Writers had to dream big when coming up with gods that ruled over universes that were populated with superheroes. How does one inspire the appropriate awe when characters like Superman or Captain America are practically gods in their own right? If an evil character like Thanos can make half of all living beings disappear with the snap of his fingers, wouldn't this make the idea of gods a bit obsolete? One way that comic book writers solve this conundrum is by increasing the scale of their respective gods' influence. Many of these cosmic beings don't just rule over a region or planet, but rather a whole galaxy or multiverse. However, it gets even more complicated than that. Some of these characters exist beyond the plane of a mere physical realm and rule over abstract concepts, like dreaming, love, creation, or destruction. This is the where it starts to get interesting, as writers can play with the very boundaries of reality. Marvel and DC have introduced a plethora of extremely powerful gods. Bringing in cosmic characters can suddenly make our superheroes infinitely more vulnerable, which makes for a far more interesting story. Darkseid rules his Hades-like planet Apocalypse with an iron fist. However, he doesn't stop there. He is on a never-ending search for the anti-life equation, which would give him control over all free will in the universe. Darkseid is most often seen as a foil for Superman and often turns up in galactic-wide conflicts. His influence is mainly in the physical realm, though, and thus there are cosmic forces much greater than him. Highfather rules over idyllic New Genesis. They also typically usually have an additional special ability. Highfather's son, Scott Free aka Mr. Miracle , was raised on Apocalypse, and Darkseid's son, Orion, was raised on New Genesis. Galactus was present at the birth of the universe and claims that the universe will end when he perishes. Famous among these heralds was the Silver Surfer, who has a complex relationship with Galactus at best. Galactus feasts on planets dispassionately. To him, it is not about good and evil - instead, it is about unending hunger. He often shows up in cosmic conflicts and frequently acts as a foil to The Fantastic Four, who usually find creative and resourceful ways to deal with him. After a winning a dangerous war with his brother, he became ruler of his people. The victory was short-lived, however. Kronos was conducting an experiment with exotic cosmic energy that went wrong. This resulted in an explosion that destroyed him and the entire city of his people. However, his mind lived on beyond his body and fused with the universe and time itself. As a newly minted cosmic being, Kronos now has influence over the forces of time and can control the souls of the deceased at will. His super-human intellect has grown with his newfound awareness of the universe. Each acts as more of a collective than as an individual. They are always fighting for supremacy, yet neither can exist without the other. Like many deities, they need the bodies of followers to help them accomplish their ends. They often appear in stories with DC's supernatural heroes, such as Dr. Fate, The Spectre, or Morpheus. Though both sides are immensely powerful, they are selective about the mortal matters in which they become involved. He is a deity named Morpheus who personifies dreams and has done so since the beginning of sentient life. The world of dreams include stories, ideas, things that are yet to come, and things that will never be. Morpheus, who is also known as Dream, cannot perish until the universe and sentient beings perish first. He is immensely powerful, but Morpheus' domain is still the dreams of mortal beings. He is closely connected with them and must perform his function. His biggest power involves creating and removing ideas and dreams from mortal beings' heads. By doing this, he can change the outcome of the entire universe. She is the eventual end of anything and everything that has ever lived. She is neither good nor evil, but she tends to be idolized by certain demons or cults that are focused on the destruction of life. She will sometimes try to influence an event to cause more destruction, but she is motivated more by a sense of balance than by malice. Though she is feared, she is nonetheless necessary for new life to thrive. Kismet is an immortal being that both represents and protects our entire universe. She can manipulate matter, time, and events to her liking, but her decisions are governed more by a cosmic awareness than by anything else. Why doesn't this make her the most powerful entity on this list? She only protects one universe, not the entire multiverse. Kismet is capable of interacting with others, which are her counterparts in other universes, but her sphere of control is limited to her just own universe. She had a short-lived romance with DC's version of Eternity, but it was cut short by cosmic events. Also like Kismet, his influence is limited to his own universe. This particular version of Eternity is limited to Earth 616, the Earth wherein most canon stories of Marvel occur. There are other representations of Eternity that serve as his counterparts throughout the multiverse. He is also the brother of Lady Death. Eternity chooses to get involved in cosmic events that might threaten his existence. His power is derived from all living things, and thus he is affected when a significant portion of life in the universe might be in danger. He ruled the anti-matter universe and sought to destroy every single positive matter universe in the multiverse - and he almost succeeded. With the intervention of nearly every hero and villain in the DC multiverse, his plan was stopped by merging all remaining universes in the multiverse into one. This fundamentally changed reality, and some characters were permanently wiped from existence. The Anti-Monitor has a special place in DC's hist
