He tried to explain what he was trying to do, but they wouldn't listen, so he knocked them all (including Rachel and the Silver Surfer) away with one swipe of his hand. Still pondering the subject of desire, he happened upon Rick Jones, Brandy Clark, and the child Cindy Adams. The Beyonder (/bindr/) is a fictional cosmic entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Each Cosmic Cube is a receptacle for energy that comes from their dimension. 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. 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!" In their first session, he took her on a tour of existence, showing her the various dimensions and cosmic entities in the multiverse, including the Phoenix; the Watchers; various combined life-forces such as Mangog, Overmind, and the Uni-Mind; the High Evolutionary; the Stranger; Eon; the Celestials; the Vishanti; the various forces of evil; Death; Master Order and Lord Chaos; the In-Betweener; the Living Tribunal; Galactus; Eternity; and the Beyonders (plural--the source of the Cosmic Cubes). 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 [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. In this reality, the Secret Wars never happened. 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. The celestial god soon grows discontent and adopts death as the only meaning in life. There, he partnered with Scion, and aided the inhabitants of a planet by restoring their destroyed homes and food sources. He then has a sword fight with the Black Knight, during which the Knight stuck him square in the stomach with his sword. In one of his first attempts to help others, he became curious about an incident in which a child killed himself by setting himself aflame, trying to be like the Human Torch. This was the first time the Beyonder was actually "seen" on panel; he appeared simply as a omnipresent energy surrounding Doom. Chapter 2 "The Gauntlet of the Red Skull" Spider-Man and the present others decide to use the remaining energy of the device initially used to recruit heros to teleport Black Cat (at the time she was assisting Blade and Morbius the Living Vampire in a battle with Mirium, Blade's mother.) The Beyonder would often return to their apartment to discuss his recent experiences and philosophical quandries. This turned out to be the office of Stewart Cadwell, a TV script writer. Fantastic was unable to register the Beyonder's presence through his sensors, but Professor X could. 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. However, Spider-Man stopped the Puma long enough for him to gain doubt in his role, and he lost his power, and was unable to hurt the Beyonder--a result that disappointed both the Puma and the Beyonder. He left, once again putting the destruction of the universe on hold, fully realizing that it had all been an act on Rosenberg's part, but not caring, since Reece had been brought to despair in any case. The Beyonders explained their origin and history before the Defenders went further beyond into the White Hot Room. He allowed the passengers to land softly, then continued on his walk. (See Powers for a greater explanation of this.) He began a life of vice, gaining weight until he realized how bad it looked. The Beyonder then vanished, and the participants in the "secret war" returned to the various places from which they had been transported. However, while he had expected that he could absorb it effortlessly, he could not: he "tries to turn away--only to learn he cannot. Doom eventually broke, believing he had lost control of his powers, and the Beyonder left Klaw and took his powers back from Doom. When they arrive the giant sand worms attack, but they are easily thwarted off by Doom's robot. He repelled Galactus "like a bug",[46] and exceeded the collected energy of the latter's World-Ship. She returned to the Defenders' compound and attacked them again. Mr. He accelerates the time of this planet 1 year into the future. It turns out that Xavier had sensed, via his telepathy, that the Beyonder was once again in the vicinity. So, who can stop Superman? 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. They are powerful enough to kill every abstract and cosmic being rather easily. Now he wanted to recreate his original body. Magneto agreed with her final choice, as he had earlier counselled mercy against the student who had tried to kill Xavier. They were not above manipulation of beings that they saw as being "below" them: at one point the two of them created a moon-sized space station and ran the Fantastic Four through a series of exercises like lab rats. Kubik said that he and Kosmos were pure power--that if their power was taken, they would be nothing. Uatu importuned Reece to help them, but he refused, he just didn't want to get involved in such matters any more. Angry at Cloak and Dagger for stopping the drug dealers, who he still believed were good, he used their powers to cancel out the powers of the other, turning them both human again. The Beyonder appeared again, and tried to convince the Puma to be more like Parker, who knew his role in the scheme of things. The Beyonder then explained that his only intention was to do good, and that to him, nothing was impossible to accomplish. He did attack the heroes, but then slipped back inside, trailing Captain America. Anos Voldigoad is feared by all as the Demon Lord Anos. After the amnesiac Maker destroys a Shi'ar colony, the Imperial Guard manage to imprison it in the interstellar prison called the Kyln. Dr. Doom arrives and claims that he only wants Ben and his subjects to be happy; he calls his new kingdom New Latveria. The Beyonder Vs. The One-Above-All: Who Is Marvel's Supreme Being A man from a nearby island happened to come by and was inspired by the Beyonder's "think system," and told others. 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. RELATED: Doctor Strange 2 Sets the Stage for the MCU's Secret Wars - But Which One? Reece was annoyed, and didn't want to talk to Uatu, but Marsha did. Slay your enemies and all you desire shall be yours! There is another dimension, where a race of incredibly powerful beings known as the Beyonders (plural) live and watch our universe. Beyonder | Marvel Animated Universe Wiki | Fandom He made a machine, since he was always find of gadgets, that would recreate him in mortal form. The heros are quickly held captive by Doombots. The One-Above-All's powers and abilities The One-Above-All is Omnipotent (All Powerful), Omniscient (All Knowing), and Omnipresent (Everywhere). The Beyonder's first appearance was in the story Secret Wars I. Beyonder transforms into a cloud and both the Beyonder and Spider-Man vanish. The Beyonder first became aware of our universe when the Molecule Man gained his powers through an atomic accident. 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. Dr. Taking his inspiration from Reece, he was going to be human and omnipotent at the same time. The future Molecule Man is too weak to absorb its full power. The Beyonder knew it was all a magical illusion, however, and was able to reclaim his power again. [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. Bereft of another host, the cosmic energy creates The Beyonder and imbues him with all the wisdom, power, and purpose of The Beyonders. 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. The Beyonders are what Doctor Doom calls "linear beings". Klaw then went out to fight the heroes. The Molecule Man realized what happened, and teleported himself to the scene in anger. Meanwhile the Beyonder kept doing heroic deeds, and Captain America and Mr. Editor's Picks; Entertainment. This was the Beyond-realm's first appearance on panel, other than his fight with Doom in Secret Wars I. Reed Richards, Mr. Strange finally tells Havok the final secret: this is not really the Beyonder. Beyonder has Hulk level strength, cellular replication, super durability, and superhuman intelligence. Philosophical, maniacal, and deadly, The Beyonder pushes the term 'over-powered' to a whole new level. [50]. Phoenix Force (comics) - Powers and Abilities - LiquiSearch [52], In the Spider-Ham universe, "The Bee-Yonder" gives Spider-Ham a version of the black uniform. The Puma visited his old sensei, Muramoto, while in Japan, and to his shock the Beyonder was there too--and he was friendly with Muramoto! The UCWF tested his strength, and unsurprisingly he passed easily, lifting five times what the Thing lifted. This is also a bit odd in relation to the Beyonder's various origins. [33], In this universe, the Beyonder was anything and everything. They went to the home world of the Celestials, which was like a boardwalk in which all kinds of aliens had sent up shop, hawking souvenirs to tourists that had come to see the space gods. Post Retcon Beyonder #1 (Cosmic Cube)- Beyonder was a cosmic cube, created by beings called Beyonders, without a container. The Puma was now brought to the absolute limit of his anger and his sense of righteousness in his cause. It was the sight of the imposing Black Bolt that made the Beyonder realize the Illuminati were not his creations. He fuses himself with the Beyonder. Finally he gave her half of his power (making her more powerful than anyone else in existence), but it didn't matter.