How Do They Fit Into the History of Gods in the Marvel Universe?
The Demiurge and the Early History of Gods As a refresher, a few general properties of the history of gods in the Marvel Universe should be reiterated. As established in Avengers I#187, Thor I#301, Thor Annual#10, and re-confirmed in the entry for demons in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#3, Silver Surfer Annual#2/7 and Doctor Strange III#11, in the Marvel Universe, the first gods of Earth were created millions of years ago by the embodiment of Earth’s biosphere, the Demiurge. Among these Elder Gods were Y’Garon, Belathauzer, Set, Chthon, and Mother Earth. These deities mostly degenerated into demons, with the exception of Mother Earth, who, in order to stop her demon brothers, mated with the Demiurge, producing a new god named Atum, who slew most of the degenerated Elder Gods, though a few escaped. Atum subsequently split much of his essence into countless fertile fragments. These fertile fragments, upon the emergence of man, interacted with the collective
