History
When the Guardians of the Galaxy member Vance Astro changed his own history, and split the worlds of Earth-616 and Earth-691, he unknowingly prevented a major story in Marvel history from happening in his universe. The Secret Wars was pre-empted by the Martian Invasion of Earth. And because of the cosmic event not happening, the Beyonder had no idea about Earth.[1] 1,000 years later, the Beyonder finally got a glimpse of the 691 universe when the madman Bubonicus ripped a hole in Eternity. He was subsequently defeated by the Galactic Guardians and the wound was sealed by the Giraud. [2] But the damage was done, the Beyonder had seen into the Earth-691 reality and decided to investigate. read more
