Abraxas (comics)
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- For other uses, see Abraxas (disambiguation).
Abraxas is a fictional comic book character, a cosmic entity within Marvel Universe, sometimes called 'the dark man', possessing near omnipotent power. He emerged from within the heart of Eternity (the god-like personification of time created at the start of the universe) after Galactus apparently died in the Galactus: The Devourer limited series (1999-2000). Galactus, also created at the start of the universe, was necessary to keep Abraxas at bay.
Abraxas sought to destroy not only the main Marvel Comics universe, known as Earth-616, but all parallel realities as well using a weapon of unlimited power called the Ultimate Nullifier. The location of the Ultimate Nullifier was unknown except to the Human Torch, a member of the super hero team the Fantastic Four. With the intention of attracting the attention of the Fantastic Four, Abraxas killed another universe's Galactus, and sent his skull to Earth-616, also using the skull as a homing beacon. This caused some sort of disturbance in the space-time continuum, allowing people from other universes to come through the gap left by the head, including another Nova (Frankie Raye). When the Fantastic Four sought the counsel of the Watcher, they found that he had forgotten who he was, and then he became comatose. Eternity told Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four that this was caused by Abraxas.
After Mister Fantastic gathered a selection of superheroes to fight the minions of Abraxas on the moon (the home of the Watcher), the Silver Surfer was killed by a red burning mist of micro-organisms as he attempted to defend the Watcher from them. The minions seemed to seek the Human Torch, and after investigation it was discovered that he possessed the co-ordinates of the Nullifier. However they were not only within the mind of their Human Torch, but split between the minds of three other Human Torches in alternate universes.
After finding these alternate Human Torches, and passing on the information to the Human Torch of Earth-616, the Fantastic Four found the Nullifier. However they were betrayed by the alternate version of Nova, who worked for Abraxas (because her world had been destroyed by Galactus). Abraxas then destroyed Roma, the protector of Eternity.
After Nova gave Abraxas the Nullifier, a battle commenced which the Fantastic Four were close to losing. However Franklin Richards, Mister Fantastic's son who possessed powers that enabled him to warp reality, and Valeria Von Doom revealed that Galactus was not dead, but being incubated within the heart of Eternity. They brought him back and he took back control of the Nullifier from Abraxas. He gave it to Mister Fantastic, who realised that the only way to destroy Abraxas was to destroy the whole of reality and recreate all universes using the Nullifier. After he did so, those who had died, including the Silver Surfer, were brought back to life, Franklin Richards was left without any power, Valeria Von Doom was replaced with a new baby inside the womb of the Invisible Woman, and the Watcher was returned to normal.
