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History

Overview

The Cancerverse is a reality where life finally defeated Death. With eternal life being fueled by the Many-Angled Ones, every living being in this universe was corrupted and turned to their servitude, resulting in a universe-wide living corpse.

Mar-Vell's Corruption

Earth-10011 had a history that was nearly identical to that of Earth-616, up until this world's Mar-Vell was bed-ridden with cancer. The Many-Angled Ones[citation needed] and Outer Gods[2] had been extending their influence into this reality, and had reached out to Mar-Vell. Instead of dying like his Earth-616 counterpart, Mar-Vell transmuted his closest allies, and started a ritual know as the Necropsy, eliminating the Avatar of Death, and allowing the Many-Angled ones to corrupt this universe.[citation needed]

Virtually all of the heroes were corrupted: The Avengers (who became the Revengers), the Defenders (or Defenders of the Realm),[1] the X-Men (or Ex-Men),[3] the Fantastic Four (now the Ftaghn Four), as well as the Inhumans (including at least Crystal),[4] and the Kree (including Ronan).[5] Due to its great powers, Franklin Richards became the host of many of the Elder Gods.[4]

The Fault

Following the launching of the T-Bomb by the Inhumans of Earth-616 and its subsequent detonation during a battle between that universe's Black Bolt and Vulcan, a breach (known as the Fault) was formed, creating a bridge to this corrupted universe. Several expeditions by entities of Earth-616 led to numerous encounters with the entities of the Cancerverse, including the Revengers and the Ex-Men.[citation needed]

Upon discovering the vast room to expand in that universe, the forces of the Cancerverse launched a campaign to invade Earth-616 and rid it of its concept of Death. Led by Lord Mar-Vell, the Cancerverse forces struck against the combined might of the Shi'ar, the Kree, the Nova Corps, and an assorted group of cosmic beings (including Galactus, Aegis, and Tenebrous); captured the anomalous Namorita, who had been saved by Nova during his brief encounter with the Sphinx; and looked for Thanos, the avatar of Death, so they could perform a ritual to destroy the abstract being. Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Galaxy invaded the Cancerverse alongside Thanos, fighting against numerous protectors of the Cancerverse, such as the Defenders, and briefly allying themselves with the last vestiges of good in this universe: the Machine Resistance, led by the Vision.[citation needed]

Discovering the avatar of Death to be in his home reality, Mar-Vell returned alongside the Revengers for a final confrontation with the Guardians and Thanos. After a short fight, Thanos submitted to Mar-Vell, begging to be killed by him. Mar-Vell then performed the ritual to destroy Death on Thanos but ended up inadvertently summoning Death herself into the Cancerverse. Death then proceeded to kill many of the Cancerverse inhabitants and cripple their masters for aeons.[6]

However, due to Earth-616's Death not applying to this universe, the Cancerverse could not be destroyed. Consequently, the Revengers were brought back to life and tried to use a Cosmic Cube in possession of Star-Lord, who stayed in the Cancerverse with Nova (Rich Rider) and Drax the Destroyer to prevent Thanos from returning to their universe, to invade Earth-616 again, but Thanos was able to seize it from them.[7] Rider was able to take the Cosmic Cube back and used it to become a portal and send Drax, Star-Lord, and Thanos back home, while entrapping himself in the Cancerverse.[8]

Takeover by Worldmind

Alone, Richards was killed over and over by the Cancerverse's forces, until he sacrificed the entire Nova Force and the Xandarian Worldmind to power the Cosmic Cube and return home. Abandoned, the Xandarian Worldmind adapted to its surroundings by becoming one with it.[9]

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