Originally posted by Thanos_THOTU
In short: Beyonder works as a pillar for the Multi-verse.
Exactly.
But what's comical is that Kosmos is Post-retcon Beyonder evolved, yet Post-retcon Beyonder is FAR more dangerous than Kosmos
It's the essense of the Beyonder that seems to have this Universe destroying power (Annihilation series as the Maker),
Thanos knew of the Maker's potential
Thanos says his only recollection of the Beyonder or Kosmos is Unlimited power...he repeats this.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/666/maker2bu1.th.jpg
This is Thanos after having possessed a Cosmic Cube that made him a Universe...after having the Infinity Gauntlet that made him "God"...after having THOU...which absorbed Living Tribunal.
This is how the Maker ended up "Dead"...
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4551/makernotdeadej3.th.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6416/makernotdead0bl8.th.jpg
Beyonder, (Maker) still imposing limitations like his PRE era, takes on Mortal Form.
"The Mind is Dead...Do NOT kill the body"...This is in order to keep the essence of the Beyonder in prisoned within the Maker.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6118/makernotdead1wg7.th.jpg
Keep her body alive.
"a Living Prison"
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5114/makernotdead3gm3.th.jpg
"The ONLY prison capable of containing the Beyonder...it's essence"
"had we killed the Maker Form? The prisoner goes free"
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9929/makernotdead2bn5.th.jpg
"We would of ENABLED the thing we'd sought to prevent (the destruction of the Universe that is)
In this Thanos series, the Maker could have imploded the Universe on a whim if it had not gone mad.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3595/maker3ho5.th.jpg
And Post-retcon Beyonder's existence has gained an importance that can wreak havoc across the Multiverse were he to die.
"to rend the Life Force of such a being as the Beyonder"
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1825/beyonderandmmbattleagain3mu7.th.jpg
"Havoc unthinkable would be wrecked across Multiversal Cosmography"