Well, as I mentioned, the Cube’s been a fixture of Marvel continuity for five decades. That’s simple enough to grasp, right? = TEASER = Would you believe you're looking at a Cosmic Cube here? Some fans might not be familiar with this thing but, really, what could be easier to understand than a Cosmic Cube? Like Sauron’s One Ring to rule them all, this little box grants tremendous power to anybody, from lowly schmucks to fearsome space lords.
Supposedly, the Cosmic Cube’s been renamed Tesseract for said flick (dropping the alliteration to sound a little less comic-booky.) What’s really thrown the gristle onto the grind and gotten the ever-so-curious fans talking, however, is this telling, leaked image from a certain superhero period piece that’s coming to theaters this summer.
This galactic geometric’s been around since the 60s and has been having something of a comeback lately, showing up in the pages of ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE, THE THANOS IMPERATIVE and even ULTIMATE AVENGERS. When it comes to items of absurd power in the Marvel Universe, you’ve got your gaudy Infinity Gems, your function-over-form Ultimate Nullifier and then, the most stylish of uber- weapons, the Cosmic Cube. Editor's note: You might have seen this recently and in case you weren't sure what was going on, allow us to fill in some gaps.