he is merely a child unit dispatched by the even stronger Beyonders, effectively his bosses.
* AmbiguousSituation: ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' claims he's a mutant-Inhuman hybrid... possibly. But Black Bolt claims he can't remember anything about this, and there's just enough wiggle room to suggest the Beyonder was making this all up to distract them. ''Maybe.''
* CantLiveWithoutYou: When he grew out of the Cosmic Cube, half of his power went to Molecule Man, a living bomb who simultaneously exists in every reality in the multiverse.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Intentionally or not, his primary form bears some resemblance to Music/MichaelJackson.
* ContinuitySnarl / MultipleChoicePast: Infamously so. Almost every comic to star the Beyonder has given him a completely different origin and generally portrayed his personality and powers inconsistently. Reconciling some of these origins is nearly impossible, leading many fans to mentally separate his appearances into loosely-defined but distinct eras.
** In the original ''Secret Wars'', the Beyonder is established as a cosmic entity from another dimension, the Beyond Realm. He was said to be the absolute supreme ruler of this realm, a vast void which utterly dwarfs the entire Marvel multiverse, enough to make it look like a droplet of water in comparison. In ''Secret Wars II'', he suddenly gains a desire to be human and spontaneously changes himself into one.
** In the pages of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', he was revealed to be the result of a failed Cosmic Cube experiment created by the Beyonders, his unseen AbusivePrecursors. He changes back into a Cosmic Cube and eventually evolves into Kosmos.
** The most radical retcon occurs in ''New Avengers: Illuminati''. Charles Xavier scans Beyonder's brain and discovers that he is actually an insane mutated Inhuman from the kingdom of Attilan who deluded himself into believing he was a cosmic entity.
** ''Secret Wars (2015)'' follows the thread of our MJ-lookin' Beyonder being a creation of the Beyonders, though instead states that he is in fact one of them, albeit a petulant child by their standards. We also finally see that his true form is a cute little dark-skinned imp!
* CosmicEntity: Well, barring that one time he was an Earthling and that other time he was an Inhuman-Mutant, he is definitely this.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The Inhuman-Mutant hybrid Beyonder seen in ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'' is much weaker than any other version seen, but even this wimpier interpretation is enormously powerful.
* DoingInTheWizard: ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' drastically retconned his origin, making it significantly more mundane. Instead of an extradimensional cosmic being, he's portrayed as an insane Inhuman-Mutant hybrid from Earth who deluded himself into thinking he was from the Beyond Realm. He still possesses reality warping powers, but nerfed to a much more manageable level.
* FishOutOfWater: His complete inability to fit into human society in ''Secret Wars II'' creates both drama and comedy.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Not as bad as other examples, but his first appearance in ''Secret Wars'' didn't give him much motivation for pitting the heroes and villains against each other, except to sate his curiosity. Subsequent appearances made him much more three-dimensional (ironically).
* GreatGazoo: He's a reality-warping cosmic trickster who pops into the Marvel Universe to mess with the heroes' lives.
* HeroKiller: He kills the New Mutants... and brings them back moments later. But they were understandably ''massively'' screwed up by the experience.
* HumanityEnsues: He willingly transforms himself into an ordinary human being in ''Secret Wars II''.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Beyonder is an immortal capital-g God in every sense of the word, but has the mental capacities of a prepubescent child. He demonstrates very little self-control or understanding of the world beyond his insulated bubble.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: His debut saw him abduct many heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe to a patchwork planet and had them battle it out.
* LightIsNotGood: He wears a bright white suit and, while not irredeemably evil either, his appearances invariably spell bad news for everyone else.
* LiteralMinded:
** During ''Uncanny X-Men'' #196, the Beyonder is taught manners. "Ya want something, ya don't grab for it, ya ask nice, say please, say thank you, that sort of thing." How does the Beyonder ask for his food? "Please, say thank you, that sort of thing."
** His solution to Power Man telling him that lack of money is the root of the world's problems was to turn an entire skyscraper into gold, which quickly collapses and proves unusable for the economy. Similarly, he decides to erase the concept of death from the universe by literally poisoning the Grim Reaper herself, but quickly comes to regret the decision.
* NobodyPoops: Infamously averted; at one point after becoming human, Beyonder feels a strange pressure between his legs, and it falls to poor Spider-Man to ''show him how to poop''.
* NoSocialSkills: As a human in ''Secret Wars II'', he has none whatsoever, not helped by him being breathtakingly LiteralMinded. He also has to have very basic concepts explained to him constantly.
* TheOmnipotent: He has wavered from Type 1 to Type 5 and everything in between, but he gives one hell of a good rant about how utterly insignificant everything else in the cosmos is compared to his might:
-->''"Everything is what I '''say''' it is! If I decide that granite is squeezably soft, it '''is'''! If I decide that cows have wings, they '''do'''! To put it another way, cows do not have wings because I don't want them to! My imagination and reality are virtually '''indistinguishable'''! All existence, except me, might as well be a figment of my imagination! Maybe it is! I might have just dreamed all this up, including wingless cows! But then, the whole point is that it makes '''no difference!'''"''
* RealityWarper: For all of his many conflicting origins, he is consistently portrayed as an immensely powerful entity capable of altering reality to his whims.
* {{Retcon}}: For all his incredible power, he's a punching bag for bizarre retcons. See ContinuitySnarl above.
* TheUnseen: Despite his instigating role in dragging everyone to Battleworld, he goes unseen in the original ''Secret Wars'' storyline. His most iconic design, seen above, comes from the sequel.
* VictoryIsBoring: At one point in ''Secret Wars II'', he mentally dominates the entire population of Earth to bow before him. This bores him very quickly.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: His stint of living on Earth in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' to understand the human experience saw him learn new emotions such as love and pain. Beyonder tries to make the heroine Dazzler fall in love with him, but realizes he can't win her love fairly, with no mind control tricks. This drives him mad.
* TheWorfEffect: His specialty is dishing out beatings to other cosmic beings. In his earlier appearances, he was far and away one of the mightiest beings in the entire setting, if not '''the''' strongest. Effortlessly thrashing Galactus in his debut was merely the tip of the iceberg. He has since killed Death herself and sparred with the highest abstract beings of the multiverse.

[[folder:Kubik]]
!!Kubik
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/105443_32557_kubik.jpg]]

!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Cosmic Cube
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' #79 (July, 1966) [[note]]As Cosmic Cube[[/note]]; ''Captain America Annual'' #7 (October, 1983) [[note]]As Kubik[[/note]]

Kubik is a sentient Cosmic Cube, like the Shaper of Worlds and Kosmos (the former Beyonder). He has power on a cosmic scale, and is exploring the universe and his role in it.

[[folder:Shaper of Worlds]]
!!Shaper of Worlds
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3243523_shaper.jpg]]

!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' The Skrullian Cube
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #155

A powerful being that developed from a Skrull Cosmic Cube. He helped tutor Kubik, another sentient Cube, into maturity.

* AntiVillain: Not evil, as such, but does evil work for others.
* ContrivedCoincidence: When he lost the ability to absorb dreams, Shaper was seeking a type of radiation that would restore his abilities. Three guesses just who gave off the unique radiation signature that worked.
* CreativeSterility: He has no imagination of his own, so he depends upon other beings' ideas to manipulate reality. He can only create by copying the desires of others.
* DealWithTheDevil: Actually ComicBook/TheJoker, but close enough.
* RealityWarper: The Shaper of Worlds generates illusions that typically cannot be distinguished from reality. Its initial reach is limited to a few meters, but increases when used. He can transform an entire planet in 21 hours. "Illusions" last for four years, unless the Shaper manipulates them again to be kept.
* TheSpock: Very composed.
* UnexpectedCharacter: He was Marvel's villain in the Hulk[=/=]ComicBook/{{Batman}} crossover.

[[folder:The Ivory Kings '''(SPOILERS)''']]
!!Beyonders

!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Ivory Kings, The White Lords from Wild Space, The Destroyers
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984)

The progenitors of the original Beyonder. Like him, they are godlike entities who exist outside of space and time. They have been carefully plotting to erase the Marvel multiverse. However, sabotage from the mysterious interloper known as [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Rabum Alal]] results in their plan backfiring, causing universes to collide with each other. These "incursions" are the ongoing crisis explored throughout ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' before culminating in the epic crossover event, ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.

* SecondaryColorNemesis: Green, his body, eyes and only cloth he wears are green.

The progenitors of the original Beyonder. Like him, they are godlike entities who exist outside of space and time. They have been carefully plotting to erase the Marvel multiverse, one "incursion" at a time, an ongoing crisis explored throughout ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' before culminating in the epic crossover event, ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.

* TheWorfEffect: They murder the Living Tribunal, followed by every last incarnation of Eternity, Infinity, the Celestials and more found in every universe. Despite their insane feats, they are surprisingly not invulnerable, as Starbrand was able to kill one Beyonder with a self-destructing energy blast, or at least its physical avatar. Later, Doctor Doom unleashes the Worf Effect on ''them'', as he successfully manages to wipe them all out with a giant bomb made out of Molecule Men.

[[folder:The Ivory Kings '''SPOILERS''']]

* TheWorfEffect: They murder the Living Tribunal, followed by every last incarnation of Eternity, Infinity, the Celestials and more found in every universe. Despite their insane feats, they are surprisingly not invulnerable, as Starbrand was able to kill one Beyonder with a self-destructing energy blast, or at least its physical avatar. Later, Doctor Doom unleashes the Worf Effect on ''them'', as he successfully manages to wipe them all out with a giant bomb made out of Molecule Men.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: His stint of living on Earth in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' to understand the human experience saw him learn new emotions such as love and pain. Beyonder tries to make the heroine Dazzler fall in love with him, but realizes he can't win her love fairly, with no mind control tricks. This only makes him madder.

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* AdaptationalWimp: The Inhuman-Mutant hybrid Beyonder seen in ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'' is much weaker than any other version seen, but even this wimpier interpretation is enormously powerful.

* LiteralMinded: During Uncanny X-Men #196, the Beyonder is taught manners. "Ya want something, ya don't grab for it, ya ask nice, say please, say thank you, that sort of thing." How does the Beyonder ask for his food? "Please, say thank you, that sort of thing."

** His solution to money being the root of the world's problems was to turn an entire skyscraper into gold, which quickly collapses and proves unusable for the economy. Similarly, he decides to erase the concept of death from the universe by literally poisoning the Grim Reaper herself, but quickly comes to regret the decision.

* ContinuitySnarl: Infamously so. Almost every comic to star the Beyonder has given him a completely different origin and generally portrayed his personality and powers inconsistently. Reconciling some of these origins is nearly impossible, leading many fans to mentally separate his appearances into distinct "eras".

** The most radical retcon occurs in ''New Avengers: Illuminati'', where he is revealed to actually be an insane Inhuman-Mutant hybrid who deluded himself into believing he was a cosmic entity.
** ''Secret Wars (2015)'' follows the thread of our MJ-lookin' Beyonder being a creation of the Beyonders, though instead states that he is in fact one of them, albeit a petulant child by their standards.

-->"Everything is what I '''say''' it is! If I decide that granite is squeezably soft, it '''is'''! If I decide that cows have wings, they '''do'''! To put it another way, cows do not have wings because I don't want them to! My imagination and reality are virtually '''indistinguishable'''! All existence, except me, might as well be a figment of my imagination! Maybe it is! I might have just dreamed all this up, including wingless cows! But then, the whole point is that it makes '''no difference!'''"

* ADayInTheLimelight: Though less acclaimed than the original ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' greatly expanded on the Beyonder's character, making him the focal character of the story, in contrast to his previous role as something of a GenericDoomsdayVillain.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Intentionally or not, he bears some resemblance to Music/MichaelJackson.

* CosmicEntity: Well, barring that one time he was an Earthling Mutant, he is definitely this.

* RealityWarper: For all of his many conflicting origins, he is consistently portrayed as an immensely powerful cosmic entity capable of altering reality to his whims.

** In the original ''Secret Wars'', the Beyonder is established as a cosmic entity from another dimension, the Beyond Realm. He was said to be the absolute supreme ruler of this realm, which utterly dwarfs the entire Marvel multiverse. In ''Secret Wars II'', he suddenly gains a desire to be human and spontaneously changes himself into one.

** ''Secret Wars (2015)'' follows the thread of our MJ-lookin' Beyonder being a creation of the Beyonders, though instead states that he is in fact one of them, albeit a petulent child by their standards.

* ImmortalImmaturity: Beyonder is an immortal god in every sense of the word, but has the mental capacities of a prepubescent child. He demonstrates very little self-control or real understanding of the world beyond his insulated bubble.

* TheWorfEffect: His specialty is dishing this out on other cosmic beings. In his earlier appearances, he was far and away one of the mightiest beings in the entire setting. Effortlessly thrashing Galactus in his debut was merely the tip of the iceberg. He has since killed Death herself and sparred with the highest abstract beings of the multiverse.

* TheWorfEffect: His specialty is dishing this out on other cosmic beings. In his earlier appearances, he was far and away one of the mightiest beings in the entire setting. Effortlessly thrashing ComicBook/Galactus in his debut was merely the tip of the iceberg. He has since killed Death herself and sparred with the highest abstract beings of the multiverse.

* ContinuitySnarl: Infamously so. Almost every comic to star the Beyonder has given him a completely different origin and generally portrayed his personality and powers inconsistently. Reconciling some of these origins is nearly impossible, leading many fans to mentally separate his many appearances into distinct "eras".
** In the original ''Secret Wars'', the Beyonder is established as a cosmic entity from another dimension, the Beyond Realm. In ''Secret Wars II'', he suddenly gains a desire to be human and spontaneously changes himself into one.

* LightIsNotGood: He wears a bright white suit and, while not unforgivably evil either, his appearances invariably spell bad news for everyone else.

* DoingInTheWizard: ''New Avengers: Illuminati'' drastically retconned his origin, making it significantly more mundane. Instead of an extradimensional cosmic being, he's portrayed as an insane Inhuman-Mutant hybrid who deluded himself into thinking he was from the Beyond Realm. He still possesses reality warping powers, but nerfed to a much more manageable level.

** His solution to money being the root of the world's problems was to turn an entire skyscraper gold, which quickly collapses and proves unusable for the economy.

* {{Retcon}}: For all his incredible power, he's practically a punching bag for bizarre retcons. See ContinuitySnarl above.

* TheWorfEffect: In his earlier appearances, he was far and away one of the mightiest beings in the entire setting. Effortlessly thrashing ComicBook/Galactus in his debut was merely the tip of the iceberg. He has since killed Death herself and sparred with the highest abstract beings of the multiverse.

** ''Secret Wars (2015)'' follows the thread of our Michael Jackon-lookin' Beyonder being a creation of the Beyonders, though instead states that he is in fact one of them, albeit a petulent child by their standards.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Though less acclaimed than the original ''ComicBook/Secret Wars'', ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' greatly expanded on the Beyonder's character, making him the focal character of the story, in contrast to his previous role as something of a GenericDoomsdayVillain.

* TheGreatGazoo: He's a reality-warping cosmic trickster who pops into the Marvel Universe to mess with the heroes' lives.

* GreaterScopeVillain: ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' hints that at least some of the events of ''War of Kings'', and the following events, were part of Oblivion's plans.

* HolierThanThou: Name says it all.

* DemonicPossession: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] in regards to the One Below All. On the one hand, it needs a host to directly influence the material plane or any plains beyond the Below-Place. It inhabits people and "wears them like masks on a stage" as Brian Banner puts it. However, the One Below All is also an AlmightyIdiot without a true mind and is basically a being of pure destructive id and impulse. So when the One Below All possesses you it isn't really taking you over so much as becoming a part of your mind and you become filled with it's dark impulses and destructive desires. This plays in to it's line "I am myself but I am also them" as there is almost no distinction between it and its host while it inhabits them. Prolonged exposure and being inhabited, on the other hand will lead to PossessionBurnout. See the spoiler below for specifics.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: PlayedStraight and [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] simultaneously. On the one hand it takes a form you can comprehend without going insane. On the other hand, its horrifically evil nature means that what you're seeing ain't pretty.
* AlmightyIdiot: Issue 39 of ''Immortal Hulk'' has Brian Banner explain that it doesn't really have a mind of its own, only a drive. It's pure id, needing someone else to provide the ego.

* BigDumbBody: Pretty much the main reason a lot of gamma mutates end up super strong giants with impaired minds. Its ultimate goal is becoming a Galactus level Hulk capable of destroying everything.

* DemonicPossession: The One Below All's host can take over anyone with gamma radiation in their bodies, gamma radiation serving as a 'door' through which the One Below All can affect the physical world. If another superhuman then absorbs the mutate's Gamma, the One Below All can then pass into them.

* EvilIsNotAToy: This is done indirectly in regards to the One Below All. Over the years, many people have tried to use Gamma energy and research for their own ends. What nobody ever realized was that the reason Gamma could create monsters and miracles was because of it's elusive third form, which cannot be defined or analyzed. Turns out this third form is power coming straight from the One Below All and doesn't follow the rules of science or nature because it's power drawn from TheAntiGod for the Marvel multiverse. All of the people, good or bad, that have been trying to use Gamma energy for their own ends all these years had no idea they were essentially trying to use the power of the UltimateEvil and this is also why Gamma energy and research can never create anything positive or beneficial. The One Below All is the opposite of creation and the dark side of existence. It and by extension its power can never be anything but destructive or harmful.
* {{Foil}}: The One Below All is the inverse of the One Above All beyond just name. The One Above All is connected to and a part of everything and can move through the multiverse freely while altering anything directly. The One Below All is barred from existing in the multiverse, and while it is connected to everything its power and influence are subtle and small in scale, but can have far-ranging repercussions. The One Above All appears as a mortal being depending on the viewer by finding a bit of themselves in the almighty. This serves to put them at ease and understand their creator, at least in a small way. The One Below All appears differently depending on the viewer but never takes the form of anything remotely mortal or like a "person", showing an absence of "humanity" or aspect of whatever races perceive it. Further, its appearance is also meant to terrify and intimidate the viewer with the visage seemingly being alien for the most part.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: {{Inverted|Trope}}; The One Below All uses avatars to avoid breaking mortal minds because it wants them to suffer instead. It most often is shown using Brian Banner, specifically because it unnerves the Devil Hulk. For others it uses a NightmareFace.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] as its power is hate, but while the One Below All is infinite in power and scope being omniscient and omnipotent, it is trapped behind the green door, while being barred from directly controlling the universe(s) as the multiverse isn't its creation and the One Above All's authority supersedes the One Below All (when you have 2 beings who are equally omnipotent the deciding factor is authority and ownership). However, it ''can'' influence the heart and minds of the inhabitants of the multiverse with its absolute control over negativity and evil. While the One Above All won't use its power over love to manipulate its creations, as it is intrigued by the mystery and allows its creations free will, the One Below All couldn't care less about the mystery, actively hates all other life and despises free will, so it has no reservations using it power over evil to manipulate and control any number of beings in the multiverse. This also implies that, like the One Above All, the One Below All moves InMysteriousWays because it can actively influence any evil creature no matter how powerful (Its the biggest and baddest thing around period) but there is no way of knowing when it's enacting its plans through pawns but given how many times the universe/multiverse has almost been completely destroyed, Bruce Banner and the Hulk probably aren't the only means it's using to destroy everything.

* MouthOfSauron: It needs a host to affect things directly, a soul it can speak and act through. In ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', that host is Brian Banner, Bruce Banner's ArchnemesisDad. [[spoiler:Until the Leader usurps that position.]]

* DidYouThinkICantFeel: This is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be the case in ''Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider'', when Ben made a comment about how he's not like her, someone indifferent to the live lost near them. She reacted violently to that supposition before returning to normal.

* DontFearTheReaper: While her [[ComicBook/{{Thanos}} consort and lover]] would gladly [[OmnicidalManiac kill everything in the universe for her]], and though she would find that very romantic, she is a necessary component of the universe and, further, sees herself as the end of pain and suffering. She is not actively malevolent or sadistic. In spite of being the representation of the end of all life, she is a necessary force in creation and an inevitability. A memorable example was during ''The Death of Captain Marvel'', where she was treated as the end of one thing and the start of something else.
-->'''" I shall bring you--peace! As I have brought so many others before you--Thus has it ever been-- Thus must it ever be!"'''

* HumanityIsInfectious: Once spent time inhabiting Margo Chandler as a gambit to hide from a crazed death god who had the power of all the lives of a single galaxy. She was influenced by Margo's personality and emotions. Since then, whenever Death walks the earth, she does so in the guise of Margo.

!!Beyonders

[[folder:Beyonder]]
!!Beyonder
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kosmos
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Frank, Kurami
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984)

The Beyonder is an immensely powerful extradimensional entity of disputed origin. The Beyonder is the beyond-all and end-all of all things, striven on occasion to be both mankind's greatest savior and threat, in a quest to better understand human nature.

->''"I howl through many mouths! I break with many hands! They are themselves but they are also me! I have all the power you give me and my weapon is HATE!!"''

* AlmightyIdiot: A preview for issue 39 of Immortal Hulk has Brian Banner explain that it doesn't really have a mind of its own, only a drive. It's pure id, needing someone else to provide the ego.

* EvilIsNotAToy: This is done indirectly in regards to the One Below All. Over the years, many people have tried to use Gamma energy and research for their own ends. What nobody ever realized was that the reason Gamma could create monsters and miracles was because of it's elusive 3rd form which cannot be defined or analyzed. Turns out this 3rd form is power coming straight from the One Below All and doesn't follow the rules of science or nature because it's power drawn from an EldritchAbomination that is TheAntiGod for the Marvel multiverse. All of the people, good or bad, that have been trying to use Gamma energy for their own ends all these years had no idea they were essentially trying to use the power of the UltimateEvil and this is also why Gamma energy and research can never create anything positive or beneficial. The One Below All is the opposite of creation and the dark side of existence. It and by extension its power can never be anything but destructive or harmful.
* {{Foil}}: The One Below All is the inverse of the One Above All beyond just name. The One Above All is connected to and a part of everything and can move through the multiverse freely while altering anything directly. The One Below All is barred from existing in the multiverse, and while it is connected to everything its power and influence are subtle and small in scale but can have far-ranging repercussions. The One Above All appears as a mortal being depending on the viewer by finding a bit of themselves in the almighty. This serves to put them at ease and understand their creator at least in a small way. The One Below All appears differently depending on the viewer but never takes the form of anything remotely mortal or like a "person", showing an absence of "humanity" or aspect of whatever races perceive it. Further its appearance is also meant to terrify and intimidate the viewer with the visage seemingly being alien for the most part.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] as its power is hate but while the One Below All is infinite in power and scope being Omniscient and Omnipotent, it is trapped behind the green door while being barred from directly controlling the universe(s) as the multiverse isn't its creation and the One Above All's authority super-ceeds the One Below All(when you have 2 beings who are equally omnipotent the deciding factor is authority and ownership). However, it can influence the heart and minds of the inhabitants of the multiverse with its absolute control over negativity and evil. While the One Above All won't use its power over love to manipulate it creations as it is intrigued by the mystery and allows its creations free will, the One Below All couldn't care less about the mystery and actively hates all other life and despises free will so it had no reservations using it power over evil to manipulate and control any number of beings in the multiverse. This also implies that, like the One Above All, the One Below All moves InMysteriousWays because it can actively influence any evil creature no matter how powerful (Its the biggest and baddest thing around period) but there is no way of knowing when its enacting its plans through pawns but given how many times the universe/multiverse has almost been completely destroyed, Bruce Banner and the Hulk probably aren't the only means it's using to destroy everything.

* LeakingCanOfEvil: It's largely sealed in the Below Place behind the Green Door but as its debut series shows this does almost nothing to prevents its influence from reaching across the multiverse.

* MouthOfSauron: It needs a host to affect things directly, a soul it can speak and act through. In ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', that host is Brian Banner, Bruce Banner's ArchnemesisDad.

* DidYouThinkICantFeel: This is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be the case in the comic Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider, when Ben made a comment about how he's not like her, someone indifferent to the live lost near them. She reacted violently to that supposition before returning to normal.

* DontFearTheReaper: While her [[ComicBook/{{Thanos}} consort and lover]] would gladly [[OmnicidalManiac kill everything in the universe for her]], and though she would find that very romantic, she is a necessary component of the universe and, further, sees herself as the end of pain and suffering. She is not actively malevolent or sadistic. In spite of being the representation of the end of all life, she is a necessary force in creation and an inevitability. A memorable example was during the Death of Captain Marvel where she was treated as the end of one thing and the start of something else.

* HumanityIsInfectious: Once spent time inhabiting Margo Chandler as a gambit to hide from a crazed death god who had the power of all the live of a single galaxy. She was influenced by Margo's personality and emotions. Since then, whenever death walks the earth, she does so in the guise of Margo.

* DealWithTheDevil: He made a deal with Phyla-Vell, allowing her to rescue Moondragon from the Dragon of the Moon in exchange for killing the Magus when the time came.