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38-964: The Beyonders were first mentioned in the team-up comic Marvel Two-in-One #63 (May 1980), by Mark Gruenwald and Jerry Bingham . The Beyonders received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1. They also received an entry in Secret Wars Official Guide to the Marvel Multiverse . An initially unrelated character called the Beyonder was tied to these older characters by Steve Englehart for his " Secret Wars III" story in Fantastic Four #318–319 (September–October 1988). The Beyonder first appeared during

76-404: A cosmic energy cocoon from surrounding molecules in which she can rest and regenerate. She can reanimate dead tissue by projecting a portion of her cosmic life force into it. Kismet cannot restore a being's spirit ( astral self) to a body that she resurrects if that spirit has left the body. She also has the ability to use cosmic energy to rearrange molecular structures (of about three cubic feet at

114-540: A super-powerful being to control. "Born" before being fully formed, Paragon appeared as a muscular male figure. Paragon battled the Hulk , then overrode the Enclave's control and sunk their Beehive headquarters before incubating itself in a cocoon much like Warlock often would. She later emerged from the cocoon in her blond-haired, golden-skinned form wearing red swimsuit-like attire. As a female replicant of Warlock, she took

152-621: A time). In the limited series Earth X , Mar-Vell is reincarnated as the child of the synthetic Adam Warlock/Him and Kismet/Her. In the limited series Fantastic Four: The End , Kismet (under the name of Ayesha) has apparently taken over the Captain Marvel mantle in the not-too-distant future. Stakar Vaughn, Starhawk , was born to the superheroes Quasar and Kismet in the Guardians of the Galaxy alternate timeline (Earth-691) around

190-531: A time, until his girlfriend Kayla Ballantine (in possession of the Star Brand ) severely beat her and forced her to return to cocoon form to heal. However, she decided to become Quasar's companion for a time. In the 1992 storyline " Operation: Galactic Storm ", she helps Quasar and willingly guards the Star Gates that threaten Earth's existence. She soon becomes involved in a fight with Binary , and also

228-802: Is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . She exists in Marvel's main shared universe , known as the Marvel Universe . Ayesha appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), portrayed by Elizabeth Debicki . The character first appeared as Paragon in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 Annual #6 and

266-715: Is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring Fantastic Four member the Thing in a different team-up each issue. The concept of teaming the Thing with a different character in each issue was given a test run in Marvel Feature #11-12 and proved a success. Marvel Two-in-One continued from the team-up stories in the final two issues of Marvel Feature and lasted for 100 issues from January 1974 through June 1983. Seven Annual s were also published. Artist Ron Wilson began his long association with

304-628: Is now considered to be a member of the alien race of the same name and is referred to as a "child unit" by the Beyonders. The Beyonders were greatly expanded upon in Al Ewing 's Defenders: Beyond series. They were revealed to be the same race as the "Omegas" previously seen in Defenders (2011–2012) and briefly appeared in Ultimates 2 (2016) #6. Their origin story was revealed and was tied to

342-494: Is so alien that they are constrained and restricted to their own sequential timeline which prevented them from leaving their dimension or travel through time. In order to interact outside their dimension the Beyonders are forced to operate through agents. After becoming aware of the Earth, the Beyonders began studying the Marvel Multiverse with amusement and curiosity. They first came to the attention of Earthlings when they commissioned

380-722: The Celestials ; the "Beyond" space that they dwell was revealed to be formerly the second iteration of Cosmos and first Multiverse. The Beyonders are a race of extra-dimensional entities that were created by the Celestials following the Celestial War which created the Second Cosmos and the first multiverse . They were originally called "Omegas" by the Celestials in opposition to the First Firmament which

418-830: The Super-Skrull . Soon after the war, she became engulfed by the Soul-Eater and was rescued by Quasar. During her adventures with Quasar she took the name Kismet , after the Arabic word for fate . She battled the Black Fleet destroying the planet Scadam. She later came to the rescue of her three creators in the Beehive. By healing them in cocoons similar to her own, they became golden skinned superhumans as well. The four of them journeyed into space. Later still, she changed her name again, to Ayesha . During this time, she

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456-524: 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. As all of reality was being destroyed, the trickster Loki uses magic to both exit reality and safely contain

494-503: The Beyonders one last time. Their attack apparently failed and as a result, the number of universes was reduced from thousands to barely more than two dozen. 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

532-490: The Beyonders would shunt a modicum of energy to the universe, allowing sentient beings to use them to create Cosmic Cubes —a practice they appear to have given up after the admonishments by Eternity and the Living Tribunal regarding the disruptive effect of these actions. One of these energy modicums would later develop sentience and take its name after its creators, the Beyonder . When entire universes throughout

570-520: The Multiverse began to collide with each other, with each universe's respective Earth being the point of impact—events known as "incursions"—the Avengers send Hank Pym to find answers at the start of the " Time Runs Out " storyline. Instead, he learns the incursions are being caused by the Beyonders, whom he also refers to as the Ivory Kings. Upon returning to Earth, he tells his fellow heroes that

608-423: The Multiverse into a single planet known as Battleworld . A number of survivors of the Multiverse were also collected and brought to Battleworld, now under the reign of the now-cosmically powered "God Emperor" Doom - their memories altered to become the lords and ladies of various factions of a medieval new order. The arrival of a handful of other survivors who recalled the truth shattered this illusion. Owen Reece,

646-586: The Thing, Alicia Masters, Starhawk, Moondragon , and Her , the Evolutionary pursued the Beyonders to rescue his world. When the Evolutionary arrived at the Beyonders' planet museum, he himself reported that his mind snapped when he witnessed the scope of their powers and how effectively insignificant he was compared to these alien beings. It is this encounter that marks the beginning of the High Evolutionary's mental instability. Every now and then

684-742: The accident that turned Owen Reece into the Molecule Man , by using the child unit "The Beyonder" which in turn made the Molecule Man to be a singularity—identical in every reality—to function as a "bomb" that would destroy its native universe. The purpose of their experiment was to eventually kill all of the Molecule Men at the same time, bringing an end to the multiverse. After discovering the Beyonders are unable to travel through time since they are constrained and restricted to their own sequential timeline, Doom, Strange and Molecule Man confront

722-649: The alien Nuwali race to create the Savage Land as part of their study of evolution. Thousands of years later, the Beyonders created the Fortisquians as agents to observe other worlds, including Max . They eventually hired the Pegasusian alien race as agents, to tow Counter-Earth to the Beyonders' museum. When the High Evolutionary discovered the disappearance of Counter-Earth, alongside

760-480: The conduit for the Beyonders' power, transferred that power to Reed Richards , leading to the Multiverse's recreation. When the Defenders went outside the Multiverse, they discovered that not all of the Beyonders were killed. The race survived outside of the Multiverse, and explained that they identified the rise of Enigma as a threat to the Seventh Cosmos, and believed the destruction of the Seventh Cosmos

798-551: The cosmos to find a possible mate. She helped the ecologically ravaged planet U'sr'pr recover, invoking the wrath of the Consortium. She was called by the natives J'ridia Starduster. Later, she was aided by Alpha Flight and the Avengers against the Consortium. Some time after beginning her quest to find Warlock, she discovered that Warlock had been resurrected body and soul. However, he rejects her, leaving her sobbing on

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836-524: The essence of his fellow Asgardians . Finding himself in a blank void of nothingness, Loki is confronted by Those Who Sit Above in Shadows, allegedly the creators of the Asgardians, who demanded to be given the Asgardians' essence to feed on it. Loki defied Those Who Sit Above in Shadows, and even put into question their origin and existence, by asking if the gods such as the Asgardians actually came from

874-542: The first Secret Wars , as a being that was stated to be the omnipotent embodiment of an entire separated multiverse. As he became self-aware, he recognized himself as the only person in his Universe. According to Englehart, an editor hated the character and ordered the Beyonder "removed" from the Marvel Universe. Englehart did as asked but has stated that he tried to exile the character with dignity. The character

912-466: The ground. After this, she held a competition among some of the most powerful men on Earth, attaching reproductive pods to their necks to see how they would react. She selected Quasar , Hercules , Wonder Man , Hyperion , Doc Samson , and Forgotten One for this task. She battled Quasar and was attacked by Jack of Hearts , but was saved by Quasar from Moondragon . As Quasar was the only one who did not destroy his pod, she turns her attentions to him for

950-461: The multiverse at the same time, and three members of the race together managed to kill the Living Tribunal itself. The Beyonders are what Doctor Doom calls "linear beings". Despite their vast powers and knowledge, they seem unable to travel forward or backward in time. They have also displayed other limitations, as an explosion strong enough to destroy a few thousand universes was sufficient to kill them. Marvel Two-in-One Marvel Two-in-One

988-707: The name " Quasar " for the Wendell Vaughn character and the transformation of Wundarr into the Aquarian. Due to a binding error, three copies of issue 74 were released with the cover of DC's The New Teen Titans issue #6 in April 1981. Comics creators who contributed to the series include Steve Gerber , Jack Kirby (who did pencils on several covers during its run), Marv Wolfman , John Buscema , John Byrne , Frank Miller , and George Pérez . Marvel Two-In-One ended after 100 issues and seven Annual s. It

1026-447: The name of Her (a reference to Warlock's original name, Him) and sought Warlock to mate with him. However, Warlock had died some years earlier, traveling a short time into the future to steal his own soul with his Soul Gem in a twisted suicide. Confident she would be able to revive him, Her managed to restore and reanimate his body, but with his mind and soul missing, she was forced to sadly return him to his grave. She set out to explore

1064-616: The power of Living Abyss. These two became known as the Kings in White (or Ivory Kings) and Kings in Black (or Onyx Kings), respectively. For millennia they were not observed by any being of the Earth dimension (apparently including even the near-omniscient Watchers themselves); their 'true form' is unknown because each mind that views them struggles as best as it can to perceive an unknowable force as an image it can comprehend. In fact, their nature

1102-402: The stories that had been told about them, so it was possible that the gods of the gods did not create them in the first place. Unable to answer or even counter the questions posed by Loki, Those Who Sit Above in Shadows fled. Loki hypothesized that Those Who Sit Above In Shadow could very well be the Beyonders. Later, Rabum Alal reveals to Doctor Strange that the Beyonders are responsible for

1140-472: The title with issue #12 (November 1975) and worked on it throughout its run. With issue #17, the series had a crossover with Marvel Team-Up #47, which featured Spider-Man . The second Marvel Two-in-One Annual was a crossover with Avengers Annual #7, both of which were written and drawn by Jim Starlin . The "Project Pegasus" storyline in Marvel Two-in-One #53-58 saw the introduction of

1178-586: The year 2002. Stakar is instantly stolen by Era, the evil child of Eon, and raised by friendly aliens. Kismet retreats to a monastery for hundreds of years, where she vows not to use her powers. Stakar, a grown adult, finds her. Together, they visit Quasar's grave. It is learned, through Era and the Hawk-God Stakar worships, that Quasar had been purposely sent to his death and Eon himself had been entrapped. Kismet and Stakar dedicate themselves to hunting down Era. A hybridized incarnation of Ayesha appears as

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1216-406: 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 later underwent another retcon, briefly becoming a mutant inhuman, and after a last retcon

1254-628: Was a "necessary experiment" in an attempt to spare the Multiverse from it, but seeing how the Multiverse was restored to how it was before, they have since changed tactics to contain the threat to a few realities. After a brief battle, the Defenders journeyed beyond the Beyond and into the White Hot Room. The Beyonders have been witnessed killing nearly all of the Celestials and destroying abstract entities such as Eternity and Infinity throughout

1292-632: Was created by Len Wein , David Kraft , and Herb Trimpe . She first appeared as Her and Kismet in Marvel Two-in-One #61, while Ayesha first appeared in Fantastic Four vol. 3 #11. Originally known as Paragon , Kismet was the second attempt by the Enclave to artificially create a super-powerful being in their Citadel of Science "the Beehive" (their first attempt was Him, later known as Adam Warlock ). The Enclave intended to create

1330-611: Was immediately replaced by a Thing solo series . As part of Marvel Legacy , a soft relaunch of the Marvel Universe , Marvel Two-In-One (stylized as Marvel 2-in-One ) was revived in December 2017 with a new story titled "The Fate of the Four" that revolves around the Thing and the Human Torch going on a road trip to investigate the disappearance of Reed Richards , Sue Storm , Franklin , and Valeria Richards . The series

1368-599: Was the Alpha. After the death of the Second Cosmos, the Beyonders watched over the Multiverses that came after it, trapped in the Second Cosmos' remnants, outside the subsequent Multiverses thus by the Seventh Cosmos they were known as the Beyonders. The Beyonders maintained the Multiverse from the Beyond Space with the light of Concordance. The Celestials also assigned beings to maintain the Multiverse from within with

1406-593: Was under the control of the supervillain Crucible on Genosha . Kismet is an artificial being created through genetic engineering by the Enclave . She has the ability to tap, store, and manipulate cosmic energy for a variety of effects, including the projection of concussive force bolts and flight. The cosmic energy enhances her physical attributes to superhuman levels, and enhances her metabolism and her life force, preventing her from aging, and making her virtually immortal. She can recover from serious injuries by creating

1444-399: Was written by Chip Zdarsky and ran for 12 issues and one Annual . The series was penciled by Jim Cheung (issues #1, 2, and 6), Valerio Schiti (issues #3–5), Ramon K. Perez (issues #7–12), and Declan Shalvey ( Annual #1). Her (comics) Kismet ( / ˈ k ɪ z m ɪ t , - m ɛ t , ˈ k ɪ s -/ ), also known as Paragon , Her , and Ayesha ( / aɪ ˈ iː ʃ ə / ),

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