Saturday Showcase: the Living Tribunal

The Living Tribunal is an entity that oversees and maintains balance in the realities that constitute the multiverse, including the mainstream universe and all alternate universes. He serves as a judge of these realities.

The Living Tribunal is first encountered by Doctor Strange, announcing its intent to destroy Earth due to its potential for evil. After a series of trials, Doctor Strange is able to convince the Living Tribunal that good also exists, and Earth is spared.  He later reappears to the Space Knight Rom as well as briefly with the rest of the cosmic hierarchy when in discussion with the entity the Beyonder.   In a meeting with the Silver Surfer, he reveals that its three faces represent "Equity" (hooded face), "Vengeance" (partially shrouded face), and "Necessity" (fully shrouded face).  We later find out the fourth side of the Living Tribunal's head is a void, with the entity claiming that the cosmic entity the Stranger once existed as this part of its being.

Publication Information

Publisher:  Marvel Comics

First Appearance: Strange Tales #157 (June 1967)

Created by Stan Lee, Marie Severin, & Herb Trimpe

Species:  Cosmic Entity

Abilities:  

• Reality Warping
• Near Omniscience

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