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 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).
33-476: (Redirected from The Watcher ) [REDACTED] Look up watcher or watchers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Watcher or Watchers may refer to: In print [ edit ] Books [ edit ] Watcher , a 1997 World of Darkness novel by Charles L. Grant Watcher , a 2012 novel by L.A. Weatherly Watchers (novel) ,
66-649: 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
99-559: A 1971 short story collection by Italo Calvino The Watcher , a 1978 Frank Hastings novel by Collin Wilcox The Watcher , a 1981 novel by Kay Nolte Smith The Watcher , a 1982 novel by J. Robert Janes The Watcher , a 1986 speculative fiction novel by Jane Palmer The Watcher , a 1994 novel in the Point Horror series by Lael Littke The Watcher , a 1997 novel by James Howe The Watcher ,
132-423: A 1987 novel by Dean Koontz Watchers , a 1998-99 series of novels by Peter Lerangis Watchers , a 2013 novel by Philip Caveney The Watcher and Other Weird Stories , an 1894 short story collection by Sheridan Le Fanu "The Watcher", an 1847 short story by Le Fanu The Watcher , a 1936 novel by Gerald Verner The Watcher , a 1959 novel by Dolores Hitchens The Watcher and Other Stories ,
165-516: A 1993 novel by Helen Cresswell The Watchers , a 2002-03 series of novels by Caiseal Mór The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State , a 2010 book by Shane Harris The Watchers , a 2011 novel by Jon Steele The Watchers , a 2015 novel by Neil Spring Subjects [ edit ] Watcher (angel) or Grigori, a class of fallen angels in Biblical apocrypha Watcher (comics) , an extraterrestrial species who watches
198-671: A 1999 novel by Melinda Metz , the fourth installment in the Roswell High series The Watcher , a 2000 novel by Margaret Buffie , the first installment in the Watcher's Quest trilogy The Watcher , a 2004-20 series of novels Lilith Saintcrow The Watcher , a 2007 novel by Jeanne C. Stein , the third installment in the Anna Strong, Vampire series In the Dark , a 2008 Jonathan Stride novel by Brian Freeman , published in
231-520: 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
264-639: 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
297-530: 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
330-641: 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
363-423: A song by Bury Tomorrow from their 2014 album Runes "The Watcher", a song by Enslaved from their 2008 album Vertebrae "The Watcher", a song by Hawkwind from their 1972 album Doremi Fasol Latido "The//Watcher", a song by Lorna Shore from their 2017 album Flesh Coffin "The Watchers", a song by War of Ages from their 2019 album Void Other uses [ edit ] Watcher (presence) ,
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#1732791966064396-549: A subscriber for presence information In the video game Dark Void , the Watchers appear as reptilians or the Annunaki Watcher Entertainment , a digital media studio See also [ edit ] Watch (disambiguation) Watching (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Watcher . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
429-769: 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
462-539: 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
495-516: 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,
528-580: 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
561-541: The UK as The Watcher The Watcher , a 2008 novel by Beverly Barton The Watcher , a 2011 novel by Charlotte Link The Watchers , an 1899 novel by A. E. W. Mason The Watchers , a 1975 novel by Jane Louise Curry , the fifth installment in the Abaloc series The Watchers , a 1987-90 trilogy of novels by Stuart Gordon The Watchers , a 1991 novel by Tahar Djaout The Watchers: A Mystery at Alton Towers ,
594-549: 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
627-570: 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
660-707: The Vampire Slayer ) , a member of the Watcher's Council in the Buffy and Angel television series Watcher ( Highlander ) , a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the Highlander series "The Watcher", first episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler In film [ edit ] Watcher (film) , Emirati-American-Romanian psychological thriller film directed by Chloe Okuno Watchers (film) , directed by Jon Hess based on
693-724: 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
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#1732791966064726-406: 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,
759-574: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 251320655 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:06:06 GMT Watcher (comics) The Watchers have been featured in several forms of media outside of comics. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), they first appeared in
792-658: 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
825-415: 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
858-515: 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 a former, well-meant attempt by
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924-416: 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
957-434: The novel by Koontz The Watcher (2000 film) , a film directed by Joe Charbanic The Watcher (2016 film) , an American horror film directed by Ryan Rothmaier The Watchers (film) , a 2024 horror film directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan In music [ edit ] The Watchers (album) , a 2001 album by Royal Hunt "The Watcher" (song) , a song by Dr. Dre on his 1999 album The Chronic 2001 "Watcher",
990-457: 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
1023-492: 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
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1056-560: The universe in Marvel Comics Uatu , the Watcher In television [ edit ] Watcher (TV series) , a South Korean TV series The Watcher (1995 TV series) , a UPN TV series starring Sir Mix-a-Lot The Watcher (2022 TV series) , a Netflix original limited series TV elements [ edit ] Watcher (Doctor Who) , a character in the 1981 Doctor Who serial Logopolis Watcher ( Buffy
1089-508: 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
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