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The Cosmic Cube is the name of a fictional object that appears in the Marvel Universe. The concept was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in ''Tales of Suspense'' #79 (July 1966). ==Publication history== The first Cosmic Cube appeared in a story in ''Tales of Suspense'' #79–81 (July–Sept. 1966), established as a device created by A.I.M. and capable of transforming any wish into reality, irrespective of the consequences. The Cube was also a plot device in a story that introduced the character of the Super-Adaptoid in ''Tales of Suspense'' #82–84 (Oct.–Dec. 1966). The cube was also featured in a one-off story in the ''Avengers'' #40 (1967) being found and briefly wielded by Namor. The Cube reappeared in ''Captain America'' #115–120 (July–Dec. 1969), and featured in an epic cosmic storyline that starred arch-villain Thanos in ''Daredevil'' #107 (Jan. 1974) and ''Captain Marvel'' #25–33 (March 1972–July 1974: bi-monthly). Retrieved after Thanos' defeat, this original cube featured in several Project Pegasus stories in ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #42–43 (Aug.–Sept. 1978), ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #57–58 (Dec. 1979–Jan. 1980), and ''Marvel Team-Up Annual'' #5 (1982). The creation of a second cube was shown in ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' #16–17 (May 1979, June 1980) but this cube was initially powerless and did not gain any reality-altering ability until years after its creation. A major element was added to the Cube's origin—that each is in fact an evolving sentient being—in ''Captain America Annual'' #7 (1983). The sentient Cube returned in ''Avengers'' #289–290 (March–April 1988) to end the threat of the Super-Adaptoid (itself originally empowered by a "shard" of a Cosmic Cube), and then in ''Fantastic Four'' #319 (Oct. 1988). This story revealed that the villain the Molecule Man had ties to the Cube and introduced a new character. The limited series ''Infinity War'' #1–6 (June–Nov. 1992) and ''Infinity Crusade'' #1–6 (June–Nov. 1993) established that the items actually exist in a variety of geometric forms called Cosmic Containment Units. A third Cosmic Cube was created during the "Taking A.I.M." storyline that ran through ''Avengers'' vol. 1, #386–388 (May–July 1995) and ''Captain America'' vol. 2, #440–441 (June–July 1995). This unstable Cube has not been seen since it was sealed in a containment chamber at the conclusion of the storyline. The previously powerless second Cosmic Cube finally gained an ability to alter reality in ''Captain America'' vol. 2, #445–448 (November, 1995–February, 1996) but it was unstable and exploded at the end of that storyline. The second cube's power reappeared in a storyline in ''Captain America'' vol. 3, #14–19 (Feb.–July 1999) during which its power was internalized within the Red Skull and then stolen by Korvac and taken to an alternate 31st Century Earth before being returned to the Red Skull on present-day Earth after which it was seemingly destroyed again by exposure to anti-matter energy. Doctor Doom acquires the Cosmic Cube in the Fantastic Four limited-series ''The World's Greatest Comics Magazine'' (2001). Doom uses a time machine to get the Cube from the ocean floor into which it had dropped during a battle between the Red Skull and Captain America. A Cube—together with 11 other items from Marvel and DC Comics continuity—was used once again as a plot device in intercompany crossover series ''JLA/Avengers'' #1–4 (Sept. 2003–April 2004: bi-monthly). The cube also shows up in ''Captain America'' vol. 5. Aleksander Lukin wants the cube and is willing to trade the Red Skull for it. The Red Skull claims he does not have it, but has spies out looking for it. Five years later, the Skull is in New York City and is in possession of it. General Lukin sent the Winter Soldier to retrieve the cube from the Skull, and to kill him. The Skull transfers his mind into the body of Lukin through the powers of the Cube.〔''Captain America'' vol. 6, #1–2〕 A fragment of a Cube empowered a new character that featured in a single storyline in ''Marvel Team-Up'' vol. 3, #20–24 (July–Nov. 2006), and a Cube also appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol. 2, #19 (Dec. 2009). The item added a new aspect to the abilities of character the Absorbing Man in ''The Mighty Avengers'' #32–33 (Feb.–March 2010). A new Cosmic Cube was revealed in ''Avengers Assemble'' #5 (July 2012); it was revealed to be a working facsimile with more limited powers than the 'real thing'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cosmic Cube」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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