Watchers

Watchers
Name	Watchers
Aliases	The Watchers
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Humanoid
Average Height	Variable
Average Weight	Variable
Eyes	Yellow
Hair	None
Skin	Tan
Number of Limbs	4
Number of Fingers	5
Number of Toes	5
Special Adaptations	Large Heads, Excellent Sight and Hearing
Origin and Status
Reality	Earth-616
Home	Planet T-37X
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
First	Fantastic Four #13 (January, 1963)
First	Fantastic Four #13 (January, 1963)

History

The Watchers were known to be the oldest species in the universe, and committed to observing and compiling knowledge on all aspects of the universe without any interference. This policy of non-interference was due to a well-meaning attempt by the Watchers to bestow knowledge on another race which resulted in that race destroying itself. Despite this, the Watcher Uatu revealed himself to the superhero team the Fantastic Four, and aided them on several occasions against global threats such as the Molecule Man, Galactus and the Overmind. After blatant interference with the mission of the Kree soldier Mar-vell, Uatu was put on trial by his own race, but was released on the provision that he would never directly interfere again.

Uatu was later banished by his race for aiding the Fantastic Four against the threat of his rogue nephew, Aron, the Renegade Watcher, who tried to destroy the universe. The Dreaming Celestial later scanned Uatu and learned the Watcher had broken his pact of non-interference almost 400 times. The Celestial also revealed that the Watchers, like the Celestials themselves, were servants of a concept called Fulcrum, with apparent consequences for interference.

Alternate Universe Watchers

2099 A.D. (Earth-928)

Even on Earth-928, Uatu dwelt in his citadel on the Blue Area of the Moon, where he was exiled and blinded by the other members of his race for his "compulsive participation in events."

Ultimate Watchers (Earth-1610)

In the Earth-1610 universe, the Watchers were stone totem-like, alien supercomputers with a large red eye that "watched" everything happening in the universe. The Watchers had (not too discreetly) witnessed significant events on Earth ranging from Steven Rogers' injection with the super-soldier serum and Magneto's establishment in the Savage Land. By the modern day, the Watchers foresaw a great devastation that would happen on Earth and had chosen Rick Jones as their herald to face this coming crisis.

Earth-X (Earth-9997)

Watchers of Earth X

In the early days of the new universe, the Watchers would be forced to maintain their pact of non-involvement by the Celestials after not acting to prevent the birth of Galactus, and then later interfering with an alien race which would then create atomic weapons that would destroy their world. The Celestials would then place a Watcher on a moon of each other worlds they impregnated. Forced to watch these worlds, the Watchers eventually would work to maintain the Celestials propagation roles, and at least in the case of Uatu, Earth's Watcher, interfere with events on the planet when they threatened the Celestials' plans.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

The Watchers were cosmic beings, who possessed the innate ability to achieve virtually any effect desired, including augmenting personal attributes, time and space manipulation, molecular manipulation, energy projection and a range of mental powers.

Miscellaneous

Level of Technology

Highly advanced

Representatives

• Antiphon (progenitor of the Watchers, Proemial God, deceased)
• Acba
• Aron
• Atul
• Ecce
• Edda
• Egma
• Eihu
• Einu
• Emnu
• Engo
• Eta
• Ikor
• Ing
• Ocam
• The One
• Otmu (Deceased)
• Qyre
• Ualu
• Uatu (Deceased)
• Uilig
• Ulana
• Ute
• Vartu (Deceased)
• Xecu
• The Watcher of the Calishee
• Zoma

Representatives from other realities:

• Earth-9047
  • Uatu-Tu, aka the Watchman, the Watchit, and the Swatcher
  • Mister U-tu, aka the Peeping Tom
  • Uotto, aka the What-Iffer

• Earth-6232
  • Uatu
  • Zoma
  • Xavi (deceased)

• Earth-20051
  • Dimri

• Earth-71166
  • Oyra

• Earth-200509
  • Vaughanuatu
  • Bendatu

Notes

• The Watchers are the descendants of Antiphon, one of the Proemial Gods (the first lifeforms to appear in the current universe). His purpose mirrors that of the Watchers, he was tasked with "with monitoring cosmic consonance" and was completely neutral in the battle between his brethren and Galactus.

See Also

• 350 appearance(s) of Watchers
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Watchers
• 53 minor appearance(s) of Watchers
• 31 mention(s) of Watchers
• 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Watchers
• 19 image(s) of Watchers
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Watchers
• 149 representative(s) of Watchers
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Watchers