ETERNITY

 

ETERNITY

Real Name: Unknown

First Appearance: Strange Tales (Vol. 1) #138, November 1965

Powers: Eternity is the sentient life force of the universe. As the supreme embodiment of time, he personifies the sum totality of all that exists along the temporal axis. He possesses within himself near-omnipotent cosmic powers to manipulate time, space, matter, energy, and magic.

As an abstract entity, Eternity can't even be seen or perceived: His most common form is actually an M-Body 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 Eternity is seen in his humanoid form, it's actually an M-Body. "Harm" can be translated between M-Bodies and the true abstract being, but only through higher-dimensional forms of conflict or attack.

When merged with Infinity, Eternity possesses the combined power of the entire space/time continuum.