She left a message for the X-Men and flew towards the west coast. 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. But, as soon as he did it, he realized he needed to try it again. The Beyonder sensed him on his ocean base; he was there as part of a SHIELD mission to destroy it, but is now unsure if it's the right thing to do. Owen Reece had been taken over by his "dark side," and turned back into a crazed Molecule Man. The heroes stopped them, and the Molecule Man brought them all down to the Beyonder's base. The Beyonder offered to do all of this as well, but then they began to worry about unforeseen consequences. He realized that he "could erase the universe with a thought." Then, flitting from emotion to emotion, he stopped it all, and began his search for Alex Summers. He also pulled Talisman out of the bag for Shaman as payment. After the amnesiac Maker destroys a Shi'ar colony, the Imperial Guard manage to imprison it in the interstellar prison called the Kyln. The Beyonder decided to use Zarathos as his catspaw. This statement was the prologue to a war between the two groups, as the villains attempted to fulfill the Beyonder's mission, and the heroes simply tried to return home. Strange. Although she suffers defeat, Phoenix attempts to sway The Beyonder's mind by reminding him that death makes life meaningful. Superman is considered as the most powerful among them by the fans. Galactus planned, as a last resort, to destroy Taa II instead of Battleworld, and absorb its unspeakably extensive energy. The Beyonder, after sitting and thinking, decided he had been wrong, and went to their apartment to apologize. Mephisto convinced him to make a wager: if Mephisto won, the Beyonder would wait 24 hours before destroying everything. So he might possibly be 1-A in his realm Does this upscale beyonder to 1-a? He returned to our reality, and specifically to Earth. After Rion's . He felt that the Beyonder should be more like him, and just settle down to enjoy the small things in life, like his life with Marsha. 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. They had been friends, but now Reece was worried about how unstable he was becoming, and what he might do next. RELATED: When Did the Molecule Man's Personality Change So Dramatically? The heros manage their way out and start their journy back to New Latveria. In Earth-1298, also known as the Mutant X universe, the Beyonder was defeated by a coalition of heroes at the end of Secret Wars II. [50], In an alternate reality depicted in the "Heroes Reborn" miniseries, a character named Mister Beyonder appears as an inmate of the Negative Zone before escaping and confronting Hyperion, claiming that his reality is not what it seems. As Black Cat chases after the Red Skull she confronts him, but is captured by Dr. Octopus. They set up a situation where Spider-Man found out about a planned hit on the Kingpin--something he couldn't let happen, given his morality. In contrast to the original event, Secret Wars II delves deep into The Beyonder's internal struggle to find fulfillment. There, he asked about love. However, he did have certain circumstances where he felt there was a chance for someone or something to defeat him. Beyonder says Spider-Man is "quite correct". Lila Cheney teleported the X-Men away in order to avoid any retribution from him. Still he could not find Havok. Back in New York, Puma once again found Peter Parker and tried to enroll him in his quest to kill the Beyonder. The Torch, tremendously afflicted by the event, became unsure of his role as a hero. Due to Beyonder and Thing ruining his plan, Mephisto returned all the villains to where they were before he began his scheme. The Beyonder was created by Jim Shooter and first appeared in Secret Wars #1. The Beyonder has been the source of many retcons and reinventions over the years. When he had entered the Beyond-realm with Galactus at the very beginning of Secret Wars, his armor had analyzed the Beyonder's energies. Living in a self imposed exile for centuries, Druig led his secret . His inner quandry reflected itself upon the nature of reality without him even trying, imploding suns and collapsing parallel universes. He stood in space, thinking. Right then, some punks tried to mug them. He then wanted know the reason of the Illuminatis visit, and even directed his questions to his King, stating that his highly destructive voice would not cause anyone harm if he used it, due to his own powers containing it. Reed Richards, Mr. [39] He also lost part, or all, of his power on various occasions, some of them engineered by himself. A great light then shone out of a hole in space, and infamously said, "I am from Beyond! Kubik developed from a Cube made by A.I.M. Doom proceeds to drop a mountain on them. Cage explained the problem to Beyonder, who made himself black in order to better fit in. He was also one of the only beings who bridged both the world of mortals and cosmic beings. At the very same moment Beyonder and Madame Web observe the whole situation. After a fight with the Fantastic Four, he revealed that his mind was actually inhabiting the body of a random stranger, Norm McArthur. It is unclear whether his power under this retcon is greater of lesser than the Cosmic Cube version of the Beyonder, or if it is even at the level of Pre-Retcon Beyonder. The Beyonder then went to talk to the Hulk, and found that his Banner side had been erased. Powers and Stats As a result, for his experiment, he slams various pieces of Earth . It can directly absorb energy such as Cyclops' optic blasts or even the entire energy of a sun. When the Molecule Man extracted the Beyonder from Kosmos, their battle took place in more than three dimensions, and threatened vast portions of reality. As everyone enters the kingdom they see that it is an ideal society, the planets inhabitants are at peace. All that Phoenix experienced--the totality of life, in all its forms, in all its infinite glory--is now his." This, obviously, did not work, and the diners got in a shouting match with him, ultimately punching him in the face, at which point Cage stepped in and beat them up. Beyonder then tells Iron Man, Thor, and Loki to stick to being part of his experiment or else they'll get what Hulk got. 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. Other sentient cosmic cubes have been able to manipulate or affect reality on a fairly extensive basis, creating planets (Kubik) and destroying civilizations (Shaper). The Beyonder is an immensely powerful extradimensional entity of disputed origin. But he also made plans with the other cosmic entities of the universe; they would share their power, so Beyondersbane would also have all the power in the universe in addition to the Beyonder's spent power. Doom used the Cube to restore his memories but Kubik and the Shaper of Worlds stopped him before he could take its power. This was the first appearance of Boom Boom. This time they were overwhelmed, and were only able to defeat the Dragon by sacrificing the life-force of Valkyrie, Andromeda, Manslaughter, and Interloper. [39], Under unrevealed circumstances, Kosmos left Kubik, went mad, turned herself into a mortal called the "Maker," and obliviously slaughtered 64,000 colonists of a Shi'ar agrarian settlement. [13], After learning of the importance of money from Luke Cage, the Beyonder turns a building into pure gold,[14] causing Spider-Man to rescue those trapped in the building, while the U.S. government works to get rid of the gold to avoid a financial crisis. They were revealed to be the same race as the "Omegas" previously seen in Defenders (20112012) and briefly appeared in Ultimates 2 (2016) #6. [4], Hank Pym is sent by the Illuminati to investigate the Incursions and the collapsing multiverse. Frank was, in a sense, all grown up now. [30] Upon reaching the House of Ideas, he decides to leave the story, promising to return on his own terms. [27], The Beyonder finally parted company with Vinnie, and used his powers to take complete control of every mind and even the very atoms making up the matter on Earth. He has the ability to control the fundamental fabric of space and time. Klaw had been acting as Doom's confidant and court fool, and using him now, the Beyonder was able to continue to push Doom toward instability. The Beyonder was going to erase the multiverse entirely; he erased Death; he destroyed multiple galaxies; he defeated powerful beings like Galactus and a whole group of Celestials with ease; he was able to recreate the same things he erased; with a simple hand wave he shattered a dome the Molecule Man created to endure multiversal destruction; he easily survived a blast from the Molecule Man that could have slagged "several billion" dimensions; when he had a large portion of his power in the cup that was going to kill Death, he still had more power than the combined cosmic entities of our multiverse; when Mephisto created Beyondersbane using the Beyonder's own expended power plus all of the power in our multiverse, Mephisto still wasn't sure it was enough to destroy him; his battle with the Molecule Man affected every being on every planet on every dimension. 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. According to Englehart, an editor hated the character and ordered the Beyonder "removed" from the Marvel Universe. Unfortunately, the Lizard's primal instincts kick in, and Doom is assaulted. Spider-Man takes notes on his tape recorder and makes a pun "I feel doom hiding behind every corner." He invented, and was sometimes manipulated by other cosmic entities into believing, the events of the original Secret Wars as a way to cope with cosmic awareness. Mr Fantastic. He summoned many heroes to defend the unconscious Havok, but the Beyonder killed them all with a wave of his hand. Fueled by rage and The Beyonder's energy, Phoenix drops the celestial-god to his knees, a feat no other Marvel Comics character ever achieved. Uatu importuned Reece to help them, but he refused, he just didn't want to get involved in such matters any more. The Beyonder informs everyone that they will be teleported back to Earth with no memory of these events and will be as they were before this ever occured. He tried giving her fame and success in show business, and he faked a fight with the Avengers to make her feel sympathy for him, but none of it worked. The Beyonder also had Klaw persuade Doom to grant him part of his power. Taking his inspiration from Reece, he was going to be human and omnipotent at the same time. Even though Strange had seen so many mysteries and beings of power, and had "stood unafraid before Eternity himself," he recoiled at the sight of the Beyonder's true nature and power. Secret Wars II expands on Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars in every way possible. It took them a while to get up, however, and they had been knocked miles away. [23], At some unknown point, Kosmos becomes insane and assumes a mortal form, now calling itself the Maker. [2] A hole was poked into the Beyonder's universe which caused him to be aware of the Marvel Universe. He tried again to convince her to love him (when the ring didn't spark her interest, he just tossed it away). But even the man of steel has his weaknesses. Marvel's next editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco felt that Beyonder was too powerful, his power became the end of him as Marvel deconstructed his abilities and cast him as a hoax. During the battle, he famously said, "The trouble is, lesser beings can't really perceive the bulk of the action--the billions of feints, thrusts, and parries per second--or the countless levels, besides the physical, upon which this fight, however one-sided, is taking place!" While waiting for the Legion Accursed to arrive, Mephisto tricked Thing into signing a contract that would increase his strength. Beyonder transforms into a cloud and both the Beyonder and Spider-Man vanish. When the Legion Accursed had arrived, Thing had to defend Beyonder from them. [16] Beyonder then attempts to get Dazzler to fall in love with him, but fails, leading to feelings of despair. She wanted them all to engage him in one last ditch effort. In his anger, and in a moment that was both a flashback to Secret Wars I and a foreshadowing to the end of Secret Wars II, the Beyonder let loose a bolt of energy that destroyed a far-flung galaxy. 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. He then sent her to "convert" the other New Mutants to his cause of purity and peace. 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. The Beyonder's unlimited power and his drive to experience desire like a human were a dangerous combination, which prompted the Molecule Man to take advantage of a moment of weakness and destroy the Beyonder's physical form, releasing his energy into another universe. (which is basically using the abilities from other pathways like a scribe or reader or Shepard). As he is about to wipe them out,Thing grabs the elemental spiltter and fires it at Doom. The Beyonder is a cosmic entity of immense power. [4] Finally, he was revealed to be a "child" of the Beyonder race.[5]. He killed Karma by reflecting her power back at her. He spent the night with a waitress, but then caused a conflict with the X-Men after showing off his powers. The Beyonders were first mentioned in the team-up comic Marvel Two-in-One #63 (May 1980), by Mark Gruenwald and Jerry Bingham. For instance, they hired the Nuwali to conduct experiments in evolution in the Savage Land. He walked in to his Sanctum Sanctorum while Strange was out, ripped off the cover of the Orb of Agamotto (effortlessly negating the spells by Agamotto himself), and found him in the Dark Dimension with Clea. Doom insists he can simpily will them away, but his powers have no effect. The Beyonder then vanished, and the participants in the "secret war" returned to the various places from which they had been transported. When she got back to Earth, she called the Avengers, who got together to attack him. She rejected it all, and asked him to take her home. Today, Jeff continues to write comics, play soulful metal on his 8-string guitar, and analyze comics here at CBR. [10], It was soon revealed that Doom's attack was a bomb made of Molecule Men he collected from throughout the Multiverse, which not only allowed him to destroy the Beyonders but at the same time channel the resulting energy into Owen Reece, and use that energy to collect what remained of the Multiverse into a single planet known as Battleworld. He said that he had offered them a chance to go out with a bang--implying that the M'Kraan gambit had not really been Rachel's idea, but his--but they had flubbed it. Then, before their eyes, a planet, which became known as Battleworld, was created to orbit that star. [21], The tale of the Beyonder continues several years later when it is revealed that, in the distant past, the enigmatic Beyonders created pocket universes holding vast amounts of sentient energy. The Beyonder is told that this is his origin, but he is missing a containment vessel and the Molecule Man absorbed part of his energy. However, after they speed away, the Beyonder and his model of Manhattan reappear, and he goes back to whatever he was doing before. 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 It turned out that the Secret Wars I-era Beyonder, sensing that Doom was dead in that time, brought him back from the current time and put this current Doom into place in the Secret Wars. But when too many people started coming to his island, he began to wonder if he should move. However, she was not in love with him, and the disappointed Beyonder, once more in possession of his full power, parted from her. [11] In his personal universe, the Beyonder was everything. Who can measure the advantages that would result if the magnificent abilities of these women could be devoted to the needs of government, society and home, instead of being consumed in the struggle to obtain their birthright of individual freedom? Following Secret Wars and Secret Wars II, the Beyonder experienced many notable retcons. While they walk around they are invited to Dr. Dooms castle. Protege's great raise in power gained the attention of the Living Tribunal, who put both Protege and the Beyonder on trial. After the Puma failed to kill him, he became convinced that he was wasting his time in trying to enlighten others. Manga Recommendations He finally calmed down, and revived Blaire. Some USAF jets attacked him as he flew by in the car, and he switched vehicles with one of them, taking the jet to Owen and Marsha's apartment. As all of reality was being destroyed, the trickster Loki uses magic to both exit reality and safely contain the essence of his fellow Asgardians.