 Left to right, down from the top: The Runner, The Gardener, The Collector, The Champion and The Grandmaster. The Elders of the Universe are a group of fictional characters in the Marvel Comics' universe. Each is the last survivor of one of the first intelligent races that developed after the Big Bang. As such they have achieved virtual immortality as well as mastered advanced technologies. Every Elder has a different specialization, which they follow fanatically, apparently as a way to endure their eternal existence (one of them, The Collector's wife, eventually allowed herself to die because of it.) It must be noted that the Elders are not truly Cosmic Beings though some have achieved cosmic levels of power and knowledge. The heroes of Earth have encountered them in several occasions, sometimes as enemies and sometimes as allies. Image File history File links Elders_of_the_Universe. ...
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According to the Big Bang theory, the universe emerged from an extremely dense and hot state (bottom). ...
Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite, or indeterminate, length of time. ...
Cosmic Beings One of the particularities of the Marvel Universe is that it contains beings that are literally, part of the universe, so that their existence is needed for the balance of the universe (and vice versa). ...
The Elders, because of their links to the first era of the universe's history, have come to regard each other as brothers at least figuratively. Usually, they act independently but some have come together for certain schemes. It is not known how many Elders still remain; below is a list of the ones revealed so far. According to the cosmic entity Eon, there are approximately 1,000 Elders in existence.
Several of the Elders possessed some of the Infinity Gems, though even they were unaware of their full power. All of them were stolen from them by Thanos. In the fictional universe of Marvel Comics, the Infinity Gems, sometimes referred to as the soul gems early on, are six immensely powerful gems. ...
Thanos is a fictional character created by Jim Starlin and published by Marvel Comics. ...
During the Contest of Champions miniseries, the Grandmaster challenged Death to a game of strategy, that involved many of Earth's heroes, in order to resurrect his 'brother' Elder, The Collector (who had been recently killed by Korvac) and won; however he had to die for this to happen, which he agreed to. Later, however, the Grandmaster usurped control of Death's realm, but was stopped by the Avengers; this led to Death becoming angered with the Elders, preventing them from ever entering her realm - in other words, making them truly immortal- which had been the Grandmaster's true goal all along. Contest of Champions is a 1982 mini-series by Marvel Comics. ...
The Grandmaster is a fictional character published by Marvel Comics, he first appeared in Avengers #69. ...
Death is a fictional character, a personification of death in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
The Collector is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...
Michael Korvac, aka simply Korvac, was also called the Enemy, the Machine God and the Clockwork Lord. ...
The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of many of Marvel Comics most popular heroes. ...
Later, some of the Elders joined forces in an effort to try to destroy the universe. The Elders discovered that by killing Galactus, Eternity and Death would become unbalanced, fall into stasis and the universe would then undergo a Big Crunch. The Elders believed since they were immortal they would be the only beings in the universe who could survive a Big Crunch and thus they could emerge in the next universe as a race of Galacti, each with virtually infinite cosmic power to pursue their special interests with. The Elders were thwarted by the Silver Surfer and his allies. The superhero Quasar later encountered several new Elders during his adventures in space. The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ...
Galactus, sometimes called the Devourer of Worlds or Eater of Planets, is a fictional comic book super villain, a cosmic entity within Marvel Comics universe. ...
While in the popular mind, eternity often simply means existing for an infinite, i. ...
Death is the full cessation of vital functions in the biological life. ...
In cosmology, the Big Crunch is a hypothesized collapse of the universe upon itself after its expansion eventually stops — a counterpart to the Big Bang. ...
The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...
Quasar (real name Wendell Elvis Vaughn) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
Known Elders and their obsessions
The Astronomer is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the Elders of the Universe. ...
The Champion is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics universe. ...
The Collector is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...
The Contemplator is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the Elders of the Universe. ...
Ego the Living Planet is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and an enemy of the thunder-god Thor. ...
The Gardener is a fictional character, one of the known Elders of the Universe in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
The Grandmaster is a fictional character published by Marvel Comics, he first appeared in Avengers #69. ...
The Obliterator is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the Elders of the Universe. ...
The Possessor is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the Elders of the Universe. ...
The Runner is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the Elders of the Universe. ...
Trader is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...
External links - Marvel Directory - Elders of the Universe
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