After watching for a while, his interest was picqued, due to Thor's decision to use his belt of strength, thereby negating Kurse's advantage. They traveled across the universe as observerers, and as they came to Earth they learned many new concepts,the most interesting were the concepts of good and evil. He was at this time still wearing the face of the Molecule Man. When the Evolutionary arrived at the Beyonders' planet museum, he himself reported that his mind snapped when he witnessed the scope of their powers and how effectively insignificant he was compared to these alien beings. Post Retcon Beyonder #2/Current Beyonder (Mutant Inhuman)- Beyonder was a mutant Inhuman who already had unspecified powers, then entered the Terrigen Mists and had those powers increased exponentially. Fireheart didn't really believe this, but agreed to look into it, and looked up Spider-Man to help him. The Beyonder First Appeared In Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1 By Writer Jim Shooter, Penciler Michael Zeck, Inker John Beatty, Colorist Christie Scheele, And Letterer Joe Rosen He quickly dispatched them with a nuclear-style explosion. Reece said that it was important that he saw the difference between knowledge and understanding, and that he believed that experience was the best teacher. However, unhappy with his physical inexperience in fighting, he left. It was then that he realized that the Beyonder wasnt the galactic entity of unknown origin that he presented himself to be. He thought that the action would teach her that she was a hero and not a killer, but she just felt used like a puppet, and once again the Beyonder failed in his role of helping others find their own path. Contents 1 History 2 Personality 3 Appearance 4 Powers and Abilities 4.1 Powers 4.2 Abilities 5 Paraphernalia 5.1 Equipment 5.2 Transportation 6 Appearances 6.1 Season 4: Secret Wars 7 Notes 8 Trivia 9 Gallery 10 In Other Medias and tv 11 Relationships History The Cube then took on a new body and persona, calling itself Kosmos. (Since it was implied that her essence would escape if her body was killed, then it would seem that her essence should be on the loose, but this has never been dealt with or mentioned.). [12], The narration stated that he possessed power millions of times greater than the entire multiverse combined,[35] and that a regular universe was a drop of water in the ocean compared to the Beyond Realm. For the book by Brandon Mull, see, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beyonders&oldid=1141077256, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:33. During the Fall of the Hulks, the Intelligencia reported that long ago, they used a special tachyon beam, based at Doom's castle, to search for power sources in the cosmos. (It is unclear why Kubik did not help her.) Boom Boom shared a game that she played whenever she got depressed: whenever something bad happened, you got 10 points. He said the Earth heroes were just jealous, and that the Beyonder would be the greatest hero of them all--that only Death itself had anything to fear from the Beyonder, and the heroes certainly had no reason to worry. So he might possibly be 1-A in his realm Does this upscale beyonder to 1-a? Heroes from all corners of the Marvel Comics multiverse band together to thwart The Beyonder and stop his plan. They found the Beyonder and their tachyon beam attracted his attention. He remained a totally mysterious force to the people on Battleworld, hero and villain. While this version of the Beyonder wasn't as powerful as the original Pre-Retcon Beyonder, he shares the same feats, this is because because beings of higher power allowed him too. The arrival of a handful of other survivors who recalled the truth shattered this illusion. Gladiator volunteered to be placed in the Kyln to keep an eye on her and destroy her if necessary. [7][8] This dimension was accidentally accessed by lab technician Owen Reece; some of the energy from the dimension escapes and imbues Reece with infinite powers, which he wields as the villainous Molecule Man, and the remaining energy gains sentience and curiosity as the Beyonder. He flew out of the ship (pursued by Dr. Doom) and tried to attack the source of the light. The Beyonder then left. He then looked at the surrounding heroes, and Magik in particular. He revived her, but felt that she wanted a "business deal" kind of relationship, since she loved what he did for her (although she really meant she loved how he made her feel). Rachel attacked him with the Phoenix, but to no avail. [14] They have also displayed other limitations, as an explosion strong enough to destroy a few thousand universes was sufficient to kill them.[11]. The Beyonder agreed to play it safe, and restored Doom to his original body (and Norm McArthur's mind back to his body), then sent him back in time to the beginning of Secret Wars I. [26] He thereafter encountered a number of costumed adventurers, but found it difficult to understand even to relate to counsel offered him about the nature of life by some of them. Boom Boom walked away in despair and set a huge time bomb, calling out to the Beyonder that she was going to kill herself; she said she had 10 points, and she won the contest of depression. Despite their vast powers and knowledge, they seem unable to travel forward or backward in time. These included a A Celestial, Eternity, Order and Chaos, the Living Tribunal, Uatu, the Gardener, the In-Betweener, and others. (This may be a sign that this whole story does not in fact deal with the Beyonder, but a doppelganger of some sort.) The living embodiment of The Beyond Realm, a reality outside of the Marvel multiverse, he utilizes his powers over reality, space, and time to observe the never-ending battle between good and evil, serving as both an ally and enemy to Earth's greatest heroes. [43], Upon reaching the House, he hid himself until the Defenders finished their business. After the death of Death, the Beyonder increasingly began to become the target of conflict on a large scale. This accident was of such importance for all of existence that it pierced through from our universe to "his," creating a pinhole through which he could peer through. He possesses the ability to control minds. As the Beyonder no longer exists, his universe also ceased to exist. Reece decided to take the role of a therapist with the Beyonder, since he himself was quite a veteran of therapy sessions. Another man, Ralph Macchio (named after the writer and editor), was also there, and wanted to kill the Beyonder for his role in the death of his wife in an accident earlier. Or is he the kind that is born with certain Beyonder powers? (His appearance happened to stymie an attack on Alpha Flight by Omega Flight.) They then explained that the accident that gave Owen Reece the power of the Molecule Man opened a portal to the realm of the Beyonders (plural) and let some of that energy flow into him. [36], The Beyonder proved capable of destroying, and recreating, the abstract entity known as Death across the multiverse, although it extremely exerted and weakened him to do so. Powers and Abilities. He next took on Reece's form, and appeared in a random window in L.A. However, he did not completely abandon her. At first he was ecstatic, but he eventually realized that his sight was so precious that he might lose his sense of integrity in order to keep it, so he asked the Beyonder to take it back and take them off the case, which the Beyonder then did. Looking in, they saw the accident that had transformed Reece into the Molecule Man! In order to talk about the Beyonder's formative moments (his "childhood"), they went to the Beyond-realm and the Beyonder showed him the pinhole that first showed him our universe. He then erased all memory of them from the universe. His body had been destroyed in a battle with Terrax and the Silver Surfer, and he had transferred his mind to that of an onlooker. It was the sight of the imposing Black Bolt that made the Beyonder realize the Illuminati were not his creations. The Beyonder once again said he desired to understand, and the petulant Cadwell filled him in on his cynical and anti-Hollywood ideology. He was simply being far too artificial in his approach, and didn't understand. One such matter had to do with Power Pack. [33], In this universe, the Beyonder was anything and everything. The flashback sequence ends with Deadpool chasing him into a portal with a footnote saying "to be continued in Secret Wars III". These heros try to understand where they are and how they got there, the Human Torch and the Thing attack Spider-Man, thinking he was their enemy, the others heros try to break everything up. While the various heroes he had met had tried to answer the big questions, Vinnie taught him how to eat, get dressed, and even adopt a sense of humor. The Beyonder took control of Klaw's subconscious mind and thus motivated him to encourage Doom's fears of his superhuman opponents in the "secret war" as well as playing upon Doom's own deep-seated doubts over his ability to control his newly gained powers. However, the hotel desk operator had notified Vinnie, a local gangster, about his anomalous presence. The Molecule Man, narrates The Beyonder's origin story while Doctor Doom and The Fantastic Four listen on. When the Molecule Man extracted the Beyonder from Kosmos, their battle took place in more than three dimensions, and threatened vast portions of reality. Much earlier, the Beyonder had revived Kurse as an experiment, but then had largely forgotten about him. Then, flitting from emotion to emotion, he stopped it all, and began his search for Alex Summers. The Superhero Database Classification number, or SHDB Class, is a number that represents the overall 'power' of a character. And yet the Beyonder was once again unhurt. Reece's warning had come true, and the Beyonder now knew the emotional despair of rejection. He repelled Galactus "like a bug",[46] and exceeded the collected energy of the latter's World-Ship. However, he was still able to observe, and potentially manipulate, the Guardians' universe through the costume he gave to Vance Astro. As a result, for his experiment, he slams various pieces of Earth . The other X-Men, some willingly, some possibly under her psychic influence, and some unwillingly, joined their life forces to hers. Storm then informs Spider-Man over a computer that she is with an alien rebel army led by General Torg. They normally had low levels of power, but those powers became amped as they got near her. He also cured Princess Mari and Huntarr. Every-moment is precious because, at any time, death can take life away. The heros attempt to stop the assult and don't suceed until Iron Man fires a laser to knock the Lizard out. The retcon does better explain the link between the Molecule Man and the Beyonder. Once again Dave intervened, and said that they were just looking at things from the perspective of unfeeling concepts, and that Death was most important to living things like him. For unknown to the others, the energy he had sent out of our world went back to the Beyond-realm, where it cooled like our own Big Bang. Dave the reporter, who had started to work for the Beyonder in his tower, intervened. [4], Hank Pym is sent by the Illuminati to investigate the Incursions and the collapsing multiverse. As Thundersword, he began to wreck various Hollywood studios and other businesses. She was running away from home because her father had beaten her upon finding out she was a mutant. He tried again to convince her to love him (when the ring didn't spark her interest, he just tossed it away). He met a Unlimited Class Wrestling promotor at a bar as he downed Heinekens. Then Owen Reece and Volcana showed up, and he added to Kubik's attack on the Beyonder. He did attack the heroes, but then slipped back inside, trailing Captain America. He either could or would not answer how long it had been since he had last seen Black Bolt.