The Bifrost, also known as the Rainbow Bridge, was used by the Asgardian gods to travel from Asgard to any of the Ten Realms and worlds beyond. It was guarded and operated by the powerful Heimdall the All-Seer using his sword Hofund and based in his observatory.[4] Currently, the Bifrost is guarded and operated by Sif in the Watchtower Tree.[5] The Black Bridge is the opposite of the Bifrost.[6]
History
Origin[]
The Bifrost was built by an unnamed wizard who was studying traveling across planes.[1]
Modern Era[]
The Avengers from Earth were the first-ever mortals to stand upon the Bifrost.[7] It was shattered following the events of Ragnarok.[8]
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Loki rebuilds the Bifrost
After the War of the Realms, the Bifrost shards were used to rebuild it as the Bifrost Garden, with the Watchtower Tree acting as its heart.[3] During a battle between Iron Man and the Hulk, Thor was transformed into a gamma mutate as a colateral damage of a gargantuan explosion caused by Hulk.[9] Sif attempted to teleport Thor to Asgard to help him, but Thor resisted Sif's efforts, leading to the Bifrost's destruction.[10] The shards of the Bifrost were collected by M.O.D.O.K., who merged with them to become M.Y.T.H.O.S. and used its power to warp reality, making himself the master of the Ten Realms. M.Y.T.H.O.S. was eventually defeated by Thor, returning the shards of the Bifrost to Asgard's space,[11] where it was later repaired by Loki with the Wand of Wutevar, stronger than before according to Sif.[12]
Alternate Reality Versions
Earth-928[]
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A version of the Bifrost connected to Libera Cielo.[13]
Earth-6160[]
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The Maker of Earth-1610 traveled to Earth-6160 to reshape it to his image. He put Loki on the throne of Asgard, shattering the Bifrost in the process and imprisoning Thor.[14]
After Thor was freed by Iron Lad and Doom, he retrieved Mjolnir, using it to summon the Bifrost to escape Asgard and later to travel to Latveria.[15]
Earth-9602[]
Heimron was the guard of the Rainbow Chair, which is an amalgam of Rainbow Bridge and DC's Mobius Chair.
Earth-21798[]
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Power Princess summoning the Bifrost via the Rainbow Ax
In this reality, the Bifrost was destroyed by the Mangog during the Ragnarok Wars. The last piece of the bridge was salvaged by Power Princess to forge the Rainbow Ax. Power Princess used the Rainbow Ax to travel to Asgard and later attack Thor.[16]
Earth-22260[]
In Earth-22260, the Bifrost was destroyed by Frost Giants. Years afterwards, it was rebuilt by Freyja, allowing Loki to use it to escape to Midgard.[17]
Earth-199999[]
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The Bifrost Bridge was a "wormhole" or "Einstein-Rosen bridge", a device that allowed shortcuts connecting two separate points in spacetime, used by the Asgardians. It was guarded by the warrior Heimdall at his observatory. The Bifrost Bridge was a link between all the Nine Realms, but could be opened only if Heimdall permitted it. The bridge was in fact too powerful, being capable of destroying all realms if left opened.
Thor, Loki, Sif and the Warriors Three used the Bifrost to reach Jotunheim, thus reigniting an age-old conflict with the jotuns. Loki's machinations behind this affair culminated in an attempt to destroy Jotunheim by leaving the Bifrost open on that realm, but Thor foiled the plan by destroying the Bifrost with Mjolnir instead.[18]
With the Bifrost destroyed, although Thor was able to travel to Earth due to Odin summoning a great deal of dark magic,[19] the Asgardians became cut off from the worlds that they protected, and the Nine Realms were consequently plunged into chaos.[20] They hastily rebuilt the bridge, which Heimdall subsequently re-powered with the Tesseract, and then set forth on a campaign to rid the Nine Realms of the marauders that had grown in strength during their absence.[21] During this time, the Bifrost was put to frequent use transporting Asgardian raiding parties to the other realms, and to bring their prisoners back to Asgard.[22]
The Bifrost was ultimately destroyed by Surtur and Hela along with the rest of Asgard.[23] However, after Thor got Stormbreaker, he gained the ability to summon the Bifrost.[24]
Moira VII.1[]
In this reality, the Bifrost was destroyed by Magik with the Twilight Sword, leaving Asgard drifting in space, to ensure Thor and the Asgardians could never return to Earth.[25]See Also
- 379 appearance(s) of Bifrost
- 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Bifrost
- 28 minor appearance(s) of Bifrost
- 84 mention(s) of Bifrost
- 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Bifrost
- 1 invocation(s) of Bifrost
- 158 image(s) of Bifrost
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marvel Tarot #1 ; The Prismatic Bridge of Asbru
- ↑ War of the Realms #3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thor (Vol. 5) #16
- ↑ Journey Into Mystery #85
- ↑ King Thor #4
- ↑ Immortal Thor #20
- ↑ All-New, All-Different Avengers #15
- ↑ Thor (Vol. 2) #80–85
- ↑ Hulk (Vol. 6) #7
- ↑ Thor (Vol. 6) #26
- ↑ Thor Annual (Vol. 6) #1
- ↑ Immortal Thor #1
- ↑ Spider-Man 2099 #15
- ↑ Ultimate Invasion #2
- ↑ Ultimate Universe #1
- ↑ Heroes Reborn (Vol. 2) #6
- ↑ What If? Thor #1
- ↑ Thor
- ↑ Marvel's The Avengers
- ↑ Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude #1
- ↑ Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude #2
- ↑ Thor: The Dark World
- ↑ Thor: Ragnarok
- ↑ Avengers: Infinity War
- ↑ Sins of Sinister #1