Thread:ADour/@comment-5537483-20150226202635/@comment-24383490-20150227161851

It is a concept invented by the late great Mark Gruenwald. Basically there is a dimension of manifestations, in which there are creatures that take forms to represent different forces, concepts, and ideas, such as Eternity, Infinity, and the Living Tribunal, for said entities to interact with lesser beings. How much power these avatars are assigned by the entity depends on how well they represent it. Hence, this explained how the conceptual or higher-dimensional entities could display extremely different scales of power on different occasions, and sometimes seemingly even be overcome by far lesser beings. For example, this explained the Beyonder seemingly defeating various far more powerful entities during Secret Wars II.