Who Is Captain Universe? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Captain Universe is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Enigma Force, with over 312 comic issue appearances. Captain Universe is the physical manifestation of the Uni-Power. Once it possesses a host, it grants immense power for the purpose of protecting universal balance.

Who is Captain Universe?

Origin Captain Universe Captain Universe's origins begin with the Beyonders , who created powerful reality-warping devices called Concordance Engines to act as the heart, soul and map of each universe in existence. When the Seventh Cosmos came into being, The Enigma Force was created to combat its polar opposite Knull , the King in Black. For billions of years, the two forces waged war across the cosmos, with the Enigma Force granting its power to multiple champions. This, however, would turn out to be a nearly fatal mistake as The Enigma Force had spread itself too thin by doing so. Weakened by its own mistake, the Enigma Force's host were slaughtered wholesale, leaving only one to battle Knull alone. Knull and the Enigma Force's long war came to a brief end when the last golden armored host and Knull impaled each other with their respective weapons and crashed onto the volatile homeworld of Gorr , the God Butcher, who violently murdered the last Enigma Force host with Knull's Necrosword . With its hosts dead and Knull defeated for the present time being, The Enigma Force drew all of its power from the dead hosts back into itself and changed tactics. From that moment on, it would .

Key facts

Captain Universe is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "Earth Wars". The character is published by Marvel. With 312 recorded issue appearances, Captain Universe ranks among the most featured characters in comics.