THE BROTHERS

 

THE BROTHERS

Real Names: Inapplicable

First Appearance: Marvel Versus DC (Vol. 1) #1, February 1996

 

Powers: The Brothers are a pair of twin abstract cosmic entities fashioned by the Living Tribunal into being the sentient life forces of their respective Megaverses. A Megaverse is a collection of alternate Multiverses which don’t necessarily require similar natures and universal hierarchies, but encompass realities with a certain closeness. In the case of the Brothers, they respectively represent the Megaverses of the DC and Marvel Universes.

As the supreme embodiments of time and space in their Megaverses, they personify the sum totality of all that exists along both the temporal and spatial axes. They possess within themselves near-omnipotent cosmic powers to manipulate time, space, matter, energy, and magic.

 

As abstract entities, the Brothers can't even be seen or perceived: Their most common forms are actually M-Bodies from the Dimension of Manifestations, living beings who are willingly "borrowed" to serve as an embodiment of the conceptual beings. This allows conceptual beings to confer with mortals or with each other on a shared plane of existence (The evil doppelgangers the Magus created during the Infinity War, such as the Spider-Man Doppelganger from Maximum Carnage, were also M-Bodies). On any occasion in which the Brothers are seen in a humanoid form, it's actually an armored M-Body. "Harm" can be translated between M-Bodies and the true abstract being, but only through higher-dimensional forms of conflict or attack.

As Megaversal entities, the Brothers are a different representation of the Multiverse, one that doesn't coincide with traditional mechanics found in Marvel or DC alone. When merged, they possess the combined power of the entire space/time continuum of both Megaverses.