Following Secret Wars and Secret Wars II, the Beyonder experienced many notable retcons. The Beyonder then vanished, and the participants in the "secret war" returned to the various places from which they had been transported. The Beyonders received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1. The Beyonder also empowered the Guardians to help in the assault. Or is he the kind that is born with certain Beyonder powers? To study the effects of enabling someone to fulfill his fantasies, the Beyonder transformed television writer Stewart Cadwall into the armored Thundersword. Hold together a planet that he made out of remnants of destroyed realities by thought alone. In this issue, a younger, less-experienced Deadpool is hired by the Kingpin to kill the Beyonder. Looking in, they saw the accident that had transformed Reece into the Molecule Man! But, he warned, "love gone wrong can be dangerous--even to guys like us!" This turned out to be the office of Stewart Cadwell, a TV script writer. According to the Shaper, they are beneficent in their motives. The heroes were subdued, but even Captain America agreed that Reece had done what needed to be done. But the Molecule Man had greater power, because of his human potential. Deciding to confront the Beyonder before became a viable threat once more, the Illuminati employed a Skrull ship and traveled to Ceres, only to find a hidden replica of the island of Manhattan in the middle of the asteroid belt. To test it, he had the machine recreate the New Mutants (whom he had killed earlier). Meanwhile, the Beyonder managed to come into our universe as a small spark of light. Sue Richards provides a barrier until Storm is able to use her weather manipulation to recharge the bases defense mechanism. The Beyonder would try to get a human (Peter Parker) to renounce his ideals, and Mephisto would try to keep him on the straight and narrow. So, who can stop Superman? In his quest for answers, The Beyonder commits to become fully human, yet, there is a catch: The Beyonder will retain his immortality and celestial powers while on Earth. The Beyonders are a omnipotent (but not omniscient) alien race that exist outside the omniverse (basically living beyond all of reality, time, space, and the dimensions).. Inspired by the Thing's heroism, the Beyonder decided to inspire others in turn to find their true role in life. Beyonder informs Spider-Man he needed to make sure that he was a capable leader of "the real task at hand." Later, he visited Power Man, Iron Fist, and Falcon, who were discussing their building that he had turned to gold. Beyonder appears in 272 issues. They can also directly choose the opponents Beyonder powers as targets for punishment, giving them the strength to break it. The Beyonder is a cosmic entity of immense power. He would have to think about all this. With this in mind, readers have ample opportunity to discover the celestial god for themselves. Potty Training Marvel's Most Powerful God Was Spider-Man's Weirdest Duty, Avengers: All FIVE of Marvels Secret Wars, Explained, Avengers: How the Illuminati Reinvented One Of Marvel's Most Powerful Beings, REVIEW: Frank Miller Presents Ancient Enemies: The Djinni #1 Crafts a Compelling Origin Story, REVIEW: DC's Shazam! Nonetheless, the Beyonder retained his reality-warping powers, allowing him to control and manipulate matter, energy, and reality at a cosmic level beyond all but the strongest and most powerful of cosmic entities. Thor suggested that he send him to Hel, where he could gain revenge on Malekith (who originally let him fall to his death) and on Hela, who had injured Thor's face. Ben points out the machine Spider-Man used to bring the heros to this world, and Doom uses this device to teleport. Then he effortlessly erased the armada, as well as all their homeworlds, and every planet that had ever had any contact with any of those worlds. Their origin story was revealed and were tied to the Celestials; the "Beyond" space that they dwell was revealed to be formerly the Second Cosmos, the first multiverse that formed after the Celestial War. For example, Klein being able to create a town (Utopia) out of nowhere even if none of his beyonder powers corresponds to such a feat. But everything he had heard led him to believe that being partly mortal was the only way to make it through. It convinced her that if she had enough power, she could resist the Dragon's evil. They battle until Eternity and The Living Tribunal intervene. Then he and Scion decided that they must take more drastic steps to help the Microverse as a whole. He then appeared to Rachel, Cannonball, and Magik. Cap attacked Doom, and Doom easily disintegrated him. Vinnie showed up with some of his gang, including Toots, who had since shown him the bar of gold. He made a deal with 99 super villains: he would give them immense rewards if they attacked the Beyonder. [37], Despite his power, the Beyonder has shown moments of vulnerability. He then restored the power of Thor and Beta Ray Bill's hammers, and left. His powers' applications are nearly endless. He had Toots watch over him while he got his gang network into action. The Kyln prisons were destroyed during Annihilation, and the Maker was apparently killed in the battle; Thanos had the Fallen One check her body to make sure. However, there are cases in the normal world where a weaker object can break a stronger object if it hits it in exactly the right way--for instance it can set up dissonant shock waves that are a counter to the other object's structure, and force it to break itself apart. The character was retconned into a less powerful character, a self-aware Cosmic Cube inhabiting his own "dimension" because there was no matrix to hold his energy, with the explanation that other more powerful beings had exercised their powers on the Beyonder's behalf to ease his transition into self-awareness. The Beyonder's first appearance was in the story Secret Wars I. After becoming aware of the Earth, the Beyonders began studying the Marvel Multiverse with amusement and curiosity. [4], They eventually hired the Pegasusian alien race as agents, to tow Counter-Earth to the Beyonders' museum. Rachel attacked him with the Phoenix, but to no avail. The inhabitatants have worked hard to eliminate diseases and famine. After Rion's . Why he would do this is unclear. She hoped that with the current universe destroyed, the Beyonder would lose interest in it, and would at least not destroy the future universe, whereas if he continued on his present course, he would probably destroy not only the current universe but any future ones as well. When the Molecule Man extracted the Beyonder from Kosmos, their battle took place in more than three dimensions, and threatened vast portions of reality. The Beyonder is a complex and enigmatic character. And even more so: he had helped the Thing eventually realize that he couldn't murder someone in cold blood, so perhaps the Beyonder's new role could be to help others find their roles! Then, flitting from emotion to emotion, he stopped it all, and began his search for Alex Summers. The Beyonder simpily turns intangiable and proceeds to explain his plans to Spider-Man. He had withdrawn into himself and was meditating on a South Seas island to find out his role in the universe. Black Cat later thanks Spider-Man with a kiss, meanwhile on Earth, Blade watches his mothers castle from a distant ledge while Morbius explains that he has connection with Black Cat and knows she is in safe hands. Other sentient cosmic cubes have been able to manipulate or affect reality on a fairly extensive basis, creating planets (Kubik) and destroying civilizations (Shaper). Klein proceeded this line of thought and soon realized he had reached a dead end. The other heroes, who didn't see exactly what happened, thought the Beyonder had done something to them, and Wolverine attacked, slashing his face and torso. He then turned it on himself thus becoming a mortal being with no superhuman powers. Remains to be seen. Protg retaliates using his limitless ability to copy the abilities of other beings to become a match for the Beyonder. He was then (not surprisingly) immediately confronted again by the vengeful Mephisto. As a result, death, portrayed by Mephisto, cannot destroy him. Confused once again; the Beyonder left. on 10/17/22 This was surprising, since the Beyonder had chosen to appear in a male form. 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. She did, and the New Mutants were freed of the Beyonder's attempt at forced enlightenment. As everyone arrives to the base, Spider-Man and the heros defeat the cyber skulls and fight the villains. They made conversation, and after she explained her profession using street jargon he didn't understand, he gave her an ingot of gold. The Beyonder actually made an appearance in Spider-Man the animated series. Although he rejected the notion at first, he finally submitted to being reshaped into a Cube alongside the Molecule Man. The mystery of desire was still at the forefront of his mind: as an omnipotent being, he couldn't understand what it meant to want something and not be able to get it (ironically, the one thing he was unable to do was understand desire). Spider-Man takes notes on his tape recorder and makes a pun "I feel doom hiding behind every corner." Frank was, in a sense, all grown up now. [3] When the Molecule Man extracted the Beyonder from Kosmos, their battle took place in more than three spatial dimensions, and threatened to cause vast destruction across the multiverse. He was docile and said he desired "to understand." While he was under Red Skull's employment he created and memorized a super human transformation formula (this would be responsible for Steve Rogers becoming Captain America.) Bereft of another host, the cosmic energy creates The Beyonder and imbues him with all the wisdom, power, and purpose of The Beyonders. He was frozen in indecision. However, the Beyonder was really just sitting and thinking. After observing humans, and ultimately interacting with them, the Beyonder still did not feel fulfilled. After the events of Dr. They felt that if the Beyonder took care of everything, people would get lazy and wouldn't take care of themselves any more. [32], In an underground sanctum sanctorum deep beneath the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Beyonder decided that perhaps he could find the contentment he sought by becoming a mortal being. Even this could not stop him, and he emerged still bent on killing Thor. Beyonder View source History Talk (0) Beyonder Name: Beyonder Origin: Marvel Comics Gender: Male Classification: Omnipotence Age: Primordial Strength Lifting: Infinite Striking . At the end of. On the other hand, the Black Knight's Ebony Blade, and Magik's Soul Sword, which normally can cut through magic, had no effect on him at all. He made him feel as if he were being eaten by maggots, burned, and other tortures. Beyonder last edited by The Molecule Man begged him not to, and the Beyonder gave them a 24-hour reprieve. Strange wanted to know more about him, and peered inside him with the Eye of Agamotto, where he saw his true self. More impressively, The Beyonder can destroy the multiverse, possess every human on earth, and, as exemplified in Secret Wars' Battleworld, transport people between planets--or universes--at will. He raised his hand to attack back, but the Marsha put her reserve plan into action. The Beyonder encountered "Norman" and sent Doom back in time to the first Secret War to fix the paradox but without the memories of Doom's time as Norman. With utmost respect, he bowed down to Black Bolt, proving his loyalty to him. The Beyonder ordered fish and collard greens, and the other diners, who are black, thought he seemed out of place (too white). Even in this state, however, he was incredibly powerful, having enough strength to at least banish a legion of demons back to Hell in one motion. She returned them all to Earth. [16] Beyonder then attempts to get Dazzler to fall in love with him, but fails, leading to feelings of despair. These eyes take the form of the Beyonder. The Molecule Man was devastated, and the Beyonder lorded it over him. He arrives at the Beyonders location and uses his power seperator (elemental splitter) in a reversed fashion. That is a difficult question to answer since the three main symbiotes - Venom, Carnage and Riot - share some similar abilities, but each have their own strengths and weaknesses. However, when he talked to Foxxe, Foxxe told him that the Beyonder lived nearby, and gave him the address. Motivated by The Beyonder's reward, the heroes and villains launch into an all-out war, grabbing advanced weaponry and technology--gifted by The Beyonder, of course--to conquer their foes. He said that with death gone, there was no longer any point to life. What Beyonder powers could it be? However, even in this state, he was capable of easily sending a horde of demons back to hell with a wave of his hand. Based on his experience as a wrestler, Jeff wrote Paper Champion, a comic about cardboard wrestling belts, haunted dreams, and healing from loss. Doom used the Cube to restore his memories but Kubik and the Shaper of Worlds stopped him before he could take its power. A train came along behind him, and he "zapped" it with his fingers shaped into a child's "gun" position. Madame Web comments on how Spider-Man has already led the heros into battle, and the Beyonder agrees that this is a good start, but he decides to see how everything ends. Boom Boom remarked that they didn't seem to worried about him, and he said they were, they just didn't show it. Powers and Stats The Beyonder: What Happened to Marvel's Secret Wars God? [29], Deciding he could not simply return to the Beyond-Realm and forget that he had ever experienced desire, the Beyonder remained on Earth but fell into despair. They beat up the Beyonder, but he didn't mind because he liked learning from experiences like this. Then all of a sudden, one of Boom Boom's time bombs went off; she didn't want him to forget her. Dracula offers his assistance in return for getting to kill more heroes. [10] During this time, his powers are briefly stolen by Doctor Doom. He is in essence foreshadowing what is going to happen before it happens. The Lizard regained conscienceness and ran outside where he was attacked by alien giant sand worms. Doom uses his powers to force Spider-Man and the heros against a wall. Richards and the rest of the Fantastic Four were in the midst of a battle against the Hate Monger and Psycho Man when the Beyonder appeared and started asking questions. He was so angry that he unleashed a multiversally-destructive bolt of energy--which Reece then quietly fixed. Name: Beyonder Origin: Marvel Comics Gender: Appears male, in reality has no actual gender Classification: Cosmic being Age: Unknown (possibly older than the universe) Powers and Abilities: Massive multiversal-scale reality warping, shapeshifting, telepathy, soul manipulation, near-omniscience, immortality (type 5), immune to practically every form of attack, non-corporeal, can grant power to . [49] Later, he attempts to hold captive the ruler of the Universal Church of Truth, Protg. The Beyonder liked the irony of this, and did it. He decided to limit himself in order to enjoy life since reality and his mind were indistinguishable; by doing this he showed some emotional progress. Although Fantastic Four #319 didn't arrive on newsstands until 1988, two years after Secret Wars II ended, the issue is the best place to start for new and returning fans. Dr. Magneto agreed with her final choice, as he had earlier counselled mercy against the student who had tried to kill Xavier. He sent down an enormous blast of energy from the heavens that destroyed everything in its pathexcept that the Molecule Man had saved a bit of energy, and managed to not only save all the heroes, but also put every other living thing in the path of the blast into subspace. Unfortunately, the Lizard's primal instincts kick in, and Doom is assaulted. She had a choice--kill him, or save the X-Men, whom he then put in danger, making the Blackbird plummet towards the sea, with Sentinels on the chase and spread throughout the city. By the time Mephisto planned to drop his contract with Thing, nearly all of the Legion Accursed were defeated. The Beyonder and Muramoto had been having a number of conversations about enlightenment. Beyonder demonstrates his abilities by splitting the Hulk and Bruce Banner apart before sending them to the other parts of Battleworld. She was placed in stasis at the Kyln and kept alive so the Beyonder could not escape. However, Klaw recreated Rogers, who attacked Doom again. Kurse had finally reached New York, and randomly happened to hurt Margaret Power. The Beyonder was not only imprisoned at the end of the Secret Wars, he was destroyed. [8] Upon returning to Earth, he tells his fellow heroes that the Beyonders have killed the Living Tribunal along with all the Celestials, and every abstract entity (including Eternity, Infinity, Lord Chaos, Master Order, and the In-Betweener) as part of an experiment involving the destruction of all life throughout the Marvel Multiverse. Richards realized who he was and tried to pay attention, but there were too many distractions, including Sue Storm's desire for revenge for what the villains had done to her (they had turned her into Malice). As he is about to wipe them out,Thing grabs the elemental spiltter and fires it at Doom. The Beyonder stood thinking on his own for a while, now understanding how the experience of being in a fight and being hurt was quite different from observing others being in a fight--experience was indeed the best teacher. Impressed, the Beyonder kept his word and allowed existence to continue for another day. It can directly absorb energy such as Cyclops' optic blasts or even the entire energy of a sun. Now they each had only part of the power of a sentient Cosmic Cube, entities that are still very powerful, but stand far below such entities as the Living Tribunal and Eternity, and even the Celestials. Omnipotence: The Beyonders omnipotence have been shown to kill a non-corporeal entity who can only be killed by God itself which who the Living Tribunal.They were also able to create, warp, and destroy . He was peacefully sitting on Alcatraz, contemplating existence, when she blasted him with the full power of the Phoenix, creating an enormous mushroom cloud in the shape of a firebird. Strange found out what happened, and found him in a bar--one of the very ones he himself used to drink at after he had his accident and could no longer do surgery. The Beyonder was so powerful that the fallout of this conflict left a wish-fulfillment-like effect on the planet, allowing many heroes to regain things they had lost: Captain America was able to recreate his broken shield, among other effects. Doom disintegrated him again in turn, and the cycle repeated itself. With a complete mind, he could possibly control it. However, most of these were either due to his own self-limiting of power or some other kind of special circumstances. He was also invisibly observing Captain America, who was visiting the West Coast Avengers and then battling Armadillo and Dr. Malus. And yet the Beyonder was once again unhurt. He then let the heroin affect him, and was stunned at how horrible the experience was. The Beyonder then left. When he appeared to see her, however, she placed a time bomb on him and ran away. He realized that he "could erase the universe with a thought." The Beyonder is an immensely powerful extradimensional entity of disputed origin. They would have a contest to see if humanity deserved life. The Beyonder also had to exert himself in battle against the Molecule Man (who was a multiversal level entity), and he was overloaded by the Rachel Summers Phoenix, after which he collapsed on the ground, though only after granting her enough power to do so. The Beyonder was not in a mood to be trifled with, and was about to destroy Doom, whom he apparently didn't recognize, when Reed Richards stopped him. The universe created me just as it created you." Doom was unsure what to do with his newfound omnipotence, which was even greater than it was when he had Galactus' power. [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 Illuminati departed, having succeeded their in goal. The Beyonder appeared again, this time garbed as a super hero, and helped her fight the bikers, whose powers kept increasing. Created by writer Jim Shooter [1] and artist Mike Zeck, the Beyonder first appeared in Secret Wars #1 (May 1984) as an unseen, nigh-omnipotent [2] being from outside the multiverse who kidnapped the heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe to have them do battle on Battleworld. However, while they were happy with the results, they soon wished that they had asked for even more" for everyone to be cured of cancer, for Rom to be restored to humanity, for Adams' parents to be brought back to life. She found his essence and took it over. The original Beyonder was considered to be the most powerful being in the multiverse, having power surpassing Cosmic Entities, such as The Living Tribunal and Eternity. Her love had helped him overcome his own self-hate, and enabled him to love her back more freely. He was first properly depicted by Al Milgrom in Secret Wars II #1. He was simply being far too artificial in his approach, and didn't understand. [11] He was not aware of other Beyonders and misinterpreted his personal universe as everything in existence. He gave Frank the services of a room of prostitutes (making Toots jealous), and over the course of weeks taught him all of the everyday conventions and information that he needed to know to really understand normal life on Earth. However, it was finally the Beyonder's friend and inspiration, Owen Reece, who let go a lethal bolt of energy, killing the baby. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Seeing Kubik's love for Kosmos, the Molecule Man reverted back to Owen Reece and restored Kosmos. Essentially the Ultimates, consisting of Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and others, increased Galactus' power so much that his hunger ceased. She converted Sam Guthrie before he realized what she was doing, but the others rejected his "gift." He did attack the heroes, but then slipped back inside, trailing Captain America. Then Owen Reece and Volcana showed up, and he added to Kubik's attack on the Beyonder. 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. In Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (by Jim Shooter, Michael Zeck, John Beatty, and Christie Scheele), The Beyonder abducts Marvel's greatest heroes and villains and orders them to fight on Battleworld. For this reason the Beyonder decided that the driving force of all sentient beings must be desirean emotional state previously unknown to himwhich manifested itself as a longing to grow; to be; to evolve into something that one is currently not in order to achieve a sense of completeness. Hence, he released everyone and everything on Earth from his control; wiped out even the memories of his conquest of Earth although he did allow some few of them to retain a vague reminiscence of it. People needed to be free to learn and take risks, just like the horse race. 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 As part of his attempt to help others find peace, he visited the New Mutants. As he recounted, Doom participated in the first Secret War despite the fact that he had already died; in the second Secret War, it was revealed that Doom had secretly swapped minds with Norman McArthur. This would destroy the universe as well, although a new universe would take it's place. As everyone figures out that they have been teleported several miles away, Johnny Storm asks what Doom will do next. Galactus planned, as a last resort, to destroy Taa II instead of Battleworld, and absorb its unspeakably extensive energy.