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97-573: Enigma Force may refer to: The Enigma Force (comics) , which creates Captain Universe Enigma Force (video game) Enigma Force : a strike force of the United Liberation Front of Asom Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Enigma Force . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

194-953: A brief appearance in Nextwave , he also made a "cameo" as Cosmic Spider-Man for the variant cover of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 and played an important part in the Death's Head 3.0 saga chronicled in Amazing Fantasy . Captain Universe made his return in Annihilation: Conquest : Star-Lord and then in Annihilation Conquest #3. Captain Universe later returns to stop the Juggernaut , in an attempt to fulfill his destiny, as seen in The Amazing Spider-Man #627–629. The Uni-Power

291-560: A brief quarrel which ended with the life seed destroyed by Sunfire and Psylocke recognizing Sabretooth from her time on the Exiles, Dark Beast sneaks over to the portal back to the main Marvel Universe, Earth-616, and walks in, leaving X-Force stranded in the Age of Apocalypse world. He then released the now fully evil Dark Angel from his prison and helped him form an army to destroy Earth. Following

388-705: A combination of Captain Universe and Spider-Man powers. During the Abraxas Saga, a team of Avengers -esque super heroes called the Law Enforcement Squad appeared in Earth-616 . They were headed by an intelligent version of the Hulk who was not Bruce Banner. Joining this strange version of the behemoth were the World War II-era heroes Red Raven , Bucky , Namora and The Whizzer (Bob Frank) . Other members included

485-529: A completed Cosmic Conscience which revived the Perfect Knowledge of the Perfect Universe which had been destroyed countless millennia ago by The Celestials. Captain Universe later joined with Reed Richards to form the new Eternity. They were last seen preparing to save Franklin from The Celestials and The Elders of the Universe . An alternate universe variant of Peter Parker from Earth-13 who retained

582-514: A cure for M-Day. The two form an uneasy alliance to tackle the impending mutant extinction, but part ways due to their drastically different moral approaches to science. During a trip to the Guthrie household aimed at requesting samples of DNA from the mother and father of several mutant, and non-mutant, children – the Dark Beast (without warning Henry) poisons one of the un-mutated Guthrie boys, Lewis, in

679-574: A dimensional portal and returns to the Age of Apocalypse along with Nightcrawler. There, he discovers Weapon Omega's defeat at the hands of the human coalition and the capture of the Apocalypse seed. However, returning to the Age of Apocalypse with the X-Men and X-Treme X-Men in tow resulted in the release of evil beings known as the Exterminator which were trapped in the walls between realities by their creators,

776-493: A gladiatorial challenge which he had coerced the Guardians into accepting. L'Matto easily overpowered Charlie-27 and was about to kill him when Vance Astro and Dr. Strange arrived and joined in the battle, with Nikki and Talon pitching in as well. Despite this, it was not until Aleta (who had become the new Starhawk ) arrived and attacked alongside Doctor Strange that L'Matto was finally defeated, enabling Strange to exorcise

873-679: A heroic version of the Spider-Man villain The Rose , Doctor Druid , Living Lightning , the Shroud and a male Captain Universe. The true identity of this Captain Universe was never revealed but the host had more than likely had the Uni-Power for several years. During the battle between the Law Enforcement Squad and the Fantastic Four; Captain Universe and Dr. Druid ganged up on Reed Richards to destabilize

970-440: A high tech uniform and goes by the name Darter. As Darter, Randy can glide through the air and fire lasers at his enemies. His first fight is with White Tiger who he manages to knock down. Later, the two fight again in a gymnasium where Spider-Man and Carrion are fighting. When Carrion flees with Spider-Man, Randy realizes that he was betrayed by his master and swears revenge on Carrion. He encounters his master while trying to drain

1067-511: A human rights activist. When the robot killed a UN researcher, the power brought him back to life. The researcher then confronted the robot, forcing it to acknowledge the conscience. Afterwards, Death's Head began working for the UN as an anti-terrorist hit-man. After finally freeing himself of a circular orbit in an imploding dimension, the superhero known as Quasar returned to the site of a major battle between himself, Doctor Strange, The Thing, Thor, and

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1164-511: A laboratory under an outhouse somewhere in the mutant nation of New Tian following Hydra 's takeover. He used this lab to experiment on Inhumans . While searching for an Inhuman named Leer, Quake and the Secret Warriors found Dark Beast's hidden lair. Quake confronted Dark Beast on the whereabouts of Leer, but Dark Beast claimed that he didn't know who Leer was. He continued to profess his ignorance even when tortured by Quake and Karnak. Then

1261-536: A lucky blow. Spider-Man later teams up with several members of the Midnight Sons who are investigating the activities of a demonic Spidey-doppelganger . While pursuing this creature, the heroes discover and stop Paralyzer's plan to recreate Zzzax . After the Sentinels destroy Genosha , Paralyzer, again called Shocker, helps Toad and other mutants create a statue of the island's former ruler Magneto. Unus becomes

1358-562: A member of the alien Badoon race, a Doombot and Quasar . Because of its never-ending supply of energy it has been the target of many individuals, terrorist groups and peacekeeping agencies such as AIM , the Psycho-Man , Doctor Doom and even S.H.I.E.L.D. The first human Captain Universe was an astronaut named Captain Ray Coffin. He battled Baron Karza and sealed the Prometheus Pit between

1455-602: A mission that will halt the Phalanx's technophage virus from spreading further. Gabriel lost the Uni-Power after finding a cure for a Phalanx airborne virus and joined Star-Lord in battling the Phalanx. He was subsequently killed by the Phalanx select Blastaar during an attack on the Phalanx Babel Spire. During " The Gauntlet " storyline, a new Captain Universe makes himself known when he arrives on Earth with plans to kill Juggernaut . Spider-Man learns that Captain Universe

1552-565: A pedestrian as he left town. The Dark Beast was able to keep up his ruse until the Onslaught Saga, during which the Dark Beast joined Onslaught . Onslaught had, in fact, known from the beginning of Dark Beast's ruse and mentally shielded him from other telepaths at the mansion, intending to question him about the reality of his origin. However, upon learning what happened in Dark Beast's reality when mutants ruled, Onslaught decided to destroy both races rather than helping mutants take their place as

1649-499: A quick scientific experiment. He then carries the dying boy's body back to the house, suggesting that they should try one of the girls next. Shocked and enraged with his actions, Hank attacks the Dark Beast who, disgusted with Henry's inability to do all that is necessary to save their mutant species, beats him almost unconscious. The fight is interrupted by Mrs. Guthrie, who fires a round from a double-barrelled shotgun into Dark Beast's left shoulder. After scolding Mrs. Guthrie for thinking

1746-590: A round of birdshot would put him down, the Dark Beast is knocked unconscious by Henry. During the " Dark Reign " story-line, Dark Beast later appears as a member of the Dark X-Men (a team of X-Men put together by Norman Osborn ). He serves as the team's scientist. He constructs a device known as the "Omega Machine" to experiment on mutants in Alcatraz for H.A.M.M.E.R. and starts testing on Beast, causing him great pain and torment as it begins slowly eating him away. Osborn

1843-427: A still inactive X-Gene, it works as a catalyst, becoming lethal for potential mutant children. Dark Beast reasoning that this will 'test' humanity's hatred of mutants by putting them in a position where they will risk their children dying to prevent them becoming mutants. As Dark Beast continues mocking them, Magik executes him with her teleportation discs to send part of Dark Beast into the ceiling, killing him. During

1940-479: A team of New Tian mutants entered the laboratory to remove the Inhumans for intruding into New Tian, and Dark Beast was taken into the mutants' custody. Dark Beast's apparent resurrection was later revealed to be Mister Sinister's doing, who saw fit to save Dark Beast's head and attached it to a brand-new body that appeared to be Dark Beast's old self, but with some technological improvements like cannons in his arms and

2037-506: Is a demon who clashes with Doctor Strange . Dakimh the Enchanter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dakimh is described as a wise but eccentric wizard that lived in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis , and who was the pupil of the sorceress Zhered-Na, who was banished from Atlantis by King Kamuu for prophesying that the continent would sink below

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2134-726: Is a large extradimensional humanoid being with a tail. He is originally from a "dark dimension" (not related to Dormammu 's dimension). He later becomes master of the Undying Ones ' dimension after defeating the Nameless One . Darter ( Randy Vale ) is a minor villain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney , first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #29 (April 1979). Randy Vale

2231-467: Is a man named William Nguyen, whose life had been ruined in one of Juggernaut's rampages. When Nguyen insists on trying to kill Juggernaut instead of fixing the tectonic plates beneath New York City, the Uni-Power leaves him and enters the Juggernaut. The Juggernaut as Captain Universe repairs the damage to the tectonic plates that was caused by him during the same rampage that had ruined Nguyen's life. After

2328-520: Is among the mutants in Magneto's army in House of M . He is punished for wanting to kill an injured enemy. Later, he is killed during the liberation of Genosha, an island that has mutant slaves. Dark Beast aka Black Beast is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As an alternate reality version of Beast , he first appeared in issue #1 of X-Men: Alpha in 1995 and

2425-462: Is an extra-dimensional force that possesses an individual (or on one occasion, twins) in a time of crisis, transforming that person into Captain Universe. As Captain Universe, the transformed person typically retains his or her original personality and appearance, though with Captain Universe's costume and heroic traits superimposed over the original. The Uni-Power itself emanates from the Enigma Force,

2522-415: Is an undergraduate at Empire State University. One day, Randy accidentally stumbles across a clone casket that once belonged to Miles Warren . The casket opens to reveal a decayed clone named Carrion . Upon learning of his creator's death, Carrion offers a partnership with Randy to get revenge on Spider-Man . In return Randy is offered power, but it is not specified what exactly the power entails. Randy dons

2619-413: Is arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. only to be attacked by Hydra , who attempt to get Jefferson to join. He instead kills his would-be recruiters and returns home to Rio. He tells his wife what happened and they go looking for Miles, finding their son at Ganke Lee 's house. Jefferson is later attacked by Conrad Marcus , putting him in the hospital. He is attacked again, but Spider-Man battles and defeats Venom at

2716-466: Is closed forever with AoA Nightcrawler's sacrifice, Dark Beast is taken away by the authorities. Dark Beast was soon able to escape from the authorities and was revealed to be the mastermind behind the events that lead the Uncanny X-Men and S.H.I.E.L.D. to war. He started hunting the X-Men affiliated with Cyclops by hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. using classified research sources to upgrade his work and find

2813-462: Is not impressed with the test results of the Omega Machine and wants Dark Beast to make sure the machine works in removing powers from mutants, not killing them. Dark Beast continues to experiment with his Omega Machine, using Beast as his key test subject. Each use of the device causes Beast to look more decrepit and weak. Deciding to use a new subject to test the device on, Dark Beast goes to collect

2910-418: Is offered a spot in S.H.I.E.L.D. but chooses to live a simple life of being a husband to Rio and father to Miles. Jefferson keeps Miles from ever interacting with Aaron and keeps a strict household in an attempt to lead his son on a clean path. Despite his overall dislike of Aaron's criminal activities, Jefferson is saddened by his brother's subsequent death. During the events of United We Stand , Jefferson

3007-504: Is revealed to be Tamara Devoux, a woman who remained in a coma for ten years after a car crash. During a talk with Nightmask , she translates his language and announces that not only is the universe dying, but the White Event is coming. During the " Spider-Geddon " storyline, the Spider-Men summoned the Enigma Force to aid them in their fight. The Enigma Force chose to make Miles Morales

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3104-898: Is the father of Miles Morales / Spider-Man . The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli , and first appeared in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 (November 2011) as part of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line of books set in a universe and continuity separate from the mainstream Marvel Universe . Jefferson is an African-American man who is married to the Puerto Rican woman Rio Morales . He does not get along with his criminal brother Aaron Davis . Things get out of control and Jefferson winds up in jail, only to be bailed out by Nick Fury . Impressed with his fighting skills, Fury has Jefferson join gangster Turk Barrett 's gang for intel, eventually working his way up to Wilson Fisk 's criminal empire. Afterwards, Jefferson

3201-710: The Brotherhood of Mutants . Right before House of M , the Dark Beast was in Genosha where he joined Xavier's team after being offered parole . It was confirmed in The 198 Files one-shot that he stayed powered after M-Day . Dark Beast returns and finally confronts his counterpart in the Endangered Species storyline, where he ambushes him in Neverland, the extermination camp ran by Weapon X , to offer his services regarding finding

3298-1456: The Infinity Gauntlet . He was killed by Deathbird during the Kree-Shi'ar war . Paralyzer ( Randall Darby ), also known as the second Shocker , is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Shocker II, created by Jack Kirby , first appeared in Captain America Annual #4 (1977). The character subsequently appears in The Defenders #78–80 (Dec 1979 – Feb 1980), 83 (May 1980), 87 (Sep 1980), 125–126 (Nov–Dec 1983), and 128–130 (Feb–Apr 1984). The character appears as Paralyzer in Captain America #343 (Jul 1988), 346 (Oct 1988), 368 (Mar 1990), 394 (Nov 1991), Midnight Sons Unlimited #3 (Oct 1993), and Captain America #426 (Apr 1994). The character returns to his Shocker identity, appearing in The New Warriors vol. 2 #6 (Mar 2000), X-Men #132 (Nov 2002), The Uncanny X-Men #442–443 (June 2004), Excalibur vol. 3 #2 (Aug 2004), and The New Avengers #16–19 (Apr–Jul 2006). Shocker II appears as part of

3395-777: The Secret Empire . Darby changes his code-name to Paralyzer when the Mutant Force become the Resistants . The Resistants' protest against the United States' Mutant Registration Act is cut short by a clash with John Walker , who is Captain America at that time. Later, the Resistants revert to their Mutant Force identities and costumes. Their next clash is with the New Warriors . Paralyzer later battles Spider-Man , subduing him with

3492-504: The elimination of the Morlocks. Fearing discovery, the Dark Beast continued his operations in secret. During this time he also trained Marshall Stone III how to control his powers, and set him up as the bounty hunter known as Random. The Dark Beast later kidnapped the real Beast and kept him a prisoner behind a brick wall. He infiltrated the X-Men in his place by altering his appearance to match

3589-584: The " Sins of Sinister " storyline, it is revealed that Dark Beast's head was retrieved and secretly kept alive and preserved in a tube by Mister Sinister which he uses for advice. When Dark Beast asks for Mister Sinister to let him out, Mister Sinister informs him that he's not the "darkest beast" anymore. The Dark-Crawler, formerly known as the Night-Crawler (unrelated to the X-Men superhero Nightcrawler ), which first appeared in Incredible Hulk #126 (1970),

3686-578: The " Spider-Geddon " storyline, Dansen and Digger turn up alive as they, Brothers Grimm, Skein, and new member Waxman rob a bus of people, only to be thwarted by Superior Octopus due to his goggles tuning out Dansen's hypnotism. Superior Octopus agrees to spare them more pain in exchange for the Night Shift becoming his paid agents. They agree to his terms and are ordered to return the stolen items. Superior Octopus leaves advising them never to cross him or they will not live long enough to regret it. Dansen has

3783-536: The "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9. Randall Darby is discovered and recruited by Magneto to become a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, taking the code-name Shocker. After being abandoned by Magneto, Darby and his teammates come to be known as the Mutant Force. Under this name they work for the United States government and later

3880-498: The "healing" of the tectonic plates, the Uni-Power subsequently departs. Three former hosts of the Uni-Power (Susan Storm, Spider-Man and X-23) are all contacted by the Enigma Force once again when the Whirldemon King, a powerful entity once defeated by the time-traveling Prince Wayfinder of Ithaca and creator of the Enigma Force itself, escapes imprisonment. When X-23 sacrifices herself to save Valeria Richards from possession by

3977-510: The 1990s, appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy , What If? , The Amazing Spider-Man , Marvel Comics Presents and Cosmic Powers Unlimited . In 1994, Captain Universe appeared in a one-shot, coinciding with a promotion, with the claim that readers could have a comic about themselves made for a fee. The comics were generally stock stories, with minor details altered based on information provided by

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4074-594: The Annihilation Wave. For months, he was studied by the Kree who, despite their highly advanced technology, could not learn much about the Uni-Power other than that the suit given to all users is actually a molecular shell and not spandex as was previously believed. Eventually, Gabriel is released from prison and put into a highly aggressive session of training by the Kree Military as he and several other prisoners prepare for

4171-786: The Big Screen" list. Matthew Jackson of The A.V. Club included Captain Universe in their "15 Marvel superheroes and villains we want to see in the MCU" list. Marc Buxton of Den of Geek ranked Captain Universe 11th in their "Guardians of the Galaxy 3: 50 Marvel Characters We Want to See" list. "Guardians of the Galaxy 3: 50 Marvel Characters We Want to See" list. CBR.com ranked Captain Universe 1st in their "Marvel's Strongest Cosmic Heroes" list, 1st in their "Marvel Comics: The 20 Most Powerful Female Members Of The Avengers" list, and 12th in their "20 Powerful Female Marvel Characters We Hope To See In The MCU's Phase Four" list. In one possible future of

4268-536: The Celestials, and destroy anyone they touch. In order to defeat these cosmic beings, the X-Men and X-Treme X-men decided to imprisoned them within that reality forever, otherwise, the Exterminators would destroy the whole multiverse. AoA Nightcrawler teleports them to Earth-616 one at a time and Dark Beast goes with them. Dark Beast arrives on Earth-616 but is knocked out by Gambit. After the Age of Apocalypse reality

4365-591: The Enigma Force appears in Spider-Verse . He attempts to protect the other Spider-Men before being killed by the Inheritors' father Solus. Death%27s Head 3.0 Emmanuel da Costa is a fictional character appearing in American comic book published by Marvel Comics. Emmanuel da Costa is an Afro-Brazilian businessman and the father of Roberto da Costa . Daggoth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dagoth

4462-666: The Enigma Force is tied to the dimension of its origin. The wielder will lose their powers if they travel to other realities. (Dec. 1989) Over the years, the various hosts of Captain Universe have faced many enemies from across the Marvel Universe. The most formidable of them have proven to be Baron Karza, Dr. Doom, Magneto , the Gray Hulk, Terminus , the Tri-Sentinel , Division U, S.H.I.E.L.D. , A.I.M. and Knull . Jasmine Shanelle of The Mary Sue included Captain Universe in their "6 of Marvel’s Most Powerful Women Who Have Yet to Hit

4559-443: The Fantastic Four's cohesion as a team. With only seconds to spare, Reed convinces Captain Universe that something is out of place and that the Fantastic Four are not his enemies. Captain Universe reveals to Druid that Reed is telling the truth, but before he can convince the others to stop fighting, he is struck down by Nova . Reed and Druid travel into a portal left by Captain Universe's "death" only to find him alive and well within

4656-456: The God Shiva . She first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #93 (May 1980). She uses her powers to hypnotize Spider-Man into battling the Shroud in an attempt to kill both of them. The pair manage to overcome her dances and defeat her. She briefly appears later as a captive of Locksmith , and is saved by Spider-Woman . Eventually, the Shroud invites her to join the supervillain team Night Shift , which she accepts, later becoming co-leader of

4753-422: The King the Uni-Power bonds with her a second time. While trapped in the Whirldemons' prison dimension, a connection is explicitly made between a starry apparition that enabled Laura to throw off the influence of a demon attempting to coerce her into serving it, when the star-shaped mark left on Laura's palm after that encounter is recognized by the Whirldemon King as associated with the Enigma Force. Laura then uses

4850-418: The Larval Zooniverse, Peter Porker (who was secretly the superhero Spider-Ham ) was working on an experiment that went awry and bestowed upon him the cosmic power of Captain Zooniverse. With this new power he defeated all of his enemies and trapped them in orbit around Earth. He returned home a bit later and began a new villain-free life with his girlfriend Mary Jane Waterbuffalo. An issue of What If? asks

4947-416: The Marvel Universe, Advanced Idea Mechanics has examined the Uni-Power and attempted to duplicate it with the Captain Universe Initiative. The duplicate, referred to as the 'Alias-Power' or 'Uni-Alias', has the ability to animate the Death's Head 3.0 robot. While resident in Death's Head, it took the form of a conscience. On one occasion, when asked to rescue an evil scientist from a jail, it instead rescued

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5044-402: The Microverse and Earth. Years later, the Uni-Power would possess his son Steve Coffin to battle Mister E and his shadow slaves. It next possessed identical twins Ann Stafford and Clare Dodgson to capture Nemesis, and then possessed small-time cat burglar Monty Walsh to stop mafia don Guido Carboni. It then possessed Doctor Strange and Commander Arcturus Rann to reinforce the space-wall between

5141-410: The Microverse and the Macroverse. It then possessed Bruce Banner for the first time, to defuse a nuclear missile, and wound up battling Banner's own alter ego the Hulk . Captain Universe was then next among the heroes summoned by the Grandmaster for the Contest of Champions . The Captain Universe power next possessed Delayne Masters to defeat schoolyard bullies. It then possessed Evan Swann to stop

5238-419: The Microverse. Using the copied powers of each hero, it took paraplegic war veteran Gabriel Vargas as its host to face the one responsible for its weakening. At some unknown point, Captain Universe's latest host Gabriel Vargas is arrested by the Kree Government for accidentally attacking a group of Kree who were killing people who he thought were innocents but were actually sympathetic to the genocidal actions of

5335-409: The Morlock's Tunnels after the fall of Norman Osborn. He was able to capture the Lizard and began developing a means of enhancing the Lizard's control of the reptilian parts of the human brain in order to turn human beings into humanoid lizards. Dark Beast had been abducting victims of bullying or abuse from the streets, until the X-Men and Spider-Man found his base. Dark Beast locks Spider-Man out of

5432-423: The Quantum Mechanic from destroying the Earth. When the Captain Universe power next appeared, it possessed Spider-Man to stop the Tri-Sentinel (although the power was initially weaker than usual, causing Spider-Man to assume that his own powers had merely increased). The latently cosmic-powered Spider-Man battled the Trapster , Titania , Magneto , Brothers Grimm , Goliath , Hulk, TESS-One , Dragon Man , and

5529-443: The Tri-Sentinel itself. It next possessed a toddler called Eddie Price to battle Gart and Rath. When the Guardians of the Galaxy traveled to the 20th century on a mission to destroy the Badoon , the Uni-Power possessed a Badoon worker named L'Matto to prevent the planned genocide. L'Matto's newfound knowledge was able to keep the Guardians from attacking but the Brother Royal then used the Badoon Captain Universe as his champion in

5626-594: The Uncanny X-Force team, who wanted McCoy's help to find a cure for Archangel. As Warren succumbs to the darkness within him, Dark Beast confronted the team with the revelation that the only place left to turn for a cure is the Age of Apocalypse reality. They arrived ten years after the X-Men had defeated Mister Sinister , yet it appears that the X-Men still face enormous challenges in this harsh setting. As they follow Dark Beast, unknowingly followed by Wild Child and Sabretooth , to one of his labs, Dark Beast approaches one Gatekeeper, who reveals that no one has ever entered

5723-507: The Uni-Power to wound the Whirldemon King and seal him back in his prison dimension, before returning her to Earth. During these events the Enigma Force tells Laura that she has been designated the future heir to its power. An African-American woman acting as the newest Captain Universe joins the Avengers in the fight against Ex Nihilo , his sister Abyss , and a Builder named Aleph on Mars. Captain Universe vaporizes Aleph when he does not agree to stop transforming or destroying planets. She

5820-408: The Uni-Power which L'Matto had abused and return it to Earth. Captain Universe later returned, and the Uni-Power possesses various heroes (the Hulk; X-23 ; Daredevil , who regained his sight while possessed; the Invisible Woman ; Gladiator ; and the Silver Surfer ); all in a mission to restore its power which has been severely weakened from a mysterious force emanating from the darkest corners of

5917-424: The X-Men. He was the one to infect Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik, Magneto and Colossus with nano-sentinels, which is the reason for their broken powers after the incident with the Phoenix Force. Beast finally launches a coordinated attack using a hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier to launch a nuclear strike, and new indestructible sentinels that have adapted to all the X-Men's powers. The only thing he didn't account for

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6014-421: The ability to alter his body at will. He was eventually defeated and held prisoner at Harry's basement. Faced with a lack of resources, Cyclops agrees to let Dark Beast work on an "anti-vaccine" to neutralize Callahan's current mutant 'vaccine', with Warlock monitoring the process of creating the cure to ensure that it does only what Dark Beast says, Dark Beast defining it as a simple airborne virus that will feed

6111-404: The body of Earth-616's Eternity . Captain Universe explains to the two superheroes of the creation of the Multi-Eternity that ensures a boundless multiverse . Afterwards Captain Universe vanishes without a trace while Reed and Druid return to their respective realities after a confrontation with Abraxas, the antithesis of Eternity and Galactus. Captain Universe's history in the Earth X series

6208-486: The cause of several inhabitants of a small town to dream-walk and continuously repeat "I'm an X-Man". As they investigate, both Mimic and Omega are overwhelmed by some kind of energies and go on a rampage, leaving Mystique and Dark Beast alone with a patient that they were examining. Shortly thereafter the energies takes a humanoid form, and Nate Grey , best known as X-Man, once more takes physical form, much to Dark Beast's shock and horror. Dark Beast has since returned to

6305-414: The energies of the life seed to aid Weapon Omega to resurrect a number of fallen mutants in order to provide Weapon Omega an army of powerful mutants. At an undisclosed time, Dark Beast leaves the Age of Apocalypse and returns to Earth-616 Universe. He is soon approached by the AoA version of Nightcrawler, who wants to return to their home dimension. Using the Celestial Dreamer, Dark Beast once again opens

6402-414: The events of the Dark Angel Saga , Dark Beast has assumed command over the Clan Akkaba of Earth 616 and relocated off world alongside Ozymandias, Famine, War, a pregnant Pestilence, and a badly injured Earth 295 Blob. It also appears he retrieved Sugar Man from Steve Rogers' custody, and together they have rebuilt the dimensional portal technology and returned to the Age of Apocalypse, where the two are using

6499-433: The evil Elder God Set. Shocked to find his comrades dead, Quasar screamed into the heavens as a glowing red light consumed him. It changed him and infused him with the powers of Captain Universe. After merging the Uni-Power with his own Quantum Band, Quasar took Doctor Strange's Eye of Agamotto and left the imploding dimension. When he arrived, most of the remaining heroes had been murdered by either Set's fearsome power or at

6596-459: The exact nature of which, naturally, remains an enigma. It is believed, however, to be connected to the Microverse , home of the Micronauts . Although the Uni-Power typically empowers normal, non-super-powered humans, it has in the past empowered Doctor Strange , Spider-Man , Commander Arcturus Rann of the Micronauts, a toddler, and a dog, among others. Its counterparts in various alternate timelines have also possessed Mar-Vell , Mr. Fantastic ,

6693-508: The group. She serves in several missions, mainly facing the Avengers . She takes some time out to work with Superia and the Femizons as they battle Captain America . Dansen and the rest of Night Shift are hired by Snapdragon to kill Moon Knight on behalf of Count Nefaria who is operating as the Kingpin of Los Angeles. When they fail and are bailed out of prison by Snapdragon's lawyer, Count Nefaria reduces Dansen, Digger, Needle, Tatterdemalion, Tick Tock, and Misfit to ashes. During

6790-420: The hands of Magneto, and was also responsible for the creation of Holocaust's lead hunter Wolverine (not to be confused with the X-Men's Wolverine who was known only as Weapon X in that reality). With the end of the Age of Apocalypse, the Dark Beast was able to escape into Earth-616 through the M'Kraan Crystal . He was believed to have died due to Quicksilver 's interference in his set trajectory. However,

6887-401: The hands of his seven mind-controlled brides. Quasar found The Silver Surfer attempting to keep the creature at bay. Filled with an immeasurable amount of rage, the Quasar/Captain Universe entity summoned the Eye of Agamotto and pulled himself and Set into the Eye's pocket dimension where they would do battle for all eternity. Later on, Quasar of Earth-616 viewed his counterpart facing Set. In

6984-452: The lab after Dark Beast's disappearance. As they walk in they find a picture with Sinister, Dark Beast, Havok and Cyclops on it, with Dark Beast mistakenly revealing that Prelate Scott Summers is also dead. Dark Beast soon finds the life seed. Nightcrawler then teleports in and swipes the seed away, before he could give it to the X-Force, figuring that Dark Beast was up to some evil plot. After

7081-739: The leader of the group. Shocker is seen during a meeting of Unus' people after Unus is swallowed by Freakshow , one of the other mutants on the island. The group is not sure they will take Unus back if he survives. He does return, prompting Shocker and the others into attacking him in order to prove he can still defend himself. Shocker loses his powers on M-Day and the energies that he used to control are drawn to The Collective . Darby can generate powerful fields of bio-electromagnetic energy from his body. He also has cybernetic claws of unknown origin in lieu of his hands and feet, and can channel his electrical energy through them into shock bolts or high-voltage fields of electromagnetic energy. Randall Darby

7178-539: The life from Spider-Man. Randy tries to attack Carrion, but he is hit with the red death causing him to rapidly deteriorate and die. Randy Vale appears in Spider-Man: Homecoming , portrayed by Christopher Berry . This version is an employee of Adrian Toomes ' salvaging company who becomes a criminal after the Department of Damage Control 's formation causes the company to go out of business. Jefferson Davis

7275-497: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Enigma_Force&oldid=1020770414 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Enigma Force (comics) Captain Universe first appeared in Micronauts #8 (August 1979) and

7372-476: The malevolent, darkness-based deity Knull . Silver Surfer arrives to where the Enigma Force is and frees it from the symbiotes, leading to it choosing Eddie Brock as the new Captain Universe. The cosmic entity possesses superhuman attributes, such as superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability, and senses. Its Uni-Vision power is a form of cosmic consciousness, granting microscopic vision, X-ray vision, telescopic vision, and an individual to tell

7469-451: The mutant vaccine's virus before it can smother the X-Gene, leaving them free to activate. However, after the anti-vaccine has been dispersed worldwide, it is revealed that Dark Beast, with some help from Mister Sinister, had in fact 'tricked' the X-Men as the serum indeed shuts the virus of the mutant vaccine's and is harmless to those who already had their X-Gene activated, but in the presence of

7566-577: The mystical ability to hypnotize or kill anyone who witnesses her dancing. She can also make herself undetectable to the human senses. Dar-Benn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character, created by Ron Marz and Ron Lim , first appeared in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #53 (June 1991). He was a male Pink Kree general who used a robot of the Silver Surfer to execute Clumsy Foulup and General Dwi-Zann during

7663-509: The new Captain Universe, which he used to help defeat them. Using the Sword Vigor from Leopardon, Miles was able to defeat Solus, Brix, Bora, and Daemos. The Enigma Force left him after the battle was won. During the " King in Black " storyline, the Enigma Force is revealed by Jean Grey to be the "God of Light" of the Marvel Universe, with properties similar to those of symbiotes and counterpart of

7760-524: The newly captured Mindee of the Stepford Cuckoos . When he reaches the holding cell however, he discovers that Mindee's capture was done to allow X-Force to follow. Dark Beast is then attacked and stabbed multiple times by both Wolverine and Warpath. Dark Beast recovered quickly from his injuries suffered by the hands of Wolverine and Warpath as he was sent by Norman Osborn as well as Mimic, Weapon Omega and Mystique under Jean Grey's form, to investigate

7857-421: The ocean. After starting a cult, Zhered-Na takes her favored disciple Dakimh and greatly extends his life span so that he ages at an extremely slow rate. While Zhered-Na perishes, Dakimh survives the cataclysm that sinks Atlantis and escapes, continuing to live for centuries and maintaining the teachings of his mentor as her only surviving disciple. Dansen Macabre is an exotic dancer and a devoted worshipper of

7954-570: The only damage was that he landed twenty years in the past of Earth-616 without any memory whatsoever. He soon met a young Emma Frost , who helped him to regain some of his scattered memories. The Dark Beast then set base in Manhattan's subway tunnels, and was responsible for the creation of the Morlocks . The characteristics of the experimentation were later recognized by the 616 Mister Sinister as an unauthorized use of his own theories, leading him to order

8051-441: The other — and see how they use their powers. They wouldn't necessarily be superheroic types; they'd be regular people who fell into the powers for just one issue. ... But Captain Universe never got his own title, so I'm guessing it didn't sell terribly well." The character appeared sporadically through the remainder of the 1980s in titles such as Marvel Fanfare and Contest of Champions . His appearances became even scarcer in

8148-535: The purchaser. Jeff Christiansen, then a veterinary student and who would later become the force behind the resurgence of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe in the mid-2000s, was written and drawn as the official Captain Universe of the comic so that it could be considered an in-continuity comic. The one-shot was titled X-Men/Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants . In 2005, after a four-year break from comic appearances, Captain Universe returned in

8245-481: The question "What If Spider-Man Had Kept His Cosmic Powers?" Spider-Man becomes corrupted by power when the Captain Universe energies decide to stay with him. He ends up battling his Avengers friends when they don't agree with his methods. A confrontation with a rogue Doombot leaves an innocent hostage dead. Peter manages to give up the entirety of his powers, including his spider-ones. Later, Peter's child manifests

8342-422: The real McCoy's fur color, although he occasionally found himself at risk of discovery due to Hank possessing a broader range of knowledge than himself, requiring him to bluff his way through some of the questions he was asked. He helped keep up the ruse by slaying many of Hank's childhood friends and teachers, although he found himself unable to kill Hank's parents. Angered at this emotional weakness, he decapitated

8439-502: The room and triggers the mutation in Gambit, Storm, Emma Frost and Wolverine, although Emma comes through the 'attack' unharmed as she is in her diamond form, giving her and Spider-Man time to escape Dark Beast's minions and release the Lizard to knock him out. Later the X-Men and Spider-Man reverse the process and take Dark Beast into custody. While being transported, Dark Beast is approached by

8536-768: The second series of Amazing Fantasy. Also in 2005, a series of one-shot specials were released featuring different characters from the Marvel Universe as the Uni-Power each imbues them with power of Captain Universe. These titles were Captain Universe/Hulk , Captain Universe/Daredevil , Captain Universe/X-23 , Captain Universe/Invisible Woman and Captain Universe/Silver Surfer . The Uni-Power made

8633-562: The truth. The cosmic being owns a psychic awareness of imminent danger. It possesses the ability of molecular rearrangement of organic and inorganic matter, transmutation of elements, the ability to fire bursts of energy and concussive force, and hypnosis (using the Uni-Vision energy). The character can also use telekinesis . The abilities of Captain Universe can vary from host to host. The comic entity enhances their partner's powers if they possess one or more similar abilities. The power of

8730-487: The world's rulers, only just being defeated thanks to the sacrifice of the Avengers and Fantastic Four . He also had a few run-ins with Generation X and Gene Nation . There he was the leader of the newly revamped Gene Nation, although through the robotic body of Wynter, attempting to capture Generation X to experiment on them. The previous meeting between him and Emma Frost was also revealed. He also led an incarnation of

8827-422: Was among the scientists that Magneto's right-hand person Briar tried to contact in order to make a special cocktail to augment Magneto's powers for the upcoming incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. This occurred sometime before he began suffering from his own genetic experiments. During the " Secret Empire " storyline, Dark Beast turns up alive and no longer having health problems. He is shown to have set up

8924-571: Was created by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden . Captain Universe hosts have appeared in either special one-shots or short stories throughout the years, initially in the first series of the Micronauts in 1979. Captain Universe was the starring feature in issues #9–11 of the tryout series Marvel Spotlight . The series' editor Al Milgrom recalled being taken away by the concept of a Captain Universe serial: "You could come up with three issues, three disparate individuals — each one very different from

9021-449: Was created by Scott Lobdell and Roger Cruz . In the " Age of Apocalypse " reality, Hank McCoy was a mad scientist and geneticist working for Mister Sinister in his breeding pens, intent on breeding more powerful mutants according to Apocalypse's " survival of the fittest " ideology. Because of Charles Xavier 's death and without being taught ethical science while in the X-Men, McCoy became someone ruthless and evil. While Sinister

9118-447: Was methodical and rational in his experiments, McCoy found sadistic delight in causing pain to his lab subjects. It was the cruelty of his experiments that caused him to be nicknamed "the Beast", both by prisoners and Sinister's Elite Mutant Force. McCoy also experimented on himself in order to further his mutation, and gained his ape -like bestial appearance. Any mutant that he deemed unworthy

9215-558: Was relatively the same as it had been on Earth-616 up until the Infinity Gauntlet Saga , where an unknown Captain Universe fought alongside Kismet , the Silver Surfer , Comet Man , Carol Danvers , Nova and Star-Lord . Years later Arcturus Rann died in a battle against the Psycho Man and took the Enigma Force with him to the afterlife. Captain Universe was transferred into the Kree superhero Mar-Vell and eventually became part of

9312-404: Was the new X-Man David Bond, aka Hijack , who can control any electronic device. Dark Beast's body has been so weak after experimenting on himself, that he needed a life support suit, so after a short battle his suit was eventually punctured, and he set a bomb that caused his apparent death. During the "Last Days" part of the " Secret Wars " story-line, it was mentioned months ago that Dark Beast

9409-518: Was turned into a component of a genetic stew that was used to create Apocalypse's army of Infinites. Besides being one of the creators of the Infinites, the Dark Beast also experimented on Blink , Jamie Madrox (thus being one of the creators of The Madri), Impossible Man , merged all of the Power siblings into one hideous creature, created Tiger Shark , made Nemesis into Holocaust following his defeat at

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