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Cosmic Awareness

Cosmic Awareness

Enables a being's mind to attune itself to the universe as though it were one and the same with the universe's inherent purposes, destinies, and ultimate fate.

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Cosmic Awareness
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Start year:
1973
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Origin

The Universe in my mind's eye
The Universe in my mind's eye

An omniscient ability that exist in the Marvel world that is usually connected to beings or heroes connected to outer space. With it, an individual can intuitively recognize the universal significance or fated purpose of an individual and/or that person's actions, thereby knowing such things as when to interfere and when to step aside.

The term first came into use when Marvel's Kree superhero Captain Mar-Vell or Captain Marvel was recruited by the cosmic entity Eon as the protector of the universe and of its destiny; the Captain was gifted by Eon with "cosmic awareness" to attune him to the destiny and metaphysical underpinnings of the entire universe. As protector of the universe, he used this sense most often as a way to hunt down throughout the endless universe those events which merited the attention of the universe's protector. Since then, the term has been used with both Marvel superhumans and with superhumans from other comic book companies -- and even in superhero tabletop roleplaying games independent from either comic book company.

Hyper Cosmic Awareness

The power to be aware of anything that affects the users surroundings on a quantum level. The user is aware of anything and everything that affects them on an omniversal scale, so much so that they can see beyond time and space, peering into distant worlds beyond their own, as well as the dangers of which they present to their own world. The amount of info receives using hyper cosmic awareness may have adverse effects such as senory overload or shatter ones psyche.

Fourth Wall

More extreme versions of this power may enable individuals to break the Fourth Wall, acknowledging their own existence within a medium for entertainment.

Issues

November 1973

July 1974

August 1978

November 1978

June 1980

November 1989

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July 1996

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October 2022

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