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This article is about the shared universe setting used by many Marvel Comics titles. For the computer game, see Marvel Universe Online.
Various characters of the Marvel Universe, technology is slightly more advanced than in the real world; this is due to unique individuals of genius intelligence, such as Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) of the Fantastic Four. However, most of the other cosmic characters, are morally neutral. They often say that such concepts are relative (implicit in Galactus' anthill analogy), or simply relevant only to "lesser" beings. That being said, it's difficult to really equate The One Above All with the Judeo-Christian God. When the One-Above-All finally appeared on-panel in a 2004 Fantastic Four storyline, he appeared in the form of Jack Kirby, who 'sketched out' reality on a comic book storyboard. He professed to communicate with a partner (implied to be Stan Lee), though exactly where this Lee-based being would fall in the cosmic hierarchy is unrevealed.
While the above is true, the Living Tribunal, and most of the other cosmic characters, are morally neutral. They often say that such concepts are relative (implicit in Galactus' anthill analogy), or simply relevant only to "lesser" beings. That being said, it's difficult to really equate The One Above All with the Judeo-Christian God. When the One-Above-All finally appeared on-panel in a 2004 Fantastic Four storyline, he appeared in the form of a density change instead, allowing a character to become harder or incorporeal. Some characters can seem to "transform" themselves (or others) into unliving substances, or even pure energy, by storing their bodies in extradimensional space and replacing them with bodies made from matter or energy from that dimension, while their souls remain on Earth, controlling their new body. Travel into other dimensions can also be used to travel to and from its home dimension, but this is dangerous to all except those with Darkforce powers. Some believe that the Darkforce is sentient and sometimes has an evil influence on those who use it. Various heroes and villains have no powers at all but depend instead on hand-to-hand combat training or advanced technological equipment. In the Marvel Universe, technology is slightly more advanced than in the real world; this is due to unique individuals of genius intelligence, such as Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) of the Fantastic Four. However, most of the important events) are those created between 1961 and 1963, during Marvel's "Silver Age": Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, as well as miniseries
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10 Oct 2008 at 7:42pm
![]() Weekly Ketchup: Steve Carell to Get Smart again.
Rotten Tomatoes, CA - 1 hour ago
Sony Online Entertainment is also developing a MMO video game (like World of Warcraft) based upon Ramayan 3392 AD John Collee (cowriter of Master and ... |
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24 Sep 2008 at 1:59pm 
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![]() Halo MMO Canceled at Ensemble
IGN, CA - Sep 24, 2008
by Ryan Geddes September 23, 2008 - Microsoft's Ensemble Studios was working on a prototype massively multiplayer online game set in the Halo universe as ... |
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24 Sep 2008 at 4:17am
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Ve3d.com - Sep 24, 2008
We?re calling the game The Punisher: No Mercy because that?s exactly what it is ? merciless. For the first time on consoles, you?ll see the Marvel Universe ... |
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23 Sep 2008 at 11:25am 
Videogamer.com |
![]() The Punisher Multiplayer FPS Coming to PSN
Shacknews - Sep 23, 2008
According to Zen director Zsolt Kigyossy's post on the official PlayStation Blog, "you'll see the Marvel Universe through a first-person perspective in some ...
New Punisher Game Exclusively For PSN,No release date yet GameFocus
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17 Sep 2008 at 10:59pm
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Comic Book Resources, Ca - Sep 17, 2008
by Steven Grant, Columnist I notice a little brouhaha has flared up again over work-for-hire comics, courtesy of Marvel EIC Joe Quesada, who takes on Robert ... |
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16 Sep 2008 at 12:51pm
![]() AGDC: Jim Lee On Translating Comic Book Designs To A 3D Game
Gamasutra, CA - Sep 16, 2008
?The DC universe is very unique in that it?s got some very silly stories from the 60s,? says Lee. ?I don?t think Marvel has that.? ?Batman has a giant robot ... |
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15 Sep 2008 at 2:27am
![]() Geoff Johns Teams with Jim Lee on DCU Online
Comic Book Resources, Ca - Sep 15, 2008
Literally, if you name a character, he or she is probably in the game. "You know how I work. I go to the well when it comes to the DC Universe. ... |
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