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Nathaniel Richards was born in the 30th century of [[Earth-6311]], a reality where humanity never went into the Dark Ages. After centuries of advancement and warfare, peace was brought to the land by a time-traveler from [[Earth-616]] named [[Nathaniel Richards (Earth-616)|Nathaniel Richards]]. Because Richards brought peace to this war-torn future, he became known as the legendary benefactor.{{r|Fantastic Four #273}} The Nathaniel Richards born to this reality is said to be an ancestor of the Benefactor, although other records also indicate that he may also be an ancestor of the [[Latveria|Latverian]] monarch known as [[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Doctor Doom]].{{r|What If? Vol 2 #39}} As an adult, Nathaniel discovered a time machine and having grown bored of his peaceful time, traveled back in time to ancient Egypt on [[Earth-616]]. There he set himself up as a [[Nathaniel Richards (Rama-Tut) (Earth-6311)|Pharaoh Rama-Tut]] until he was ousted from this position by the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]].{{r|Fantastic Four #19}} Rama-Tut tried to flee back to his own era, but he was caught in a time storm and was forced to appear in the modern era of Earth-616. A chance encounter with his possible ancestor Dr. Doom,<ref>{{c|Fantastic Four Annual #2}}{{c|Captain America Annual #11}}. It is later revealed in {{c|Avengers #269}} that the frequent time storms that thwarted [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] were created by his future self, [[Nathaniel Richards (Immortus) (Earth-6311)|Immortus]] as per {{c|Avengers #269}} in part of a complex plan to curtail possible divergent realities created by Kang's time travels.</ref> inspired Nathaniel to abandon his Rama-Tut guise and assume one similar to Doom. In his first attempt, Nathaniel created the identity of the [[Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-6311)|Scarlet Centurion]], but abandoned this identity after being defeated by the [[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]].{{r|Avengers Annual #2}}{{r|What If? Vol 2 #29}}{{r|Captain America Annual #11}} He later took on the guise of [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang the Conqueror]] for many decades.{{R|Avengers #9}} |
Nathaniel Richards was born in the 30th century of [[Earth-6311]], a reality where humanity never went into the Dark Ages. After centuries of advancement and warfare, peace was brought to the land by a time-traveler from [[Earth-616]] named [[Nathaniel Richards (Earth-616)|Nathaniel Richards]]. Because Richards brought peace to this war-torn future, he became known as the legendary benefactor.{{r|Fantastic Four #273}} The Nathaniel Richards born to this reality is said to be an ancestor of the Benefactor, although other records also indicate that he may also be an ancestor of the [[Latveria|Latverian]] monarch known as [[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Doctor Doom]].{{r|What If? Vol 2 #39}} As an adult, Nathaniel discovered a time machine and having grown bored of his peaceful time, traveled back in time to ancient Egypt on [[Earth-616]]. There he set himself up as a [[Nathaniel Richards (Rama-Tut) (Earth-6311)|Pharaoh Rama-Tut]] until he was ousted from this position by the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]].{{r|Fantastic Four #19}} Rama-Tut tried to flee back to his own era, but he was caught in a time storm and was forced to appear in the modern era of Earth-616. A chance encounter with his possible ancestor Dr. Doom,<ref>{{c|Fantastic Four Annual #2}}{{c|Captain America Annual #11}}. It is later revealed in {{c|Avengers #269}} that the frequent time storms that thwarted [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] were created by his future self, [[Nathaniel Richards (Immortus) (Earth-6311)|Immortus]] as per {{c|Avengers #269}} in part of a complex plan to curtail possible divergent realities created by Kang's time travels.</ref> inspired Nathaniel to abandon his Rama-Tut guise and assume one similar to Doom. In his first attempt, Nathaniel created the identity of the [[Nathaniel Richards (Scarlet Centurion) (Earth-6311)|Scarlet Centurion]], but abandoned this identity after being defeated by the [[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]].{{r|Avengers Annual #2}}{{r|What If? Vol 2 #29}}{{r|Captain America Annual #11}} He later took on the guise of [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang the Conqueror]] for many decades.{{R|Avengers #9}} |
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+ | After achieving many conquests over various galaxies and time periods, he had become less and less involved in the battles that expanded his empire and, by his 60th year, he had begun to view himself as nothing more than an administrator. Deciding to return to a more simpler time, Kang turned his vast empire over to his lover [[Ravonna Renslayer (Earth-6311)|Ravonna]] and returned to ancient Egypt, resuming his guise of Rama-Tut.{{r|Avengers: Forever #9}} He eventually returned to the modern era and attempted to stop his past self from tampering with the Celestial Madonna, meeting his future self as Immortus in the process and assisting the Avengers in stopping Kang.{{r|Giant-Size Avengers #3}} Future struggles between Kang and Immortus would eventually have an impact on the destiny of Rama-Tut as well as during the so-called [[Destiny War]] at the end of time between the Avengers and the [[Time-Keepers]]. During this battle they attempted to speed up Kang's destiny to become Immortus in order to eliminate him from the battle.{{r|Avengers: Forever #11}} However instead they merely diverged their destinies so that both men now existed autonomously from each other.{{r|Avengers: Forever #12}} The branching point of this divergence occurred during Rama-Tut's travels through the time stream. Growing old, Rama-Tut began seeking a way to achieve immortality and began studying the realm of [[Limbo (Temporal)|Limbo]] and learned that it was a timeless place where he could live forever and decided to retire there to learn mastery of time. Breaching the barrier into Limbo, Rama-Tut later reinvented himself as Immortus and began following this destiny.{{r|Thor #282}} However, the barrier between the time stream and Limbo is not only a point where every moment in time can be seen, but it is also a place where divergences can occur. This is the case with Rama-Tut. While one version of Rama-Tut went on to Limbo to become Immortus, yet another looked into the time stream and saw Immortus' eventual servitude to the Time-Keepers. Furious at the prospect of becoming a slave, Rama-Tut found a new fire for conquest and returned to his empire in the 40th century, and resumed his Kang identity.{{r|Avengers: Forever #9}} |
===Mastery of Limbo=== |
===Mastery of Limbo=== |
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− | [[File:Immortus meets the Time-Keepers for the first time in Avengers Forever Vol 1 8.jpg|thumb|left|Immortus meets the Time-Keepers{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}}]] When in Limbo, Nathaniel discarded his Rama-Tut guise and took on that of Immortus constructed a fortress and began to study time and |
+ | [[File:Immortus meets the Time-Keepers for the first time in Avengers Forever Vol 1 8.jpg|thumb|left|Immortus meets the Time-Keepers{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}}]] When in Limbo, Nathaniel discarded his Rama-Tut guise and took on that of Immortus. He soon constructed a fortress and began to study time and tried to master the realm of Limbo, and observing alternate realities and timelines.{{r|Thor #282}} He was greeted by the so-called Time-Keepers who had selected him to be tutored on their secrets of time and as their apprentice he was given seven millenia to watch over from 3000 BC to 4000 AD. His primary objective was to untangle the temporal disturbances caused by his own self. He was also to shepherd the course of history so that it ended with the Time-Keepers at the end of time. They had also gave him technology that would prevent him from turning into a [[Phantom]], beings who were trapped and transformed by Limbo itself. These Space Phantoms became servants of Immortus himself, who did his bidding whenever direct intervention or misdirection was required in the time stream. Immortus also became a singular being in the time stream, and as such, there are no divergent versions of Immortus that exist, unlike his past incarnations.{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} Another servant of Immortus was the being known as [[Tempus (Immortus Servant)|Tempus]], although accounts differ as to how Tempus came to be. One account states that Tempus was created by Immortus directly,{{r|Thor #282}} while another states that Tempus was created by the future version of Immortus and sent back in time to aid his past self.{{r|Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #3}} |
− | Immortus also wanted to ensure that his past self followed his proper course of destiny to ensure that at the end of all time it would be Immortus, and not any of his past counterparts that would have mastery of time. His first step in doing so was to create the time storm that prevented his past self, as Rama-Tut, from reaching his native 30th Century |
+ | Immortus also wanted to ensure that his past self followed his proper course of destiny to ensure that at the end of all time it would be Immortus, and not any of his past counterparts that would have mastery of time. His first step in doing so was to create the time storm that prevented his past self, as Rama-Tut, from reaching his native 30th Century which would ensure his meeting with Dr. Doom, and later disturbances that caused Rama-Tut to end up in the 40th century.<ref>The time storm was seen in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #2}} it was revealed to be a manipulation of [[Nathaniel Richards (Immortus) (Earth-6311)|Immortus]] in {{c|Avengers #269}}</ref> While the Time-Keepers usually demanded swift elimination of any threats to the timeline, Immortus avoided violence or killing whenever possible and instead chose manipulation and trickery whenever possible to manipulate events in a more desirable direction. The first situation wherein the Time-Keepers' wishes were not followed was when it was determined that the [[Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)|Scarlet Witch]] was considered a nexus being in at least one reality, her children would become a threat to the timeline. While the Time-Keepers asked Immortus to kill her outright, he decided more subtler means were required.{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} Immortus had stated in one account that he intended to manipulate events in order to take control of the Scarlet Witch and use her probability altering hex powers to manipulate all time that was under his custodianship. To this end he initially attempted to break up the Avengers before she joined the group to this end.{{r|Avengers: West Coast #61}} |
===Early Manipulations=== |
===Early Manipulations=== |
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− | [[File:Immortus_appears_before_the_Masters_of_Evil_in_Avengers_Vol_1_10.jpg|thumb|Immortus appears before the Masters of Evil{{r|Avengers #10}}]]Whatever the motivation was, Immortus sent his agent the [[Space Phantom (Earth-616)|Space Phantom]] to Earth shortly after the formation of the Avengers to try and split the team up, by using his powers to take the shape each of the Avengers, shunting the real hero temporarily to Limbo in order to sow dissent among their ranks. Posing as a supposed alien invader, the Space Phantom nearly succeeded until he attempted to take the shape of the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] thunder god [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]]. Thor's body proved to be immune to the Space Phantom's powers, and the Space Phantom was shunted to Limbo instead. Although the Space Phantom failed to break up the team, it caused the [[Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk]] to quit the team.<ref>{{c|Avengers #2}}. In {{c|Thor #261}} the [[Space Phantom (Earth-616)|Space Phantom]] convinced [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]] that he was actually hired by [[Nathaniel Richards (Immortus) (Earth-6311)|Immortus]] to transport various Avengers to [[Limbo (Temporal)|Limbo]] for study. The truth of the matter was not fully revealed until {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> Immortus soon began monitoring the early exploits of the Avengers, including their battles with the [[Masters of Evil (Earth-616)|Masters of Evil]] and his past self, Kang the Conqueror.<ref>{{c|Avengers #6}} through {{c|Avengers #8|8}} as revealed in {{c|Avengers #10}}</ref> Immortus eventually decided that the best way to |
+ | [[File:Immortus_appears_before_the_Masters_of_Evil_in_Avengers_Vol_1_10.jpg|thumb|Immortus appears before the Masters of Evil{{r|Avengers #10}}]]Whatever the motivation was, Immortus sent his agent the [[Space Phantom (Earth-616)|Space Phantom]] to Earth shortly after the formation of the Avengers to try and split the team up, by using his powers to take the shape each of the Avengers, shunting the real hero temporarily to Limbo in order to sow dissent among their ranks. Posing as a supposed alien invader, the Space Phantom nearly succeeded until he attempted to take the shape of the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] thunder god [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]]. Thor's body proved to be immune to the Space Phantom's powers, and the Space Phantom was shunted to Limbo instead. Although the Space Phantom failed to break up the team, it caused the [[Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk]] to quit the team.<ref>{{c|Avengers #2}}. In {{c|Thor #261}} the [[Space Phantom (Earth-616)|Space Phantom]] convinced [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]] that he was actually hired by [[Nathaniel Richards (Immortus) (Earth-6311)|Immortus]] to transport various Avengers to [[Limbo (Temporal)|Limbo]] for study. The truth of the matter was not fully revealed until {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> Immortus soon began monitoring the early exploits of the Avengers, including their battles with the [[Masters of Evil (Earth-616)|Masters of Evil]] and his past self, Kang the Conqueror.<ref>{{c|Avengers #6}} through {{c|Avengers #8|8}} as revealed in {{c|Avengers #10}}</ref> Immortus eventually decided that the best way to shepherd the Avengers was to get personally involved.{{r|Thor #282}}{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} To this end, Immortus mentally contacted the Masters of Evil through their member the [[Amora (Earth-616)|Enchantress]] and offered his "allegiance" to them, agreeing to their leader [[Heinrich Zemo (Earth-616)|Baron Zemo's]] orders to destroy the Avengers. Immortus did so by kidnapping both [[Richard Jones (Earth-616)|Rick Jones]] and [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]] and imprisoning them in England circa 1709 AD. He then had Space Phantoms disguised as beings from other eras such as [[Merlyn (Otherworld)|Merlin]], the biblical Goliath, and [[Hercules (Earth-616)|Hercules]]. But the Avengers managed to defeat Immortus' minions and Immortus was forced to return the heroes to their proper era. When the Masters of Evil joined the battle, they were easily trounced by the Avengers and in order to avoid defeat, the Enchantress cast a spell that brought them back in time so they could cut off contact with Immortus, thereby preventing the entire conflict from ever happening.<ref>{{c|Avengers #10}}{{c|Avengers Classic #10}}. It was revealed in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}} that all the "historical beings" that [[Nathaniel Richards (Immortus) (Earth-6311)|Immortus]] summoned were actually [[Phantoms|Space Phantoms]].</ref> |
− | Immortus continued his observations of the Avengers, when he witnessed their first reorganization he vowed to crush them.{{r|Avengers #16}} However when the Time-Keepers actually ordered their elimination, Immortus chose to continue |
+ | Immortus continued his observations of the Avengers, but when he witnessed their first reorganization, he vowed to crush them.{{r|Avengers #16}} However, when the Time-Keepers actually ordered their elimination, Immortus chose to continue shepherding them.{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} He also observed the meeting between Rama-Tut and Dr. Doom.<ref>Which occurred in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #2}} and was revealed to have been observed by Immortus in {{c|Avengers: Forever #6}}</ref> Immortus eventually found a means of preventing the Scarlet Witch from having children after noticing a romance forming between her and the Avengers' newest addition, the android [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]], believing that a romance between the two would prevent her from having children.<ref>The [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] and [[Wanda Maximoff (Earth-616)|Scarlet Witch]] began their romance in {{c|Avengers #81}}. Immortus deciding to use this to his advantage was revealed in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> Immortus was keenly interested in the [[Kree-Skrull War]] which ended when Rick Jones unleashed the [[Destiny Force]] within him to halt the two warring alien races. Initially seeing this as a possible danger to the timeline, when Jones proved incapable of tapping it anymore Immortus considered the threat over. However the Time-Keepers knew otherwise, showing Immortus three different futures: [[Earth-9970]], [[Earth-9971|9971]] and [[Earth-9812|9812]] where the Avengers were responsible for the human race taking over the entire universe, particularly on Earth-9812 where, thanks to the Destiny Force, the future [[Galactic Avenger Battalion Theta-4 (Earth-9812)|Avengers Galactic Battalion]] would reign supreme. The Time-Keepers then ordered Immortus to stop the Avengers, or they would obliterate not only the team itself, but the entire Earth as well.<ref>The [[Kree-Skrull War]] occurred in {{c|Avengers #89}} through {{c|Avengers #97|97}}. Immortus was seen viewing this and was given his ultimatum by the [[Time-Keepers]] in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> Seeing that the Vision was reluctant in pursing his romance with the Scarlet Witch, Immortus sent the Space Phantom to Earth once again and had him team-up with the [[Eric Williams (Earth-616)|Grim Reaper]] to offer the Vision a human body, by placing his mind into that of Captain America. The Vision refused, giving him the confidence to continue his romance even though he was an android, as Immortus intended.<ref>The [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision's]] struggle with the [[Eric Williams (Earth-616)|Grim Reaper]] and the [[Space Phantom (Earth-616)|Space Phantom]] occurred in {{c|Avengers #107}} and {{c|Avengers #108}}. The Vision's mind was based on the brain engrams of [[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man]], the Grim Reaper's brother who was believed to be dead at the time following the events of {{c|Avengers #9}} as such the Grim Reaper considered the Vision his "brother". Immortus was revealed as manipulating these events in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> Immortus then began courting alien races such as the so-called [[Martian Masters]] and the [[Badoon]] providing them with information that led to invasions of Earth in various futures shattering the ability for the human race to leave the planet due to catastrophic wars.<ref>This was revealed in {{c|Avengers: Forever #10}}, the [[Martian Masters]] ended up invading Earth in at least three other realities [[Earth-691]] as seen in {{c|Amazing Adventures Vol 2 #17}}, [[Earth-2120]] in {{c|Killraven Vol 2 #1}}, and [[Earth-9930]] in {{c|Avengers: Forever #4}}. The [[Badoon]] later attempted to launch a failed attempt to invade modern day Earth on [[Earth-616]] but were stopped by the [[Norrin Radd (Earth-616)|Silver Surfer]] in {{c|Silver Surfer #2}} but they would later succeed where the Martian Masters failed on Earth-691 as revealed in {{c|Marvel Super-Heroes #18}}</ref> Immortus then began working on reining in his past counterparts who were running amok through time.{{r|Thor #282}} |
===Celestial Madonna=== |
===Celestial Madonna=== |
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− | At this time in the modern age, Kang was attempting to claim the so-called Celestial Madonna for himself so they he could sire her son, who was foretold to be the most powerful being in the universe. When the Madonna was identified as being among the Avengers, Kang attacked them. He was later opposed by his future self Rama-Tut and it was revealed that the Avenger known as [[Mantis (Earth-616)|Mantis]] was the Madonna. Opposed from claiming her, Kang attempted to kill her instead |
+ | At this time in the modern age, Kang was attempting to claim the so-called Celestial Madonna for himself so they he could sire her son, who was foretold to be the most powerful being in the universe. When the Madonna was identified as being among the Avengers, Kang attacked them. He was later opposed by his future self Rama-Tut and it was revealed that the Avenger known as [[Mantis (Earth-616)|Mantis]] was the Madonna. Opposed from claiming her, Kang attempted to kill her but instead slew her lover, the [[Jacques Duquesne (Earth-616)|Swordsman]]. Both Kang and Rama-Tut struggled and knocked each other into Kang's time machine and found themselves trapped in the time stream.<ref>{{c|Avengers #129}} and {{c|Giant-Size Avengers #2}}</ref> Posing as a potential ally, Immortus plucked both Kang and Rama-Tut out of the time stream and brought them to Limbo. Imprisoning Rama-Tut, Immortus then allowed Kang to use his time travel devices. Kang used it to summon a number of super-humans from various times just moments before their deaths including, [[Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)|Frankenstein's Monster]], [[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man]], the original Human Torch, [[M'Nai (Earth-616)|Midnight]], the [[Joost van Straaten (Earth-616)|Ghost]], and [[Heinrich Zemo (Earth-616)|Baron Zemo]]. Dubbing them the [[Legion of the Unliving (Earth-616)|Legion of the Unliving]], Kang then plotted to use them against the Avengers. When Immortus balked at this, Kang seemingly imprisoned him along with Rama-Tut, then used a device to transport the Avengers to Limbo,<ref>{{c|Avengers #131}}. [[Simon Williams (Earth-616)|Wonder Man]] was pulled from {{c|Avengers #9}}. However, it was later revealed in {{c|Avengers #152}} that he was merely in a state of suspended animation. The Human Torch was not technically dead, but rather deactivated circa 1955 as revealed in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #4}}. The Torch's life and resurrections are quite complicated but are explained in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Joost van Straaten (Earth-616)|Ghost]] was slain in {{c|Silver Surfer #9}}. [[M'Nai (Earth-616)|Midnight]] was slain in {{c|Special Marvel Edition #16}} at the hands of [[Shang-Chi (Earth-616)|Shang-Chi]] however he was later resurrected in {{c|Silver Surfer Vol 3 #29}}. [[Heinrich Zemo (Earth-616)|Baron Zemo]] was slain battling [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]] in {{c|Avengers #15}}. The [[Frankenstein's Monster (Earth-616)|Frankenstein Monster]] was technically not dead, but was snatched from time during the events of {{c|Frankenstein #12}}</ref> |
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− | While Immortus appeared to apparently be helpless, this was all part of long running plan to manipulate the Vision and the Scarlet Witch |
+ | While Immortus appeared to apparently be helpless, this was all part of a long running plan to manipulate the Vision and the Scarlet Witch.{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} This all played out during the battle between the Avengers and the Legion of the Unliving, as it was soon learned that the Vision and the original [[Human Torch (Android) (Earth-616)|Human Torch]] were both the same being. Ultimately the Avengers defeated their foes and Kang fled into the time stream once again. When Immortus was freed, he used his mastery over Limbo to restore those who were injured or killed in the battle. He then returned the Legion of the Unliving to their proper fates. He then revealed to the Avengers and Rama-Tut that he was the future incarnation of Kang before Rama-Tut left to meet his own destiny.{{r|Giant-Size Avengers #3}} |
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− | In "thanks" Immortus offered to show both the Vision and Mantis the secrets regarding their pasts, both the Vision's connection to the Human Torch and how Mantis became selected as the Celestial Madonna. He gave them synchro-staffs that allowed them to travel through time and space to learn these secrets.{{r|Avengers #133}}{{r|Avengers #134}}{{r|Avengers #135}} However this was yet another deception of sorts on the part of Immortus as the synchro-staffs were really Space Phantoms in disguise, and at least in the case of the Vision he was shown only selective images of the past that confirmed his connection to the original Human Torch of the 1940s.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] learned that he was the original android [[Human Torch (Android) (Earth-616)|Human Torch]] of the 1940s created by [[Phineas Horton (Earth-616)|Phineas Horton]] in {{c|Marvel Comics #1}}. The Human Torch was depicted as being deactivated in 1955 and was restored to life by the [[Mad Thinker (Julius) (Earth-616)|Mad Thinker]] to battle the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]] in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #4}}. In that story the Torch seemingly sacrificed his life to save the Fantastic Four. It is revealed in {{c|Avengers #134}} that the Mad Thinker recovered the Torch android. In {{c|Avengers #135}} it was revealed that the android was taken by the mad robot [[Ultron (Earth-616)|Ultron]] who then forced an elderly Phineas Horton to help repair it before killing him. Ultron then rebuilt the Vision and sent him to attack the Avengers as seen in {{c|Avengers #57}}. This wasn't the only manipulation was involved in regarding the past of the Vision and the Human Torch, as explained below.</ref> When Mantis was later to be joined with her chosen mate, a member of the [[Cotati]] race that took on the form of the deceased Swordsman, Immortus offered his assistance in stopping Kang from attempting to capture her once again. He hid the real Mantis by having one of his Space Phantoms pose as her, and when Kang believed he had won the Space Phantom revealed his true self. While Kang was away, Immortus officiated a wedding between Mantis and the Cotati as well as the Vision and the Scarlet Witch who, thanks to his manipulations were now completely in love. Mantis and the Cotati then left to find their destiny in the stars, and Immortus departed an apparent ally of the Avengers.{{r|Giant-Size Avengers #4}} |
+ | In "thanks" Immortus offered to show both the Vision and Mantis the secrets regarding their pasts, such as both the Vision's connection to the Human Torch and how Mantis became selected as the Celestial Madonna. He gave them synchro-staffs that allowed them to travel through time and space to learn these secrets.{{r|Avengers #133}}{{r|Avengers #134}}{{r|Avengers #135}} However this was yet another deception of sorts on the part of Immortus as the synchro-staffs were really Space Phantoms in disguise, and at least in the case of the Vision he was shown only selective images of the past that confirmed his connection to the original Human Torch of the 1940s.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] learned that he was the original android [[Human Torch (Android) (Earth-616)|Human Torch]] of the 1940s created by [[Phineas Horton (Earth-616)|Phineas Horton]] in {{c|Marvel Comics #1}}. The Human Torch was depicted as being deactivated in 1955 and was restored to life by the [[Mad Thinker (Julius) (Earth-616)|Mad Thinker]] to battle the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]] in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #4}}. In that story the Torch seemingly sacrificed his life to save the Fantastic Four. It is revealed in {{c|Avengers #134}} that the Mad Thinker recovered the Torch android. In {{c|Avengers #135}} it was revealed that the android was taken by the mad robot [[Ultron (Earth-616)|Ultron]] who then forced an elderly Phineas Horton to help repair it before killing him. Ultron then rebuilt the Vision and sent him to attack the Avengers as seen in {{c|Avengers #57}}. This wasn't the only manipulation was involved in regarding the past of the Vision and the Human Torch, as explained below.</ref> When Mantis was later to be joined with her chosen mate, a member of the [[Cotati]] race that took on the form of the deceased Swordsman, Immortus offered his assistance in stopping Kang from attempting to capture her once again. He hid the real Mantis by having one of his Space Phantoms pose as her, and when Kang believed he had won, the Space Phantom revealed his true self. While Kang was away, Immortus officiated a wedding between Mantis and the Cotati as well as the Vision and the Scarlet Witch who, thanks to his manipulations were now completely in love. Mantis and the Cotati then left to find their destiny in the stars, and Immortus departed as an apparent ally of the Avengers.{{r|Giant-Size Avengers #4}} |
===Deceptions=== |
===Deceptions=== |
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− | Now seen as an ally of the Avengers, Immortus answered the call of Thor and [[Heather Douglas (Earth-616)|Moondragon]] in helping locate their missing teammate [[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye]] who was lost in the past. Agreeing to help Immortus transported them into the time stream where they battled Kang, but he managed to flee them. The trio then followed Kang to the state of Arizona circa 1873. {{r|Avengers #141}} There they had found that Kang was attempting to conquer the modern age by taking over the 19th century first and that American cowboys the [[Matthew Hawk (Earth-616)|Two-Gun Kid]], [[Blaine Colt (Earth-616)|Kid Colt]], the [[Ringo Kid (Earth-616)|Ringo Kid]], and the [[Lincoln Slade (Earth-616)|Night Rider]] were working with Hawkeye to liberate the town of Tombstone from Kang's control. However Immortus returned to his own time after assisting them in |
+ | Now seen as an ally of the Avengers, Immortus answered the call of Thor and [[Heather Douglas (Earth-616)|Moondragon]] in helping locate their missing teammate [[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye]] who was lost in the past. Agreeing to help, Immortus transported them into the time stream where they battled Kang, but he managed to flee them. The trio then followed Kang to the state of Arizona circa 1873. {{r|Avengers #141}} There they had found that Kang was attempting to conquer the modern age by taking over the 19th century first and that American cowboys the [[Matthew Hawk (Earth-616)|Two-Gun Kid]], [[Blaine Colt (Earth-616)|Kid Colt]], the [[Ringo Kid (Earth-616)|Ringo Kid]], and the [[Lincoln Slade (Earth-616)|Night Rider]] were working with Hawkeye to liberate the town of Tombstone from Kang's control. However Immortus returned to his own time after assisting them in thwarting a train robbery.{{r|Avengers #142}} Soon Immortus grew bored with his time in Limbo and sought out a mate. Scanning all of time he found a woman who was destined to drown in a shipwreck and saved her life. Taking her back to Limbo they sired a child he named [[Marcus Immortus (Earth-616)|Marcus]] whom he raised in a sphere of time until adulthood. However, without the same sort of protective technology, the woman Immortus took as his mate was eventually shunted back to her own era to finally meet her death.{{r|Avengers #200}} Meanwhile in 1873, the Avengers and their allies managed to defeat Kang who was seemingly slain while battling Thor due to the thunder god overloading his force field and disintegrating his body. Appearing before the Avengers, Immortus led them to believe that with Kang seemingly dead his existence was nullified as well with the threat over. However both Kang and Immortus would resurface alive and well later on.<ref>{{c|Avengers #143}}. [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] survived thanks to a device that transferred his mind into a cloned body in his [[Earth-6311|native time]] as revealed in {{c|Avengers: Forever #9}}</ref> Immortus hid himself from all others, including his own son who later attempted to leave Limbo in a complex plot that involved romancing and rebirthing himself on Earth-616 through the Avenger known as [[Carol Danvers (Earth-616)|Ms. Marvel]],{{r|Avengers #200}} which ended in the death of Marcus when he returned to Limbo and grew old and died.{{r|Avengers Annual #10}} |
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+ | When Immortus did return to Limbo, he came to believe that the time travelling capabilities of Thor's hammer [[Mjolnir]] would have a negative impact on his plans for the Avengers and crafted a complex plot to trick Thor into relinquishing this power from the hammer. To this end he employed his Space Phantoms to make it appear that their fictional homeworld of "[[Phantus]]" was at risk of being trapped in Limbo and sent the original Phantom to recruit Thor to "rescue" them.{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} This was accomplished by stopping Thor from traveling into the past to learn the origins of the [[Celestials]] and bring him to Limbo and briefly absconding with Thor's hammer.{{r|Thor #281}} The Space Phantom then led Thor to the fortress of Immortus, who revealed the deception of his "demise" earlier and then revealed to him a selective recounting of his history. Immortus then convinced Thor that the only way he could save "Phantus" was to use the chronal energies in his hammer, but explained that it would deplete them of such energies. Having pledged to save "Phantus" by any means possible, Thor gave up on his quest to travel through time and drained the hammer of its time travelling capabilities. With the ruse completed Immortus transported Thor back to his home era.{{r|Thor #282}} Shortly after this Immortus became aware that access to [[Earth-82432|Reality-82432]] had been blocked by that era's version of [[Michael Korvac (Earth-82432)|Korvac]].{{r|What If? #32}} |
− | Immortus then continued to monitor the Vision and the Scarlet Witch and began preparing to make her his pawn. He saw that the pair would eventually use magic in order to impregnate the Scarlet Witch with children with both of their essences.{{r|Vision and the Scarlet Witch Vol 2 #2}} She eventually gave birth to two boys [[William Maximoff (Earth-616)|Billy]] and [[Thomas Maximoff (Earth-616)|Thomas]].{{r|Vision and the Scarlet Witch Vol 2 #12}}. The birth of these offspring seemed to herald the powerful nexus beings that the Time-Keepers warned of. In order to prevent this, Immortus influenced the Vision months before the Scarlet Witch's impregnation and had him take over the world's computers, knowing that the government would eventually react to this.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] took over the world's computers in {{c|Avengers #241}} through {{c|Avengers #254|254}} and {{c|Avengers Annual #13}}</ref> After witnessing the birth of Billy and Thomas, Immortus also learned that the magics used to give them life used soul fragments of the demon [[Mephisto (Earth-616)|Mephiso]] who had his own agent, [[Martin Preston (Earth-616)|Master Pandemonium]] seeking to reclaim those shards and that the boys would eventually cease to exist, making the Scarlet Witch ripe for manipulation due to her fragile mental state.<ref>As seen later in {{c|Avengers: West Coast #52}}, Immortus was stated as seeking to manipulate the Scarlet Witch in {{c|Avengers: West Coast #62}}. His observations of these events were seen in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> With the threat of Billy and Thomas Maximoff and future subjugation of the Scarlet Witch underway, Immortus moved on to focus on other things. |
+ | Immortus then continued to monitor the Vision and the Scarlet Witch and began preparing to make her his pawn. He saw that the pair would eventually use magic in order to impregnate the Scarlet Witch with children with both of their essences.{{r|Vision and the Scarlet Witch Vol 2 #2}} She eventually gave birth to two boys [[William Maximoff (Earth-616)|Billy]] and [[Thomas Maximoff (Earth-616)|Thomas]].{{r|Vision and the Scarlet Witch Vol 2 #12}}. The birth of these offspring seemed to herald the powerful nexus beings that the Time-Keepers warned of. In order to prevent this, Immortus influenced the Vision months before the Scarlet Witch's impregnation and had him take over the world's computers, knowing that the government would eventually react to this.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] took over the world's computers in {{c|Avengers #241}} through {{c|Avengers #254|254}} and {{c|Avengers Annual #13}}</ref> After witnessing the birth of Billy and Thomas, Immortus also learned that the magics used to give them life used soul fragments of the demon [[Mephisto (Earth-616)|Mephiso]] who had his own agent, [[Martin Preston (Earth-616)|Master Pandemonium]] seeking to reclaim those shards and that the boys would eventually cease to exist, making the Scarlet Witch ripe for manipulation due to her fragile mental state.<ref>As seen later in {{c|Avengers: West Coast #52}}, Immortus was stated as seeking to manipulate the Scarlet Witch in {{c|Avengers: West Coast #62}}. His observations of these events were seen in {{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}</ref> With the threat of Billy and Thomas Maximoff and the future subjugation of the Scarlet Witch underway, Immortus moved on to focus on other things. |
Immortus soon came to see that his past self, Kang, had created many divergent versions of himself with every time jump that he made. Immortus then decided to become devoted to ensuring that no matter what, Kang would eventually become himself. When a version of Kang was trapped in a infinity vortex by Thor in the past, Immortus secretly transported him to Limbo and left a phony dead body for him to find. As expected, Immortus used the technology found in the citadel to learn of his alternate counterparts all of whom he deemed to be failures. Kang also used his device to save his lost love [[Ravonna Renslayer (Earth-8657)|Ravonna]] from an assassins bullet bringing her to Limbo. Immortus only revealed himself to Ravonna and won her loyalty due to his more peaceful nature and had her monitor events on his behalf.{{r|Avengers #269}} Kang then gathered two of his counterparts, forming the [[Council of Kangs (Multiverse)|Council of Kangs]] and began eliminating all other counterparts who they deemed as inferior. The "Prime" Kang also plotted to eliminate his last two counterparts by pitting them against the Avengers, whom Kang brought to Limbo as well.<ref>{{c|Avengers #267}} & {{c|Avengers #268|268}}. The Prime [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] was defeated by [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]] in {{c|Thor #140}}. [[Ravonna Renslayer (Earth-616)|Ravonna]] was put in a near-death coma after the events of {{c|Avengers #69}}</ref> When the last two Kangs were slain and the Avengers broke free, Immortus finally revealed himself and his manipulations to both Kang and the Avengers. He then produced a Psyche-Globe which had all the retained memories of the slain Kangs, pretending that this was his motivation all along. However, as expected, Kang tried to take the globe and in doing so his mind was flooded with all the memories at once driving him mad and he fled into Limbo. When the Avengers disapproved of this, Immortus simply returned them to their own time before another fight could break out.<ref>{{c|Avengers #269}}. [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] cured himself of this insanity by killing himself and creating another pair of divergences of himself as revealed in {{c|Avengers: Forever #9}}</ref> |
Immortus soon came to see that his past self, Kang, had created many divergent versions of himself with every time jump that he made. Immortus then decided to become devoted to ensuring that no matter what, Kang would eventually become himself. When a version of Kang was trapped in a infinity vortex by Thor in the past, Immortus secretly transported him to Limbo and left a phony dead body for him to find. As expected, Immortus used the technology found in the citadel to learn of his alternate counterparts all of whom he deemed to be failures. Kang also used his device to save his lost love [[Ravonna Renslayer (Earth-8657)|Ravonna]] from an assassins bullet bringing her to Limbo. Immortus only revealed himself to Ravonna and won her loyalty due to his more peaceful nature and had her monitor events on his behalf.{{r|Avengers #269}} Kang then gathered two of his counterparts, forming the [[Council of Kangs (Multiverse)|Council of Kangs]] and began eliminating all other counterparts who they deemed as inferior. The "Prime" Kang also plotted to eliminate his last two counterparts by pitting them against the Avengers, whom Kang brought to Limbo as well.<ref>{{c|Avengers #267}} & {{c|Avengers #268|268}}. The Prime [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] was defeated by [[Thor Odinson (Earth-616)|Thor]] in {{c|Thor #140}}. [[Ravonna Renslayer (Earth-616)|Ravonna]] was put in a near-death coma after the events of {{c|Avengers #69}}</ref> When the last two Kangs were slain and the Avengers broke free, Immortus finally revealed himself and his manipulations to both Kang and the Avengers. He then produced a Psyche-Globe which had all the retained memories of the slain Kangs, pretending that this was his motivation all along. However, as expected, Kang tried to take the globe and in doing so his mind was flooded with all the memories at once driving him mad and he fled into Limbo. When the Avengers disapproved of this, Immortus simply returned them to their own time before another fight could break out.<ref>{{c|Avengers #269}}. [[Nathaniel Richards (Kang) (Earth-6311)|Kang]] cured himself of this insanity by killing himself and creating another pair of divergences of himself as revealed in {{c|Avengers: Forever #9}}</ref> |
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− | However, Immortus was not defeated, and the "Time-Keepers" who immobilized him were not what they seemed, and were in actuality disguised [[Time-Twisters]] alternate counterparts of the Time-Keepers who were seeking to ensure their own existence over their more benevolent counterparts. To this end they began targeting various Nexus beings that threatened their own existence in other realities. However Immortus, not entirely helpless himself attempted to gain his own mastery of time.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #39}} Unaware of the duplicity of the Time-Twisters, the [[Uatu (Earth-616)|Watcher]] of Earth-616 was invited by them to watch as they attempted to cement their existence. They first targeted [[Earth-772]] and sought to prevent the birth of [[Franklin Richards (Earth-772)|Franklin Richards]]. In this reality his birth was complicated by the cosmic rays in the body of his mother the [[Susan Storm (Earth-772)|Invisible Girl]], complications that threatened to end both their lives. This prompted the remaining members of the [[Fantastic Five (Earth-772)|Fantastic Five]] to travel into the [[Negative Zone]] to claim the [[Cosmic Control Rod]] of its ruler, [[Annihilus (Earth-772)|Annihilus]]. While the Time-Twisters sought to thwart the team on their journey by tipping off their foe [[Victor von Doom (Earth-772)|Dr. Doom]] and sending him into the Negative Zone to claim the Cosmic Control Rod for himself |
+ | However, Immortus was not defeated, and the "Time-Keepers" who immobilized him were not what they seemed, and were in actuality disguised [[Time-Twisters]] alternate counterparts of the Time-Keepers who were seeking to ensure their own existence over their more benevolent counterparts. To this end they began targeting various Nexus beings that threatened their own existence in other realities. However Immortus, not entirely helpless himself attempted to gain his own mastery of time.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #39}} Unaware of the duplicity of the Time-Twisters, the [[Uatu (Earth-616)|Watcher]] of Earth-616 was invited by them to watch as they attempted to cement their existence. They first targeted [[Earth-772]] and sought to prevent the birth of [[Franklin Richards (Earth-772)|Franklin Richards]]. In this reality his birth was complicated by the cosmic rays in the body of his mother the [[Susan Storm (Earth-772)|Invisible Girl]], complications that threatened to end both their lives. This prompted the remaining members of the [[Fantastic Five (Earth-772)|Fantastic Five]] to travel into the [[Negative Zone]] to claim the [[Cosmic Control Rod]] of its ruler, [[Annihilus (Earth-772)|Annihilus]]. While the Time-Twisters sought to thwart the team on their journey by tipping off their foe [[Victor von Doom (Earth-772)|Dr. Doom]] and sending him into the Negative Zone to claim the Cosmic Control Rod for himself, Immortus - invisible to the Time-Twisters and posing as the Whisperer - contacted Doom through the astral plane and warned him that if the Richards child died it would drive his father [[Reed Richards (Earth-772)|Mr. Fantastic]] mad with grief triggering an atomic war. Doom instead helped the Fantastic Four and held off Annihilus long enough for them to escape. Before Doom could be slain by the Negative Zone barrier, he was plucked out of time by the Whisperer who sought pawns to use in his plans.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #35}} |
The Time-Twisters next targeted the 22nd century of [[Earth-90110]] to destroy the super-powerful [[Vision (Earth-90110)|Ultra-Vision]] that reality's Nexus being. To this end they transported [[Michael Korvac (Earth-90110)|Korvac]] from the a reality's 31st Century. Seeing this utopian future Korvac sought to take over this era and enthralled his long time foes the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-90110)|Guardians of the Galaxy]] to battle that eras heroes the [[Avengers (Earth-90110)|Cosmic Avengers]] while he made a bid to take control of the Ultra-Vision's computer systems. The Whisperer intervened by providing [[John Fury, Jr. (Earth-90110)|Colonel John Fury, Jr.]] with a means of reversing Korvac's control over the heroes. Although they failed to stop Korvac from slaying the Ultra-Vision, they defeated their foe, leaving that reality with an uncertain future. The Whisperer then selected the Cosmic Avenger's [[Willie March (Earth-90110)|Irondroid]] to join his cause.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #38}} The Time-Keepers next targeted [[Jean Grey (Earth-9250)|Marvel Girl]] of [[Earth-9250]] a world where [[James Howlett (Earth-9250)|Wolverine]] was king of the [[Vampires]]. During this realities [[Inferno]] invasion, Wolverine and his [[X-Vampires (Earth-9250)|X-Vampires]] clashed with the dread [[Dormammu (Earth-9250)|Dormammu]] and the [[Madelyn Pryor (Earth-9250)|Goblin Queen]] over dominion of the Earth. The Whisperer once more intervened convincing Marvel Girl that the only means of defeating Dormammu was to once more accept the power of the [[Phoenix Force (Earth-9250)|Phoenix Force]] to vanquish their foes. With the defeat of Dormammu, the Whisperer took Wolverine from this reality. Immortus' work soon began coming to fruition, his interventions caused one of the Time-Twisters to blink out of existence and the [[Time Variance Authority]] soon detected an approaching Timequake that would bring about the ascension of Immortus into a powerful time being.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #37}} The next target of the Time-Twisters was [[Odin Borson (Earth-9260)|Odin]] of [[Earth-9260]] who was a prisoner of that reality's [[Seth (Earth-9260)|Seth]] and [[Loki Laufeyson (Earth-9260)|Loki]]. Another of the Twisters ceased to exist as Immortus sent his pawns to free [[Thor Odinson (Earth-9260)|Thor]] and rescue Odin. Despite direct interference from one of the Time-Twisters, the minions of Immortus succeeded and he was erased from existence himself. Having amassed enough Nexus energy, Immortus revealed his true self to Thor, Wolverine, Dr. Doom and the Irondroid before transforming into a massive quantum wave that threatened to restructure all existence.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #38}} |
The Time-Twisters next targeted the 22nd century of [[Earth-90110]] to destroy the super-powerful [[Vision (Earth-90110)|Ultra-Vision]] that reality's Nexus being. To this end they transported [[Michael Korvac (Earth-90110)|Korvac]] from the a reality's 31st Century. Seeing this utopian future Korvac sought to take over this era and enthralled his long time foes the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-90110)|Guardians of the Galaxy]] to battle that eras heroes the [[Avengers (Earth-90110)|Cosmic Avengers]] while he made a bid to take control of the Ultra-Vision's computer systems. The Whisperer intervened by providing [[John Fury, Jr. (Earth-90110)|Colonel John Fury, Jr.]] with a means of reversing Korvac's control over the heroes. Although they failed to stop Korvac from slaying the Ultra-Vision, they defeated their foe, leaving that reality with an uncertain future. The Whisperer then selected the Cosmic Avenger's [[Willie March (Earth-90110)|Irondroid]] to join his cause.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #38}} The Time-Keepers next targeted [[Jean Grey (Earth-9250)|Marvel Girl]] of [[Earth-9250]] a world where [[James Howlett (Earth-9250)|Wolverine]] was king of the [[Vampires]]. During this realities [[Inferno]] invasion, Wolverine and his [[X-Vampires (Earth-9250)|X-Vampires]] clashed with the dread [[Dormammu (Earth-9250)|Dormammu]] and the [[Madelyn Pryor (Earth-9250)|Goblin Queen]] over dominion of the Earth. The Whisperer once more intervened convincing Marvel Girl that the only means of defeating Dormammu was to once more accept the power of the [[Phoenix Force (Earth-9250)|Phoenix Force]] to vanquish their foes. With the defeat of Dormammu, the Whisperer took Wolverine from this reality. Immortus' work soon began coming to fruition, his interventions caused one of the Time-Twisters to blink out of existence and the [[Time Variance Authority]] soon detected an approaching Timequake that would bring about the ascension of Immortus into a powerful time being.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #37}} The next target of the Time-Twisters was [[Odin Borson (Earth-9260)|Odin]] of [[Earth-9260]] who was a prisoner of that reality's [[Seth (Earth-9260)|Seth]] and [[Loki Laufeyson (Earth-9260)|Loki]]. Another of the Twisters ceased to exist as Immortus sent his pawns to free [[Thor Odinson (Earth-9260)|Thor]] and rescue Odin. Despite direct interference from one of the Time-Twisters, the minions of Immortus succeeded and he was erased from existence himself. Having amassed enough Nexus energy, Immortus revealed his true self to Thor, Wolverine, Dr. Doom and the Irondroid before transforming into a massive quantum wave that threatened to restructure all existence.{{r|What If? Vol 2 #38}} |
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Limbo was soon invaded by [[En Sabah Nur (Earth-13393)|Apocalypse]] from the year 3999 AD on [[Earth-13393]] in order to secure his victory over its modern era on [[Earth-92131]] where his past self was constantly thwarted by that realities [[X-Men (Earth-92131)|X-Men]]. To this end he began kidnapping various telepaths from the modern era and secreting them away in the citadel of Immortus. Immortus himself remained undetected, and took the guise of Bender an seemingly insane man who claimed to be the janitor in what he referred to as the "Axis of Time". He soon found the future X-Man [[Lucas Bishop (Earth-31393)|Bishop]] from the year 2055 AD of [[Earth-31393]] who was caught in the temporal disturbance caused by Apocalypse and ended up in Limbo himself. As Bender, Immortus then guided Bishop through his realm showing him glimpses of events occurring in the present on Earth-92131 that were part of Apocalypse's schemes.{{r|X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 12}} He provided Bishop with cryptic information which ultimately led to the X-Men and their allies defeating Apocalypse and freeing the captured telepaths. The fortress of Immortus was seemingly destroyed in the process, but after the heroes returned to their native reality, Immortus doffed his Bender disguise and rebuilt.{{r|X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 15}} |
Limbo was soon invaded by [[En Sabah Nur (Earth-13393)|Apocalypse]] from the year 3999 AD on [[Earth-13393]] in order to secure his victory over its modern era on [[Earth-92131]] where his past self was constantly thwarted by that realities [[X-Men (Earth-92131)|X-Men]]. To this end he began kidnapping various telepaths from the modern era and secreting them away in the citadel of Immortus. Immortus himself remained undetected, and took the guise of Bender an seemingly insane man who claimed to be the janitor in what he referred to as the "Axis of Time". He soon found the future X-Man [[Lucas Bishop (Earth-31393)|Bishop]] from the year 2055 AD of [[Earth-31393]] who was caught in the temporal disturbance caused by Apocalypse and ended up in Limbo himself. As Bender, Immortus then guided Bishop through his realm showing him glimpses of events occurring in the present on Earth-92131 that were part of Apocalypse's schemes.{{r|X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 12}} He provided Bishop with cryptic information which ultimately led to the X-Men and their allies defeating Apocalypse and freeing the captured telepaths. The fortress of Immortus was seemingly destroyed in the process, but after the heroes returned to their native reality, Immortus doffed his Bender disguise and rebuilt.{{r|X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 15}} |
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− | Immortus then returned to his observations of Earth-616, and witnessed as the Avengers entered in the [[Shi'ar]]/[[Kree]] conflict known as [[Operation: Galactic Storm]]. This horrified Immortus as this direct action in galactic proportions could create the future the Time-Keepers were seeking to avoid and attempted to bend the course of events to suit his masters ends.{{r|Avengers #345}}{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} Later on in this conflict when Iron Man accessed a ship computer, Immortus took advantage of a flaw in the neural-web that Stark required to use at the time to access and manipulate his mind. |
+ | Immortus then returned to his observations of Earth-616, and witnessed as the Avengers entered in the [[Shi'ar]]/[[Kree]] conflict known as [[Operation: Galactic Storm]]. This horrified Immortus as this direct action in galactic proportions could create the future the Time-Keepers were seeking to avoid and attempted to bend the course of events to suit his masters ends.{{r|Avengers #345}}{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} Later on in this conflict when Iron Man accessed a ship computer, Immortus took advantage of a flaw in the neural-web that Stark required to use at the time to access and manipulate his mind. Through this manipulation Immortus was able to ensure that a Nega-Bomb was detonated in Kree space minimizing the Avengers involvement in the war.{{r|Avengers #347}}{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} Immortus had implanted a suggestion into Iron Man's mind, thus making him prejudiced toward other alien races in the hopes that it make him dissuade the Avengers from getting involved in galactic conquests again. However this scheme backfired when Iron Man later convinced some of his fellow Avengers to execute the Kree [[Supremor (Earth-616)|Supreme Intelligence]] for his role in the detonation of the Nega-Bomb.{{r|Iron Man #278}}{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} This misstep was also noticed by the Time-Keepers who came to warn Immortus that these most recent events would cause Shi'ar criminal [[Sharra Neramani (Earth-616)|Deathcry]] to seek the Avengers' aid in stopping atrocities committed by the Kree by the Shi'ar thus giving rise to more conflicts between the Avengers and galactic empires leading to the very future that the Keepers sought to avoid. Immortus asked for one last chance to prevent this future from happening by his own means. Viewing future events he foresaw the coming of the psychic entity known as [[Onslaught (Psychic Entity) (Earth-616)|Onslaught]] and began planning a scheme to keep the Avengers busy with another deception until that threat made itself apparent.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The Avengers would clash with [[Onslaught (Psychic Entity) (Earth-616)|Onslaught]] starting in {{c|Avengers #400}} and ending in {{c|Onslaught Marvel Universe #1}}. See the [[Onslaught (event)|Onslaught event]] for more details.</ref> |
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The root of this dark future was soon discovered to be that of long time Avengers ally Rick Jones whose Destiny Force powers were beginning to resurface. Immortus decided to solve this problem by slaying Jones. At that time, Jones was left on the moon by the Avengers to be examined by the Supreme Intelligence. Immortus initially sent his agent Tempus to eliminate the boy, but he found opposition from the Intelligence, Libra and his own past self Kang, who was trying once again to thwart his destiny of becoming Immortus. Immortus responded in kind by sending a massive army of warriors from different eras to try and kill the boy. Jones himself managed to fight by by using his Destiny Force powers to summon a group of Avengers from various times, including Captain America, Yellowjacket, Goliath, the Wasp, Hawkeye, as well as [[Genis-Vell (Earth-98120)|Captain Marvel]] and [[Melissa Gold (Earth-98120)|Songbird]], two Avengers from the future of [[Earth-98120]]. <ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #1}}. Each Avenger came from different points in history. [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]] from {{c|Captain America #175}}, [[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye]] is from {{c|Avengers #99}}, [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Yellowjacket]] is from {{c|Avengers #59}}, while [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Goliath]] and the [[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp]] are both from {{c|Avengers Vol 3 #11}}</ref> Immortus was forced to retreat when the Avengers were able to fight off his army and Jones accessed the full power of the Destiny Force. Immortus then decided to attempt another angle to strike and attacked Kang's home realm of [[Chronopolis]].{{r|Avengers: Forever #2}} The Avengers were there as well, but they failed to stop Immortus from slaying the Terminatrix and the Anachronauts. Kang forced the heroes and Jones to flee into the time stream and abandoned his domain as well. This gave Immortus the chance to capture [[Heart of Forever]] and use it to convert all of Chronopolis into the [[Forever Crystal]] a powerful chronal device that would allow Immortus the ability to wipe out entire universes and prune the timeline according to the will of his masters.{{r|Avengers: Forever #3}} |
The root of this dark future was soon discovered to be that of long time Avengers ally Rick Jones whose Destiny Force powers were beginning to resurface. Immortus decided to solve this problem by slaying Jones. At that time, Jones was left on the moon by the Avengers to be examined by the Supreme Intelligence. Immortus initially sent his agent Tempus to eliminate the boy, but he found opposition from the Intelligence, Libra and his own past self Kang, who was trying once again to thwart his destiny of becoming Immortus. Immortus responded in kind by sending a massive army of warriors from different eras to try and kill the boy. Jones himself managed to fight by by using his Destiny Force powers to summon a group of Avengers from various times, including Captain America, Yellowjacket, Goliath, the Wasp, Hawkeye, as well as [[Genis-Vell (Earth-98120)|Captain Marvel]] and [[Melissa Gold (Earth-98120)|Songbird]], two Avengers from the future of [[Earth-98120]]. <ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #1}}. Each Avenger came from different points in history. [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]] from {{c|Captain America #175}}, [[Clinton Barton (Earth-616)|Hawkeye]] is from {{c|Avengers #99}}, [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Yellowjacket]] is from {{c|Avengers #59}}, while [[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Goliath]] and the [[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp]] are both from {{c|Avengers Vol 3 #11}}</ref> Immortus was forced to retreat when the Avengers were able to fight off his army and Jones accessed the full power of the Destiny Force. Immortus then decided to attempt another angle to strike and attacked Kang's home realm of [[Chronopolis]].{{r|Avengers: Forever #2}} The Avengers were there as well, but they failed to stop Immortus from slaying the Terminatrix and the Anachronauts. Kang forced the heroes and Jones to flee into the time stream and abandoned his domain as well. This gave Immortus the chance to capture [[Heart of Forever]] and use it to convert all of Chronopolis into the [[Forever Crystal]] a powerful chronal device that would allow Immortus the ability to wipe out entire universes and prune the timeline according to the will of his masters.{{r|Avengers: Forever #3}} |
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− | The first step Immortus took was to complete the final deception in his original plan to manipulate the Vision and the Scarlet Witch. He traveled back in time following the battle between the original Human Torch and his modern day counterpart. He then used the Forever Crystal to split the time stream, creating two versions of the Torch. One was taken by the robot [[Ultron (Earth-616)|Ultron]] to was transformed into the Vision and the other taken by the [[Mad Thinker (Julius) (Earth-616)|Mad Thinker]] who used the Torch's corpse to capture and enslave his partner Toro.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Human Torch (Android) (Earth-616)|Original Human Torch]] and the [[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|modern day Torch]] battled each other in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #4}}. The [[Mad Thinker (Julius) (Earth-616)|Mad Thinker]] used the Torch's body in {{c|Sub-Mariner #14}} and [[Ultron (Earth-616)|Ultron]] obtaining the Torch's body to make the [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] was revealed in {{c|Avengers #134}}</ref> Immortus next traveled to the 1950s of [[Earth-9904]] a reality that was on the brink of invasion by the alien [[Skrulls]], who had one of their agents posing as [[Richard Nixon (Earth-9904)|Richard Nixon]]. The Wasp and Captain Marvel followed Immortus to that era leading to a clash with that |
+ | The first step Immortus took was to complete the final deception in his original plan to manipulate the Vision and the Scarlet Witch. He traveled back in time following the battle between the original Human Torch and his modern day counterpart. He then used the Forever Crystal to split the time stream, creating two versions of the Torch. One was taken by the robot [[Ultron (Earth-616)|Ultron]] to was transformed into the Vision and the other taken by the [[Mad Thinker (Julius) (Earth-616)|Mad Thinker]] who used the Torch's corpse to capture and enslave his partner Toro.<ref>{{c|Avengers: Forever #8}}. The [[Human Torch (Android) (Earth-616)|Original Human Torch]] and the [[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|modern day Torch]] battled each other in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #4}}. The [[Mad Thinker (Julius) (Earth-616)|Mad Thinker]] used the Torch's body in {{c|Sub-Mariner #14}} and [[Ultron (Earth-616)|Ultron]] obtaining the Torch's body to make the [[Vision (Earth-616)|Vision]] was revealed in {{c|Avengers #134}}</ref> Immortus next traveled to the 1950s of [[Earth-9904]] a reality that was on the brink of invasion by the alien [[Skrulls]], who had one of their agents posing as [[Richard Nixon (Earth-9904)|Richard Nixon]]. The Wasp and Captain Marvel followed Immortus to that era leading to a clash with that reality's version of the [[Avengers (Earth-9904)|Avengers]].{{r|Avengers: Forever #4}} However after a brief clash the heroes agreed to work together to stop Immortus. However the Skrull spy was revealed, and Immortus then obliterated the reality with the Forever Crystal. Only the Wasp and Captain Marvel managed to escape back into the time stream.{{r|Avengers: Forever #5}} |
[[File:Immortus reborn in Avengers Forever Vol 1 12.jpg|thumb|left|Immortus reborn{{r|Avengers: Forever #12}}]] |
[[File:Immortus reborn in Avengers Forever Vol 1 12.jpg|thumb|left|Immortus reborn{{r|Avengers: Forever #12}}]] |
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− | Immortus returned to Limbo where the regrouped Avengers went to attack him. He held them at bay with tormenting visions. But one member of the group -- Yellowjacket -- learning that he was destined to become Goliath |
+ | Immortus returned to Limbo where the regrouped Avengers went to attack him. He held them at bay with tormenting visions. But one member of the group -- Yellowjacket -- learning that he was destined to become Goliath, offered to help betray his comrades in exchange for Immortus changing history so that he remained Yellowjacket forever.{{r|Avengers: Forever #7}} Planting bugs from Limbo on his comrades, Yellowjacket was able to lead Immortus directly to the point in the time stream they were hiding out. Although Immortus managed to incapacitate the team, his actual target - Rick Jones - was nowhere to be found.{{r|Avengers: Forever #8}} In order to show the Avengers what was at stake, Immortus transported them to the future of Earth-9812 to see the future that the Time-Keepers were trying to stop. Immortus then brought the Avengers before the Time-Keepers who explained all their manipulations over the years. Appalled by this, Yellowjacket realized that he was making a deal with the devil and freed his fellow Avengers and they fought back against Immortus and the Keepers. They were soon joined by Rick Jones who came with Libra, the Supreme Intelligence and Kang.{{r|Avengers: Forever #10}} By this time the Time-Keepers had had enough and retreated back to their native era at the end of time on [[Earth-794282]] where they intended to use the Forever Crystal to power a massive Chrono-Cannon to wipe out the planet Earth from history. When Immortus refused to hand over the Forever Crystal, the Time-Keepers slew him on the spot and took the crystal. The Avengers arrived to stop them, and in order to hold back their attackers they summoned an army of evil Avengers to fight off the heroes. During the struggle the Time-Keepers also attempted to speed up Kang's destiny to turn him into Immortus. However the Avengers fought back when Rick Jones and his [[Richard Jones (Earth-98120)|Earth-98120 counterpart]] combined their Destiny Force powers to summon an army of good Avengers to help in the battle.{{r|Avengers: Forever #11}} |
Ultimately the Avengers prevailed, and the Chrono-Cannon was stopped and the Forever Crystal was destroyed. Kang managed to fight off his transformation by sheer force of will and executed the Time-Keepers. However, Immortus was not dead, he was reborn in a new younger body and both he and Kang quickly realized that their tied destines had been severed. Finally free from becoming Immortus, Kang fled and Immortus departed shortly thereafter and the Avengers were returned to their proper time periods.{{r|Avengers: Forever #12}} Not long after this Immortus was briefly imprisoned along with many other time travelers by [[Amenhotep IV (Earth-4321)|Akhenaten]] of [[Earth-4321]].{{r|Marvel Universe: The End #2}} When Akhenaten was slain by [[Thanos (Earth-616)|Thanos]] the time travelers were set free.{{r|Marvel Universe: The End #4}} |
Ultimately the Avengers prevailed, and the Chrono-Cannon was stopped and the Forever Crystal was destroyed. Kang managed to fight off his transformation by sheer force of will and executed the Time-Keepers. However, Immortus was not dead, he was reborn in a new younger body and both he and Kang quickly realized that their tied destines had been severed. Finally free from becoming Immortus, Kang fled and Immortus departed shortly thereafter and the Avengers were returned to their proper time periods.{{r|Avengers: Forever #12}} Not long after this Immortus was briefly imprisoned along with many other time travelers by [[Amenhotep IV (Earth-4321)|Akhenaten]] of [[Earth-4321]].{{r|Marvel Universe: The End #2}} When Akhenaten was slain by [[Thanos (Earth-616)|Thanos]] the time travelers were set free.{{r|Marvel Universe: The End #4}} |
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− | However, Immortus managed to flee back to Limbo. Over the timeless centuries Immortus has been in control of Limbo he had used the exiled [[Dire Wraiths]] in his various battles, all of which are unrecorded, exploiting the fact that the [[Wraithworld]] had been displaced to Limbo years earlier by the [[Spaceknights (Earth-616)|Spaceknight]] [[Rom (Earth-616)|Rom]].{{r|Rom #65}} However, this eventually took a toll on the Dire Wraiths and |
+ | However, Immortus managed to flee back to Limbo. Over the timeless centuries Immortus has been in control of Limbo he had used the exiled [[Dire Wraiths]] in his various battles, all of which are unrecorded, exploiting the fact that the [[Wraithworld]] had been displaced to Limbo years earlier by the [[Spaceknights (Earth-616)|Spaceknight]] [[Rom (Earth-616)|Rom]].{{r|Rom #65}} However, this eventually took a toll on the Dire Wraiths and they cried out collectively to their leader [[Volx (Earth-616)|Volx]] who was free in the universe.{{r|Annihilators #4}} She soon began working with [[Klobok (Earth-616)|Doctor Dredd]] to free Wraithworld from Limbo while also destroying the Spaceknights home of [[Galador]]. This was opposed by a team of space-born champions calling themselves the [[Annihilators (Earth-616)|Annihilators]].{{r|Annihilators #1}} Realizing that the Dire Wraiths were suffering and that a spell to bring Wraithworld's black sun into the Galadorian system was threatening to destroy Galador without Wraithworld present the Annihilators agreed to assist Volx in freeing Wraithworld. Their appearance in Limbo was instantly detected by Immortus who sent an army to attack the heroes.{{r|Annihilators #3}} However when the hero known as [[Wendell Vaughn (Earth-616)|Quasar]] appealed to Immortus, the lord of Limbo saw that Quasar's survival was important to future developments and ceased his attack, allowing the Annihilators to pull Wraithworld out of Limbo.{{r|Annihilators #4}} |
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Immortus soon became an ally to the Avengers again when he became aware that Kang was meddling in the development of the so-called [[Apocalypse Twins (Earth-616)|Apocalypse Twins]].{{r|Uncanny Avengers #5}} While the Apocalypse Twins were orchestrating their plan to cause a mutant rapture of Earth, Immortus orchestrated events to send a message to Captain America, warning him that the Twins planned to destroy the Earth and prevent any time travel by using a tachyon field generator to bar any time travelers.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #9}} Meanwhile, Immortus formed his own team the [[Infinity Watch (Multiverse)|Infinity Watch]] recruiting heroes from different points in history, including [[Mar-Vell|Captain Marvel]], [[Martinex]], [[Annihilus|Nova]], [[Vision|Phoenix]], [[Eros|Starfox]], [[Starhawk]], [[Yondu]], the [[Silver Surfer]].{{r|Uncanny Avengers #16}} Despite the best efforts of the [[Avengers Unity Division (Earth-616)|Avengers Unity Team]] failed to stop the Apocalypse Twins, and the mutant race was "raptured" from Earth while it was destroyed by the [[Celestials|Celestial]] known as [[Exitar (Earth-616)|Exitar the Executioner]] destroyed the Earth.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #17}} |
Immortus soon became an ally to the Avengers again when he became aware that Kang was meddling in the development of the so-called [[Apocalypse Twins (Earth-616)|Apocalypse Twins]].{{r|Uncanny Avengers #5}} While the Apocalypse Twins were orchestrating their plan to cause a mutant rapture of Earth, Immortus orchestrated events to send a message to Captain America, warning him that the Twins planned to destroy the Earth and prevent any time travel by using a tachyon field generator to bar any time travelers.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #9}} Meanwhile, Immortus formed his own team the [[Infinity Watch (Multiverse)|Infinity Watch]] recruiting heroes from different points in history, including [[Mar-Vell|Captain Marvel]], [[Martinex]], [[Annihilus|Nova]], [[Vision|Phoenix]], [[Eros|Starfox]], [[Starhawk]], [[Yondu]], the [[Silver Surfer]].{{r|Uncanny Avengers #16}} Despite the best efforts of the [[Avengers Unity Division (Earth-616)|Avengers Unity Team]] failed to stop the Apocalypse Twins, and the mutant race was "raptured" from Earth while it was destroyed by the [[Celestials|Celestial]] known as [[Exitar (Earth-616)|Exitar the Executioner]] destroyed the Earth.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #17}} |
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− | The mutants eventually settled on a new world dubbed [[Earth-13133|Planet X]] and the remnants of the Unity Team managed to destroy the tacheyon field generater about a decade later, allowing Kang and his own group, the [[Chronos Corps (Multiverse)|Chronos Corps]] to enter that era.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #18.NOW}} Kang and his minions helped the heroes transmit their minds back in time to the day the Earth was destroyed in order to prevent it from happening.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #19}}{{r|Uncanny Avengers #20}} There the Avengers destroyed the tacheyon field generator allowing the Chronos Corps to arrive in that era as well. However when Kang attempted to complete his true scheme after all: absorbing the Celestial energy from Exitar after the space god was wounded by Thor,{{r|Uncanny Avengers #21}} Immortus and his Infinity Watch came to assist the heroes. Ultimately Kang was stopped by the Avengers [[Alexander Summers (Earth-616)|Havok]] and [[Shiro Yoshida (Earth-616)|Sunfire]]. When Kang retreated Immortus and his Infinity Watch departed as well. In preventing the destruction of Earth, reality diverged and as Earth-616 continued on as it was destined [[Earth-13133]], where Earth was destroyed by the Celestials endured.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #22}} In the aftermath of the battle Immortus appeared before Havok and the Wasp and informed them that he and his Infinity Watch were now watching over the timeline and searching for Kang.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #23}} |
+ | The mutants eventually settled on a new world dubbed [[Earth-13133|Planet X]] and the remnants of the Unity Team managed to destroy the tacheyon field generater about a decade later, allowing Kang and his own group, the [[Chronos Corps (Multiverse)|Chronos Corps]] to enter that era.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #18.NOW}} Kang and his minions helped the heroes transmit their minds back in time to the day the Earth was destroyed in order to prevent it from happening.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #19}}{{r|Uncanny Avengers #20}} There the Avengers destroyed the tacheyon field generator allowing the Chronos Corps to arrive in that era as well. However when Kang attempted to complete his true scheme after all: absorbing the Celestial energy from Exitar after the space god was wounded by Thor,{{r|Uncanny Avengers #21}} Immortus and his Infinity Watch came to assist the heroes. Ultimately Kang was stopped by the Avengers [[Alexander Summers (Earth-616)|Havok]] and [[Shiro Yoshida (Earth-616)|Sunfire]]. When Kang retreated, Immortus and his Infinity Watch departed as well. In preventing the destruction of Earth, reality diverged and as Earth-616 continued on as it was destined, [[Earth-13133]], where Earth was destroyed by the Celestials endured.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #22}} In the aftermath of the battle Immortus appeared before Havok and the Wasp and informed them that he and his Infinity Watch were now watching over the timeline and searching for Kang.{{r|Uncanny Avengers #23}} |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 What If? (Vol. 2) #39
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Avengers Annual #21
- ↑ Universe X #1
- ↑ Fantastic Four #273
- ↑ Fantastic Four #19
- ↑ Fantastic Four Annual #2Captain America Annual #11. It is later revealed in Avengers #269 that the frequent time storms that thwarted Kang were created by his future self, Immortus as per Avengers #269 in part of a complex plan to curtail possible divergent realities created by Kang's time travels.
- ↑ Avengers Annual #2
- ↑ What If? (Vol. 2) #29
- ↑ Captain America Annual #11
- ↑ Avengers #9
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Avengers: Forever #9
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Giant-Size Avengers #3
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Avengers: Forever #11
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Avengers: Forever #12
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Thor #282
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #3
- ↑ The time storm was seen in Fantastic Four Annual #2 it was revealed to be a manipulation of Immortus in Avengers #269
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Avengers: West Coast #61
- ↑ Avengers #10
- ↑ Avengers #2. In Thor #261 the Space Phantom convinced Thor that he was actually hired by Immortus to transport various Avengers to Limbo for study. The truth of the matter was not fully revealed until Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ Avengers #6 through 8 as revealed in Avengers #10
- ↑ Avengers #10Avengers Classic #10. It was revealed in Avengers: Forever #8 that all the "historical beings" that Immortus summoned were actually Space Phantoms.
- ↑ Avengers #16
- ↑ Which occurred in Fantastic Four Annual #2 and was revealed to have been observed by Immortus in Avengers: Forever #6
- ↑ The Vision and Scarlet Witch began their romance in Avengers #81. Immortus deciding to use this to his advantage was revealed in Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ The Kree-Skrull War occurred in Avengers #89 through 97. Immortus was seen viewing this and was given his ultimatum by the Time-Keepers in Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ The Vision's struggle with the Grim Reaper and the Space Phantom occurred in Avengers #107 and Avengers #108. The Vision's mind was based on the brain engrams of Wonder Man, the Grim Reaper's brother who was believed to be dead at the time following the events of Avengers #9 as such the Grim Reaper considered the Vision his "brother". Immortus was revealed as manipulating these events in Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ This was revealed in Avengers: Forever #10, the Martian Masters ended up invading Earth in at least three other realities Earth-691 as seen in Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #17, Earth-2120 in Killraven (Vol. 2) #1, and Earth-9930 in Avengers: Forever #4. The Badoon later attempted to launch a failed attempt to invade modern day Earth on Earth-616 but were stopped by the Silver Surfer in Silver Surfer #2 but they would later succeed where the Martian Masters failed on Earth-691 as revealed in Marvel Super-Heroes #18
- ↑ Avengers #129 and Giant-Size Avengers #2
- ↑ Avengers #131. Wonder Man was pulled from Avengers #9. However, it was later revealed in Avengers #152 that he was merely in a state of suspended animation. The Human Torch was not technically dead, but rather deactivated circa 1955 as revealed in Fantastic Four Annual #4. The Torch's life and resurrections are quite complicated but are explained in Avengers: Forever #8. The Ghost was slain in Silver Surfer #9. Midnight was slain in Special Marvel Edition #16 at the hands of Shang-Chi however he was later resurrected in Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #29. Baron Zemo was slain battling Captain America in Avengers #15. The Frankenstein Monster was technically not dead, but was snatched from time during the events of Frankenstein #12
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Avengers #133
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Giant-Size Avengers #4
- ↑ Avengers #134
- ↑ Avengers #135
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #8. The Vision learned that he was the original android Human Torch of the 1940s created by Phineas Horton in Marvel Comics #1. The Human Torch was depicted as being deactivated in 1955 and was restored to life by the Mad Thinker to battle the Fantastic Four in Fantastic Four Annual #4. In that story the Torch seemingly sacrificed his life to save the Fantastic Four. It is revealed in Avengers #134 that the Mad Thinker recovered the Torch android. In Avengers #135 it was revealed that the android was taken by the mad robot Ultron who then forced an elderly Phineas Horton to help repair it before killing him. Ultron then rebuilt the Vision and sent him to attack the Avengers as seen in Avengers #57. This wasn't the only manipulation was involved in regarding the past of the Vision and the Human Torch, as explained below.
- ↑ Avengers #141
- ↑ Avengers #142
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Avengers #200
- ↑ Avengers #143. Kang survived thanks to a device that transferred his mind into a cloned body in his native time as revealed in Avengers: Forever #9
- ↑ Avengers Annual #10
- ↑ Thor #281
- ↑ What If? #32
- ↑ Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Vol. 2) #2
- ↑ Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Vol. 2) #12
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #8. The Vision took over the world's computers in Avengers #241 through 254 and Avengers Annual #13
- ↑ As seen later in Avengers: West Coast #52, Immortus was stated as seeking to manipulate the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: West Coast #62. His observations of these events were seen in Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Avengers #269
- ↑ Avengers #267 & 268. The Prime Kang was defeated by Thor in Thor #140. Ravonna was put in a near-death coma after the events of Avengers #69
- ↑ Avengers #269. Kang cured himself of this insanity by killing himself and creating another pair of divergences of himself as revealed in Avengers: Forever #9
- ↑ West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #43
- ↑ West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #42
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #8, Horton was killed by Ultron in Avengers #135.
- ↑ West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #44
- ↑ West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #45
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #47
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 Avengers: West Coast #48
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #49
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #50. Immortus' manipulation was revealed in Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #51
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #52
- ↑ Avengers Annual #18
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Avengers: West Coast #60
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #53
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #54
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #56
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #57
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #59
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #61. At the time most of these characters were considered deceased. Toro was killed stopping the Mad Thinker in Sub-Mariner #14; the Black Knight was mortally wounded battling Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #73 injuries which he died from as revealed in Avengers #47. The Swordsman died at the hands of Kang in Giant-Size Avengers #2; The Grim Reaper had been dead after falling in a cavern fighting his brother in Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Vol. 2) #2; Left-Winger and Right-Winger were not actually dead, but were in comas following a battle with US Agent during his brief stint as Captain America, who was seeking vengeance for his parents murder after the Wingers revealed Walker's secret identity. This outing occurred in Captain America #345 and the Wingers were put in their comas in Captain America #347; Iron Man 2020 and Oort the Living Comet however came from possible futures. While to date Oort has not been seen since, Arno has been seen slain by a zombie virus unleashed in his native reality in Marvel Zombies 5 #4
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #62. The alternate realities created here were Earth-909 where the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were burnt at the stake by frightened villagers during their youth; Earth-9090 where the Swordsman was shamed by a young Hawkeye and he renounced his criminal ways; Earth-9091 where Tony Stark was killed by the shrapnel that otherwise led to the birth of Iron Man; Earth-9092 where Wonder Man actually died during his first battle with the Avengers and in dying the energies unleashed also slew the Avengers; Earth-9093 where the Wasp was slain by the creature from Kosmos who slew her father; Earth-9094 where Henry Pym's first wife Maria Troyvana did not die; and Earth-9095 where US Agent's parents were not killed. It was later revealed in What If? (Vol. 2) #39
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 71.2 What If? (Vol. 2) #38
- ↑ What If? (Vol. 2) #35
- ↑ What If? (Vol. 2) #37
- ↑ 74.0 74.1 Avengers: Forever #10
- ↑ Avengers Annual #21
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 X-Men: The Animated Series S4E12
- ↑ X-Men: The Animated Series S4E15
- ↑ Avengers #345
- ↑ Avengers #347
- ↑ Iron Man #278
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #8. The Avengers would clash with Onslaught starting in Avengers #400 and ending in Onslaught Marvel Universe #1. See the Onslaught event for more details.
- ↑ 82.0 82.1 Iron Man #325
- ↑ Avengers: West Coast #102
- ↑ Force Works #1
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 Iron Man #321
- ↑ 86.0 86.1 Force Works #20
- ↑ Iron Man #319
- ↑ Avengers #375
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ 90.0 90.1 Avengers #393
- ↑ Avengers #393. The real Mantis was identified as the Celestial Madonna in Giant-Size Avengers #3 and followed that destiny in Giant-Size Avengers #4. She was later stripped of her celestial powers during the course of West Coast Avengers Annual #3 and West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #37 through 39
- ↑ Libra was revealed as the father of Mantis back in Avengers #133. Moonraker was placed among Force Works in Force Works #16. His "mission" and the basic manipulation of his "allies" was revealed in Force Works #18 and Force Works #19. However the Avengers later learned that Libra was not Moonraker in Avengers: Forever #2 and Immortus' hand in that deception was revealed in Avengers: Forever #8
- ↑ 93.0 93.1 Force Works #19
- ↑ 94.0 94.1 94.2 Avengers: The Crossing #1
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 Avengers #390
- ↑ 96.0 96.1 Avengers #392
- ↑ 97.0 97.1 Avengers #391
- ↑ 98.0 98.1 War Machine #23
- ↑ As seen in Force Works #18 and War Machine #21 respectively. It was revealed that these were the actual villains and not Space Phantoms in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #1
- ↑ This occurred between Iron Man #321 and Force Works #19
- ↑ Iron Man #320
- ↑ Force Works #16
- ↑ Force Works #17
- ↑ War Machine #20
- ↑ Iron Man #322
- ↑ Force Works #18
- ↑ War Machine #21
- ↑ Avengers #323
- ↑ War Machine #17
- ↑ Iron Man #324
- ↑ Avengers #394
- ↑ Avengers: Timeslide #1
- ↑ Avengers #395
- ↑ Onslaught Marvel Universe #1. See also the Heroes Reborn event
- ↑ Heroes Reborn: The Return #1 through 4. Avengers Annual (Vol. 3) #2001 clarified that Iron Man of Earth-616 was restored to life between Onslaught Marvel Universe #1 and Iron Man (Vol. 2) #1 and merged with his Earth-96020 counterpart. Upon his return to his proper reality in Heroes Reborn: The Return #4, Stark maintained the memories of his past life, his Earth-96020 counterpart and the events that happened on Counter-Earth
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #1. Each Avenger came from different points in history. Captain America from Captain America #175, Hawkeye is from Avengers #99, Yellowjacket is from Avengers #59, while Goliath and the Wasp are both from Avengers (Vol. 3) #11
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #2
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #3
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #8. The Original Human Torch and the modern day Torch battled each other in Fantastic Four Annual #4. The Mad Thinker used the Torch's body in Sub-Mariner #14 and Ultron obtaining the Torch's body to make the Vision was revealed in Avengers #134
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #4
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #5
- ↑ Avengers: Forever #7
- ↑ Marvel Universe: The End #2
- ↑ Marvel Universe: The End #4
- ↑ 125.0 125.1 Avengers (Vol. 4) #1
- ↑ 126.0 126.1 Avengers (Vol. 4) #4
- ↑ Avengers (Vol. 4) #2
- ↑ Avengers (Vol. 4) #3
- ↑ Avengers (Vol. 4) #5
- ↑ 130.0 130.1 Avengers (Vol. 4) #6
- ↑ Rom #65
- ↑ 132.0 132.1 Annihilators #4
- ↑ Annihilators #1
- ↑ Annihilators #3
- ↑ 135.0 135.1 Uncanny Avengers #16
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #5
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #9
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #17
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #18.NOW
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #19
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #20
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #21
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #22
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #23
- ↑ Avengers (Vol. 5) #34
- ↑ Avengers (Vol. 3) #33
- ↑ Avengers (Vol. 3) #34
- ↑ 148.0 148.1 Universe X #1
- ↑ Earth X #0
- ↑ Earth X #X
- ↑ Universe X #0
- ↑ Universe X #6
- ↑ 153.0 153.1 Universe X #10
- ↑ Universe X #11
- ↑ Universe X #12
- ↑ Lua error: too many expensive function calls.
- ↑ Lua error: too many expensive function calls.
- ↑ Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #2
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #4
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcover Vol. 5