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90-868: Abraxas is a primordial entity who is the anthithesis to Eternity and represents the destruction of the Multiverse . He first appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #2001. Abraxas was fated to destroy the Multiverse upon the death of Galactus , but he was erased from existence when Reed Richards used the Ultimate Nullifier in Fantastic Four Volume 3 #49. Abyss is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Abyss

180-637: A "Jeweled Demolisher Beam" which projects mystic energy for almost limitless amounts of times. Aggamon also has access to many other mystic objects such as gems and is served by an entire army of underlings. Agony is the name used by a symbiote in Marvel Comics . The symbiote, created by David Michelinie and Ron Lim , first appeared in Venom: Lethal Protector #4 (May 1993), and was named in Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (March 2012). It

270-504: A false sense of importance, Rogers and Di Vito focus instead on making them interesting and memorable, and they definitely succeed". Also for ComicsAlliance , Chris Murphy wrote, "I was even more surprised by another licensed book, IDW's new Dungeons and Dragons series, which you would expect to be a completely phoned in book that's only read by diehard D&D fans who failed their intelligence checks. The thing is, apparently no one told writer John Rogers and artist Andrea Di Vito that, and as

360-711: A fight that restored her memories. She was aprenhended and sent to the Raft by Spider-Girl, who helped her fully regain her identity in a futile attempt to reform her. Blunt is later freed with the Bastards of Evil in the Fear Itself story arc. A character based on the Allison Dillon incarnation of Aftershock appears in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , voiced by Alison Brie . This version daylights as Ms. Dillon,

450-526: A floating chair, but later he was given bionic body parts. Ahab, now more cyborg then ever, tried to hunt Rachel down through the time-wandering spirit of the alternate future's Franklin Richards , at one point creating Hounds out of Scott Summers and Sue Storm -Richards. Ahab was defeated by the actions of the Fantastic Four and the combined X-teams. Years later, Rachel finally defeated Ahab with

540-503: A full-fledged agent. Her partner was Alex DePaul, who personally taught her. She was asked to recruit Hercules when Ares began his assault on Earth. Though he initially said no, he changes his mind when his friend, Tharamus, is murdered. Together, Hercules fought Ares while Palamas was forced to fight DePaul who was in league with Ares the whole time. Kara Palamas appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portrayed by Maya Stojan . This version

630-575: A new being and becomes one with the universe. The cosmic team The Ultimates traveled Outside of the Multiverse to survey the timestream to evaluate its status after the rebirth of reality during the Secret Wars event. The forces outside Reality proved to be too great a challenge even for the immensely powerful and skilled super-team. They were rescued by Galactus The Lifebringer, whom the Ultimates had earlier cured of his hunger and transformed into

720-464: A positive cosmic force, much to the former Devourer's gratitude. An aspect of Eternity had informed Galactus of their danger and requested he assist them. However, after rescuing the Ultimates, Galactus discovered to his horror that the actual totality of Eternity - the actual life force of the Multiverse rather than the aspects of him that usually interact with lesser beings - had been chained and imprisoned by some mysterious cosmic force. Eternity had used

810-495: A result Dungeons and Dragons is way more fun than it has any right to be". In his 2018 review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Living Legends #1, Joshua Davison, for Bleeding Cool , wrote, "Like the other Ralph Macchio and Andrea di Vito comics of the sort, it is a good entry point for the characters, especially for younger audiences. [...] Di Vito's artwork is good, if a little simple in some style choices. The inking

900-420: A school teacher. While not made explicitly clear within the series, show developer Steve Loter referred to her as Electro's daughter. Agamemnon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Agamemnon is a half-human, half- Asgardian . He was born immortal, and though he never physically aged beyond the age of 16 (although he employs holograms to appear as an old man),

990-401: A series of battles with Mordo and his minions, and discovering that arch-foe Dormammu is secretly backing Mordo, Strange finds and speaks with Eternity. The entity advises Strange that he is capable of defeating his foes without aid, and Strange wins a duel with Dormammu (who is ultimately defeated by Eternity) and thwarts an attempted sabotage in his Sanctum Sanctorum . On New Year's Eve ,

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1080-718: A spell over the being that prevents Aggamon's full recovery unless his slaves were freed, and left with the Purple Gem. Sometime later, Aggamon is one of the many witnesses to a fight between Doctor Strange and the mystical tyrant Dormammu . This taught him respect for other powerful dimensional universes. He has since sold some of his gems throughout the multiverse. It is unknown whether he has given up his slaves to regain his full health or not. An averagely powerful sorcerer, Aggamon can conjure mental visions, open dimensional portals, and can perform other magical abilities similar to Doctor Strange's but not nearly as powerful. He carries

1170-658: A story by writer-artist John Byrne in Fantastic Four #262 (Jan. 1984) that attracted controversy. At the conclusion of that story, Eternity validated the existence of another cosmic character, Galactus . Howard University Professor of Literature Marc Singer stated Byrne used the character Eternity as a means to "justify planetary-scale genocide". Eternity guest starred in Secret Wars II #6–7 (Dec. 1984–Jan. 1985); Silver Surfer vol. 3 #6 & 10 (Dec. 1987, April 1988) and with Marvel's cosmic hierarchy in

1260-645: A temporary defeat, Strange successfully recruits the X-Men foe the Juggernaut to stop Nightmare from merging his realm with Earth, and together they free Eternity. The entity then banishes Nightmare while Doctor Strange and the Juggernaut restore reality. The entity is aided by superhero team the Defenders , who locate three missing fragments of its being and convince them to rejoin with Eternity. Eternity

1350-437: Is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who was kidnapped and brainwashed by HYDRA leader Daniel Whitehall . In the episode " Face My Enemy ", she infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. using a phototastic veil to resemble Melinda May . After fighting the real May, the mask gets fused on to her face with an electric lamp. Now resembling a scarred May, she continues to work diligently and faithfully to Whitehall before being freed following his death. Aggamon

1440-557: Is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aggamon is depicted as a supervillain and minor enemy of Doctor Strange who has allied with Dormammu and Clea . He is the ruler of the Purple Dimension, a realm in which he tricks natives of other dimensions into visiting the place and forcing them to become slaves. He first appeared in Strange Tales #119 (1964). For millennia, Aggamon

1530-529: Is a fictional agent in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz , first appeared in Hercules: Heart of Chaos #1 (August 1997). Kara Lynn Palamas was a historian and researcher who held a special interest in classic mythology. When gods and heroes started to appear all over the world, she was sought after by S.H.I.E.L.D. and was put into training to become

1620-496: Is a half-alien half-mutant. He was created by Fabian Nicieza and Jeff Johnson and first appeared in X-Force Annual #2 (October 1993). The son of Shi'ar emperor D'Ken and a human woman, the character's mutant ability is to ignite any blood that is accessible through an open wound. To use his power, Adam X carried a large number of blades. Adam X was originally intended to be the brother of Cyclops and Havok , but

1710-611: Is a human scientist working for Trask Industries ' "Hounds" program and an advisor to Sentinel Services.In finale season 1, he was killed by Polaris , who shot down his plane in a rage. Ai Apaec is a supervillain based on the chief deity of Moche culture . AIDA ( Artificial Intelligence Data Analyser ) is a fictional computer system in comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Mark Gruenwald and Bob Hall , first appeared in Squadron Supreme #1 (September 1985). Created by Tom Thumb , AIDA

1800-520: Is a mutant and the half-brother of Nightcrawler . He was created by Scott Lobdell , Mark Waid , Roger Cruz , and Steve Epting , and he first appeared in Age of Apocalypse: Alpha , which takes place in an alternate reality. The Age of Apocalypse version of the character is a Horsemen of Apocalypse and a living portal who can send others to another dimension. Years after the Age of Apocalypse event ended,

1890-812: Is a primordial being who wields the Power Cosmic . Aegis was created by writer Keith Giffen and artist Andrea Di Vito , and she first appeared in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3, dated August 2006. Aegis is a member of the Proemial Gods who build and maintain the universe. She is the Proemial responsible for eliminating aberrations. After a war among the Proemials, Aegis and Tenerous were captured by Galactus. She and Tenebrous aligned with Thanos and Annihilus to fight Galactus and

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1980-427: Is a tremendously powerful abstract entity . An embodiment of the multiverse, it has no real physical body. The entity can manipulate the multiverse to achieve essentially any desired effect, and as its name suggests, it is immortal and unaffected by the passage of time. Eternity can warp space and matter into a manifestation that can be perceived by lesser beings, or form avatars from another plane of existence known as

2070-426: Is also summoned to the trial of Fantastic Four member Mister Fantastic , who is accused of saving the life of fellow cosmic entity Galactus . Eternity allows all present to momentarily possess " cosmic awareness ", thereby allowing them to understand that Galactus is a vital part of the universe, despite the continued extinction of entire species. During a series of extended battles between cosmic hero Quasar and

2160-560: Is an acronym for Artificial Intelligent Digital Assistant , and which is converted into a Life Model Decoy (LMD) based on Agnes Kitsworth. While helping S.H.I.E.L.D. fight Eli Morrow , she uses information from the Darkhold to betray Radcliffe and utilize a virtual reality world, the Framework, to better experience human emotions and enact Project: Looking Glass to help her exist in the real world. In pursuit of her goals, she assumes

2250-571: Is an ancient Sorcerer Supreme who created the Eye of Agamotto —a tool of magical clairvoyance used by superhero sorcerer Doctor Strange . Agamotto appears in Avengers Assemble , voiced by Corey Burton . This version was the first Sorcerer Supreme millennia prior before being corrupted by power. Subsequently, he was banished from Earth, with his right eye being removed and part of his power transferred into it. Agent 33 ( Kara Lynn Palamas )

2340-689: Is being pursued by S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives. He is offered sanctuary with X-Factor but declines. He later complied with the Registration Act. Aegis was killed during a fight with the Huntsman when the breastplate fails to protect him after jumping out of a 12-story window. Huntsman was acting on behalf of Hera after Zeus' death. He later appears in Erebus, a casino where souls try to win a chance at resurrection. He helps Hercules save Zeus from his imprisonment by Hades and accompanies Amadeus Cho to

2430-594: Is defeated by Andi Benton . Agony's fourth host is Gemma Shin , a communications director who is secretly a terrorist. Now led by the Carnage symbiote, Agony and the other three symbiote enforcers participate in a conspiracy involving the Friends of Humanity , only to be defeated by Flash Thompson, Silence and Toxin . While her fellow symbiotes are taken into Alchemax 's custody, Agony manages to escape. Agony subsequently joined Mayor Wilson Fisk 's Thunderbolts after

2520-470: Is often a little heavier than it needs to be, but the overall aesthetic looks good and matches the upbeat nature of the story". In a 2020 review of The Union #1, The Beat highlighted that "the mini-series from Paul Grist and Andrea Di Vito caught a lot of attention after its initial reveal. [...] Di Vito’s art is rock solid, as always, and makes all of the RB Silva-designed looks pop off

2610-853: Is one of the last beings (together with the Living Tribunal and Infinity) to be overcome by Thanos when he uses the Heart of the Universe to undo the universe and then remake it minus a fatal flaw. During JLA/Avengers he met Kismet and the two fell in love. They are then kidnapped by the villain Krona when the Grandmaster engineers a merging of the Marvel Universe and the DC Universe , who use their connections to their universes in an attempt to destroy both so he can learn their secrets. After

2700-543: Is restored. When an alien race's experiments in eternal universal observation cause damage to Eternity, he is narrowly saved by the actions of the Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, Black Panther , Storm , Gravity and the Silver Surfer. Strange uses Gravity as a "scalpel" based on his gravity-wielding powers to cut out the damaged portions while Storm serves as a temporary host to Eternity's consciousness as

2790-523: Is the cruel ruler of the Purple Dimension. He hears the news of the powerful sorcerer Doctor Strange. Interested in gaining power, he hires thieves to steal Strange's Purple Gem. Tracing the valuable to the dimension, Doctor Strange promises that to regain the gem, he would swear himself to slavery. As soon as he was regiven the possession, he breaks his promise and challenges his enemy to a mystic duel. The battle went on for hours, until, unable to continue without losing his life, Aggamon surrenders. Strange casts

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2880-681: Is the first human created by God . The character is derived from the biblical Adam . He was a recurring character in Ghost Rider volume 7 and Man-Thing volume 5. The biblical Adam had previously been featured in Marvel's Bible Tales for Young Folk series in 1953. When the Serpent was freed , Adam saw this as a sign and offered to Johnny Blaze to remove the curse of Ghost Rider off him, instead giving it to one of his students Alejandra Jones . Adam X , also referred to as The X-Treme ,

2970-679: The Chaos War storyline, Eternity is summoned by Hercules to deal with Amatsu-Mikaboshi . However, Eternity tells Hercules that fighting the Chaos God will be like fighting an aspect of Eternity himself. Eternity remains confident that Hercules and his comrades will find a way to win. During the Time Runs Out storyline, the Beyonders are revealed to have killed Eternity as part of destroying abstract entities in each reality across

3060-586: The Big Bang and they represent the multiverse in its current iteration (but each universe has its own Eternity and Infinity that represent that universe). Before Eternity, there was a single universe, whose animating force was the primal cosmic being that would later call itself the First Firmament. The First Firmament was attacked by its creations, The Celestials , during the catastrophic cosmic war that erupted between them and their counterpart creations,

3150-671: The Elders of the Universe plan to destroy the latter (to initiate a new Big Bang and restart the universe). Abraxas was imprisoned inside Eternity and was released when Galactus died. Together with the cosmic hierarchy Eternity opposes the Eternal Thanos when the villain wields the Infinity Gauntlet , although they are all eventually defeated. Once Thanos is eventually dispatched (courtesy of his own carelessness), Eternity unsuccessfully advises fellow cosmic entity

3240-597: The Elysian Fields . Aftershock is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the MC2 reality, Allison Dillon is the daughter of former supervillain Max Dillon / Electro . She inherited her father's electric powers, but their different electric auras left them unable to touch the other without harming themselves. Growing up in foster homes, Dillon becomes

3330-486: The Living Tribunal against allowing the Infinity Gems to be used in conjunction. Eternity develops animosity towards the artificial being Adam Warlock , whom the entity encounters on several occasions. Eternity also "spawned" several "children", or concepts that became separate, independent entities: Empathy; Eulogy; Expediency; Entropy; Epiphany; Enmity and Eon (Eon is eventually killed and replaced in turn by

3420-716: The Pantheon members are all his descendants. He recruited the Pantheon, stationed in the Nevada desert based headquarters called The Mount. He first appeared in The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #381 (May 1991). Aside from being immortal, Agamemnon does not appear to have superhuman powers. He is a master in analyzing and forecasting the future development of social structures, as well as a master battle strategist and an excellent hand-to-hand combatant. He also has access to

3510-555: The Silver Age of Comic Books , the character has appeared in five decades of Marvel continuity and appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including animated television series , films , trading cards , and video games . Eternity appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Eternity debuted in an epic 17-issue storyline dubbed "The Eternity Saga", which occurred in

3600-881: The Silver Surfer . The two successfully defeated Galactus for Annihilus. Outlasting the events of the Annihilation Wave, Aegis and Tenebrous pondered what to do. Recognizing their threat, the Silver Surfer attacked the two, but was outclassed until he used the energies of the Crunch , a barrier between the universe and the Negative Zone , to slay both primordials. Aegis is a superhero created by Jay Faerber and Steve Scott who first appeared in The New Warriors (vol. 2) #0 in June 1999. Trey Rollins

3690-540: The alternate universe titles What If? #32 (April 1982), Marvel: The End #1–6 (May 2003–Aug. 2003), and JLA/Avengers #1–4 (Sept. 2003–May 2004). Eternity's origin, along with the birth of the Marvel Multiverse, was finally revealed in The Ultimates 2 #6 (2017). He returned in 2019's Doctor Strange story arc "Herald Supreme". Eternity, along with his sister Infinity , were born with

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3780-513: The " Venom War " storyline, the Agony symbiote possessed Silver Sable following Navaan Tadjvar's death. Ahab is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics . Dr. Rory Campbell was a psychologist who had previously met the scientist Moira MacTaggart . He accepted a position as Moira's assistant at Muir Island , at the same time that the mutant hero team Excalibur became stationed there. Campbell attempted to reach

3870-707: The Aspirants. The climax of that war resulted in the Celestials' weapons tearing the first universe apart. The core essence of the First Firmament and the surviving Aspirants desperately fled to the void outside creation. The torn fragments of the sundered first universe then coalesced into a new being that was made up of hundreds of universes: the "Second Cosmos" which was the first multiverse. Creation would then evolve, die and be reborn six more times, each time evolving and changing to add new realities, forces and properties to itself-and all these changes would be reflected in

3960-592: The Avengers before eventually joining them to stop the Incursions and being killed in battle with the Beyonders . The second incarnation of Abyss appears in the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode "Moon Girl's Day Off", voiced by Maya Hawke . This version possesses teleportation capabilities and is the latest in a long line of generational female supervillains. However, she begins to reconsider villainy after encountering Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur . Adam

4050-544: The Crisis was averted due to the Avengers and Justice League joining forces and defeating Krona, the two sadly parted ways. The entity's power is stolen by Dormammu and his sister Umar to remake the universe in their image. The pair are opposed by a reuniting of three of the original Defenders (Strange; the Hulk and Namor ), with Umar betraying Dormammu and then being defeated in turn. Eternity's power returns to him and reality

4140-736: The Devourer of Worlds, with an enormously increased hunger. The goal was to turn Galactus into a living weapon that would devour the Multiverse. Galactus was rescued again by the Ultimates and his current herald, the Anti-Man-who sacrificed his life to restore Galactus as the Lifebringer. Enraged, Galactus devoured Rostov, the Firmament's servant who had infiltrated the Troubleshooters and attempted to manipulate them into defeating

4230-406: The Dimension of Manifestations. On occasion it manifests by possessing the body of exceptionally spiritually-strong mortal beings (e.g. Doctor Strange , Thor , Storm ). Thanos , wielding the Infinity Gauntlet , ranked Eternity's scale of power as above that of Lord Chaos and Master Order, equal to that of Infinity, but below that of the Living Tribunal . "The Eternity Saga" culminates in

4320-466: The Firmament's influence, Master Order and Lord Chaos destroyed the reborn Living Tribunal in front of Galactus the Lifebringer and then found their servant, The In-Betweener and forcibly merged into a new cosmic being many orders of magnitude of power greater that called itself Logos. Logos then located the surviving Celestials and destroyed all but one of them. One of the Celestials was rescued by The Queen of Nevers. Logos then transformed Galactus back into

4410-445: The Firmament, who had been patiently waiting Outside, to attack the newly reborn and therefore greatly weakened Eternity with the goal of destroying the multiverse and restoring itself to the center of creation. The Firmament first chained and then began infiltrating Eternity with both its loyal Aspirant agents and taking control over the lesser cosmic entities that protected the cosmic balance in its component universes. For example, under

4500-423: The Kucharek brothers. Andrea Di Vito Andrea Di Vito (born May 28, 1971) is an Italian comic book artist . Di Vito was born in Rome, and showed a love for drawing from an early age. His first published work appeared in the form of two short stories in the Italian magazine Intrepido . He was first published in America in Marvel Comics ' Marvel Shadows and Light , with one of his pinups appearing in

4590-451: The Ultimates. After devouring him, Galactus knew all Rostov knew. However, Galactus was now weakened and had to have time to recover before planning their next move. Eternity remained chained with the First Firmament acting against the newly reborn and therefore malleable Cosmic Order within him. Galactus swore to free him by any means necessary and the Ultimates agreed to help. A black magical item created from Eternity's own substance during

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4680-513: The alias of Ophelia / Madame Hydra and pursues a relationship with Leo Fitz 's Framework counterpart, the "Doctor". Successfully enacting the project, AIDA grants herself various powers, such as imperviousness to conventional forms of harm, and kidnaps Fitz. Taking advantage of her experiencing human emotions, Fitz convinces AIDA to rescue the former's teammates, though they are captured by Jemma Simmons . Learning Fitz loves Simmons instead of her, AIDA escapes and joins forces with Anton Ivanov in

4770-426: The attempts of Thanos and several of Earth's heroes to defeat several of his clones , who are dedicated to destroying the universe and in turn, Eternity itself. Eternity is eventually killed due to the machinations of his son Entropy, when the later allied himself with Genis-Vell, who at the time was becoming insane under the strain of his cosmic awareness. Entropy soon regretted what he had done, when all of creation

4860-427: The character was introduced in the main Marvel Universe . This version is Nils Styger , a native of Genosha who possesses the additional ability to transform parts of his body into elastic tendrils. Abyss debuted in The Avengers (vol. 5) #1, and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña . She is an alien who is composed of living gas and can manipulate the minds of others. Abyss comes into conflict with

4950-446: The character was retired when Nicieza left the series. However, in 2021 the anthology title X-Men Legends would reveal Adam is genetically related to the Summers, as genetic information from Katherine Summers was used in his creation, along with that of a previously undeclared sister named "Eve-Y". Aegis is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aegis , or Lady of All Sorrows ,

5040-577: The comic book. Di Vito was asked to join the CrossGen staff as an associate penciller and became a fill-in artist for the comic books The First and Scion , becoming the official penciller of the former six months later. On getting his start in comics, Di Vito said, "After years of attempts, I went to San Diego Comic-Con , back in 2000. It was my last shot at finding a gig as a comic book artist. I remember meeting Steve McNiven that day, as we both stood in line to show our samples to Marvel. A few hours later I bumped into Mark Alessi , who at that time

5130-416: The concept Epoch ). Eternity is imprisoned by the Magus (the evil alter ego of Adam Warlock) who attempts to reunite the Infinity Gems for his own use. The villain is eventually defeated when Eternity merges with Infinity and together they strip the Magus of his newfound power. Eternity is also summoned by the superhero team the Avengers to reason with the cosmic entities the Infinites and observes

5220-402: The corresponding birth of Eternity. After the destruction of the multiverse by the incursions and its rebirth at the hands of Reed Richards , Franklin Richards , and Molecule Man , Eternity is in his 8th incarnation. The first recorded human contact with Eternity is by Doctor Strange , who seeks the entity out when his master the Ancient One is attacked by former pupil Baron Mordo . After

5310-447: The deadly Legacy Virus to Sebastian Shaw of the Hellfire Club , claiming that he hoped that Shaw's greater resources would find a cure, but also receiving a state-of-the-art prosthetic leg in the bargain. Soon afterwards Campbell was captured by the villain Apocalypse and transformed into the Horseman called Famine , utilizing life-draining technology. In this capacity, he fought the X-Men but managed to escape before Apocalypse

5400-407: The entity is kidnapped by Doctor Strange's foe Nightmare , who after causing time distortions that allow beings such as dinosaurs and barbarians to appear in New York City , appears before Strange and his aide and sometime lover Clea . Nightmare challenges the mystic to attempt to rescue Eternity, and after accepting, Strange enters Nightmare's Dream World. After an extended series of battles and

5490-425: The four symbiotes bond with Mercury Team's dog . After being possessed by Knull the four symbiotes possess a bickering family, with Agony taking the mother Tess . The symbiotes head to New York to assist in Carnage's quest before hunting Dylan Brock and Normie Osborn , only to be defeated by the Maker and separated from their hosts. Still under Knull's possession, Agony merges with her "siblings" into one, but

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5580-422: The help of her Excalibur teammates and reprogrammed the Master Mold of the future, causing the Sentinels to preserve all life (even Ahab's). An alternate version of Ahab was later retrieved from a future timeline by Kang to aid in fighting the Apocalypse Twins and saving the Earth from destruction. Afterwards, Kang dropped Ahab off in the present day with the Red Skull to help build mutant internment camps. Ahab

5670-410: The highly advanced technology produced by the Pantheon scientists and craftsmen. Since the revelation that he is Loki's son, he has also demonstrated knowledge of magic and spell casting. Though he does not appear to have any innate magic ability, he has shown skill in employing magical artifacts and rituals. Agamotto is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Agamotto

5760-514: The hopes of making S.H.I.E.L.D. suffer for the pain they caused her. While attempting to retrieve the Darkhold , she is attacked by Robbie Reyes 's supernatural powers which harm her. S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson later borrows supernatural powers to successfully kill AIDA. Aireo is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Aireo is an aerokinetic Inhuman , also known as Skybreaker , who can manipulate air. Eternity (Marvel Comics) Debuting in

5850-402: The introduction of the character Eternity. The saga is frequently cited on lists of the top Doctor Strange storylines to read, being called "Lee and Ditko’s magnum opus of oddity." In 2017, CBR.com highlighted the surreal and trippy imagery attributed to the emergence of Eternity himself and his battle with Dormammu, when it was rated one of Marvel's top cosmic/space stories and voted 89th in

5940-444: The island during a storm that was exacerbated by an attack by Siena Blaze and nearly died; however, he was rescued and brought ashore by team member Phoenix. While working at Muir Island, Campbell discovered the existence of a future timeline where he became the mutant hunting Ahab, creating and leading hordes of mutant trackers called Hounds . Campbell became determined to prevent that future from ever happening. Excalibur had captured

6030-544: The limited series The Infinity Gauntlet #1–6 (July–Dec. 1991), and in its sequel, The Infinity War #1–6 (June–Nov. 1992). The character played a pivotal role in limited series Avengers Infinity #1–4 (Sept.–Dec. 2000). Major revelations about the character appeared in a storyline in Quasar #19–25 (Feb.–Aug. 1991). Other appearances, again in storylines that featured a cosmic theme, included Infinity Abyss #1–6 (Aug.–Oct. 2002); and Defenders vol. 3, #1–5 (Sept. 2005–Jan. 2006). Eternity has also appeared in

6120-417: The mental programming of the Squadron's brainwashing technique causes Ape X to suffer an aneurism, much to AIDA's confusion, since the artificial intelligence lacks the knowledge to understand her mistake. AIDA appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , voiced by Amanda Rea in the third season , and portrayed by Mallory Jansen in the fourth season . This version is Holden Radcliffe 's A.I. assistant whose name

6210-439: The multiverse. Doctor Doom 's killing of the Beyonders and use of their power to create Battleworld out of what remains of the multiverse revives Eternity, whose face and voice are replaced by Doom's. Glorian informs the Silver Surfer that reality being held together by Doom's will has turned Eternity into the will of Doom. At the end of the Civil War II story line, Eternity appears before Ulysses when he evolves into

6300-439: The ongoing Dungeons & Dragons series, Chris Sims, for ComicsAlliance , wrote that John Rogers 's writing is "perfectly complimented [ sic ] by Di Vito's expressive art" and that "It's fair to say that on some level, we all realize that a comic's protagonists are not really in any danger, but in a world based on D&D [...] the 'threat' of a battle is even lower. So rather than trying to craft battles with

6390-615: The ongoing feature " Doctor Strange " in Strange Tales #130–146 (March 1965–July 1966). The character was first mentioned in the 10-page story "Earth Be My Battleground" in Strange Tales #134 (July 1965), and first seen in the 10-page story "If Eternity Should Fail" in Strange Tales #138 (Nov. 1965). Following the publication's retitling as Doctor Strange , the character returned in issues #180–182 (May–July 1969), and thereafter continued to appear in stories that were cosmic in scope, including in Doctor Strange vol. 2 #10–13 (Oct. 1974–April 1975); The Defenders #92 (Feb. 1981); and

6480-421: The other heroes hold back the universe's "antibodies" as they try to attack the perceived cause of the damage. In the " Dark Reign " storyline, Eternity grants Henry Pym the title of Scientist Supreme, a scientific counterpart to the mystical title Sorcerer Supreme , as he is able to create science with effects similar to magic. However, Loki later claims to have been posing as Eternity to trick Pym. During

6570-651: The others were misled into believing Brock was picking the group off, unaware that the true killer was the schizophrenic Diego who had snapped from Scream's influence. Agony's second host was James Murphy , a Petty Officer assigned to the Agony symbiote for Mercury Team With Cletus Kasady on the loose in Colorado, Murphy trains with Agony for months in specific tasks alongside Phage (Rico Axelson), Lasher (Marcus Simms) and Riot (Howard Odgen), as well as assists Spider-Man, Scorn and Flash Thompson . Murphy and his teammates are later killed by Carnage in their secret base and

6660-614: The outlawing of superhero activities. She assists Electro , the Rhino and U.S. Agent in taking down Moon Knight . During the " Venom War " storyline, Wild Pack member Navaan Tadjvar helps battle the Zombiotes, and is possessed by the Agony symbiote after using the Lethal Protector armband. After Navaan is bitten by a Zombiote, Agony leaves him and he subsequently explodes due to the Lethal Protector's kill switch . During

6750-645: The regular penciler for Dungeons & Dragons and Thunder Agents . He penciled the six-issue miniseries Annihilation and the World War Hulk: X-Men limited series . He then worked on The Union after having penciled The Savage Sword of Conan #12. Later, he penciled the five-issue miniseries Wolverine: Patch . Di Vito's run on Thor, also known as Avengers Disassembled: Thor (2004), has been included in multiple lists of top Thor runs: #6 on CBR , #4 on Screen Rant , #4 on Nerdist , and #7 on Wired Italy. In his review of

6840-606: The rescue of the Ultimates as an excuse to lure Galactus there to warn him of his predicament and that all of Creation was in danger from his jailer. It was eventually revealed Eternity's jailer was none other than his predecessor, The First Firmament. The destruction of the Seventh and the rebirth of the Eighth Multiverse by the Beyonders during the Secret Wars had an unforeseen consequence: It provided an opening for

6930-438: The scientist, costing him a leg. Campbell continued to fear his perceived "destiny" of becoming Ahab occurring. He left Excalibur to work with Alistair Stuart at the department as a mutant liaison officer. Rory hoped the benign position helping mutants would prevent him from being harmed by mutants in a way that would trigger his alternate future self's rabid anti-mutant hatred. Later, he traded secrets of McTaggert's research into

7020-464: The sixth century by a group of renegade occultists to give whoever wears it equal power to anyone they may face, unless they are below the natural ability of the mask's user. This allowed for example, an untrained peasant to be on equal grounds with the Black Knight and fight him for three days straight. If the would-be user's intent was to commit acts of evil, the mask had no effect on them. So far

7110-727: The supervillain the teenage villain Aftershock . Electro finds his daughter with the help of Spider-Man and Spider-Girl in Spider-Girl #81 and convinces her to stand down. In the main Marvel Comics continuity, Aftershock is Danielle Blunt a young woman empowered and brainwashed by the Superior to become the field leader of the " Bastards of Evil ", believing herself to be Electro's daughter. Her position as field leader caused frictions with teammate Singularity, leading to

7200-461: The top 100 comic book storylines. Eternity possibly served as inspiration for Marvel writers Jim Starlin and Steve Englehart . In an alternate reality depicted in the " Heroes Reborn " miniseries, the Blur encounters and races Eternity. Eternity appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in varying forms. A bust of Eternity was released by Bowen Designs and designed by

7290-579: The upper limits of this ability have yet to be established. The Mask has since then, been passed on from individual to individual and has been implied to have taken a role in the most important events in Human history. One of the first known users of the mask was Jim Gardley a.k.a. Masked Raider. Other users were the Black Rider , the Ferret , Thunderer and Jerome Hamilton a.k.a. Blind Justice. Eternity

7380-549: The villain Maelstrom (the avatar of the entity Oblivion), Eternity is revealed to have a "twin" entity, Infinity, with the pair representing the space-time continuum and the living force of the universe. The character appears with the entire cosmic hierarchy (eventually revealed to be " retconned " into an avatar of the entity ) during an encounter with the entity the Beyonder and consults with fellow entity Galactus when

7470-472: The villain Spoor, one of Magneto 's Acolytes, and Campbell built a special room to perform therapy on Spoor, who had the power to control another's mood. The room had built-in lasers to react to any hostile behavior and Campbell used mood stabilizers while talking to Spoor so as to inhibit his mutant power. Nevertheless, Spoor eventually provoked Campbell into attacking him. As a result, the room's weapons fired at

7560-480: Was a computer imbued with artificial intelligence. Thumb gave it a female personality and would often flirt with his creation. AIDA was also the only person who knew of Tom's cancer diagnosis. AIDA eventually tells Ape X , but Tom has resigned himself to his fate. AIDA and Ape X try to create a robot duplicate of her creator but this endeavour is abandoned. When Moonglow infiltrates the Squadron, AIDA alerts Ape X, but

7650-528: Was a kid in Brooklyn who found a magic breastplate. He became the superhero Aegis and joined the New Warriors . When Hercules learns that Rollins has the breastplate, he takes Rollins to Olympus and battles him, accusing him of stealing the breastplate. Rollins earns the right to keep the breastplate, and he learns that it was gift from Athena . During the superhero civil war . an unregistered Aegis

7740-927: Was created as one of five symbiote "children" forcefully spawned from the Venom symbiote along with Riot , Lasher , Phage , and Scream . Agony is usually depicted as a purple symbiote that primarily uses hair-like tendrils from its head. Agony's first host was Leslie Gesneria , a mercenary hired by Carlton Drake 's Life Foundation in San Francisco. Gesneria bonded with the Agony symbiote in conjunction with Scream (Donna Diego), Phage (Carl Mach), Riot (Trevor Cole) and Lasher (Ramon Hernandez), but they were defeated by Spider-Man and Venom. The symbiote's "siblings" later kidnapped Eddie Brock in an attempt to communicate with alien symbiotes in Chicago. When Brock refused to aid them Gesneria, Cole, and Mach were killed while

7830-403: Was defeated. On Earth-811 , Ahab became the leader of the government-sanctioned Hound program, commissioned to track down and capture mutants for internment. In this reality, Rachel Summers was Ahab's pinnacle of Hound creation, although Rachel subsequently escaped into the current timeline, horribly mutilating Ahab by throwing him into one of his machines. For a while, Ahab was a paraplegic in

7920-408: Was destroyed, leaving only himself, his sister Epiphany, Genis and Rick Jones, since the prospect of spending the rest of eternity in an empty void was not all that alluring. Rick Jones suggested that he try creating something. Entropy did, and with Genis-Vell's help, he re-created the Universe, thus becoming the new Eternity. As Eternity, he revealed that this was all part of his life cycle. Eternity

8010-490: Was forced to stay in this reality and time, and took control of Prestige. He travelled to Transia , but was attacked and wounded badly, needing help from their government. When X-Force arrived they saw him and immediately engaged. After the battle was over, they found his head and body separated from each other and that he was dead. Roderick Campbell appears in The Gifted , portrayed by Garret Dillahunt . This version

8100-496: Was starting up Crossgen. He was the first one to believe I could do something in this business and hired me as an apprentice artist". After nine issues on The First , Di Vito worked with Chuck Dixon and Rob Schwager on a new project, Brath . After over a year of work on this title, Di Vito decided to expand his horizons, lending his talents to other companies. He has pencilled such high-profile Marvel series as Thor and Young Avengers . He also worked with IDW, becoming

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