Beyonder

The Beyonder is the sum total of a parallel reality called the Beyond-Realm or simply "Beyond", hence the name "Beyonder".

This dimension is accidentally accessed by nebbishy lab technician Owen Reece.

Part of the energy from the dimension escapes and imbues Reece with near-infinite powers, which he wields as the villainous Molecule Man - potentially one of the most powerful villains in the Marvel Universe.

The remaining energy of the pocket dimension apparently gains sentience and curiosity.

Using its vast powers, the Beyonder creates a planet called "Battleworld" out of pieces of various planets (one such piece being a suburb of Denver) and abducts a number of superheroes and supervillains from Earth so that he can observe the never-ending battle between good and evil that rages within humanity at large.

Initially explaining the nature of the experiment to the involuntary participants, the entity identifies itself only as "I am from beyond."

The name "Beyonder" is quickly applied by Galactus and adopted by all others present. Galactus, sensing that the Beyonder could alleviate his perpetual hunger, immediately and aggressively charges into the Beyond-Realm through a dimensional rift, followed by Doctor Doom, who seeks power for his own purposes.

Both are repelled, but the information gathered by Doom later enables him to use the body of the sound-based villain Klaw as a medium to steal the energies of Galactus' Worldship and then the power of the Beyonder itself.

With the Beyonder's power, Doom constructs a 200-mile (320 km) high tower of golden stone as temporary quarters, and then states that he has given up his ambitions for conquest, instead simply being content with freeing his mother's soul from Mephisto.

The Beyonder's consciousness then possesses Klaw's damaged mind and manipulates Doom into unconsciously squandering his power against the superheroes, distracting him enough for the Beyonder to steal his power back.

This story formed the basis of the first Secret Wars twelve-issue limited series.

The series sold incredibly well, with circulation reaching up to 750,000 copies per issue, numbers reminiscent of the height of comic book sales during the Golden Age of the 1940s.

Due to the high sales of the first series, a second Secret Wars series, the nine-issue Secret Wars II miniseries, was published. This series crossed over into almost every comic that Marvel was publishing at the time.

Intrigued by what he has witnessed during the first Secret Wars, the Beyonder comes to Earth to walk among humans and study them and learn of human desire firsthand.

He creates a human body for himself; originally, this body resembles Molecule Man.

He also transforms a television writer named Steward Cadwell into Thundersword.

Finally, the Beyonder creates a form for himself based on that of Captain America.

At first, the Beyonder has a complete lack of understanding of human biology and society, which leads to numerous difficult situations, some serious and some humorous.

For instance, he needs to learn by example the difference between edible objects and non-edible ones, and needs to be toilet-trained by Spider-Man.

When he learns about the monetary system from Luke Cage, the Hero for Hire, he transforms the Manhattan Heroes for Hire office building into gold as thanks for their assistance.

He later comes under the influence of a criminal named Vinnie and becomes the head of a criminal cartel.

The Beyonder then uses mind control to assume control over the entire Earth, only to relinquish control when he grows restless and frustrated with the lack of free will that the world now displays.

Beyonder then transforms the elf Algrim into Kurse.

The Beyonder became enamored with the beauty and power potential within singing superheroine Dazzler, resulting in a brief love affair.

On a train to New York, the Beyonder meets the mutant Tabitha Smith, also known as Boom Boom.

Thinking he is a mutant, Boom Boom accompanies him.

The Beyonder abandons her but returns and takes her to Xavier's school.

At the school, Tabitha is terrified when the teams of the X-Men and the New Mutants fight the Beyonder.

The Beyonder takes her to a planet where the Celestials are located.

There, threatening to destroy the universe, the Beyonder fights and seemingly defeats a number of Celestials.

Fearful of a further battle taking place between the Beyonder and the Celestials, Tabitha demands to be returned to Earth.

Back on Earth, Boom Boom alerts the Avengers about the Beyonder. Summoning the Beyonder, Boom Boom thereby leads him into an ambush by the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and other costumed champions.

The Beyonder, who had regarded Boom Boom as his only friend, allows the Avengers to defeat him, but then leaves.

Boom Boom leaves during the battle.

The Beyonder then acts in an attempt to "preserve life" throughout the universe by seemingly eliminating and then resurrecting the manifestation of Death.

Throughout the course of the series, the demon Mephisto seeks to steal his powers or to destroy him to win the favor of Death.

Mephisto sends an army of supervillains called the Legion Accursed to attack the Beyonder, who is saved by the Thing.

The Beyonder then fights the Puma, believing that the only purpose left in his life is to help the Puma find his by allowing Puma to become one with the universe and allow Puma to slay him- Puma having been convinced of the Beyonder's nature as a malicious threat-, but a casual comment by Spider-Man about the Beyonder's manipulations causes Puma to lose faith in himself at the crucial moment, and the Beyonder survives unscratched.

The Beyonder then feels the futility of all his efforts and decides to destroy the entire multiverse.

He starts by killing the New Mutants.

He then battles Phoenix.

The Beyonder reconsiders destroying the multiverse, and resurrects the New Mutants.

Realizing that he can never truly understand what its like to be mortal as long as he has his powers as a safety net, he constructs a machine to leech and contain his powers, turning him mortal.

Amazed with his new found "limitations", he quickly becomes fearful of being without his power and takes his power back from the machine.

Intrigued by this new experience, the Beyonder tries to create for himself a mortal human infant body that can retain his omnipotence, but will allow him to grow and learn at a normal rate.

Although he is on the verge of succeeding, he is killed in the process by the Molecule Man.

The Beyonder's near-limitless power is returned to the now-empty "Beyond-Realm", where it forms a Big Bang and creates a new universe.

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