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These villains are so ancient and powerful that they see humans as less than insects whose lives begin and end within the blink of an eye. When these eldritch villains emerge, the fate of the multiverse is at stake.
10) Galactus
Galan was once a humble scientist and resident of the Sixth Cosmos. Tragically, as the Black Winter began to consume the multiverse, Galan watched everything die. When he was the last living mortal in the dwindling Sixth Cosmos, Galan merged with the all-powerful Sentience of the First Cosmos. When the Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago and created the Seventh Cosmos, Galan was reborn as Galactus. Fueled by the Power Cosmic, Galactus is a force of nature who has consumed countless planets teeming with life to satiate his eternal hunger. Galactus has tried multiple times to devour Earth. However, even with his almost endless power, he’s still routinely thwarted by the Avengers and Fantastic Four.
9) Black Winter
A formless eldritch entity, the Black Winter’s sole purpose is to consume multiverses. Although its exact age is unknown, we do know that it’s responsible for destroying the Sixth Cosmos, making it significantly older than Galactus. In fact, the Black Winter chose Galan to be its new herald in order to spread destruction across the new multiverse. Although Galactus rebelled against his master, the Black Winter tried to force him to return to servitude. The Black Winter can effortlessly annihilate universes and release deadly snow that disintegrates everything it touches.
8) Anti-All
During the Third Cosmos, two entities began an eternal battle for supremacy. In one corner is Lifebringer One, who embodies light, order, and existence and is considered to be the first hero in existence. In the other corner is the great dragon known as Anti-All, who embodies destruction, chaos, and non-existence. Anti-All sought to eradicate all of creation and return it to the void. Lifebringer One and Anti-All’s clash lasted through the Third through Seventh Cosmoses, where the eldritch dragon almost succeeded in devouring his heroic foe. Luckily, with the aid of the Defenders, Lifebringer One slew Anti-All, bringing an end to a dark creature that had existed for billions of years.
7) Beyonders
The Beyonders are a nigh-omnipotent race that emerged during the Second Cosmos, the very first iteration of the multiverse. The Celestials created them to aid in the creation of new universes. From their dimension, the Beyond, which lies outside the multiverse, the Beyonders forged numerous universes and pocket realities. The Beyonders sought to annihilate the current Marvel Multiverse to prevent the arrival of an all-powerful villain called Enigma. By creating and then harnessing the reality-warping power of the Molecule Man to eradicate the multiverse. They were successful in their multiversal genocide, but Doctor Doom used the Beyonders’ power to salvage the remnants of reality to create Battleworld to act as a sanctuary for the few survivors.
6) Abraxas
When the Second Cosmos first came into being, the abstract and sentient embodiment of multiversal destruction was born: Abraxas. He emerged when the original multiverse, the Second Cosmos, was forged by the Celestials. Abraxas is the counterpart and enemy of the omnipotent personification of the universe, Eternity. Abraxas desires to destroy the multiverse, but he was imprisoned by his heroic counterpart. Eternity created Galactus to keep universal balance, which prevents Abraxas from escaping. When Galactus was killed, Abraxas broke free and began destroying countless universes. Luckily, Franklin Richards used his reality-warping powers to resurrect Galactus, who promptly used the Ultimate Nullifier to eradicate Abraxas from existence.
