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This tall drink of water controls all kinetic energy in his vicinity, and has aspirations which gave even Thanos pause at the height of his power. He is a cunning research scientist with a taste for cosmic nihilism that made him an agent of Oblivion itself. Today's Spotlight cannot contain the ambitions of... MAELSTROM!

The lord of gravitation, the master of motion, this former scientist was infused with an anti-gravity element but still couldn't make the girl in his office love him. A man with more power than purpose, the heroes of Earth fear the day this man finally gets his act together and reaches his full potential. According to general relativity, today's Spotlight bends with the curvature of space-time before reaching... GRAVITON!

The hero who could be you! The host of the Uni-Power receives marvelous powers from the Enigma Force to become a temporary super-hero in times of crisis. Today's star ignited the stars themselves... CAPTAIN UNIVERSE!

Named for the Roman goddess of wisdom and war, this Kree warrior and scientist certainly fit her moniker. A brilliant geneticist and self-made powerhouse, she has fought against a many of Marvel's most notable heroes and even disturbingly was willing to sacrifice the majority of her own people to achieve a future she believed in. Read here about… DOCTOR MINERVA!

Spotlight On... MAELSTROM!

When the 1992 Marvel trading cards picked a character quote for Maelstrom, they chose "Get behind me, Thanos! I shall make whatever evil you have wrecked seem like child's play!" The son of a Deviant and an Inhuman, the history of Maelstrom and his father Phaeder was intricately woven into the Marvel Universe to explain why so many scientists followed the same paths of cloning and genetic engineering. Maelstrom despised both sides of his family tree, and any ties to his humanity died with his elderly father. Since then, Maelstrom has grown to threaten the Earth, the universe and even the concept of reality itself with his ever-escalating schemes. Maelstrom has been quiet for many years but, if he were to return, the fundamental forces themselves might tremble.

Spotlight On... GRAVITON!

Earlier this month, we shared a week of lame X-Men villains. This week, we flip the script with a set of genuine villains who have threatened the Avengers over the years. Franklin Hall is master of a fundamental force, and could have been as epic as Magneto. The only thing limiting Graviton is his petty desires and lack of imagination. Able to shape gravity with his mind, Graviton is incredibly dangerous especially after he embraced nihilism as a philosophy. A man with the ability to unbind the gravitational field of the planet and a desperate need for approval is a frightening mix.

Update on... the VIPER!

Another cross-site update, today we add the former Madame Hydra to MightyAvengers.Net's Spotlights on nefarious villains. Nihilist, terrorist... freedom fighter? The Viper is a militant foe to the common order of society, willing to give her own life (and more often the lives of others) in pursuit of her cause. Sometimes reasonable enough to cooperate with Spider-Woman or the X-Men, other times so insane that even the Red Skull had to reign her in, one should never trust the Viper or turn one's back on her for long.

Update On... WOLVERINE!

In 1986, Captain America had his first team up with Wolverine and swore afterwards that the feisty X-Man would never be an Avenger. Well, it wouldn't be the last time Cap was dead wrong about something. Today's update continues our All-New, All-Different X-Men Updates while also adding Wolverine to MightyAvengers.Net. Logan has certainly matured over the years, becoming a school headmaster, a team player, and a widely respected hero in the community. The one-time wild card and short fuse may still have a few berserker rages left in him, but on most days he can be trusted to act as the adult in the room or even babysit your children! How's that for character growth?

Article: LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING: A GUIDE TO THE COSMOS

As a companion article for this week's Captain Universe Spotlight, we delve deep into the mechanics of the Marvel Universe itself. The cosmic hierarchy of forces began with Steve Ditko, was expanded by Jim Starlin, Ron Lim, and Mark Gruenwald, and is currently the playground of Al Ewing. What came before this universe, what is the universe made of, and what will happen at cosmos' end? Read here to find out!

Spotlight On... CAPTAIN UNIVERSE!

After a taste of the X-Men for April Fools, this week we move into a celebration of MightyAvengers.Net for its seven year anniversary! We begin with a new Spotlight on one of the most powerful Avengers of all time, CAPTAIN UNIVERSE! More a concept than a single hero, the Uni-Power is a manifestation of the Enigma Force which bestows great power on a host, usually with a specific mission in mind. Many beings have wielded the Uni-Power over the years, from Spider-Man to Juggernaut, but it was through coma patient Tamara Devaux that the Enigma Force chose to join the Avengers Machine. At the dawn of the Incursion crisis, the Universe was broken and its avatar waited out the end of all that is at the crux point where Everything Dies. And yet, the Cosmos was reborn, and the Enigma Force remains a potential ally to the forces of life and light.