Five Of The Most Powerful Weapons We Haven’t Seen In The MCU

Originally meant to serve as an item of cosmic balance, the Heart of the Universe, a weapon capable of reshaping reality and granting its wielder omnipotence, first falls into the hands of Thanos during the alternate-universe storyline, “Marvel Universe: The End” (by Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Christie Scheele, Heroic Age Studios, Dave Sharpe, and Cory Petit). As a result, cosmic entities, such as the Living Tribunal, join forces with some of Marvel’s strongest heroes to thwart the Mad Titan’s sinister machinations. However, Thanos uses the Heart of the Universe to absorb them and reality itself, doing so on such a grand scale that he finds himself in nothingness. Realizing his mistake, Thanos uses the cosmic powers to recreate the Marvel Universe. In the process, he sacrifices his existence to restore his reality to its past self.

The Heart of the Universe can absorb, destroy, and recreate entire realities. In the Multiverse, no weapon is stronger. However, the item’s powers were so significant that Marvel editor Tom Brevoort had to clarify the storyline wasn’t canon, as having a weapon as potent as the Heart of the Universe would introduce a new ultimate power that the publisher wasn’t ready to officially bring to its main Earth-616 world. Still, seeing Thanos take the Heart of the Universe and use it to absorb his reality, only to use it to recreate it, shows how immense its capabilities were and why it was a smart idea to keep it out of canon for good — as it’s simply too powerful.

Originally meant to serve as an item of cosmic balance, the Heart of the Universe, a weapon capable of reshaping reality and granting its wielder omnipotence, first falls into the hands of Thanos during the alternate-universe storyline, “Marvel Universe: The End” (by Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Christie Scheele, Heroic Age Studios, Dave Sharpe, and Cory Petit). As a result, cosmic entities, such as the Living Tribunal, join forces with some of Marvel’s strongest heroes to thwart the Mad Titan’s sinister machinations. However, Thanos uses the Heart of the Universe to absorb them and reality itself, doing so on such a grand scale that he finds himself in nothingness. Realizing his mistake, Thanos uses the cosmic powers to recreate the Marvel Universe. In the process, he sacrifices his existence to restore his reality to its past self.

The Heart of the Universe can absorb, destroy, and recreate entire realities. In the Multiverse, no weapon is stronger. However, the item’s powers were so significant that Marvel editor Tom Brevoort had to clarify the storyline wasn’t canon, as having a weapon as potent as the Heart of the Universe would introduce a new ultimate power that the publisher wasn’t ready to officially bring to its main Earth-616 world. Still, seeing Thanos take the Heart of the Universe and use it to absorb his reality, only to use it to recreate it, shows how immense its capabilities were and why it was a smart idea to keep it out of canon for good — as it’s simply too powerful.