Cosmic Cube

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A Cosmic Cube

Cosmic Cube is the name of a fictional device that exists in the Marvel Universe.

A Cosmic Cube is a cube-shaped matrix that holds vast energies that are responsive to the wills of sentient beings. A sentient being can use a Cosmic Cube to manifest his thoughts as reality, and thus to accomplish virtually anything he or she desires. The nigh-omnipotent Beyonder was actually half of a Cosmic Cube. Sentient beings can create a Cosmic Cube by generating a particular kind of force field which opens a rift into another dimension. A force will slip through the rift which can be collected within a matrix, which the force then (usually) shapes into a perfect cube (like Owen Reece did when he became Molecule Man). (In The Infinity Crusade it was revealed that not all Cosmic Cubes are literal cubes.) This force provides the power of the Cosmic Cube that has thus been created. Eventually, a Cosmic Cube will evolve and develop its own sentience, which is influenced by the minds of the sentient beings which have wielded it.

The first known Cosmic Cube was created by Skrull scientists, which was then used by the Skrull Emperor to enforce his rule over the Skrull Empire as a god-king. It subsequently developed sentience, and because of the megalomaniacal personality of the emperor imprinted on its mind, it lashed out and devastated a significant portion of the empire before it reached emotional maturity. It is now known as the Shaper of Worlds.

The Cosmic Cube that was "created" on Earth by A.I.M. evolved into a being named Kubik. A new superhero in the Marvel Universe named Freedom Ring got his superpowers from a ring crafted from a fragment of a Cosmic Cube, thus giving him reality-warping powers. The Cosmic Cube possess such power that numerous supervillains have sought it out including Thanos, the Red Skull, and Dr. Doom. Doom once used a cosmic cube, along with several other cosmic artifacts to steal the power of Galactus.

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Green Lantern Kyle Rayner recharging his power ring with a Cosmic Cube in JLA/Avengers #2.

Members of the DC Universe Green Lantern Corps can recharge their power rings with a Cosmic Cube, if necessary, in place of their individual power batteries (as seen in the JLA/Avengers crossover), although this process is erratic and should only be attempted when all other options are exhausted.