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Heroes can come from all sorts of different backgrounds.
Many of them originally started earthbound but as we have explored outward in comics
to other planes, dimensions, and even planets we have discovered heroes whose origins extend
to and even beyond the cosmos.
As we discovered cosmic heroes, it only made sense that we would soon discover cosmic villains
as well.
Today we'll take a closer look at some of the cosmic threats, who also tend to be even
greater than their earth counterparts as we count down the top 10 cosmic supervillains.
Be sure to stick around till the end of this video where I will also have some bonus content
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Alright, let's get counting.
10 Magus
The evil side of Adam Warlock, Magus' (May-gus) story is a complex one.
One of filled with general cosmic confusion.
But I'll simplify.
Basically Magus is an evil alternate future version of Adam Warlock who was created to
oppose Thanos.
He bumped around through time and found himself educated by Chaos and Order.
He used what he learned as principals to build his own faith and his own church upon, going
on to use this burgeoning religion to fuel a holy war which would rage throughout the
cosmos.
He later wreaked havoc with an army of evil dopplegangers of all the heroes who even proved
to be too much for Thanos originally to handle.
9 The Beyonder
The one we know as Beyonder is in fact only a young member of a group of others known
as such.
The Beyonder is a mysterious cosmic being who came to our earth and found himself obsessed
with the fact that everyone on earth was only a part of themselves and incomplete, as he
realized there were many different alternate universes in which they all seemed to also
live.
He was the one responsible for creating the first Battleworld in the original Secret Wars
event, where he pitted heroes and villains against one another.
He is known for his ability to manipulate reality and for his apparently limitless power
when it comes to his mental and physical strength.
8 Parallax
Parallax is basically an intergalactic fear parasite.
But it wasn't always such.
Originally Parallax was simply evil Hal Jordan.
DC had likely turned him evil to get rid of him while Kyle Rayner took over, brought in
to help refresh Green Lantern comics and reignite some sales for the series.
It wasn't until much later that we would find out that the evil actions of Hal were not
his fault really, and that he was under the influence of a parasite whose name he had
adopted at the time, Parallax.
It turned out that this cosmic being had been imprisoned within the Central Power Battery
on Oa where willpower was being used to contain it.
The Guardians of the Universe knew this but kept it a secret for fear that someone would
release the entity.
In the end Sinestro was the one who awakened it after being trapped in the Battery himself.
Probably a bad move to trap him there to be honest.
His hatred of Hal Jordan turned Parallax onto Hal.
Parallax worked for years to increase Hal's inner fear and self-doubt and even was responsible
for turning the hair around his temples white.
7 Brainiac
Brainiac is a famous villain known for shrinking the city of Kandor on Superman's homeworld
of Krypton.
He comes from the planet Colu.
He is brilliant but also fairly weak when it comes to swinging punches.
In one iteration he could not even leave his spaceship for fear of being killed from all
the diseases and illnesses on planet earth's surface as his immune system was low when
it came to earthborn illness.
As time has progressed however Brainiac moved from being a lesser known cosmic plot device
to a bonafide supervillain.
He even at one point attempted to strengthen himself dramatically after finding out his
current body was dying.
Braniac plotted to possess Doomsday's body as his own.
While this plot was eventually foiled, for a time this merging of Brainiac's mind in
Doomsday's body, made him one of the most powerful beings in the universe.
6 Phoenix Force
The Phoenix Force is both a terrifying and kind cosmic entity.
The terror it induces in fact truly only exists because it is so powerful.
And often many are able to contain its power, eventually becoming corrupted and evil as
a result.
The Phoenix Force itself however has often seemed selective in regards to who it would
grant power to.
Although it did seem to be not super picky when it bonded with Thanos' son, Thane who
was about to die at the time.
The Phoenix itself has seemed to always prefer Jean Grey as a host when it has the option
but will settle for others who it feels have a certain amount of potential.
The Phoenix has allowed it's hosts insanely destructive powers.
If used for such, it has been known to destroy entire planets.
5 Anti-Monitor
Anti-Monitor represents everything anti-matter and evil.
There are a few different stories that explain where he comes from but in essence his existence
is tied to the Multiverse.
Both he and his heroic counterpart, Monitor are in fact tied to the multiverse themselves.
Anti-Monitor has been shown as a cosmic villain who strives to end all the alternate worlds
within DC.
And he and the Monitor are often referred to as the ones who shook everything up dramatically
for us in the DC comic book world originally during the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline.
Anti-Monitor has been perceived as one of the most unstoppable foes that DC heroes have
encountered when it comes to his powers.
He has reality warping powers which he used to remove Psycho-Pirate's face and he can
absorb the energy around him, even managing to use this ability to suck dry entire universes.
4 Darkseid
Darkseid was born on the planet Apokolips and was originally known as Prince Uxas, second
son to the king and queen of the planet.
Despite being second in line, the Prince aspired to one day rule the planet.
He murdered his own brother to seize more power, taking the name Darkseid afterwards
and eventually killed his own mother for poisoning his love Suli.
His whole story is very Shakespearean or Greek tragedy, complete with a prophecy that one
of his sons would one day defeat him in battle.
Darkseid is often presented as the enemy of the Justice League.
He killed half of the Amazons in Themyscira (Them-iss-keera) when they refused to help
him overthrow the Olympian gods.
He has always been obsessed with control and power, so much so that he pursued the Anti-Life
Equation, which grants it's owner with full control over those who are exposed to it,
stripping the victims of their free will.
3 Thanos
Similar to DC's Darkseid in many ways.
Born an Eternal on his home planet Titan, Thanos would grow up to a fearsome disappointment
to his parents.
Especially his mother, whom he would eventually end up killing.
Thanos was always pulled towards evil and darkness, even from a young age, as he became
obsessed with a love of death.
His love of Mistress Death who usually appears as a concept in sexy lady form in the comics,
would drive him to kill entire worlds in her honour, causing him to be known as the destroyer
of worlds.
As a result, the Mad Titan is often categorized as being one of the greatest threats in the
comic book world, often perceived as an almost unstoppable force.
And it is only when all the heroes of the cosmos or of earth come together that they
even stand a chance in stopping him.
Though he has killed them all before.
In volume 2 of the Thanos series, he managed to wipe out everyone in the universe, save
for a Mjolner wielding Silver Surfer, though he eventually killed him to.
Thanos is one of those inevitable villains.
2 Doomsday
Doomsday is one of those villains I almost feel bad for.
He can't help himself!
He originated on prehistoric Krypton.
He was created through a series of evolutionary experiments conducted by Bertron.
Have you ever noticed how Evolution-obsessed scientists always tend to be bad news?
Bertron basically kept cloning babies remains after their death to speed up the evolutionary
process of their genes, causing them to adapt slightly with each death.
Cause comics.
The result ended up being Doomsday who eventually was able to resurrect himself after each death
he suffered.
And due to dying so many times and being experimented on and tortured throughout his genetic history,
grew to hate life.
It is this hatred that has made him such a ferocious enemy as he all he often wants to
do is kill and destroy.
He eventually made his way to earth after falling through a tear in space time, terrorizing
a planet for years and after being thought dead was shot into space.
1 Galactus
This hungry hungry supervillain is so ingrained in the existence of the universe that we once
learned in alternate universe that eliminating him, in the comics, had actually been a bad
idea, prompting Franklin Richards to take his place.
Galactus was once a scientist known as Galan, trying to save his home world from the end
of not just their world but their entire universe.
Sadly he realized that resistance was futile and he and the rest of his people decided
to accept their fate and instead fly into their own doom.
Miraculously Galan survived and found himself chosen.
He was granted great cosmic power but with it came great hunger, causing him to eventually
become the devourer of worlds we so famously know him as.
Thank you for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you enjoyed this list.
I personally love the cosmic world in comics.
It can get really weird and really complicated while also being somewhat oddly simple.
I love that about it.
It's just a strange place and much like our own cosmos, filled with wonder and mystery.
Who are some of your favourite cosmic villains?
If you could visit any comicbook planet in the cosmos, which one would you most like
to visit?
Let us know in the comments below.
And speaking of comments, it's time to turn to some comments from one of our latest videos,
top 10 superheroes who need a symbiote.
Wilson Fowlkes says, "I preferably would like to see Black Widow with a symbiote."
Ooooo.
I like this.
Someone sent me some awesome artwork on instagram for my Blood Witch, Scarlet Witch & Carnage,
idea.
Someone find me some artwork for Black Widow and Venom please.
Could we call her, Venomous Widow?
Elsa Vargas comments, "Give Homer Simpson a symbiote.
Imagine the amount of food he could eat with one."
Oh dear.
I fear Homer Simpson would become another Galactus if we did that.
Hahaha.
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