Largest Built Structure in Comics
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TethAdamTheRock
Like Braniacs Ship. Cant be created by magic or cosmic power.
riv6672
The Source Wall?
https://static5.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/9541/1328471-00_arcadia.jpg
Flyattractor
Dr.Doom's Ego?
TethAdamTheRock
Originally posted by riv6672
The Source Wall?
https://static5.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/9541/1328471-00_arcadia.jpg Was that built by magic or what?
Mindship
When characters make/remake universes/multiverses, wouldn't these count as artifacts? Personally, I think these actions are absurd, smacking of waayyy over-the-top one-upmanship. Nonetheless, these cosmic fabrications are things made, like a ship.
Galan007
The Source Wall is more an accumulation of would-be usurpers/pretenders, than a piece of tech. It also has a sort of bio-organic element to it... I wouldn't call it a manufactured machine anymore than I would call 'God'(from The Authority) a machine. /shrug
As for *actual* machines/tech...
Either the Quantum Mechanics' ship, which housed dozenS of worlds:
http://i.imgur.com/iOW8lJ5m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/r3EVRydm.jpg
Or Invictus' ship, which was a model solar system:
http://i.imgur.com/YhfQc8fm.jpg
Hell, you could even go the good ol' fashioned Taa II route here:
http://i.imgur.com/dEIdretm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/J0MtSf4m.jpg
PhilosophÃa
http://i55.tinypic.com/2hd9on5.jpg
Cogito
Originally posted by Galan007
The Source Wall is more an accumulation of would-be usurpers/pretenders, than a piece of tech. It also has a sort of bio-organic element to it... I wouldn't call it a manufactured machine anymore than I would call 'God'(from The Authority) a machine. /shrug
I agree that it's exact history and what it is has never been verified, but I would definitely call it a structure.
It appears differently depending on the artist, but it's commonly portrayed as being an actual wall in blank spaces where there are no "usurpers" present and/or as clearly being a wall behind the usurpers.
Example 1
Example 2
And since it spans creation, it is definitely the biggest thing (even if you don't want to call it a structure) in comics that I can think of
Galan007
Originally posted by Cogito
I agree that it's exact history and what it is has never been verified, but I would definitely call it a structure.
It appears differently depending on the artist, but it's commonly portrayed as being an actual wall in blank spaces where there are no "usurpers" present and/or as clearly being a wall behind the usurpers.
Example 1
Example 2
And since it spans creation, it is definitely the biggest thing (even if you don't want to call it a structure) in comics that I can think of I know the Source Wall is an actual structure of sorts. That much was evident after Black Hand resurrected most of the beings bonded to it, which left only the relatively blank/baron Wall behind:
http://i.imgur.com/mxqogZM.jpg
But again: there is a clear bio-organic component to the Wall, and its origins are completely unknown... Didn't seem like the intent of this thread was to list 'meta' structures. /shrug
Magnon
Lila Cheney's Dyson sphere is much larger than Taa II, at least if diameter/volume is used as the criterion. It even has a star in it. It's mostly empty space, though.
https://uncannyxmen.net/sites/default/files/images/characters/lilacheney/lilacheney02.jpg
StiltmanFTW
Gecko's Palace.
TethAdamTheRock
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/149056/4653210-brainiac's+ship..jpg
riv6672
Originally posted by Cogito
I agree that it's exact history and what it is has never been verified, but I would definitely call it a structure.
It appears differently depending on the artist, but it's commonly portrayed as being an actual wall in blank spaces where there are no "usurpers" present and/or as clearly being a wall behind the usurpers.
Example 1
Example 2
And since it spans creation, it is definitely the biggest thing (even if you don't want to call it a structure) in comics that I can think of
Cool, i was just guesstimating.
Fun fact:
Kirby never drew the Source Wall. It was first actually seen in the X-Men/Teen Titans crossover.
celeyhyga17
Impericon was ridiculous. It was like an intergalactic resort/getaway that was so massive its luxury suites had its own moons and some moons were used as nightclubs. They also had bazaars along its entire equator that were described as endless.
https://retconpunchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/the-impericon.jpg
celeyhyga17
The Collector's ship was large enough to hold a small solar system. It had cranes that could yank moons out of orbit..
http://www.readcomics.tv/images/manga/the-unworthy-thor-2016/2/6.jpg
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2wLEukbD-O4/WEgiaV6OruI/AAAAAAABI60/4O457j89eLAVDWYY_mrIvwUG-qu4U6grQCLcB/s1600/14_12.jpg
Galan007
Originally posted by riv6672
Fun fact:
Kirby never drew the Source Wall. It was first actually seen in the X-Men/Teen Titans crossover. Yeah, and the tangible 'wall' portion of the Source Wall didn't even catch on until several yearS after that crossover was published in 1982.
For example, here is the 'wall' as depicted in Swamp Thing #62 (1987):
http://i.imgur.com/wfxC8qtm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ebR3HhAm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/suAteQJm.jpg
And again in New Gods #17 (1990):
http://i.imgur.com/XNSxbhKm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/M7BaI7cm.jpg
psycho gundam
Originally posted by TethAdamTheRock
This big ass post I quoted
TheManWhoLaughs
The totality of The Source wall which is written in john bryne storyline is depicted to be final barrier of the creation .
The Source wall is depicted as beyond time beyond space an extra dimensional realm which is nowhere and everywhere . Here the great wall has stood before the beginning of time . A structure which spawned all the known and unknown dimensions and served to protect that which is the end of all things " , " The Source "
http://imgur.com/h65MWhb
" Beyond any known measures of time and space lies the wall spawning all the dimensions it spreads an infinite barrier between all that lies without and the unguessable secrets thats lie within . The Secrets of The Source "
http://i.imgur.com/KZapHGa.jpg
And takion travelled across all the higher dimensions reaching beyond the totality of the source wall and describes the source as boundless and timeless in the void nothingness
http://i.imgur.com/AJKleq1.jpg
http://imgur.com/PRHVz5N
http://imgur.com/Wcfj0Bw
http://imgur.com/SOWGoDy
http://imgur.com/Zmzxia9
http://imgur.com/csf5SlA
http://i.imgur.com/KZapHGa.jpg
riv6672
^^^thanks for that, i'm learning a lot from my WAG...

Originally posted by Galan007
Yeah, and the tangible 'wall' portion of the Source Wall didn't even catch on until several yearS after that crossover was published in 1982.
For example, here is the 'wall' as depicted in Swamp Thing #62 (1987):
http://i.imgur.com/wfxC8qtm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ebR3HhAm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/suAteQJm.jpg
And again in New Gods #17 (1990):
http://i.imgur.com/XNSxbhKm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/M7BaI7cm.jpg
And thank you, Galan.
TethAdamTheRock
Is the entire source wall filled with old gods? I thought it was only near apokolips and new genesis
darthgoober
I can't remember if it was part of anything that qualified as a true structure, but in the story where Galactus finally fought the Rogue Watcher who witnessed his birth in the beginning of the universe the Watcher arranged thousands(maybe even hundreds of thousands) of stars and planets into... something. It's been so long since I read the story the details escape me.
Tar-Antado
Originally posted by darthgoober
I can't remember if it was part of anything that qualified as a true structure, but in the story where Galactus finally fought the Rogue Watcher who witnessed his birth in the beginning of the universe the Watcher arranged thousands(maybe even hundreds of thousands) of stars and planets into... something. It's been so long since I read the story the details escape me.
Tha Last Galactus Story published in an Epic Magazine.
Galan007
Originally posted by darthgoober
I can't remember if it was part of anything that qualified as a true structure, but in the story where Galactus finally fought the Rogue Watcher who witnessed his birth in the beginning of the universe the Watcher arranged thousands(maybe even hundreds of thousands) of stars and planets into... something. It's been so long since I read the story the details escape me. The Rogue Watcher arranged those stars into some sort of geometrical lattice/web/grid pattern:
http://i.imgur.com/5pGh1kam.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RdboZrnm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mQBZDiwm.jpg
And he did the same basic thing with numerous planets that were integrated into an actual structure of his own design:
http://i.imgur.com/UHmxV1Wm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/E7NW9Kmm.jpg
*Which is very much reminiscent of the Quantum Mechanics' ship(I posted scans of it on the last page.)
darthgoober
Originally posted by Galan007
The Rogue Watcher arranged those stars into some sort of geometrical lattice/web/grid pattern:
http://i.imgur.com/5pGh1kam.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RdboZrnm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mQBZDiwm.jpg
And he did the same basic thing with numerous planets that were integrated into an actual structure of his own design:
http://i.imgur.com/UHmxV1Wm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/E7NW9Kmm.jpg
*Which is very much reminiscent of the Quantum Mechanics' ship(I posted scans of it on the last page.)
wow even more impressive than I'd remembered. I was thinking the arrangement was thousands of stars which is monumental, but 100 milion is just... f*cking wow. That's one Watcher that could definitely kick some Celestial ass lol
Galan007
No doubt. The feat is actually quite staggering, tbh.

TethAdamTheRock
what about that gigantic fleet that spanned an entire galaxy?
darthgoober
Originally posted by Galan007
No doubt. The feat is actually quite staggering, tbh.
Was there any overall scale given to the structure that was made up of the planets or was it left ambiguous beyond what we saw in those few panels?
Galan007
No, not really.
However, it was vast enough that it took Nova a good deal of time to traverse through a portion of the structure, even while traveling at light speed:
http://i.imgur.com/z7jS1bPm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Shv7LJWm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/02PTdslm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jJMT02Wm.jpg
...Which is quite something.
darthgoober
Originally posted by Galan007
No, not really.
However, it was vast enough that it took Nova a good deal of time to traverse through a portion of the structure, even while traveling at light speed:
http://i.imgur.com/z7jS1bPm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Shv7LJWm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/02PTdslm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jJMT02Wm.jpg
...Which is quite something.
Wow I really wish they would have provided more info from the perspective of the narrator or something. I mean they did give some reference from her perspective, but concrete info is always nice. If we take her words at face value though, we do know that it's billions of miles across and contains all the building materials from hundreds of millions(if not billions) of star systems so yeah, I'd say it's definately right up there up there in the size department. If there's a structure as defined by this thread in comics that's bigger... well I've never freaking heard of it lol. I think we may have found a winner for the purposes of this thread.
Is it ever stated as to whether or not the star pattern is actually connected and part of the structure itself, or are they more like landing lights to guide big G to the core?
Galan007
Not unless Topographical Man counts:
http://i.imgur.com/sV8oYYp.jpg

darthgoober
Originally posted by Galan007
Not unless Topographical Man counts:
http://i.imgur.com/sV8oYYp.jpg
That's the reason I said "as defined by this thread" lol
You know what Marvel should do? They should put out a cosmic cosmic story with that features the Rogue Watcher and ends with him starting the building of his super structure.
DarkSaint85
Thought Robot.
AlmightyKfish
It's a bit of a weird one but the palace The Endless built with their hands for Dream's funeral must be up there, given that the implication was that it was big enough so that every creature that dreams was able to attend Morpheus' funeral. And they built it overnight.
Obviously a weird one as it is The Endless and it was in the Dreaming. But we did see them physically building it so I guess it counts.
Galan007
On that note, the Silver City has also been implied to be infinite/endless, and Lilith's children literally built it by hand.
Moreover, the Silver City and Heaven used to be written as completely different places. However, if you look at Morrison's Map of the Multiverse, the Silver City is now shown to actually BE Heaven. IOW, the Silver City=Heaven / Heaven=the Silver City -- they are one in the same. This fact has also been corroborated in the current/ongoing Lucifer series.
So yeah, just something else to mull over regarding massive 'structures', lol.
riv6672
Originally posted by Galan007
Not unless Topographical Man counts:
http://i.imgur.com/sV8oYYp.jpg
Damn, that is nucling futs!

TheManWhoLaughs
World tree yggdrasil ( DC) contains all the universes from the beginning of time to the end
https://imgur.com/TnXOIkr
https://imgur.com/YVv6JL2
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/c/c6/Yggdrasil_Green.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161201053245
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/b/b9/Yggdrasil.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161201052720
http://imgur.com/wrFgViE
https://imgur.com/rVYChaR
TheManWhoLaughs
Physical universes are the size of shards in Mansion of silence realm .
http://i.imgur.com/qYnOJ1z.jpg
each mirror resembles a universe, and there are countless mirrors . physical universes are fragile and size of a shards compare to the realm of heaven and hell
http://i.imgur.com/H7UopQl.jpg
this is also confirmed when we see an alternate version of cal, lucifer #39
http://i.imgur.com/95E4goS.jpg
operator616
Originally posted by Galan007
The Rogue Watcher arranged those stars into some sort of geometrical lattice/web/grid pattern:
http://i.imgur.com/5pGh1kam.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RdboZrnm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mQBZDiwm.jpg
And he did the same basic thing with numerous planets that were integrated into an actual structure of his own design:
http://i.imgur.com/UHmxV1Wm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/E7NW9Kmm.jpg
*Which is very much reminiscent of the Quantum Mechanics' ship(I posted scans of it on the last page.)
Didn't Galactus and the rogue watcher battle it out until the former exploded into a big bang? Id appreciate it if you post that scene. Always wanted to read that story but couldn't obtain it.
Galan007
That is what happened, but their battle is all narrative...
http://i.imgur.com/RRDHH0Jm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6gUODI6m.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fjzdU8hm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Xnx1WTPm.jpg
operator616
Well, that was disappointing. Was hoping for a visual illustration of the event.
Thanks anyway.
LordGod
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