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The huge and complicatedMarvel Multiversehas gone through several iterations , each one embodied by a god - alike cosmic being whose power dwarfs even that ofGalactus . Especially thanks to films likeSpider - Man : Into the Spider - VerseorSpider - Man : No Way Home , the Multiverse has become a simple to explicate concept that most can follow . But once the microscope is pulled back and the larger aspects of Marvel Comics cosmogony are exposed , things become confusing again . wonder ’s Multiverse is a live on being and , like all exist things , experiences entropy . It lives , it grows , and it exit .
At the ending of a Multiverse ’s life , a newfangled sentient Multiverse is born from the latent vim left over from the premature . Sometimes , a singular keep being is preserved and imbued with the cosmic energy need to last the rebirth . Galactus is a neat example of this phenomenon andwould subsequently prove to be the Multiverse ’s most important being . With each fresh multiversal iteration , the complexness of universe evolves . Modern construct are innovate with each rebirth , culminating in the Marvel stories we have today . To make horse sense of the Multiverse ’s complex origins , here are Marvel ’s Eight Cosmoses explained .
The MCU introduced the multiverse , but Marvel has used this for twelvemonth and some of the most powerful Marvel characters are from these alternate ground .
1The First Cosmos (The First Firmament)
The Reality of Nothing
The First Cosmos was once a singular universe . There was no life , no laws , no concept to this existence , just world . The First Cosmos had the potential drop to exist for eternity without the terror of death , without change , without reincarnation . The embodiment of this first universe , an entity known as the First Firmament , did finally spawn spirit , which in turn rebelled against its Maker . Some of the Multiverse ’s original creations , the Celestials , longed for change . The First Cosmos and its most devout Celestials , know as the Aspirants , meet this desire for change as blasphemous folly . This battle lead to a wild polite war between the two side of meat do it as the Infinity Wars .
face the dateless collapse of all existence , the rebelling Celestials gathered every weaponand dud they had ever built andtriggered a peculiar revelatory detonation on the First Cosmos , shatter its body into piece . Those fractured remnants of reality would reform as the first Multiverse and begin the cycle of multiversal rebirth . Some of the First Firmament ’s fragments reformed into a weaker variant of the First and , along with its Aspirants , flee reality to obscure in a far-off realm on the edge of nothing call the Far Shore .
2The Second Cosmos (Beyond)
The Birth of Creation
Upon the birth of the Second Cosmos , the first iteration of the Multiverse appeared . Driven by the survive Celestials ' desire to vary , the Multiverse was in a speedy land of conception and destruction . To aid in the maintenance of the growing unnumberable realities , the Celestials create a servant species called Omegas . The Omegas , currently be intimate as Beyonders , mold from behind the scenes of existence to oversee each Multiverse ’s maturation . At this time , the Celestials also created an opposing force to the Beyonders calledthe King in Black . Along with each Multiverse , the King in Black would be reborn from a force called the Living Abyss after each re-formation .
Comparatively , the Second Cosmos did not live as long as its other iterations . always seek newfangled sensory faculty , the Second Cosmos developed an intense wonder about death . The Cosmos believed that a newfangled experience they dubbed the “ all - death ” would be an exciting sensationand actively sought its own demise . Upon the death of the Second Cosmos , remnants of the entity traveled to the Far Shore and became a new entity called the Beyond , which became the home for the Beyonders to learn over the Multiverse .
The Beyonders are godlike beings who enjoy ' play ' with the heroes of the Marvel creation , but their true purpose may make them invincible .
3The Third Cosmos
The Origin of Reality’s First Hero
trivial is know about the Third Cosmos . InDefenders#5by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez , it is revealed thatthe Third Cosmos live before science and magic . The Third had yet to make the construct of narration . There was no effective and evil . There was simply existence and non - beingness . To battle a turn force of nonentity that threatened to bring existence back to the primordial vacancy , the Third Cosmos created the first hero called the Lifebringer One . This title would be used again by Galactus in a future iteration of the Multiverse .
For the entirety of the Third Cosmos ’ existence , the Lifebringer One was lock in in an eternal conflict with a cosmic entity known as Anti - All . Anti - All was a creature that sought to devour the Lifebringer One and plunge the Multiverse back into the void of non - beingness . During its respites from battle , Anti - All dwelled inthe Below - Place , the source of power for all Vasco da Gamma - mutates . At the end of its life hertz , the Third Cosmos go to the Far Shore to be with its precursor .
4The Fourth Cosmos (Queen of Nevers)
The Progenitor of Possibility
During the Fourth Cosmos ’ tenure , life start to take shape . Narrative still had yet to survive , but the seeds of personality had been implanted . As the parent of possibility , the Fourth Cosmos could peer through each possible realness from its creation until its destruction . Still referring to itself as the Pilgrim , the Fourth Cosmos met its goal by wait on the withstander ' descent into the Third Cosmos inDefenders#6 . The Pilgrim molt its rest energy to bear the Fifth Cosmos and , upon her death , the remainder of the Fourth travel to the Far Shore where she would re - identify herself as the Queen of Nevers .
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5The Fifth Cosmos
The Source of all Magic
The Fifth Cosmos is thefirst creator of deception in the multiverse . Besides this particular , almost nothing is known of the Fifth Cosmos ’ accomplishments or personality . With the introduction of magic , concept of experimentation and innovation developed among somebody for the first prison term . Without the continuous conflict that plagued the late iterations of the Cosmos , the existence of the Fifth Cosmos were finally capable to mean and pretend severally . However , autonomy and exemption of creation opened the opportunity for cruelness and madnessin the Multiverse ’s low existence .
The Fifth Cosmos was base to existence’sfirst thaumaturge and Sorcerer Supreme , Moridun . Visually reminiscent of a wizardly Chthulu , the Sorcerer Supreme of the Fifth Cosmos is described as reality ’s first leech . Moridun wasa sociopathic sorcerer who carried out horrific occult arts experimentson other lives . When the Fifth Cosmos neared its death and run to the Far Shore , Moridun survived the rebirth and accede the Sixth Cosmos as a reborn entity of death yell Omnimax , the Devourer of Worlds . While Omnimax and Galactus share an identical title , the two have never officially met .
6The Sixth Cosmos
The Origin of Science and Birthplace of the Devourer of Worlds
alas , little is known about the Sixth Cosmos outside of his basic mathematical function as a cosmic entity . The Sixth completely refuse the charming nature of the previous realness and became the first Cosmos to produce scientific discipline . In the Sixth Cosmos , beingness was completely devoted to scientific learning and exploration . The possible action of mortal ingenuity feel infinite , so long as magic was n’t involved . Outside the Multiverse , as far away as potential , the Sixth created a pocket attribute called the Overspace or “ The Junction to Everywhere . ” This property serve as a reality where scurvy beings could communicate with abstract cosmic entities like Eternity or Death .
The Sixth Cosmos met his dying at the hands of Black Winter , the incarnation of hunger and Devourer of Universes . As the Sixth approach his end and faced conversion , Black Winter chose an embodiment to carry its willinto the next reality . The Devourer chose a military personnel nominate Galan of Taa who , upon entering the next Cosmos , would be reborn as Galactus , Devourer of Worlds . As with his predecessor , the remaining fragments of the Sixth Cosmos travel to the Far Shore .
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7The Seventh Cosmos (Infinity and Eternity)
The Old Home of Marvel Comics
Unlike their previous iterations , the Seventh Cosmos was reborn into two beings rather than a unique form . However , the twins , Infinity and Eternity , were still moot one complete being ; two sides of the same coin . For most of Marvel Comics ' account , the Seventh Cosmos is where all Marvel stories were told , irrespective if they were a comic , moving picture , or show . With this iteration of the Multiverse , realness became complex and rich with stories . The Seventh enjoyed their reign , happily nurse by the passing - on of mortal life sentence . That is , untilthe events ofSecret Warsby Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić .
The Beyonders , the Multiverse ’s cosmic custodians , had foreseen the creation of an entity called the Enigma . The Enigma is a creature from the far future and the magnum opus of Mister Sinister ’s multi - life work , designed to become the one and only Cosmos . To keep Enigma ’s creation , the Beyonders sparked a war to put down the Seventh Cosmos and force a multiversal Renaissance . Doctor Strange , Doctor Doom , and Molecule Man , the very being the Beyonders had created to destroy the Seventh Cosmos , had successfully vote out the Beyonders but inadvertently caused a contraction in the Multiverse that force the Seventh to collapse in on itself .
8The Eighth Cosmos (Eternity)
The Modern Multiverse
The fighter of the Seventh Cosmos failed to stop the incursion , and all life ceased to exist . However , some hold out shroud in an Ark of the Covenant and created a new micro - reality sew together together with salvaged clod of the old Multiverse . run by Doctor Doom , this realness , called Battleworld , was an interim universe turned into a perverse parody of itself as “ God Emperor Doom ” run out to control the disorderly nature of reality . He turn over the power of the Beholders over to Reed Richards and , together with his Word , Reed forged a recreation of the Seventh Cosmos .
Upon the birth of the Eighth Cosmos , Eternity returned aloneas the lonesome embodiment of the Eighth , while his sister left to trip to the Far Shore . The rebirth mental process is an exhausting one for cosmic entities . The Eighth almost faced early destruction when the First Firmament , take advantage of the new Cosmos ' weakened state , returned from beyond the Far Shore . Having drop seven timelessness furious at the continued existence of the rebellious Celestials ' creations , the First Cosmos returned to ensure the Eighth would be the last Cosmos .
As the First Cosmos continued to sew its germ of death into the Eighth , an unlikely hero step up to stop the First ’s onslaught . Galactus , the once Devourer of Worlds , had been purged of Black Winter ’s influence and was now a man gratuitous of his cosmic thirst . With Galactus ’ aid , Eternity summoned the past incarnations of the Multiverse from the Far Shore , and together the Cosmoses defeated the First Firmament . For now , the Eighth Cosmos remains intact as the current setting for all stories in theMarvel Multiverse , withGalactusthe Lifebringer as its champ .
