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aces in marvel comics mutants homo superior are a key source of storytelling and the origins of a number of prominent characters mostly those in the x men universe mutants are born with the x gene often granting them superhuman abilities and sometimes physical mutations differing them from normal humans many people of the marvel universe fear or despise mutants seeing them as dangerous threats this has caused organizations to form to deal with the problem some seek peaceful coexistence between mutants and normal humans the x men and their affiliated groups those who seek to control or eliminate humans to give mutants safety or dominance magneto and his followers as well as other mutants such as apocalypse and those who seek to regulate or eliminate mutants in favor of humans in addition to mutants eternals and deviants several other intelligent races have existed secretly on earth these include the inhumans another genetically unstable race like the deviants but in their case it is due to their use of a substance called the terrigen mist that was created by a kree experiment long ago the subterraneans a race of humanoids adapted to living below the surface created by the deviants some subterraneans were transformed into the lava men by a demon and homo mermanus a humanoid species of water breathers that live in earth s oceans most of these races have advanced technology but existed hidden from humanity until recent times more variants of humanity can be found in the savage land see places below most of the savage land races have their origin from a group of primitive ape men who seems to have escaped the celestial experiments and whose influence is present in all modern homo sapiens other leftovers from the era when primitive humanoids walked on earth still exist such as the radiation altered neanderthal man known as the missing link an enemy of the hulk 25 alien races main article list of alien races in marvel comics the marvel universe also contains hundreds of intelligent alien races earth has interacted with many of them because a major hyperspace warp happens to exist in the solar system the three major space empires are the kree who rule the kree empire in the greater magellanic cloud the skrulls who rule the skrull empire in the andromeda galaxy the shi ar who rule the shi ar empire the three are often in direct or indirect conflict which occasionally involves earth humans in particular the kree and skrulls are ancient enemies and the kree skrull war has involved humans on several occasions another prominent alien race is the watchers immortal and wise beings who watch over the marvel universe and have taken a sacred vow not to intervene in events though the watcher assigned to earth uatu has violated this oath on several occasions the elders of the universe are ancient aliens who have often had a great impact on many worlds for billions of years acting alone or as a group a power called the power primordial is channeled through them many other races exist and have formed an intergalactic council to have their say on matters that affect them all such as interference from earth humans in their affairs supernatural creatures further information list of monsters in marvel comics also abundant in the marvel universe are legendary creatures such as gods demons and vampires the gods of most polytheistic pantheons are powerful immortal human like races residing in other dimensions who visited earth in ancient times and became the basis of many legends however all of these gods share a common ancestry and connection to earth due to gaea the primeval elder goddess that infused her life essence into all living things on earth besides mythological gods many deities made up by marvel writers exist as well such as the dark gods enemies of the asgardians volume and issue needed angels and demons have appeared throughout the franchise with some form of heaven and hell existing on other planes in the universe some notable demons include blackheart mephisto nightmare and satannish there are also powerful benevolent mystical entities such as the vishanti or amoral and malevolent entities who are not truly demonic such as dormammu and the octessence or ones heavily drawing upon the mythologies of h p lovecraft and robert e howard some supernatural beings entities and human characters created by lovecraft and howard who were friends and influenced each other s work have been adapted by marvel and include abdul alhazred 26 27 28 conan the barbarian 29 nyarlathotep 30 and set 31 some deities or demonic beings that are original characters of marvel have been heavily influenced by these mythologies such as shuma gorath 32 most of the current generation of gods have been revealed to be the descendants of the elder goddess gaea the two most featured pantheons are the asgardians of whom thor is a member and the olympians of whom hercules is a member the lords of the various pantheons sometimes gather in groups known as either the council of godheads or the council of skyfathers the gods were forced to stop meddling with humanity at least openly a thousand years ago by the celestials and most people today believe them to be fictional other pantheons have been depicted in the marvel universe that is still actively worshiped in the real world including those worshiped by the aboriginal inhabitants of australia the gods of hinduism the shinto gods and the gods of zoroastrianism these deities are rarely depicted however to avoid offending the believers of still active religions marvel features such deities as characters in the background or who make very brief cameo appearances the marvel universe also contains a number of monsters classic monsters such as vampires werewolves ghosts and zombies all exist within the universe as well as fictional monster races monsters were prominent in early publications such as journey into mystery and strange tales cosmic entities the cosmic entities are beings of unbelievably great levels of power the weakest of whom can destroy entire planets who exist to perform duties that maintain the existence of the universe most do not care at all about lesser beings such as humans and as a consequence their acts are recurrently dangerous to mortals when dire threats threaten the universe it is not uncommon for these beings to gather together to discuss the threat and even act on it volume and issue needed most conceptual entities are simply interested in furthering their essential function or to keep the balance with an opposing force however certain cosmic entities such as galactus the in betweener the maelstrom or the stranger have demonstrated personality motivations or except for the first one mentioned even ambitions beyond their functions but often maintain the perspective that morality is entirely relative or that destroying civilizations of lesser beings is no eviler than if these beings destroyed an anthill others such as uatu the watcher eon or the celestials ashema and tiamut are aberrations in the sense of sympathizing with and occasionally coming to the defense of humanity volume and issue needed the phoenix force is composed of the psionic energy from all living beings past present and future and is an embodiment of rebirth and destructive transformation through burning away what doesn t work and helped to restart the universe before the big bang volume and issue needed the fulcrum is a comparatively recent addition to the hierarchy that all cosmic entities allegedly serve of a level of raw power stated to far surpass the might of the watchers and the celestials unlike most other entities it is capable of conscience compassion and even a sense of humor and has stated that it wants other cosmic beings to develop such as well he is a possible manifestation avatar of the one above all volume and issue needed the mentioned one above all is believed to be the supreme omnipotent being who solely created the marvel multiverse and possibly acted beyond 33 he also brought to life the living tribunal an extremely powerful cosmic entity who serves to maintain balance within the multiverse 34 cosmology multiverse main article multiverse marvel comics for a list of notable alternate universes within the comics see multiverse marvel comics list of notable alternate universes the marvel universe is part of a multiverse with various universes coexisting simultaneously usually without affecting each other directly volume and issue needed furthermore each universe has various other dimensions associated with it and one such group is collectively known as a reality often what is referred to in the comics as a universe is actually a reality according to mythology the multiverse has been created by the omnipotent being one above all even the marvel multiverse however is only a part of the omniverse which consists of all of fiction and reality combined including all the works that are outside of marvel s copyright restrictions 35 the action of most of the marvel comics titles takes place in a continuity known as earth 616 this continuity exists in a multiverse alongside trillions of alternative continuities 36 alternative continuities in the marvel multiverse are generally defined in terms of their differences from earth 616 time this section needs expansion you can help by making an edit request adding missing information august 2026 the sliding timeline the generally accepted solution to the marvel universe s problem of time is the sliding timeline a wonderfully convenient bit of undiluted sophistry the clock of the story starts running with fantastic four 1 and the events of that issue take place about fourteen years before right now whenever right now is anachronistic elements of old comics like aunt may watching the beverly hillbillies on tv in amazing spider man annual 1 are topical references inserted into the published versions of the story to backdate them douglas wolk all of the marvels a journey to the ends of the biggest story ever told 37 an explanation for the irregular passing of time in the marvel universe was given by galactus to the ultimates namely that some important events for instance the creation of the fantastic four or the avengers have a gravity all their own and warp time around them causing the timeline to subtly change to accommodate this 38 page needed this concept editorially is referred to as a sliding or floating timeline 39 a storytelling feature that allows for the characters to continuously exist within a contemporary setting by slowly shifting the time frame forward with a slow non linear progression of in universe time throughout marvels publication history marvel editor tom breevort has stated that the origins of the fantastic four took place roughly 15 years ago with all events after fitting into the new time frame 40 space this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed september 2014 learn how and when to remove this message while the marvel universe is presumably as large as the non fictional universe comic book readers inhabit for all intents and purposes the local group is the universe practically all action takes place in it the skrull empire is located in the andromeda galaxy the kree empire in the greater magellanic cloud which is a satellite of the milky way galaxy in which earth is found and the shi ar empire is located somewhere between them in one of the smaller galaxies perhaps the triangulum galaxy frequently these three empires are quoted as the main political powers in the universe 41 similarly the local group seems to be the only affected area when the annihilation wave cut its bloody swath across the universe other media four role playing games have been set in the marvel universe marvel super heroes tsr 1984 marvel super heroes adventure game tsr 1998 marvel universe roleplaying game marvel comics 2003 marvel heroic roleplaying margaret weis productions 2012 see also features of the marvel universe list of marvel comics alien races list of marvel comics characters list of marvel comics superhero debuts list of marvel comics teams and organizations marvel animated universe mau publication history of marvel comics crossover events notes the first story to suggest that characters introduced in separate stories exist in the same universe motion picture funnies weekly 1 1939 was the first comic book issue to feature a story by timely comics marvel s predecessor set retroactively in the marvel universe these two marvel comics issues published on the same day were the first to show that characters introduced in separate stories existed in the same universe moreover fantastic four 1 1961 is the first comic book issue published by marvel comics and thus the first story set in modern continuity early avengers including iron man wasp hank pym hulk thor 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