Marvel Comics Introduces dozens of new characters each year, as stories embrace and expand the growing lexicon of powers available in the Marvel Universe. But just in the last decade alone, creators like Al Ewing, Dan Slott, and Donny Cates have introduced multiple new heroes and villains that have completely redefined Marvel’s power scaling.
From eldritch gods to cosmic embodiment of concepts, to mere mortals destined for terrifying greatness, the days of men in metal suits are long gone. The lines are filled with great characters, but they are The most powerful Marvel characters introduced in the last decade.
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The one above all and the one below all
Debuted in Fantastic Four #511 by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo; Also debuted in Immortal Hulk #4 By Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
Marvel has a deep and complex cosmology of eldritch gods and cosmic embodiments. However, no deity reigns higher than the One above all and the One below all. While these two beings operate somewhat independently, they are technically one God. The one above all represents the creation itself and, more specifically, the actual writers who make the comics. However, the opposite of creation is destruction.
The One Below All is the cosmic balance to the One Above All’s endless cycle of creation, embodying elements of chaos and collapse. Featured in Al Ewing and Joe Bennett Immortal Hulk series, the One Beneath All is the Cosmic Power Source whose energy fuels gamma-beings like the Hulk and the Leader.
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The lost one
Debuted in All-Out Avengers #4 By Derek Landy and Greg Land
Before the Marvel Multiverse existed a singular, cosmic aware universe, called the First Firmament or the First Cosmos. In the first cosmos, his creations, the Celestials, created their own sentient creation: Cal-Horra aka “The Lost One.” Imbued with the raw cosmic power of creation, gifted by the first hands made by the first universe, The Lost One is an unfathomably formidable being That holds the power to create and destroy as simple as a human breathing.
Marvel has recently introduced many of its heroes to levels of power beyond mortal comprehension, but this cosmic pseudo-villain is part of the catalyst that has slowly bridged the gap between the mortal heroes and the primordial powers behind existence itself. Amid the Avengers’ war with the Beyonders, The Lost One devastated the heroes’ sense of reality after Simultaneously clear every major cosmic entity across all realitiesIncluding the likes of Eternity and Infinity. Fortunately for the Avengers and the multiverse, the Lost One’s only true enemy is his own creations, the Beyonders.
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Enigma
Fully debuted in Rise of Powers of X #1 By Kieron Gillen and RB Silva
Enigma is the ultimate embodiment of the evolution of intellectual organic life. Long before the birth of the pseudo-god, there was once the car-hating mad scientist Nathaniel Essex. Essex is a human supremacist who has spent his entire life, and almost infinite life after, Construct a master plan to create a cosmic being that would supposedly control the fate of mankind And protect the species from a future of machine domination.
Enigma is the combination of the four versions of Nathaniel Essex, made up of Essex’s four clone selves, Mister Sinister, Doctor Stasis, Mother Righteous and Orbis Stellaris; Mutant DNA, Superhuman Science, Magical Mastery and Spacefaring Domination. At the height of his power, Enigma’s metaphysical crown could be seen in previous iterations of the multiverse.
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Knull
Fully debuted in Poison #3 By Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman
The eldritch god of the primordial void of the multiverse and the father of all symbiotes, Knull, aka the King in Black, is the ultimate embodiment of decay and destruction. Like Galactus, Knull was in Marvel’s previous cosmos, but was reborn across the cosmos into a multiversal deity. As the God of the Abyss, Knull’s only purpose is to see these Multiverse thrown back into the infinite void And to have the light of the heavenly slow out for good.
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Of course, Knull is best known for having created the symbiote species that Venom and Carnage both belong to. Through the symbiotes, Knull has immediate access to any place and time across the multiverse where one of his creations exists. Because of this, The Klintar Demiurge Possesses cosmic-level awareness and, ironically, the ability to create and manipulate life at will.
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Moridun/Omnimax
Debuted in New Avengers #2 By Al Ewing and Gerardo Sandoval
The first Sorcerer Supreme and the first Devourer of Worlds, Moridun originally existed in the Fifth Cosmos before surviving the death of his multiverse and then being reborn in each subsequent one. During his reign as the Sorcerer Supreme of the Fifth Cosmos, Moridun was essentially The mortal embodiment of the multiverse’s first primordial magic. When the cosmic cycle came to end the fifth cosmos and give birth to the sixth, Moridun survived the change and was reborn as Omnimax, the Devourer of Worlds.
Like Galactus, originally a resident of the sixth cosmos, Omnimax wandered the cosmos, endlessly trying to satiate his infinite hunger. Currently, Moridun resides in the current Eighth Cosmos after the Maker pulled the spirit from its original form into the modern era. Now reveling in the potency of magic that has developed since his first reality, Moridun keeps an obsessively close eye on the Scarlet Witch and Wiccan to hopefully possess and consume their Immeasurable magical powers.
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Maystorm
Debuted in Ultimate Universe #1 By Peach Momoko
Mei Igarashi is a mutant and a resident of the new Ultimate Marvel Universe. Having only recently developed her mutant abilities, Maystorm’s powers are nearly identical to those of Ororo Munroe, the mutant hero known as Wind Rider in her reality. One is able to control the weather at will Already demonstrating a quick grasp of her powers.
While she is still young and undertrained, as with most of Earth-1610’s new surge of heroes, if Mei possesses even a hint of power to that of Earth-616’s Storm, then she will certainly become a force to be reckoned with for the Maker. Or any other of Ultimate Marvel’s twisted villains. The young mutant has already been called into a battle of cosmic proportions to assist the Phoenix’s astral battle against Enigma. She may be untrained, however She is full of the powers of a goddess.
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Sorrow at the end of all things
Debuted in Fantastic Four #2 By Dan Slott and Sara Pichelli
A recently evolved cosmic devil, the Griever at the End of All Things is the ultimate embodiment of entropy and decay and serves as the destructive counterpart to the Queen of Nevers, the physical embodiment of the Fourth Cosmos. As opposed to the Queen of Nevers Mastery over the infinite possibilitiesThe grave presents a single end. While she is certainly portrayed as a villain, the Sorrow is more of an inevitability.
When the eighth cosmos eventually falls and the ninth is about to be born, the Griever will be there to See the reality die and to mourn every being and story that was and no longer can be. In addition to her own powers, the Griever controls a horde of endlessly hungry cosmic demons called Endlings, a counterbalance to the Queen of Nevers’ Nexus beings. Much like eternity, the living tribunal, or death, the grievor is an “abstract entity,” meaning that she can never truly die because she possesses no tangible physical form, instead existing as a living concept.
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Meridius
Fully debuted in Poison #1 By Al Ewing, Ram V, & Bryan Hitch
Meridius is a temporary eventuality and the inevitable future form of Eddie Brock before transcending into the eventuality. Fear of losing his sense of self to become the eventuality, Meridius Wickedly broke away from his destined timeline To stake his claim as an independent entity and the ultimate king in black. Like Knull, Meridius has near-perfect control over every symbiote in space, time, and the multiverse.
However, Meridius’s understanding of the Infinite multiversal nature of his power Far beyond anything Knull was capable of before. The Defiant King in Black excels at understanding time and the enigmatic nature of the multiverse, easily traversing the two as a mortal can walk back and forth on Earth. What makes Eddie Brock’s Temporal Edge truly dangerous is His manipulative and vindictive personality; He holds a grudge against almost everyone and is ready to do whatever it takes to get out of his fate.
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Anti-All and the Lifebringer One
Debuted in Defenders #4 By Al Ewing and Javier RodrÃguez
The Lifebringing One and the Anti-All are simply cosmic entities created in the third cosmos, which introduced the concept of “narrative” to existence. The Lifebringer One is the embodiment of Life, order, and creationWhereas its cosmic counterpart embodies Non-existence, chaos, and destruction. While the couple’s conceptual primordial forms “died” along the Third Cosmos, their essences were reborn in each subsequent multiverse that followed.
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Meanwhile, the Anti-All is now the power behind the Kings in Black and the infinite cosmic void from which they draw power. At the same time, writer Al Ewing teased that the Lifebringer One could exist as the cosmic spring that empowers the Sentry. As with many of the multiverse’s cosmic entities, The Anti-All and the Lifebringer One will always remain In some capacity throughout each iteration of the multiverse.
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No
Debuted in Edge of the Spider-Verse #2 By Dan Slott and Paco Medina
Before genetically engineered spiders turned fifteen-year-olds into superheroes, there was the Spider-Verse. Before the multiversal organization that gathers the infinite variants of spider-themed people, there was the Web of Destiny. Before the great web that ties all the cases and lives together, it is not.
Nit is the goddess of spiders, the creator of the great web, and the mother of the multiverse’s spider-totems. Neither was charged with organizing the eventuality of the multiverse, carefully constructing the web that connects all possibilities to a defined form of reality. Despite her divine brilliance, Neither is a child Whose negligence in maintaining her creation led to the multiple Spider-verse events that almost saw The destruction of the multiverse himself.
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Robbie Reyes’ Ghost Rider
Debuted in All-New Ghost Rider #1 By Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore
Originally a young man who struggled to work while raising his younger brother, Robbie Reyes turned into a Ghost Rider after he was shot and killed, caught in the crossfire of a drug-related gang war. After being imbued with the spirit of his deceased satanic serial killer uncle, Reyes was revived as a spirit of vengeance and became one of the most important modern members of the Avengers. Like all Ghost Riders, Robbie possesses an almost infinite source of divine power Which is only held back by the young Ghost Rider’s will.
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Recently, during the Omni-Avengers’ war with the First Firmament, Robbie’s powers evolved in the cosmic battlefield, transforming him into the All-Rider. As the All-Rider, Robbie can impart his Ghost Rider powers to any object just like Johnny Blaze or Danny Ketch do to their motorcycles. Using this newly acquired cosmic ability, Robbie “Roid” Doom the living planet in the god quarrytrapping both him and the First Firmament from returning to the multiverse.
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Dylan Brock
Debuted in Poison #7 By Donny Cates and Iban Coello
Dylan Brock is the hybrid child of Eddie Brock, An Wing and Venom. Due to both of his parents being closely bonded with the Venom symbiote, which left part of his DNA codex in each parent, Dylan was born with a direct link to the symbiote Hive. Dylan Brock is essential A mortal embodiment of the symbiote Hive And, given enough time and training, is destined to become a king in black unlike Knull or Eddie Brock could ever achieve.
In Earth-1051, this variant, and potential future version, of Dylan fell under the sway of Knull. Driven against his father, Dylan is transformed into a violent totalitarian demi-god called Codex. While Earth-616 Dylan Brock hasn’t fallen that far yet, He assumed his codex form several times and is now waging war against his father, The current reigning King in Black.
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The-powers-that-be
Fully debuted in God #8 By Jonathan Hickman and Valeria Schiti
Another of Marvel’s many “abstract entities,” the-powers-that-be is the cosmic embodiment of magic and weirdness. Against the-natural order-of-things, the embodiment of science, the-powers-that-be possess similar qualities to scarlet witches and whose powers are similar to chaos magic. The abstract cosmic entity is possible and potential, only held back by an armistice agreement with its other half.
Meanwhile, The-Powers-That-Be’s powers exist in his avatar, Reddwyn. Due to the primordial and undefined nature of his goddess’s powers, Reddwyn had complete mastery over all forms of magic and stood as an equal, if not better, to Doctor Strange. The-powers-that-be are An unpredictable force of chaotic potential Which exists through sad expression without the constraints of rules and structure. Although the cosmic entity is still relatively new in the comics, it sits on the same level of power as the other major abstracts such as the Living Tribunal and Eternity.
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Cosmic Ghost Rider
Debuted in Thanos #13 By Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw
Originally debuting as a slightly comedic “what if” concept, the Cosmic Ghost Rider quickly gained notoriety as a seriously powerful and seriously terrifying force of cosmic vengeance. In his original reality, Frank Castle is both a Ghost Rider and a herald of Galactus, giving the ruthless killer Mastery over the spirit of vengeance and the power cosmic. An immortal with the ability to possess hundreds of souls at once and burn sinners with his Cosmic Penance Stare, the Cosmic Ghost Rider patrols the universe on his interstellar hell cycle, seeking to deal vengeance to the sinful souls of the stars.
Beyond his cosmic powers, Frank is best known for his Unintentionally inspired Thanos’s bloodlust as a baby. Originally sent back in time to kill baby Thanos, Frank instead raised the Mad Titan as his own, thus creating a perverted future reality of authoritarian control under Thanos and Frank’s names. To right his wrong, Frank returned baby Thanos to his crib, but Death made it clear that by doing so, Thanos was changed for the worse.
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Wiccan
Debuted in Avengers #1 By Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung
The spiritual child of the Scarlet Witch and Vision, Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, is destined to become the pious embodiment of life on Earth, the Demiurge. Like the Scarlet Witch and the Primordial Demiurge before him, Wiccan’s primary power comes in the form of reality manipulation. To Wiccan, what is reality is what he chooses to let it be.
But, from now on, Billy is still young and still trainingHowever, fewer know about the future that lies ahead of him. Even so, Wiccan has access to his demiurge powers, Amplifying his natural magical abilities To limitless proportions, allowing him to manipulate the laws of reality on a multiversal level. The only major drawback to his immeasurable power is that Wiccan’s spells can only work if he can hear themOtherwise he is practically powerless.