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Contains spoilers forDefenders : Beyond # 2 !
After tenner of mysteries and never to the full confirmed theories , Marvel Comics finally explain the origins of theMultiverseand theCelestialsall at once . While Marvel cosmology is fascinating , it can get a little complicated , specially for young fan . Now , thanks to writer Al Ewing and artist Javier Rodrìguez , there is one coherent tale of how it all set out , andit link the Celestialsand the Multiverse in fascinating ways .
The Celestials were created bythe legendary Jack Kirbyin the Sir Frederick Handley Page ofThe Eternals # 2(1976 ) . True to their creator ’s unique brand of sci - fi mixed with religious themes , the Celestials are space gods who try out on the rude creatures of Earth , make two different race : the perfect , immortal Eternals and the hideous Deviants . The mystery behind the Celestials ' true origins was part of their mystique , but that did not discontinue Marvel from retconning their taradiddle many time . The last explanation came from Al Ewing , in the page ofUltimates 2vol . 2 , where the Celestials were demo as a rogue camarilla of the Aspirants - the first existence created by the First Firmament , the prosopopoeia of the first iteration of Marvel ’s population , the First Cosmos .
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Defenders : Beyond # 2 , written once again by Al Ewing and drawn by Javier Rodrìguez , confirms everything that was explained inUltimatesand add more interesting details . While the Aspirants worshiped their Lord , theCelestials need to pursue their own desiresand have the life-time form they create evolve and die . This enrage the First Firmament , which did not have the conception of change , and sparked the Celestial War , head to the destruction of the First Cosmos and the founding of the Second . With the shattering of the first world , where change and evolution did not survive , something dissimilar was bear : " a multiverse of possibleness , where each ' what if ' could become its own ' what is . ' "
Ewing thus finalise his ambitious re - conceptualisation of Marvel ’s cosmogeny that began inUltimatesand further modernise inDefendersandDefenders : Beyond . Over the X , Marvel stories showed several theories and hypotheses behind the Celestials ' origins , but Ewing ’s is the only canon one , as it connect the powerful creatures with the large mythos of Marvel ’s cosmogeny and its cyclic nature , which is key to Ewing ’s chronicle . TheMultiverse also had infringe origin storiesuntil now . The first one , presented in the classicThanos Questminiseries by Jim Starlin and Ron Lim , discover it as the result of the ego - immolation of the first being in innovation , Nemesis . Another explained the Multiverse as a creation of the Celestials , but in this case to trap their flawed and dangerous handmaid , the Exterminators , in a sealed realness .
The origination narration presented inDefenders : Beyond , however , should be considered canon , as it is the most recent and also the most coherent with Marvel ’s overall cosmology . The shattering of the First Cosmos introduced the construct of change that sustains the Multiverse . This explanation also confirms the profound role of theCelestials , who are essentially creditworthy for kickstarting the cycles/second of life , death , and rebirth that is thebasis for Marvel’sMultiverse .
