Weirdworld was a fantasy series created by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog for American company Marvel Comics , set in a dimension of magic. A comic book series titled Weirdworld debuted in 2015 as a tie-in to the Secret Wars storyline, followed by a six-issue series as a part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel branding.
51-403: Originally intended to be published in the discontinued Monsters Unleashed , the first "Weirdworld" story eventually appeared in the one and only issue of the black-and-white magazine Marvel Super Action . It then was featured in the color comic book Marvel Premiere #38 (October 1977). In late 1977 or early 1978, co-creator Ploog left Marvel in a contract dispute while in the midst of drawing
102-649: A tweed sport coat . When Nova briefly visits Uatu and witnesses him watching various alternate realities, he learns that Uatu's father was the Watcher who originally gave nuclear technology to the Prosilicans, with Uatu's search of parallel universes being motivated by the desire to find the one world where his father's act of charity was proved to be the right thing to do. Three of Uatu's brothers and sisters broke their non-interference vow by judging Nick Fury and fusing what's left of Uatu with Nick Fury making him
153-459: A 60-page "Weirdworld" story, written by Moench, that the company had planned to publish as one of its Marvel Comics Super Special series of one-shots . Ploog recalled in 1998 that he had "a disagreement with [editor-in-chief] Jim Shooter . I had moved to a farm in Minnesota, and agreed to do a hand-colored 'Weirdworld' story. Marvel backed out of the deal after I had started. I can't remember
204-520: A Human/Watcher hybrid that they chained to a rock. When the Unseen summons Blink to him and tells her of things going on in the greater Multiverse, terrible creatures that are destroying time, space and dimension, and tells her that she is chosen by the device to act as protector of the very fabric of the Multiverse. This interference in the timestream causes a faction of Watchers to assault him with
255-463: A disguised Black Widow travel to Weirdworld on Dario Agger 's behalf, he finds that Roxxon had managed to capture Morgan le Fay in order to harness her power source. Thanks to a spell, Morgan le Fay takes control of Weapon H and reclaims control over the Skrullduggers with her magic as she is the only one who can control the Skrullduggers. It was revealed that Morgan le Fay is considered to be
306-639: A final conflict that wiped out nine-tenths of the universe after an ultimate weapon was used. Due to the toxic fallout released by the weapon, the Luminous set up a barrier to prevent it from devastating what remained of the universe. The area affected by the fallout was eventually called the Barrens. The Watchers are cosmic beings, who possess the innate ability to achieve virtually any effect desired, including augmenting personal attributes, time and space manipulation, molecular manipulation, energy projection, and
357-494: A former, well-meant attempt by the Watchers to bestow advanced knowledge on the Prosilicans, who used the nuclear technology gained to create weapons and destroy themselves. When the Watchers returned to Prosilicus, the survivors blamed them for causing the catastrophe by giving the Prosilicans nuclear technology before they were ready for it. The Watchers then took a vow never to interfere with other civilizations. Despite this,
408-530: A meeting, as they included a clause in their sacred vow that it would be permissible to interfere should the Reckoning return. However, the Badoon were observing him and destroyed the moon, with Uatu and Fury on it. This ends up being the prelude of an invasion by the Badoon to Earth. As the moon's debris start raining down on Earth, the various Earth-based teams and heroes fight off the invasion and attempt to save
459-578: A portal to Weirdworld in order to harness its limitless energy, only for Weirdworld's different monsters to travel to Earth wanting to kill every human. This includes the shapeshifting Skrullduggers when they emerge from the portal following an explosion at Roxxon. Weapon H , the Brood-infected human Blake, and Roxxon's Man-Thing fight the Skrullduggers as Captain America arrives to join the fight. When Weapon H, Blake, Man-Thing, Titania , Korg , and
510-525: A queen to a displaced alien race called the Inaku. The group was able to escape through the portal back to Roxxon. Emily Bright, a teenage sorcerer at Stephen Strange's school for young magic users, the "Strange Academy". While the students were playing a game of "inter-deminsional door tag" Emily would find herself temporarily in Weirdworld. Here she met the cat-beast Ogeode who would offer the lost student
561-585: A range of mental powers. They also have access to highly advanced technology. The Watcher Uatu often observes how key events from the Earth-616 Marvel Universe differed in alternate universes and speculates on the related consequences. The Watcher appears as the host of Marvel Comics spoof. In the alternate reality of Earth X (Earth-9997), the Watchers are slaves of the Celestials . As punishment for their non-interference during
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#1732779682708612-592: A way home. It's unclear how he survived after apparently dying at the hands of Morgan Le Fey, or if he simply faked his death. Still unaware of the cat-beast true identity, Emily would provide the former wizard Ogeode, a way off Weirdworld to the Strange Academy. The former wizard of Weirdworld now known as "catbeast", would eventually befriend Emily Bright as well as becoming her loyal pet & familiar. It remains to be seen if Ogeode has more sinister intentions, or simply wanted escape from Weirdworld. Following
663-618: Is an Inhuman who can summon monsters called Goliathons to help fight the Leviathon invasion. Kei then learns how to use his powers perfectly and manages to defeat the Leviathon Queen with a team of new monsters. The third volume of Monsters Unleashed is a five-issue Marvel Comics miniseries cover-dated June-Oct. 2017. It follows the adventures of Kei Kawade, vampire-hunter Elsa Bloodstone, and Kei Kawade's creations Aegish, Slizzik, Scragg, Hi Vo and Mekara. The series unfolds as
714-560: Is the Queen of Weirdworld's Man-Things , and characters from The Saga of Crystar . Weirdworld is featured on the map of the storyline's version of Battleworld as a floating island composed of fragments from many alternate reality magical realms like Polemachus, Crystalium, Klarn, and the original Weirdworld. By the end of the miniseries, Weirdworld manifested on Earth-616 in the Bermuda Triangle. Weirdworld remained as part of
765-571: Is the title of an American black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management and two color comic-book miniseries from Marvel Comics . The first ran from 1973 to 1975. The two miniseries ran consecutively in 2017. The first publication titled Monsters Unleashed was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management , a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics . The series ran 11 issues cover-dated 1973 to April 1975), plus one annual publication . With sister titles including Dracula Lives! , Tales of
816-609: The Elves Tyndall and Velanna, both from the floating ring-shaped island of Klarn, and an irascible Dwarf dubbed Mud-Butt because he tended to land on his backside in a quarrel. As part of the 2015 Secret Wars storyline, a miniseries titled Weirdworld starring Arkon was released in June which featured other characters like Morgan le Fay of Earth-15238, Skull the Slayer , a variation of Jennifer Kale from Earth-11234 that
867-1128: The Guardians of the Galaxy defend Groot from a snake-like monster in Seattle , the Inhumans fight a multi-headed monster in Venice , and the Champions fight a tentacled eye monster in Los Angeles . In Peru , Elsa Bloodstone finds a prophecy that tells of the Monster King whom all monsters fear. The Winter Guard fights monsters in Moscow while Valkyrie and Warrior Woman fight them in Edinburgh while Atlas fights them in Washington, D.C. Medusa and Karnak discover that Kei Kawade
918-482: The Man-Thing of Earth-11234, the rest of the Champions followed them to Weirdworld. Upon arrival, they were scattered through Weirdworld with false memories and identities. For instance, Amadeus Cho became an orc known as Brawnhammer, Ironheart became Lady Ironheart, Ms. Marvel became Mystic Marvel, Miles Morales became a rogue named Shadow-Spider, and Snowguard became Snowgore. Only Riri Williams remembered
969-623: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), they first appeared in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); a Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright ) has a main role in the Disney+ series, What If...? (2021). The Watchers are one of the oldest species in the multiverse and are committed to observing and compiling knowledge on all aspects of the universe. This policy of total non-interference came into existence due to
1020-769: The Overmind . The Leader discovered his existence and tracked him to his world. He transported the Hulk there to get the Ultimate Machine, which contains all the information in the Universe. The Hulk battled the Amphibious Qnax , who had also been sent to recover the machine. The Watcher transported them away from his machines to battle, and when the Hulk won, he transported Qnax back to his homeworld. He then took
1071-729: The Watcher who urged her not to go to the Fang Mountains or else it would bring a full scale war to all of Weirdworld. Weirdworld is also the setting for a new series starring Dane Whitman, the Black Knight . Black Knight fled to Weirdworld after using the Ebony Blade to kill Carnivore. Upon arriving on Weirdworld, he killed King Zaltin Tar to establish New Avalon and built an army with the help of Shield and Spear. Black Knight has
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#17327796827081122-466: The 11 issues there was one annual publication in 1975 consisting completely of stories reprinted from the magazine. The second volume of Monsters Unleashed is a Marvel Comics series published in 2017. It is the flagship title of the "Monster Unleashed" company-wide crossover story arc. Additionally, a tie-in trade paperback book, Monsters Unleashed Prelude , reprinted late 1950s and early 1960s " pre-superhero Marvel " stories starring several of
1173-481: The Catbeast's sudden appearance and drove off the road. Upon reaching safety, the Catbeast caught up to them and revealed himself to be Ogeode. This forces Becca to step between him and Goleta's axe lest he be killed again before he could send her back to Earth. Ogeode's Catbeast form then explains to get Rebecca back to Earth, they need to travel across the Fang Mountains to retrieve a spare wizard body. Rebecca met Eta
1224-594: The Death of Doctor Strange, his newfound school "Strange Academy" was temporarily shut down. Two of the Strange's students, the Asgardian twin sons of Enchantress Iric and Alvi were sent home but there mother's past would come back to haunt them. Iric was getting ready to head back to Asgard, but the now free evil wizard of Weirdworld, appeared in his room and kidnapped him. It was revealed Strange had assisted Enchantress in
1275-539: The Hulk back to his base, where the Hulk took the Machine despite the Watcher's warnings. The Leader transported him back to Earth and tried to use the device. However, the tremendous amount of knowledge proved too much for the Leader. He collapsed to the ground, unmoving, and the Hulk assumed that he died of shock. When the Hulk tried to use the machine himself, Uatu allowed him to hear the voice of Rick Jones , after which
1326-516: The Hulk removed the device. The Watcher then transported the Ultimate Machine back to his planet. After blatant interference with the mission of the Kree soldier Mar-Vell , Uatu is put on trial by his own race, but is released on the provision that he never directly interfere again. Uatu is later banished by his race for aiding the Fantastic Four against the threat of his rogue nephew, Aron,
1377-656: The Marvel Universe post- Secret Wars and became the setting of a new volume of Weirdworld . Rebecca "Becca" Rodriguez was an American teenager who was flying from the United States of America to Mexico on board Flight 789. While traveling through the Bermuda Triangle, the Boeing 747 crashed into Weirdworld where its surviving occupants were rescued by Arkon. Rebecca encountered the Ogeode who stated that he caused
1428-674: The Marvel version of the Frankenstein monster , the bestial Wendigo , the science-fiction adventurer Gullivar Jones . and the superheroine Tigra . It also included text features on monster movies. Monsters Unleashed was edited by Roy Thomas for the first six issues, succeeded by Tony Isabella , and then Don McGregor for the last two issues. The painted covers were illustrated by the likes of Gray Morrow , Boris Vallejo , Neal Adams , Frank Brunner , Bob Larkin , Richard Hescox , Earl Norem , and Jose Antonio Domingo . In addition to
1479-580: The Renegade Watcher , who tries to destroy the universe. The Dreaming Celestial later scans Uatu and learns the Watcher has broken his pact of non-interference almost 400 times. The Celestial also reveals the Watchers, like the Celestials themselves, are servants of a concept called Fulcrum , with apparent consequences for interference. Despite this, the other Watchers have interfered in other civilizations' events, though rarely, notably when
1530-549: The Universe, the Asgardians and even the Celestials. Once he realizes that it is from the ancient "First Race", the Unseen is overwhelmed with energy as a one-eyed Uatu is brought back to life. When the Unseen demands him to say something, all Uatu can say is "There shall be...a reckoning." After using the Cyclopedia Universum to see everything that had happened during his absence including how Nick Fury became
1581-570: The Unseen, Uatu released Fury from his punishment and told him that the mysterious weapons used by the Cotati were indeed created using the Watchers technology. Uatu set out to prepare for an oncoming conflict, the return of "the First War", and enlisted Fury to act as his operative. After Uatu realized that Watcher technology from "the First War" has spread all over the universe by a group called "The Reckoning", he summoned his brothers and sister to
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1632-724: The Watcher Uatu has revealed himself to the superhero team the Fantastic Four , telling them of his race. In his first appearance, he made them battle the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes for control of the Moon . He complimented Reed Richards and claimed he would go to a more distant part of the galaxy to observe humanity. He aids them on several occasions against global threats such as the Molecule Man , Galactus , and
1683-515: The Zombie and Vampire Tales , it was published by Marvel Comics ' parent company, Magazine Management , and related corporations, under the brand emblem Marvel Monster Group. The first issue was dated simply 1973, but the second issue of the magazine, published quarterly, was cover-dated September 1973. A magazine rather than a comic book, it did not fall under the purview of the comics industry's self-censorship Comics Code Authority , allowing
1734-726: The army built in anticipation of the arrival of the Avengers Unity Division who are seeking to bring him to justice. Spider-Man and Deadpool hid from Itsy Bitsy in Weirdworld, where they helped the Bogswaggers escape from the Witch Queen le Fay and reclaim their land of Bathsalthia from the Kingslayers, as well as fighting the creature Sl'Ur'Boroth, whose arrival was heralded by the local Moloids. After Sam Alexander and Nadia van Dyne were abducted by
1785-658: The birth of their arch-enemy Galactus , the Celestials force the Watchers to observe the impregnation of newly formed planets with their Celestial eggs, and the eventual birth of the Celestial within, which ultimately destroys that planet. In the Ultimate Marvel alternate universe limited series Ultimate Origins , the Watchers are depicted as machines that speak through a human host ( Sue Storm ). They choose Rick Jones as their "herald" to help humans survive an "upcoming crisis". The Watchers appear in media set in
1836-415: The blink of an eye and wherever they went, they soon began to be called the Luminous by the other species. They believed themselves to be kind and generous and therefore shared their gifts to other lesser and primitive civilizations. One of this civilizations were the Prosilicans that without the guidance of the Luminous, discovered other uses for the gifted technology that suited their own savage nature. While
1887-420: The details, but it doesn't matter. I think I was ready to move on. Marvel and I were both changing". Rick Marschall , the story's editor, said in 1978 that Ploog had been given four months to complete the art, and when it became evident that the deadline would not be met, arranged to publish the story in two 30-page installments, giving Ploog two more months. Ploog sent Marvel photocopies of the first 31 pages, and
1938-490: The fictional multiverses and the stories that take place in them, and are not allowed to interact with other characters, though they have done so on several occasions, when the situation demanded it. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the first Watcher to appear in the comics—named Uatu —debuted in Fantastic Four #13 (April 1963). The Watchers have been featured in several forms of media outside of comics. In
1989-693: The giant monsters seen in the new series. Monsters Unleashed volume two began publication in January 2017. The five-issue miniseries was cover-date March–May 2017. Monsters have been appearing on Earth upon falling from the sky. The Avengers fight a reptilian monster in Boston , the X-Men fight a spider monster in London , the Black Panther and Shuri defend Wakanda from a thick-skinned monster,
2040-416: The mistake the Luminous made with the Prosilicans led the race to take their famous sacred vow to "only watch and never interfere with others" which is how they became the Watchers, the tale of the Prosilicans also goes far beyond the known fable. In truth, the Prosilicans had actually used the technology provided by the Luminous to wage war against every other civilization that existed at that times, leading to
2091-457: The objective of ending his involvement even if it means the end of the Multiverse. In the aftermath of the "Empyre" storyline, when the once pacifist plant-like aliens known as the Cotati were defeated after waging a war against Earth, the Kree and Skrulls, the Unseen uses his powers to inspect the weapons used by the Cotati, to find out that its from ancient technology that predates the Elders of
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2142-490: The past but his death broke the spell keeping her son's safe. Taken to Weirdworld, Iric was drained of his magic so he could be used as a battery for Pulsari to make him strong enough to conquer the Crystal Kingdom. In a very weak state, Iric told the wizard that he'd be dead soon and that he'd lose his newfound strength, but Pulsari told him this wasn't an issue, as his mother and brother were coming to rescue him. When
2193-529: The plane to crash with the artefact called the Wuxian Seed. Ogeode was then killed by Goleta the Wizardslayer and the Wuxian Seed falling into Rebecca's possession. Alone in Weirdworld, Rebecca agreed to become Goleta's squire and the two set off together, unknowingly being tracked by the Catbeast that had emerged from Ogeode's corpse. While traveling around Weirdworld, Rebecca and Goleta are startled by
2244-492: The planet, while the Fantastic Four journey to space and find Fury, who reveals what's happening. This leads to Reed accessing the Cyclopedia Universum, which stores the knowledge of all the Watchers to learn more about the Reckoning and the Watchers themselves. As it turns out, there was a time when the rest of the Universe was still so young, and yet, one race already had advanced before all others. They could transform their own bodies into light and travel anywhere they wished in
2295-576: The team takes on gargantuan creatures and protects the planet while also having to deal with the latest incarnation of Intelligencia. The entire crossover received mixed reviews. According to Comic Book Roundup, the entire crossover received an average rating of 6.9 out of 10 based on 48 reviews. Watcher (comics) The Watchers are a race of fictional extraterrestrials appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . They are commonly depicted as all-powerful beings who watch over
2346-610: The three-part "Warriors of the Shadow Realm" in Marvel Super Special #11–13 (Spring–Fall 1979). Additional Weirdworld stories were published in several issues of Epic Illustrated in 1981 and 1982. Ploog's unused 1978 pages were reworked into the first part of a "Weirdworld" trilogy, in Marvel Fanfare #24 (January 1986), with Pat Broderick penciling the two subsequent issues. The protagonists were
2397-483: The title to feature stronger content — such as moderate profanity, partial nudity, and more graphic violence — than color comics of the time. Monsters Unleashed primarily featured standalone horror stories, both original and reprinted, including from pre-Comics Code comics from Marvel Comics ' 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics . It occasionally featured stories starring the Marvel Comics swamp monster Man-Thing ,
2448-579: The truth, accompanying Miles Morales. The Master of the World pursued them there, and after finding and adopting the amnesiac Nadia and Sam conquered much of Weirdworld with his technology. Riri led an underground resistance movement with Snowguard and Ms. Marvel, and over threw the Master. In the process, the Champions regained their true identities, and left with the Master. Roxxon was revealed to have made
2499-426: The two arrived along with Goleta the Wizard Slayer, Pulsari presented the worn-out barely alive Iric to them. Goleta, unable to pierce Pulsari's skin, managed to destroy the wizard's necklace, stripping him of his power and returning Iric to normal, in the process. Weirdworld appears in a self-titled episode of Avengers Assemble as a domain of Battleworld. Monsters Unleashed (comics) Monsters Unleashed
2550-451: The world-ending robot Omegex approached the Milky Way and they deemed it dangerous enough to act directly against it. There is also a tongue-in-cheek , splintered-off faction of Watchers that call themselves The Critics , who not only observe events, but also give dramatic critique as they take place. The only known Critic looks similar to other Watchers, but wears a mustache, goatee , dark sunglasses , and, rather than toga , dresses in
2601-443: Was paid for them. During this time, Marvel had given work-for-hire contracts to its freelancers, many of whom, including Ploog, refused to sign, resulting in cessation of work for Marvel. Ploog "took himself off the project", said Marschall, and retained his original artwork. Moench's script was eventually published as a 106-page story illustrated by penciler John Buscema , inker Rudy Nebres , and airbrush colorist Peter Ledger as
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