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Captain Universe

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The hero who could be YOU!

Notable Aliases: The Avenging Angel, God of Light, Guardian of Eternity, The Hero That Could Be You, Uni-Power, Enigma Force

Outset Appearance: Micronauts #8 (August, 1979)

Captain Universe is a Marvel Comics character, and one of the few truly unique superhero concepts. Specifically, Helm Universe is a superhero identity that keeps changing hosts — by itself!

To be precise, Captain Universe is really a semi-sentient cosmic forcefulness chosen The Unipower, whose main purpose is to maintain the barrier between Earth and another universe in place. Secondarily, information technology will grant powers to single individuals temporarily and then they tin can fulfill specific missions. Curiously, these missions range everywhere from saving the world to rescuing single, normal individuals.

The concept was introduced in The Micronauts comic book serial. The first Captain appeared in issue #8 (August, 1979), created by Bill Mantlo and Michael Aureate. It was established there that the universe the heroes came from, The Microverse, was separated from Globe's by a "space wall" that had to exist supported on both sides. In the Microverse, information technology was maintained by the "Enigma Force" that was wielded by Commander Rann, the Micronauts leader; on Earth all the same, there was no specific wielder for the Enigma Force'due south counterpart, for some reason. Instead, the Unipower sustained itself by jumping from one person to another. Such a person would proceeds the powers and costume of Captain Universe, along with cognition of the mission he or she had to fulfill (but no directly communication with the Unipower); after its completion, the host would return to normal.

Captain Universe is more a plot device than a graphic symbol, since it has no regular host and the Unipower itself is rarely seen speaking (this varies past writer, yet). It's by and large used to power upward heroes when needed, or to give normal people a sense of taste of what it'southward like to be a superhero, even if only for a short while. The concept's most famous utilize probably was in the Story Arc where Spider-Man gained its powers (just non its costume or knowledge of where they came from, due to a freak accident) leading the hero to gain post-Superman level powers during the Acts of Vengeance Crisis Crossover, where supervillains switched enemies, and thus gave Spidey a chance confronting much more powerful villains than he usually battled.

The "character" has as well starred in at to the lowest degree 1 miniseries.

Currently, Captain Universe was Tamara Devoux, a young adult female who attracted the malfunctioning Unipower after getting in a auto crash and lying in a coma for ten years. She's a member of the Avengers and, every bit it turns out, a scion of The New Universe. The ability has since separated and was recently bonded to Miles Morales to help relieve the multiverse from the Inheritors.

And now it has returned to World-616 to settle the score with an ancient enemy: The Rex In Black

Tropes related to Captain Universe:

  • Another Dimension: Where the Infinite Wall and The Microverse are located.
  • Awesome, but Temporary: Nobody can concord the powers and identity forever. In one case the threat is defeated and/or neutralized, information technology leaves, although one story suggests that information technology always finds a new host quickly.
  • Berserk Push: Information technology doesn't similar being summoned. When the Superior Spider-Human being did it in Spider-Verse, it chewed out the diverse Spiders for their failings.
  • Blessed with Suck: Spider-Homo didn't exactly like having these powers, as it was difficult to control them, simply so, this was considering an accident made him have them longer than average. Indeed, when Miles Morales took hold of the power, Peter admitted he handled it a lot ameliorate than he did.
  • Chosen 1: What all of the wielders of the Unipower become. For a fiddling while, at to the lowest degree. In the Anarchy Theory arc of her ongoing serial, the Enigma Force tells 10-23 that she is the called time to come heir of the Enigma Forcefulness's power, suggesting she has a longer-term connection.
  • Distaff Counterpart: In that location is none. Anyone can be Captain Universe, regardless of sexual practice or species. The current 1 has an advent ◊ that is this to the page image.
  • Eldritch Abomination: One of the functions of the Unipower is to maintain the seal imprisoning malevolent entities called Whirldemons, and preventing them from crossing over into reality.
  • Flying Firepower: Pretty much living cosmic energy. It possesses a random person in the universe (including Spider-Human being and X-23 at different points) and grants them Class six Super Weight cosmic powers.
  • Heroic Host: Different in that the entity bonds with a different person each time, until recently.
  • Humans Are Special: apparently, since saving even single lives seem to matter to the Unipower. Estimate information technology just likes united states (note that in at least one case, an alien became Captain Universe).
  • Instant Costume Change: Hosts of the Uni-Power spontaneously manifest a costume with a white lower body, a blue upper torso and mask, and white constellation-like markings. The costume adapts slightly to each user — such equally Peter Parker and Miles Morales' variants having larger eyes and displaying their regular masks rather than their mouths — but the theme is always the same.
  • I Should Have Been Better: Simply when Spidey was starting to adjust to his powers "going screwy", he fought and defeated the threat, and he lost the powers. He couldn't help but remember what more he could have done. (And this was shown in detail in an issue of What If?)
  • Kid Hero: One of its hosts was a toddler.
  • Power Incontinence: During the period when Spider-Man had the powers. He was given them in society to destroy the Tri-Sentinel, but the transfer happened during an experiment at his college, so information technology was interrupted. He was left with much of the power, but non the ability to properly control it or why he even had it in the first place. This was during the Acts of Vengeance crossover, so the powers came in handy against villains out of his weight class, merely he frequently struggled with decision-making himself. In the terminal function, a villain's attempt to negate these new powers instead fixes the transfer, allowing Spidey to finally learn why this happened and to complete the true mission.
  • Powers via Possession: The Unipower grant powers to unmarried individuals temporarily so they could fulfill specific missions. Though the Unipower doesn't actually strength the host to do anything, only tells him what he has to do. Presumably if y'all disobey, information technology'll but leave you.
  • Reality Warper: In the What If? where Spidey kept his powers, he eventually adult cosmic awareness, the ability to shapeshift atoms (accidentally warping the Hobgoblin's face in a version of his own) and the like.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: The Unipower is the can, or at least the lid, keeping the Whirldemons sealed away.
  • Story-Billow Ability:
    • Let's put information technology this fashion, the Unipower-powered Spider-Man was able to punch Incredible Blob into orbit!
    • A What If? story had Spidey keep the power after Acts of Vengeance; it wasn't pretty. He actually punched the friggin' Juggernaut out of New York City!
    • 1 story had the the Hulk himself gain its powers!!
  • Super Empowering: What the Uni-Power does to anybody selected to be Captain Universe. In 2016, this was exaggerated in a miniseries where v other superheroes, specifically Daredevil, the Invisible Woman, the Hulk, 10-23 and the Silver Surfer each go Captain Universe and go the Uni-Power added to their repetoire, which ranges from Swiss-Army Superpower to When All Y'all Accept is a Hammer…
  • Superpower Lottery: You win information technology!! For a few minutes anyway.
  • The Symbiote:
    • The Enigma Strength/Uni-Power acts like one, bonding to a host to turn them into Helm Universe — and it turns out this isn't a coincidence. Rex in Black reveals the Enigma Strength emerged in opposition of Knull, the god of the symbiotes, and thus acts like one itself to oppose him.
    • Mister E, the Living Shadow fought by Helm Universe in Marvel Spotlight Vol. two #9, is revealed to be a proto-symbiote created by Knull in Symbiote Spider-Human being: Male monarch In Blackness.
  • Symbol Motif Article of clothing: As seen in the page paradigm, Captain Universe is often continued with the stars, and individuals with whom information technology bonds are frequently depicted with stars and constellations on their costume. That it was the Enigma Force that helped Ten-23 throw off Hellverine's influence in The Killing Dream arc of her solo book is strongly hinted at when the manifestation of her "self" is depicted every bit a starry void, and that in the aftermath, the symbol of a star is left on the palm of her correct hand. The connexion is largely confirmed in the Chaos Theory arc of her ongoing series when the Whirldemon King recognizes the marking.
    • The linked molecule motif across the breast and artillery represents the Microverse.
  • This Loser Is You: Inverted. Anyone can be Captain Universe, fifty-fifty an former man in a coma. Or fifty-fifty the expressionless body of Eddie Brock.

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Hosts

    Ray Coffin

Ray Coffin

Alter Ego: Raymond Coffin

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Micronauts #8 (1979)

First Appearance:

    Steve Bury

Steve Coffin

Alter Ego: Steven Coffin

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Curiosity Spotlight #9 (1980)

Kickoff Appearance:

    Claire Dodgson

Claire Dodgson

Alter Ego: Claire Dodgson

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Marvel Spotlight Vol. 2 #x (1981)

Showtime Appearance:

    Ann Stanford

Ann Stanford

Alter Ego: Ann Dodgson-Stanford

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Marvel Spotlight Vol. 2 #10 (1981)

First Appearance:

    Monty Walsh

Monty Walsh

Alter Ego: Montgomery Walsh

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Curiosity Spotlight Vol. 2 #11 (1981)

First Appearance:

    Commander Arcturus Rann

Commander Arcturus Rann

Alter Ego: Arcturus Rann

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Micronauts #35 (1981)

Start Appearance:

    Md Strange

Doctor Strange

Alter Ego: Stephen Strange

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Micronauts #35 (1981)

Start Advent:

    Hulk

Hulk

Alter Ego: Robert Bruce Banner

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Incredible Hulk Annual #10 (1981); Captain Universe/Hulk #i (2005)

First Appearance:

    Unnamed Female Host

Unnamed Female Host

Alter Ego:

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Marvel Super-Heroes Contest of Champions #one (1982)

Showtime Advent:

    Delayne Masters

Delayne Masters

Modify Ego: Delayne Masters

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Curiosity Fanfare #25 (1986)

First Appearance:

    Evan Swann

Evan Swann

Alter Ego: Evan Swann

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Web of Spider-Man Annual #5 (1989)

First Appearance:

    Little Eddie

Fiddling Eddie

Alter Ego: Edward Price

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Web of Spider-Man Annual #6 (1990)

Start Appearance:

    Jeff Christiansen

Jeff Christiansen

Alter Ego: Jeffrey Steven Christiansen

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Quasar #20 (1991) note Mentioned; X-Men/Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants #i (1994) note Seen

Showtime Appearance:

    Elijah Jackson

Elijah Jackson

Alter Ego: Elijah Jackson

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Marvel Comics Presents #148 (1994)

Commencement Appearance:

    Roland Taylor

Roland Taylor

Alter Ego: Roland Taylor

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Cosmic Powers Unlimited #5 (1996)

Kickoff Appearance:

    Ted Simmons

Ted Simmons

Alter Ego: Theodore Simmons

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Astonishing Fantasy vol. 2 #xiii (2005)

Beginning Appearance:

    Dr. Gilbert Wiles

Dr. Gilbert Wiles

Change Ego: Gilbert Wiles

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Helm Universe/Blob #1 (2005)

First Appearance:

    Daredevil

Daredevil

Alter Ego: Matthew Murdock

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Captain Universe/Daredevil #1 (2005)

First Advent:

    Ten- 23

X-23

Alter Ego: Laura Kinney

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Captain Universe/X-23 #i (2005); X-23 #sixteen (2011)

Beginning Appearance:

    Invisible Adult female

Invisible Woman

Alter Ego: Susan Storm-Richards

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Captain Universe/Invisible Woman #1 (2005)

First Advent:

    Gladiator

Gladiator

Change Ego: Kallark

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Helm Universe/Invisible Woman #ane (2005)

Kickoff Appearance:

    Krosakis

Krosakis

Change Ego: Krosakis

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Captain Universe/Silverish Surfer #1 (2005)

First Advent:

    Silverish Surfer

Argent Surfer

Alter Ego: Norrin Radd

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Captain Universe/Silver Surfer #one (2005)

First Appearance:

    Gabriel Vargas

Gabriel Vargas

Change Ego: Gabriel Vargas

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Captain Universe/Silver Surfer #i (2005)

Outset Appearance:

    William Nguyen

William Nguyen

Alter Ego: William Nguyen

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Astonishing Spider-Man #627-#629 (2010)

First Appearance:

    Juggernaut

Juggernaut

Alter Ego: Cain Marko

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Amazing Spider-Human being #629 (2010)

Kickoff Appearance:

    Tamara Devoux

Tamara Devoux

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Alter Ego: Tamara Devoux

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Avengers Vol. 5 #1 & #ii (2012)

Beginning Appearance: Avengers Vol. v #1 (February, 2013)

The electric current Helm Universe, she was granted her power after a auto crash and was recruited into the Avengers.

  • Cleaved Hero: Both personalities, Tamara was in a automobile accident and was in a blackout for a decade earlier Captain Universe took her trunk as her host. Captain Universe feels some is wrong with universe and a neat disturbance coming from the Earth that warranted it/her taking on a full time host to confront the yet shown threat.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Due to Tamara'south brain damage, any time she's at the bicycle she but talks about pie.
  • Distaff Counterpart: She's a female version of Captain Universe.
  • Flip Personality: Due to their circumstances Captain Universe is in control near of the times but Tamara will have moments where she returns to the surface.
  • Legacy Graphic symbol: Technically the Captain Universe power jumps from host to host, the current Captain Universe appearing Avengers is just one of a long line.

    The Phalanx

The Phalanx

Alter Ego: Phalanx Drone

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Annihilation: Conquest - Star-Lord #iv (2014)

First Advent:

    Deadpool

Deadpool

Alter Ego: Wade Winston Wilson

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Deadpool vs Thanos #4 (October 2015)

First Appearance:

    Spider-Man II

Spider-Homo 2

Alter Ego: Miles Morales

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Spider-Geddon #5 (December 2018)

First Appearance:

    Venom

Venom

Alter Ego: Eddie Brock

Notable Aliases:

Possessed In: Rex In Black #4 (February 2021)

First Appearance:

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