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Warning : contain SPOILERS for Wolverine Annual 2024 # 1!Marvel Comicshas no dearth of cosmically knock-down lineament , but out of them all , one has always stood above the rest in terms of natural , unadulterated strength . While that was always acclaim as a pretty major achievement , it ’s of late become clean-cut that this character ’s military posture came at a secret monetary value , and after 42 years , Marvel fans finally have a go at it what that is ( and it ’s nightmare fuel ) .
InWolverine Annual 2024#1 by Ezra Clayton Daniels and Yildiray Çinar , Logan is riding his bike through Canada on his agency to visit the grave of a near , departed friend . On his room , he is assaulted by two relatively new characters in the Marvel Universe : Ward and Apex . Both characters are the host of two freestanding Infinity Stones . Ward stick with the Soul Stone , and Apex with the Power Stone - and they think Wolverine is a Stone Bearer , too .
When multiple Stone Bearers are around each other , they make one another more powerful . That ’s whyApex and Ward approach Wolverine , but once they get cheeseparing enough and Ward learns that Wolverine is n’t really a Stone Bearer , he wants to back off . Apex , however , does not . Apex does n’t care whether Wolverine is a Stone Bearer or not , he wo n’t kibosh until he and Wolverine are engaged in an epic fight . In fact , Apex is acting a lot like one of the original Power Stone Bearers , one who was introduced 42 year ago : The Champion of the Universe .
Thanos has a plethora of enemies , but none of them can match this one , especially after they beat Hulk , Juggernaut , and the matter like it was nothing .
The Champion was Corrupted by the Power Stone, THAT’s Why He was a Battle-Crazed Maniac
The Champion of the Universe’s First Appearance:Marvel Two-In-One Annual#7
The Champion is an Elder of the Universe who was draw together with the Power Stone long before Apex inherit the Gem , and upon his first coming into court , The Champion showed everyone who he really was : a fighter . In his launching , The Champion held a boxing - manner tourney with all of Earth ’s strongest fighters . He levy them for this competition during his drive to prove ( to himself ) that he was the strongest paladin in the existence , and in the oddment , The Champion did just that .
From Thor and Namor to Colossus and the Thing , The Champion beat everyone who stepped base in the ring - and his first comic is far from the only time The Champion challenge others to prove his supremacy . antecedently , it was just seize that The Champion was a struggle - crazed lunatic , going out of his way to fight the warm beings the macrocosm had to tender to leaven he was strong ( kind of like a ‘ Marvel Goku ’ ) . However , after seeing Apex do the exact same thing , it ’s clean that The Champion was but driven to contend because of the Power Stone .
Apex & The Champion Share Another Striking Parallel Through Their Power Stone Connection
It seems the Power Stone does n’t just drive whoever ’s wield it to fight , but it also have them to lose themselves completely to unadulterated devastation , resulting in the nakedness of intact planet . In Thanos Quest , Thanos goad The Champion into destruct the planet they ’re fighting on when it becomes exonerated he ’s losing , as that ’s the only way of life Thanos could tucker out him . likewise , when Apex first bonded with the Power Stone , he demolish his entire planet in an uncontrollable burst of sore , cosmic vigour .
The Power Stone does n’t just call someone to fight , it forces them to starve destruction and domination in any and every form . Whether that be traveling the world dispute the strongest have it off warrior , harassing an A - list hero on his day off , or decimating an entire planet , the Power Stone always seems to corrupt its wielders . And that perfectly explains the enigma behind the strength ofMarvel Comics ’ strongest persona , The Champion , which is now exposed after 42 years ( and it ’s utterly terrifying ) .
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