An anti-matter universe first discovered by Reed Richards.

The Nemedian Chronicles were a series of documents dating back to the Hyborian era. It is one of the few known sources for information about the Aquilonian king and barbarian known as Conan.

A point in a dimension through which access to other dimensions or time periods is more easily achieved than at other points.

Nexus beings are agents of the Queen of Nevers, the embodiment of possibility.^[1] They are rare individual entities with the ability to affect probability and the future, altering the flow of the Universal Time Stream. These beings, each referred to as a nexus, act as the keystones of the Multiverse and are crucial to its ultimate coherence and stability.^[2] Nexus beings are vigilantly watched over by cosmic forces such as the Time Variance Authority and the Time-Keepers to be aware of any temporal changes that the nexi may cause to the Time Stream and act accordingly.^[3]

Each universe has one nexus being. The nexus personifies the "character" of their universe, anchors its reality, and acts as its node of mystic energy.^[4] It has been claimed that no two nexus neings can exist on the same plane of reality, though this has been inconsistent in practice.^[5] Nexus beings have a vague empathic connection. When one suffers deep pain, the emotion ripples to other nexus beings across the Multiverse.^[4]

Nexus beings also have the potential to produce unbelievably powerful offspring. For example, it was said that any born of the Scarlet Witch, nexus being of Reality-616, would be powerful enough to stand among the Great Forces of their Universe and rock the cosmos itself.^[6]

Although they can be similar, no two nexus beings are identical. Some nexus beings are even variants of each other.^[4] Each nexus being may have a power unique to themselves (e.g. Geomancy, Sorcery, Psychometry, Necromancy, Hex Power, etc.),^[5] but they all affect probability, whether they know it or not.^[7] A hypothetical "Ultimate Nexus" can exist, who would have influence over all possible realities in all possible worlds and would be the recipient of all the nexus-powers in the Multiverse.^[2] Immortus had plotted to make the Scarlet Witch into an Ultimate Nexus, but she ultimately rejected the power.^[2][8] It is implied by the Queen of Nevers that having a twin is required to become an Ultimate Nexus. While Wanda is the "fire," her twin brother Pietro is the "accelerant," and the longer they are together, the closer Wanda becomes an Ultimate Nexus. Of the nexi, only Wanda and another nexus have twins, though the other one had killed hers.^[1]

There have been multiple attempts to control or eliminate nexus beings. The Watcher once manipulated the Avengers into capturing a nexus being named Leonard Tippit, whose powers threatened a nuclear holocaust.^[9] Under orders from the "Time-Keepers" (actually the Twisters in disguise^[10]), Immortus destroyed several universes whose nexus beings posed a threat to the integrity of the timeline or the existence of the "Time Keepers."^[11][2] Another nexus being hunter was Lore, a variant of Wanda Maximoff who was also a nexus being. Lore traveled through over ten thousand universes, killing the nexus being of each reality and consuming the lifeforce of their worlds. However, when Lore tried to wield the dead nexus beings' energy against the Scarlet Witch, their souls attacked Lore instead, allowing Wanda to slay her.^[4] Nexus beings that die have the option to go to the Never Queen's realm of pure possibility.^[1]

Nexus beings have "true free will" and they defy the "Quiet Math" that defines the end of all things. Thus, they oppose the control of the Griever at the End of All Things. An Ultimate Nexus could in theory avert the heat death of creation, indefinitely extending the Multiverse's lifespan.^[1]

Known Nexus Beings

• Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) of Earth-616^[11]
• Lore of an unidentified reality^[4]
• Eleyn of an unidentified reality^[12]
• Sise-Neg of Earth-74113^[2]
• Merlin^[2]
• Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) of Earth-6311^[2]
• Leonard Tippit^[2]
• Franklin Richards of Earth-772^[2]
• Vision of Earth-90110^[13]
• Jean Grey of Earth-9250^[14]
• Odin Borson of Earth-9260^[15]
• Queen Elizabeth I of Earth-78912^[2][11][1]
• Napoléon Bonaparte of Earth-9008^[2][11][1]
• Abraham Lincoln of Earth-9002^[2][11]
• John F. Kennedy of Earth-9007^[2][11]

Notes

• Even the most insignificant of beings can be nexus beings.^[13]
• Clones of nexus beings are still nexus beings.^[14]
• The idea that no two nexus beings can physically exist in the same dimension was declared in Scarlet Witch #2; however, this was quickly disproven when Wanda Maximoff forced Lore to appear physically in Scarlet Witch #4. As another example, nexus beings Wanda and Kang/Immortus have coexisted numerous times. Kang has also invaded countless other realities, which would not have been possible under this rule.

Trivia

• Nexus beings are of a great interest to the Time-Twisters, the Time-Keepers, and Immortus. To explain, He Who Remains created the Time-Twisters at the end of time so that they could teach the next cycle, but the Twisters were evil; Thor went to the future to convince He Who Remains to abort them and create the Time-Keepers instead. This diverged the timeline instead of erasing the old one; thus, there are two realities—761243 and 794282—who compete to be the predominant one when the current time cycle ends. Nexus beings, by simply existing, can alter which becomes dominant.^[10]

The Ninth Cosmos is the denomination given to the Multiverse following the end of the Eighth Cosmos. It is a future Multiverse that does not exist yet. In one possible rendition of it, an alternate Hulk possessed by the One Below All passed on from the Eighth to the Ninth Cosmos upon killing the Sentience of the Universe. As the Breaker-Apart, this Hulk destroyed all life in this cosmos with one refugee, a modified Tiding-fly retreating into the former cosmos. However, this was not supposed to happen.^[1]

Franklin Richards, like Galan of Taa and Moridun before him, is the actual person destined to pass on from the Eighth Cosmos to the Ninth as its Galactus-like being.^[2][3][4] Mister Immortal supposedly has the same destiny, although the One Below All clarifies that he is the contingency plan in case Franklin irrevocably dies.^[4]

In another possible rendition of it related by the Eventuality shows what could come to pass if Eddie Brock were to reunite with the Venom symbiote. Emulating Knull and taking up the mantle of the Anti-All, Eddie rampages across the universe leading a horde of insectoid symbiotes similar to Symbiote Dragons in order to find and test a worthy successor to the role of the King in Black, declaring his intent to destroy the multiverse should none arise.^[5][6]

Notes

• Although individual universes within the Seventh/Eighth Cosmos have perished and returned,^[7][8][9] these instances do not change the cosmos numbering because the Multiverse is the same. In a multiversal renewal cycle, the personification of the Multiverse (currently Eternity/Infinity) dies and is replaced by a brand new being, and the new Multiverse will be different from the previous one.^[10][11] (Seventh to Eighth is an exception, but it still counts because the Multiverse was destroyed.^[12][10])

References

A term used to identify someone of Japanese origin. According to Dictionary.com its usage began in 1859, deriving from the word "Nippon" the Japanese word for Japan (itself derived from the Japanese words "Ni" meaning "sun" and "Pon" meaning "source").

The term was commonly used during World War II and was heavily used in Timely, Atlas and early Marvel Comics publications. Its usage was stopped around the late 1960's, as it became associated with the racial slur "Nip", a derogatory term describing a Japanese person made popular in the United States during World War II.

The No Prize is a reward given out to fans who get a letter printed in a Marvel comic, which points out a mistake within a series and comes up with a clever excuse for it being printed. Stan Lee would print the letter in a later edition and tell the reader they "valiantly won a No Prize", which was nothing.

The No Prize originally started out in 1964 as a joke from the staff to the readers. In Fantastic Four #26, Lee ran a contest asking readers to send in their definition of what The Marvel Age of Comics really meant. As part of the letter, Lee wrote "there will be no prizes, and therefore, no losers." The term soon stuck about the same time the Merry Marvel Marching Society started, and so Lee started giving away No Prizes to letter writers. At first, Lee would start up contests for No Prizes, asking readers questions and requesting their creative responses. One example asked readers for proof of whether the Sub-Mariner is a mutant or not. Winners would have their letters printed along with Lee congratulating them on getting a No Prize.

Later, Lee would give No Prizes out to whomever he felt deserved them in his Stan's Soapbox column, using the phrase "meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom" as justification. But some fans would write in literally demanding a No Prize for no real reason. Lee decided to take on a new approach. Other comic companies had given out prizes in the past for pointing out oversights and continuity errors in their books. So Lee started doing the same thing, and awarded No Prizes to people who found errors in the books. Which at the time was quite a feat since Marvel was well known for its continuity.

Distribution

At first Lee hoped it would be a joke on nit-pickers whose only prize would be the fun of getting recognition for their efforts. The letters soon tripled as fans wrote in looking for errors in every comic they could, and suddenly the non-existent prize was in high demand. In 1967, Lee took the demand to a new level and had several Marvel envelopes printed up with special printing on the front indicating the recipient had won the No Prize, and was concealed in the envelope. The letters, of course, were empty. But even this was a problem as fans would write back asking where their prize was, even going so far as to say their prize must have fallen out of the envelope, not catching on to the joke.

Non-Rules

As Lee started withdrawing from the letter writing, the rest of the Marvel's editorial staff were soon let in on the joke and were allowed to send out their own No Prizes to readers. However, with everyone in charge of their own set of books, they soon made their own rules up on how people would receive a No Prize. Daredevil editor Ralph Macchio would give them out to anyone who asked for one, while Mike Higgins wouldn't give any out at all. There was even one editor who gave them out to people who didn't ask for one.

Decline

The most vocal editor of the No Prizes was Mark Gruenwald, who started giving them out to people who not only pointed out an error, but also wrote up a clever explanation as to why it wasn't an error. However in July 1986, Gruenwald announced in his Mark's Remarks column that he would no longer give out No Prizes. The reason being that people were really nit-picking at everything with no interest in the story, and ultimately defeated the purpose behind the entire idea. Even citing one letter where a fan only wrote in to comment that Captain America's glove was yellow in one panel instead of red and that they deserved a No Prize. The process was modified so that Gruenwald would highlight a "Letter of the Month" from an impressive fan in the Letters Pages instead. Gruenwald ended his column by saying everyone deserved a No-Prize who wanted one, and included a copy of the No-Prize envelope on the Letters Page for anyone who wanted one.^[1] With one of the No-Prize's biggest supporters stepping down, the prize began to decline and was eventually discontinued.

Revival

On July 31st, 2006, Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort instituted a Digital No-Prize to be awarded for "Meritorious Service to Marveldom". The first of these was awarded on August 12th, 2006 to a group of Marvel fans who donated a large number of comics to U.S. service members stationed in Iraq.

In the X-Men: Schism #3 (August 2011), a No Prize was given to Derek Fox, from Columbia, Maryland, by Nick Lowe.

Trivia

• As revealed in She-Hulk #12, Stu Cicero has received a No Prize.^[2]

References

• Marvel.com Article

The Nova Force is a source of energy first harnessed by a race of humanoid extraterrestrials known as the Xandarians. This energy is monitored by the Xandarian Worldmind. Similar to the Power Cosmic, it is a near-limitless energy source and has many ill-defined capabilities, though its primary power appears to be the ability to manipulate gravity fields.^[1]

Since the events of the Cancerverse invasion, the Nova Force was trapped in the Cancerverse, in the possession of Richard Rider, until he escaped the Cancerverse with the assistance of Sam Alexander.^[2]

Members of the Nova Corps are invested with a small portion of the Nova Force, which is the source of their abilities. The basic abilities of a Nova Corpsman include gravimetric flight, reduced need for oxygen, reduced need for food/water, gravimetric shield generation, and various types of energy beam projection.

It's been implied that different ranks of Nova Corps officers control different amounts of the Nova Force, with the current Nova Prime controlling the largest amount and leading the Corps.

Previous Owners

• (Nova Prime) Richard Rider
• Nova (Sam Alexander)
• Samaya
• Pyo
• Supernovas
• Jesse Alexander