Death

Death is the embodiment of mortality in the Marvel universe, a cosmic entity as old as existence itself. Often depicted as a silent, enigmatic figure, she presides over the end of all living things and has drawn the obsessive devotion of powerful beings such as Thanos.

A cosmic presence as old as the Marvel universe itself, Death made their Bronze Age entrance in Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3 in 1974, conjured by none other than the legendary duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Over five decades — from the Bronze Age all the way to the present day — this enigmatic figure has haunted Marvel's mightiest, sharing pages with the likes of Ben Grimm, the Human Torch, and the fearsome horsemen Famine, War, and Pestilence. Most at home in cosmic-scale stories like Quasar and Avengers vs. Thanos, Death is one of those rare Marvel concepts that transcends any single series — a reminder that even in a universe of heroes, some forces are truly inevitable.