UATU THE WATCHER

Real Name: Uatu

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial Watchers (distant past to modern era)

Occupation: Watcher of sector W7598310 (the Sol system)

Group Membership: Watchers (Acba, Atul, Emnu, Engu, Edda, Egma, the One, Qyre, high observer Yruku, Uravo, Zoma and others)

Affiliations: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), Avengers (Black Knight/Dane Whitman, Black Panther/T'Challa, Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff, Captain America/Steve Rogers, Crystal/Crystalia Amaquelin, Firebird/Bonita Juarez, Hank Pym, Hercules/Heracles, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Mantis, Sersi, Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff, Swordsman/Jacques DuQuesne, Thor, Vision/"Victor Shade", Wasp/Janet Van Dyne), Kayla Ballantine, Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear), Brethren, John Byrne, Julius Caesar, Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell), Celestials, Colonel Bel-Dann, Collector (Tanneleer Tivan), Colonel America (Trenton Craft), Cosmic Congress (Lord Chaos, Death, Eternity, Galactus, In-Betweener, Infinity, Master Order, Oblivion), Damage Control (Lenny Ballinger, Robin Chapel, John Porter, Bart Rozum), Deathlok (Michael Collins), Defenders (Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Hulk/Bruce Banner, Dr. Stephen Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Valkyrie), Dr. Stephen Strange of Earth-311, Dreaming Celestial, Her, Edifice Rex, Epoch, Fantastic Four (Ant-Man/Scott Lang, Black Panther/T'Challa, Human Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Woman/Susan Richards-Storm, Medusa/Medusalith Amaquelin, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Ms. Marvel/Sharon Ventura, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Thing/Ben Grimm), Fantastic Four of Earth-7712, Fantastic Force (Devlor, Huntara/Maria Alvarez, Psi-Lord/Franklin Richards, Vibraxas/N'Kano II), Foursaken (Jamie Braddock, Godfrey Calthrop, Ned Horrocks, Amina Synge), Four Muses, Future Foundation (Ahura, Ant-Man/Scott Lang, Bentley-23, Dragon Man, Adolf Impossible, Kor, Leech, Artie Maddicks, Medusa/Medusalith Amaquelin, Mik, Miss Thing/Darla Deering, Onome, Alex Power, She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters, Tong, Turg, Vil, Wu), Gaea, Gladiator (Kallark), Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast), Gravity (Greg Willis), Agatha Harkness, Hood (Parker Robbins), Impossible Man (Impy), Illuminati (Black Bolt/Blackagor Boltagon, Dr. Stephen Strange, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Professor X/Charles Xavier), Inhumans (Black Bolt/Blackagor Boltagon, Gorgon, Karnak, Medusa/Medusalith Amaquelin, Triton), Justice League of America (Atom/Ray Palmer, Aquaman/Arthur Parks, Batman/Bruce Wayne, Captain Atom/Christopher Nathaniel Adams, Firestorm/Ronald Raymond, Flash/Wally West, Green Arrow/Oliver Quinn, Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner, Martian Manhunter/J'onn Jonz, Plastic Man/Patrick "Eel" O'Brian, Red Tornado, Steel/John Henry Irons, Superman/Clark Kent, Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Zatanna Zatara), Rick Jones, Queen Kalthea, Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder), Karant Kiar, Kraven the Hunter (Aloysha Kravinoff), Kronos, Living Tribunal, Dr. Cassandra Locke, Lyja the Laserfist, Magistrati, Makkari, Mistress Love, Willie Lumpkin, Lunatic Legion, Molecule Man (Owen Reece), Lilandra Neramani, Nova (Sam Alexander), Odin, Omegex, Quasar (Wendell Vaughn), Empress R'Klll, Raksor, Franklin Richards, Reed Richards Rocket Group of Earth-8212, Nathaniel Richards, Valeria Richards, Santa Claus, Scrier, Southpaw (Sasha Martin), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Sun Tzu, Supreme Intelligence, Stranger, Time-Keepers, Leonard Tippit, Time Variance Authority, Ute, Venom (Mac Gargan), Kristoff Vernard, Volcana, Adam Warlock, X-Men (Bishop/Lucas Bishop, Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Colossus/Piotr Rasputin, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Emma Frost, Marvel Girl/Rachel Grey, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Psylocke/Betsy Braddock), Xxan Xxar, Zarrko the Tomorrow Man (disguised as Doom's aide Boris), Zero/One (see comments)

Enemies: A'Sai, Abraxas, Akhenaten, Authority, Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom), Doctor Midas, Exitar, Exterminatrix, Leader (Samuel Sterns), Nick Fury, He-Who-Summons, Immortus, Living Laser, Lunatic Legion, Magus, Mephisto, Messiah, Mindless Ones, Orb, Prosilicans, Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff), Super Apes (Igor, Miklho, Peotor), Red Hulk (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross), Starblasters, Sun-Stealer (Xakku), Time-Twisters, Tempus

Known Relatives: Ulana (wife), unnamed son, Ikor (father, deceased), Aron (nephew, deceased), Qyre (cousin), Zoma (cousin), Ecce (ancestor), Antiphon (ancestor, see comments)

Aliases: None;
    "my friend", "the doer" (nicknames used by the Blue Marvel), "Big baldy" (nickname used by the Flash), "Mr. Peepers" (nickname used by Green Arrow), "You idiotic alien" (nickname used by Her), "Y'bleedin baby man' (nickname used by Mr. Hyde), "big bald man" (nickname used by Hulk), "Mister Watcher" (nickname used by Sam "Nova" Alexander), "ancient one" (nickname used by Proctor), "Baldie" (nickname used by Red Hulk), "That ol' fuddy dud" (nickname used by Sersi), "Ol' big dome" (nickname used by the Thing), "The man on the Moon", "That moon-faced so-and-so" (nicknames used by Quasar), "my love", "shared heart", "song of my heart" (nicknames used by Ulana).

Base of Operations: Observatory in the Blue Area of the Moon;
    formerly mobile across the universe;
    formerly the Watcher's homeworld T37-X

First Appearance: Fantastic Four I#13 (April, 1963)

Powers/Abilities: Uatu possessed all the conventional powers of a member of the Watcher race, which were considered well beyond human comprehension. Among his recorded abilities were telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, astral projection and clairvoyance. Uatu could generate powerful energy blasts of unrevealed composition (possibly the Power Cosmic). He could fire them from either his hands or his eyes. He could also use the energy to create protective force fields, barriers and globules of shimmering syntho-matter. Uatu was able to alter his appearance, shifting the color of his skin, shrinking or growing in size at will and even impersonating other members of his race though he rarely used this ability. He could manipulate the space/time continuum in various ways, causing time to speed up, aging people in moments, or effortlessly creating multiple rifts through time and space, summoning or transporting specific individuals at will. Uatu can leave a fully interactive afterimage or send out an invisible, electro-image of himself capable of investigating planets on its own. Like all Watchers, Uatu is virtually immortal provided he is regularly exposed to delta rays and no longer has to eat or sleep. Curious by nature, he was considered something of a rebel for breaking his oath of non-interference on more than one occassion. Uatu had a self confessed love for humanity, often finding himself moved by man's actions. He was an expert in the construction and use of various types of alien technology and well versed in the history of the universe. The Watcher had a semblance of omniscience, often aware of events and people centuries ahead of time. His eyes were the repository of all his knowledge and memories. This information could be accessed and shared by others after the organs were removed from his body.

History:

(Tales of Suspense I#53 (fb) - BTS) - Eons before the birth of Earth, the beings that would become known as the Watchers lived on T37-X, a world in a distant galaxy where they inhabited floating cities. Highly intelligent, peace loving and moral, they were beyond war, crime and dishonesty. The Watcher race had even uncovered the secret of virtual immortality: regular exposure to delta-rays that revitalized the cells in the body, granting an additional century for every treatment.

(Tales of Suspense I#53 (fb) ) - Uatu was born into a prestigious family, one of the sons of the well regarded Ikor, who served on the world governing body. In time, Uatu became a member of the council as well. He was present when his father presented the council with a startling proposition: Ikor wanted to start sharing their vast knowledge with less fortunate races in the galaxy. Uatu agreed with his father, but they were opposed by Emnu who felt that it wasn't right for inferior peoples to profit by their toil. He was eventually overruled and agreed to accompany Uatu, Ikor and a fellow councilor on their universal goodwill mission. The foursome was subjected to an experimental treatment with cosmic anti-matter isotopes that allowed them to fly flaster than the swiftest spaceship by converting their bodies into living energy. Using these forms, they travelled to Prosilicus, a world considered rather primitive by their standards. They decided to land and share their knowledge, figuring their help would make them centuries more advanced. After gaining the Prosilicans' trust, Ikor shared the secrets of nuclear energy, explaining how this almost unlimited form of atomic power could be beneficial to society. Satisfied, the Watchers departed to study a cosmic phenomenon that kept them distracted long enough for the Prosilican society to descend into a nuclear war that all but wiped out their civilization. When Uatu and the others passed by the planet again, they were horrified to see what they had indirectly caused. The few survivors approached them and bitterly condemned the aliens for unleashing the "demoniacal force" that destroyed them. Unable to undo the catastrophe, Ikor decreed that from that moment on his people would become a race of Watchers: observing and recording, but never partaking in the affairs of others.

(FF II#16 (fb) - BTS) - The Watchers were assigned to serve the Living Tribunal, functioning as the ongoing scribes of the Journal of Life upon which the Living Tribunal base Their judgements. As such, the Watchers are forever under the Tribunal's protection.

(Hulk III#29 (fb) - BTS) - Uatu and the other Watchers decided to collectively break their oath when they moved the red hole of Dargala outside the galaxies to significantly hamper the lifeforce absorbing phenomenon from generating Omegex. The Watchers reasoned that if they did nothing to slow down this unstoppable engine of planetary destruction, there would soon be nothing left to watch.

(Marvel Point One#1 (fb) - BTS) - Once every three years, the Watcher shares all he has learned with his homeworld. This transfer process causes him to slip into a fugue state for exactly 42 minutes. During this period, he is completely unaware of the world around him and vulnerable.

(Fantastic Four I#400 (fb) - BTS) - Like all Watchers, the sum of Uatu's knowledge gets stored within the massive Watcher known only as the One, who functions as their living depository.

(Tales of Suspense I#54 (fb) ) - Honoring Ikor's wishes, Uatu roamed the galaxy observing events without interfering. However, he was sorely tempted when after centuries of following a cloud of nuclear waste, dumped into space by an unidentified race, he realized it was about to hit an inhabited planet where it would decimate the thriving, unknowing population. The Watcher was torn, well aware he could easily avert the disaster but also vehemently opposed to breaking his most sacred oath. In the end, even though it pained him, Uatu decided not to interfere. Moments later, as if fate would have it, he was surprised by a sudden supernova that slung one of the uninhabited planets in the system out of orbit. Luckily enough, the rogue planet happened to be on a collision course with the cloud. The two stellar phenomena clashed, neutralizing both on impact. Witnessing this made Uatu realize that he had done the right thing by not doing anything. Revitalized by this indirect confirmation of his father's decree, he realized that all he was destined to do was look, listen and record.

(Marvel 1602#6 (fb) - BTS) - After a centuries long journey across the universe, Uatu decided to settle down in the Sol-system to observe his very first young solar system.

(Quasar#47 (fb) - BTS) - By his own acknowledgement, Uatu was present 4.6 billion years ago when the Sun spewed forth the elements that formed the planets. He witnessed Earth's chance collission with a rogue comet that caused the creation of the Moon. He watched as Earth's atmospheric gases coalesced into oceans and studied the evolution of life, from the single-celled towards more complex and diverse life forms.

(Marvel 1602#6 (fb) - BTS) - Uatu eventually erected his abode in the Blue Area of the Moon.

(Quasar#30 (fb) - BTS) - The Time-Keepers authorized the installation of an extradimensional portal in his home from which he could study alternate Earths.

(Original Sin#0 (fb) - BTS) - Uatu's main reason for studying other realities was finding one where his father Ikor's decision to actively help less advanced races did not end in disaster. Much to his own grief, he failed to find any. The extradimensional portal allowed Uatu to keep tabs on tens of thousands of alternate realities at once. The energy generated by opening so many dimensional fissures at the same time was used to power his home.

(Dark Avengers#176) - Uatu observed the work of the Celestials' first host who were busy reshaping the world. This event was witnessed by the time-lost Thunderbolts.

(X-51#12 (fb) - BTS) - About 150.000 years ago, Uatu watched the arrival of the mysterious monolith that the Celestials sent to Earth for reasons beyond his knowing. He watched how it headed for Africa and made landfall in the Great Rift Valley where it began to mutate the local wildlife.

(Marvel 1602#3) - The Watcher studied Earth around the year 1600, fully aware there were unusual events taking place. He noticed transient singularities that produced particle showers considered only hypothetical in this sector of the universe. The brief existence of these particles caused a mounting strain on the world. Uatu realized that if this continued unchecked, the planet Earth would be ripped apart, leaving only a cloud of dust and electromagnetic patterns.

(Marvel 1602#3 - BTS) - He became aware of the mystic Stephen Strange and subtly, without trying to break his oath, tried to make the mage aware of what was going on.

(Marvel 1602#5) - After observing the rapidly escalating conflicts between the various forces on the planet, Uatu decided to make his presence known to Stephen Strange by abducting his astral self and bringing it to the Moon.

(Marvel 1602#6) - The Watcher explained to a stunned Strange where he was and what he had been doing: subtly pushing his mind for the past month, speaking through his mouth as him. Uatu stressed that the paratemporal strain that caused the heroes from four centuries in the future to manifest now would end the world within six months. However, he had also learned, in conjuncture with the other Watchers, that the destruction of the planet would set off a cascade effect that would eventually result in the annihilation of the entire omniverse. Uatu went on to state that in four hundred years someone would build a chronal engine powered by an unstable simalternity which, in the 1600s, would become a microscopic simultaneity, essentially an infection that the universe tried to "cure" by creating antibodies in the form of the heroes native to the simalternity's era. The Watcher concluded by telling Strange he had to help him save Earth, giving him access to all his knowledge to help accomplish this task.

(Marvel 1602#8) - The Watcher witnessed the events that led Strange, his lover Clea and Sir Nicholas Fury to conclude the Native American Rojhaz was the one who needed to be returned to the future to prevent the imminent destruction of all that is. With the return of Rojhaz (actually Steve Rogers), the alternate reality would be doomed to vanish. However, the other Watchers granted Uatu a pocket universe (Earth-311) where the reality continued to exist.

(Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four#5) - The Watcher continued to study Earth-311, and was accidentally spotted when Otto von Doom took the floating island nation of Bensaylum high up into the clouds. Uatu quickly vanished, though many believed to have stared into the eyes of God. Some time later, the Watcher was the only one who witnessed how Jon Storm's shipwrecked girlfriend Rita drowned all alone on the ocean while begging the gods above to help her.

(Fantastic Four I#204 (fb) ) - Somehow finding a way to intervene without breaking his oath, the Watcher prevented the complete annihilation of the planet Xandar by saving its four largest cities, encasing them in gigantic forcefields. Over time, the Xandarians would construct a network of tunnels between the floating cities.

(Citizen V & the V-Batallion#2 (fb) ) - Some time after World War II, Howard Stark and Nathaniel Richards became aware an advanced being was living on the Moon. Through unrevealed ways, they managed to travel to the Watcher's home where they were detained. In the end, the two explorers were allowed to leave thanks to the aid of the V-Battalion who petitioned the cosmic being to spare mankind for the scientific excesses of a few.

(Original Sin#8 (fb) - BTS) - A little after 1958, Nick Fury managed to infiltrate the Watcher's home during one of his 42 minutes of fugue. He bugged the place, allowing him to secretly keep tabs on Uatu's activities throughout the years.

(Original Sin#5 (fb) ) - Nick Fury thought himself unseen as he kept Earth safe from alien invasions and intrusions, though Uatu quietly watched how he burned worlds, destabilized galaxies and dethroned gods.

(Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel#3 (fb) ) - In 1962, shortly after president Kennedy awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear) was forced to retire after the public learned he wasn't white. Furious over this, Brashear flew to the Moon to vent some of his frustration, tossing the medal in the lunar dust before going on a rampage. When he almost tore the Moon in half, the Watcher decided to meet Adam to try and calm him down. Annoyed, the Blue Marvel's first words to Uatu were that even on the Moon the first thing he saw was "an uppity white man trying to keep him down". Uatu briefly turned into a black man himself, which caused a slight chuckle. The Watcher explained that he had found racism was a universal truth: all humans and aliens judge one another on appearance and pedigree while in the end they go the way of all flesh: to dust. He recounted how among the Kree there's a class war between pink and blue skins which tears their society apart, begging the Blue Marvel not to let the same happen to "this precious world". Their conversation was cut short when an alien invasion force appeared, forcing the Blue Marvel to once again defend his planet.

(X-51#12 (fb) - BTS) - Roughly a decade before the start of the modern age, Uatu's gaze fell upon graduate student Abel Stack who had just completed his well received doctoral thesis on computer heuristics. He watched as over time Stack developed a microchip that would enable computers to process information like a human being, finally culminating in the creation of the Xeno-Engramatic Robot Organism (X.E.R.O).

(Marvel: The Lost Generation#12 (fb) - BTS) - Through unrevealed ways, Stephen Strange met and befriended the Watcher and would visit Uatu on the Moon in his astral form. Shortly before the start of the modern era, the Watcher became aware Skrull emperor Dorrek VII had ordered a large scale invasion of Earth, with an armada already on its way. Strange was present in Uatu's observatory when he picked up that the First Line had launched a counter offensive.

(Marvel: The Lost Generation#12) - While the fight between the Skrull battlefleet and the First Line's vessels broke out, Uatu picked up a temporal disturbance caused by Earth-700's historian Cassandra Locke who had been time jumping from the 22nd Century to investigate rumors of Skrull incursions during the 20th century. Uatu caused Cassandra to materialize in his lunar domicile while Strange hid from sight. After explaining who he was and why he had drawn her to him, the Watcher showed Locke images of the First Line and their allies fighting aboard the lead vessel of the Skrull armada. Witnessing events that were not part of any official historical records, Cassandra immediately realized the rumors were true.  She watched as Uatu explained that the Skrulls had been aware of Earth for eons, but that the empire had taken a special interest in the planet since the dawn of the atomic age. Standing by while heroes and villains alike fell before the Skrulls, she begged Uatu to interfere. When he refused in light of his non-interference oath, she decided she had to act and stop this slaughter before the Skrulls won and all of history was changed.

(Marvel: The Lost Generation#12 - BTS) - The First Line managed to destroy the Skrull armada, while Cassandra continued on her journey into the past to uncover more evidence of Skrull duplicity.

(Marvel: The Lost Generation#12) - Using information his systems gleaned from Locke's thoughts and memories, the Watcher determined that following the Skrull incident the governments of Earth would be willing to invest in ways to help fight off a subsequent incursion. He learned that Reed Richards, Hank Pym and Bruce Banner would prove instrumental in the creation of a new generation of heroes. Uatu also informed the astral form of Stephen Strange that the doctor might play a part in what was to come.

(Tales To Astonish I#74 (fb) - BTS) - Shortly after the incident that gave him vastly superior intelligence, Samuel Stern (the future supervillain Leader) began a telescopic study of the Moon, fascinated by the mysterious Blue Area he discovered. He learned a highly advanced being was living on the Moon when he sent a satellite to probe the area. Seemingly unaware that he was being watched, Uatu went about his business, travelling to various planets for study and observation. Sterns grew obsessed with the Watcher, building ever more powerful telescopes to follow his exploits, eventually even finding his home planet, filled with scientific wonders. Sterns was determined to somehow reach that world and claim these inventions for his own.

(Fantastic Four I#13) - After having watched the arrival of the Fantastic Four and the Red Ghost and his Super Apes on the Moon, Uatu decided to interfere. He was not willing to allow the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union to spill over to his domain and intervened, stopping the fight between the Thing and the Apes by encasing them in unbreakable globules of syntho-matter. After trapping the Red Ghost in a similar way, the Watcher briefly recounted his origins, claiming he did not care if mankind destroyed Earth, but the Moon was his domain. He then decreed that only the FF and the Red Ghost would be allowed to fight it out. He then vanished back inside his abode, while Thing returned to his teammates and filled them in. Moments later, the Watcher used his powers to transport both teams to what he deemed a fitting combat area on the Moon. During the fight, the arrogant Red Ghost decided to invade the Watcher's home, but he was soon overwhelmed by the many awe inspiring vistas he encountered before Uatu forcibly removed him from the premises. Moments later, Mr. Fantastic used a paralysis gun to disable the villain, causing the Watcher to declare the FF had won the battle. He then went on to say his mission was over, now that mankind had reached the Moon. Uatu claimed he would from now on only observe them from a far off galaxy, but left them with the notion that space is man's heritage, imploring the FF to make sure they were worthy of such a precious gift.

(Fantastic Four I#20) - Uatu became aware of the accident that transformed laboratory technician Owen Reece into the deranged Molecule Man. Fearing that a madman with control over all forms of matter might even destroy the Watchers themselves, he enlisted the aid of the Fantastic Four by sending a mysterious ball of blue, flaming energy to New York that gained the team's attention. The blue sphere also contained a teleportational gate to a pocket dimension where Uatu greeted the FF and told them all they had to know. The Watcher made himself scarce until the FF managed to trick the Molecule Man into dropping his wand (that he believed was needed to focus his powers). Uatu sent his blue energy sphere to capture the villain, assuring the Fantastic Four that he would take Molecule Man away to a place where he would never menace anyone again. The Watcher also said he had undone all the damage caused by the Molecule Man, before vanishing himself (see comments).

(Tales of Suspense I#49/2) - Somehow aware he was a comic book character on Earth-1218 ("our" reality), Uatu addressed the readers to inform them of the threat of the alien Sneepers. He recounted how the warlike Sneepers had been aware of mankind for ages, using their advanced telescopes to keep tabs on humanity's progress. Though the Sneepers at first felt Earth was populated by primitives not worth conquering, they grew increasingly concerned as soon as the Industrial Revolution brought "the age of machines". The Sneepers were unable to reach Earth, but instead started working on ways to kill humanity by affecting the tides or poisoning the atmosphere. However, when they witnessed the first atomic explosions, they decided not to strike at all, figuring the climate of paranoia and mistrust between the various nations who possessed atomic weapons would eventually lead to mankind's own annihilation. Pleased, the Sneepers watched and waited. Uatu then insisted the readership heeded his warning, adding "for you are free to act, but I may only observe and hope!" 

(Tales of Suspense I#50/2) - The Watcher introduced the readers of Earth-1218 to the story of Wilbur Weems, who lived in a haunted mansion even though professional ghost whisperer mister Jordan convinced him otherwise, in order to allow the spectre to continue to reside there undisturbed.

(Tales of Suspense I#51/2) - Uatu told comic book fans of Earth-1218 the story of Vince and Paul Harding, two 21st century brothers. While Vince, a flying car salesman, was all about business, his younger brother Paul was more of an idealistic dreamer who dreamed of exploring space, looking for intelligent life. Believing mankind to be the most advanced species in the galaxy, Vince told him to forget the dream and go into business with him. Paul persevered, becoming an astronaut and travelling to various alien planets only to find little more than barren worlds or simple wildlife. Each time he returned, Vince mocked his brother. Finally finding intelligent life on an outer planet, Paul was thoroughly demoralized when it seemed it was merely a primitive tribe. He left before the chieftain could hand him what he thought was a mere piece of wood, though in reality it was a plaque honoring Dogmar Arkor for inventing the cobalt anti-matter bomb, which ultimately bombed his race back to the stone age.

(Tales of Suspense I#52/2) - The Watcher showed the readership of Earth-1218 how three hundred years into Earth's future, young Kenn Bentley was mocked for being selfless and kindhearted by a greed oriented society consumed by the desire for more profit. Eventually, Kenn met and married Valeria Reynolds who received similar scorn. That all changed when Kenn and Valeria were approached by an advanced alien race that had used their computers to determine the couple was best suited to lead their world. Kenn and Valeria were promptly crowned their king and queen. The Watcher added that this proved no one can ever really know who is a winner and who is a loser, even one who has observed the universe for ages.

(Tales of Suspense I#53/2) - The Watcher observed a team of doctors performing cardiac surgery. He realized that he possessed the knowledge to save their patient's life. He then reminded himself he was sworn never to interfere, thinking back on the disaster of Prosilicus untold years ago that caused the institution of that oath.

(Tales of Suspense I#54/2) - Uatu remembered how comparatively briefly after he became a Watcher, he was torn between acting to save an entire world from a radioactive cloud when it became clear to him the best course of action was inaction.

(Tales of Suspense I#55/3) - Uatu encountered master scout Xakku, a member of the Guna race who had secretly come to the Moon in preparation of stealing the Earth's sun to replace their own dying star. Aware there was a Watcher on the Moon, Xakku first pretended he was stranded and in need of assistance. As soon as Uatu explained he could not help or act because of his oath, Xakku dropped the pretense and explained his true mission. Xakku mocked Uatu for his great power and seeming helplessness to actually do anything. Uatu, apparently intrigued by the technology necessary to accomplish the feat Xakku described, questioned him at great length on how the device functioned. Xakku laughed at his helplessness again, until he turned and saw that while Uatu had kept him distracted with questions, his ship had sunk deep into a bog. Xakku suddenly realized that his own oxygen tanks were running low, and he would soon suffocate without help from Uatu. Uatu reiterated his vow not to interfere with the lives of others, and walked away, leaving Xakku to die.

(Fantastic Four I#29 - BTS) - The Watcher was off in a far, distant galaxy observing matters beyond human comprehension. However, he foresaw that the Fantastic Four would enter his home during this absence. The FF were kidnapped by the Red Ghost and the Super Apes who took them aboard a space shuttle bound for the Moon for a complicated revenge scheme. After a three day journey, the Red Ghost dropped the heroes on the barren lunar surface, content to know they would suffocate in the airless vacuum. The team managed to tunnel their way into the Watcher's home.

(Fantastic Four I#29) - Uatu sent a spectro-image of himself to greet the foursome. From their minds, he gleaned the reason for their presence there and invited them to take shelter in his home. He did warn them to be mindful not to tamper with his possessions, since they were so alien and far advanced not even the brilliant brain of Reed Richards could hope to fathom them. To prove his point, he had Mr. Fantastic try out a device that sped up evolution at ten thousand years a second. He also showed a tiny trinket that housed a shrunken down, uninhabited planet actually thirty times larger than the Earth's sun. Lastly, Uatu pointed out a mysterious artifact from a remote galaxy he had been studying for centuries. He then took his leave, allowing the FF to look for a device that was able to halt the Red Ghost's ship from returning to Earth. While his three teammates kept the Super Apes busy, Mr. Fantastic prepared a device inside the Watcher's dome. The Red Ghost decided to enter the premises, determined to find out the powerful weapon that was able to prevent his ship from leaving. During the altercation, Ivan Kragoff was tossed into a matter transmitter that teleported him to an unknown point in the universe. The fight was over, Uatu returned to the Moon and sent the team back to the planet of their birth. The FF reappeared on New York's Yancy Street. Overjoyed to be home, the Thing kissed a lamppost.

(Tales of Suspense I#56/2) - The Watcher was observing the effects a floating wave of anti-matter had on an uninhabited planet in a distant galaxy. Shortly after he witnessed how, through anti-matter fission, the world created an exact copy, Uatu was alerted to trouble in galaxy 5. Following the source of the micro-brain waves he picked up, Uatu transformed into living energy and almost instantaneously travelled to the alleged source of the trouble. Landing on a nearby moon, he sent his invisible electro-image to investigate the situation on the world in question. Uatu found a world at war, a peaceful civilization forced to defend itself against barbaric invaders. He soon discovered the reason the soldiers fought so bravely: their young queen Kalthea. Uatu immediately fell in love, convinced she was the one. He even broke his oath of non-interference by saving her life and sending the barbarian rabble packing. Kalthea fell for Uatu, offering her kingdom if he wanted to marry her. Though he truly loved her, he knew that a Watcher was not allowed to marry, because it would interfere with his sacred duties. Figuring that telling her of his feelings before he left would only hurt Kalthea, he pretented to spurn her advances, calling her realm "ridiculously insignificant" and its queen a "foolish, female sovereign". Bursting out in tears, Kalthea told the Watcher to leave. Changing back into living energy, he returned to his home on Earth's Moon, still reeling with grief over a lost love that never was.

(Tales of Suspense I#57/2) - The Watcher was on a moon orbiting planet T-37X  when he was spotted by a band of roving space pirates out to loot a world's natural resources. After determining T-37X contained large quantities of gold and uranium, they settled down on the moon to build a delta-ray cannon that would force the world to surrender. They incorrectly figured the Watcher would not intervene. Instead, Uatu disabled the cannon and banished the marauders to a distant world. He explained to the stunned looters that while his oath prevented him from interfering with other races, he was, however, free to act in the defense of his own, revealing that T-37X is the ancient home planet of the Watchers.

(Avengers I#14) - Moments after the Kallusians had abandoned their hidden arctic city to continue their war against the Yirbek, Uatu appeared in the abandoned base to reflect on what had just occurred.

(Strange Tales I#134) - When Kang the Conqueror travelled back to medieval Earth, planning to take over King Arthur's court in order to conquer the planet in a time well before there were superheroes, Uatu decided to alert the Fantastic Four. When he came to the Baxter Building, he only found the Human Torch and Thing were present. With no time to lose, Uatu sent the two FF members into the past where they fought Kang, forcing him to flee. Shortly after the battle had ended, the Watcher returned to bring the heroes home.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#3) - The Watcher decided to indirectly interfere when Doctor Doom used technology to send legions of supervillains to attack the Fantastic Four on the wedding day of Reed and Sue Richards. Uatu whisked Mr. Fantastic away to a laboratory world, allowing him to pick a device he felt could aid him. After swift but careful study, Reed chose a Sub-Atronic Time Displacer. Uatu sent him back to Earth with the device and watched from afar as Mr. Fantastic activated it and sent all the attackers back to their immediate past, with no knowledge of what they'd done. Uatu then reclaimed the device itself.

(Fantastic Four: The Wedding Special#1) - Uatu allowed Reed and Sue Richards to honeymoon in the Blue Area's city, even providing an opulent banquet hall and assuring the newlyweds they would be the only beings in the galaxy he would not be watching that night.

(Tales to Astonish I#73/2) - Uatu welcomed the Hulk who had been forced by the Leader to come to the planet of the Watchers to look for the Ultimate Machine. The Watcher explained that he could do nothing to stop him, which the Leader (who kept in telepathic contact with the Hulk) understood as an open invitation to simply steal it. However, as soon as the Hulk had located the device, he was struck by Amphibion of Xantares who had also travelled to the Watcher's homeworld to take the Ultimate Machine.

(Tales to Astonish I#74/2) - Though his oath prohibited him to directly intervene, Uatu figured that not taking action would mean the fighting behemoths would wreck his entire collection of priceless artifacts and devices. Therefore, he teleported the two combatants to a barren battlefield where he watched how they fought over the prize they'd both come to claim. In the end, the Hulk managed to beat Amphibion, prompting the Watcher to deem him the winner. After teleporting the Xantarean champion home, Uatu invited the Hulk to take what he needed. As soon as the Hulk retrieved the Ultimate Machine, which the Watcher described as the most powerful, most dangerous device of all, he was returned home by the Leader. The villain donned the helmet, known as the storehouse of all the knowledge in the universe, and was instantly rendered catatonic by it.

(Tales to Astonish I#75/2) - The Hulk left the Leader's lair with the Ultimate Machine. Unsure what to do next, he decided to put the device on, figuring it would give him an idea. He was immediately bombarded by waves of information, but throughout the cacaphony the Hulk heard the voice of Rick Jones who was in need of help (thanks to Uatu's subtle influence). The Hulk took off the machine and threw it aside while he went to save Rick. Uatu then retrieved his treasure, figuring it was now forgotten and unwanted and besides, it would still be many millennia before mankind would be ready for it anyway.

(Fantastic Four I#48 - BTS) - When Uatu learned that the Silver Surfer, herald to the world eating Galactus, would be passing through the solar system, he decided to violate his oath and hide Earth. Using his matter mobilizer, he first shrouded the planet in an artificial fire shield. When he noticed that the flaming skies caused mass hysteria, he replaced it with inorganic space debris that obscured the world from view.

(Fantastic Four I#48) - The Watcher appeared in the Baxter Building to discuss the matter with Mr. Fantastic. After several hours, the two brought in the others just as the Silver Surfer entered the system. The Surfer saw through the Watcher's illusion and entered orbit. When he was over New York, the Human Torch tried to intercept him but the space traveller dodged the teen and landed on the roof of the Baxter Building where he immediately signaled Galactus. Uatu observed the Surfer and told the team the damage was done and that they needed to plan their defense. Thing nevertheless struck the Silver Surfer, who was thrown off of the building. Uatu calmed the FF, telling them the Surfer wished to fall, because it was the easiest way to depart. He then sensed the arrival of Galactus' ship and described to the team that his testing devices were sampling the Earth's elemental composition and had found the needed compounds. Uatu then stood with the heroes as Galactus emerged from his vessel, announcing that the planet would sustain him.

(Fantastic Four I#49) - Uatu addressed Galactus in an attempt to reason with his fellow cosmic being. He tried to convince Galactus to spare Earth, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. The Watcher warned Galactus not to underestimate these "puny creatures", and that he would stand with them as well. Incredulous that a Watcher would violate his sacred oath, Galactus still didn't budge. The FF attacked but were unable to halt him, forcing Uatu to stop the fight before they ended up getting killed. He sent them back inside the Baxter Building, telling them to wait until he called for them. However, when Galactus started to assemble his elemental converter on top of the building, the team rushed out to take him on. Once again, the Watcher appeared to stop them, assuring the FF they did not yet have the means to stop Galactus. He also showed them just how the converter would rob Earth of its life energies. Then, he sent the Human Torch to Galactus' worldship to collect the one weapon capable of holding off the worldeater. While the three remaining FF members attacked the converter in an attempt to buy time, the Watcher became aware of Alicia Masters who had struck up a friendship with the Silver Surfer. The blind sculptress had managed to convince the herald that mankind was worth protecting. Fascinated but worried that the Silver Surfer's change of heart might upset his plan to defend Earth, Uatu commented to himself he hadn't anticipated this development.

(Fantastic Four I#50) - The Watcher and the FF witnessed the fight between the Silver Surfer and Galactus. Uatu commented that Galactus considered himself beyond good or evil, he does what he must because he is Galactus. He then continued to mentally guide the Human Torch home, who had succesfully located the Ultimate Nullifier. Uatu told Mr. Fantastic to take the weapon, instructing him to carefully wield the tiny but destructive device. They then went forth to confront Galactus with it, who was shocked to see the Ultimate Nullifier in the hands of a human. The Watcher freely admitted he was the one responsible for this and once more pleaded with Galactus to spare mankind, asking him to see past their frail, human frames and appreciate the seed of grandeur within them. Tired of fighting over a mere meal while the universe is limitless, Galactus promised to leave Earth alone if Reed Richards surrendered the Nullifier. Uatu instructed Mr. Fantastic to cooperate, assuring him that the word of Galactus is living truth. Shortly afterwards, both Uatu and Galactus vanished.

(Fantastic Four I#60) - After Doctor Doom had stolen the cosmic powers of the Silver Surfer and went on a rampage, Uatu kept himself apprised of the situation through his temporal viewer. He considered involving himself in the situation, realizing it would only take a mere hand gesture to reach Earth. However, he decided not to break his oath again and departed for sector 34 where he noticed a new humanoid race was about to evolve. As he departed, he noted that upon his return the battle on Earth would have ended, though only an entity far wiser than he could know what the outcome would be (see comments).

(Thor I#165 (fb) ) - When monitoring a space trap he had set up to study stray meteors from distant worlds, Uatu was surprised to find a cocoon containing Him inside. Figuring he had unwittingly altered the course of another's life, Uatu felt the need to violate his oath by releasing the cocoon and placing it aboard a satellite bound to return to Earth.

(Fantastic Four I#72) - Uatu appeared in the Baxter Building to warn the Fantastic Four of the Silver Surfer who had gone on a rampage, seemingly unaware of the destruction his cosmic powers were causing. He was taken aback by the fact only Crystal, the Human Torch and the Thing were present. While they were mulling over whether or not to intervene, the Surfer flew by, grazing the Baxter Building while continuing to do even more damage. Uatu vanished, but not before telling the FF that the Silver Surfer is like a child, playing with forces he does not understand, which as a result might "hurl the human race into the maelstrom of total extinction". While the three FF members went into action, Uatu caught up with Reed and Sue who were on a train with their young son Franklin. The Watcher halted the train and asked to speak with the two founding FF members. Reed was immediately ready to help, as was Sue but Mr. Fantastic forced her to stay behind to look after Franklin. Uatu sent Reed to his fellow FF members, causing Sue to wonder what they could do against the all-powerful Surfer. The Watcher corrected the Invisible Girl, telling her there is only one being that deserves that name and his only weapon is love.

(Avengers Annual I#2) - When the Avengers used Doctor Doom's time platform to return home following an encounter with the Scarlet Centurion and a team of alternate reality Avengers, they were met in the timestream by Uatu. He explained that the Scarlet Centurion was actually at one point the villainous pharaoh Rama-Tut who after running into an electro-static disturbance in the relative timestream ended up in the past which he decided to conquer as the Scarlet Centurion. He then revealed that the Centurion would reappear in the 40th century where he would take on the guise of Kang the Conqueror to plague the Avengers again (which, from their relative temporal point of view he already had). The Watcher then erased the knowledge he'd shared from the Avengers' minds, claiming it was best that no man knows the fate or hour he'll meet his maker.

(Silver Surfer I#2/2) - Once more addressing the readers of Earth-1218, Uatu recounted mankind's encounter with the alien, reptillian looking Krills, who managed to get a human ally by promising the cowardly Canadian Lou a gorgeous bride, who only turned out to be beautiful by Krillian standards.

(Silver Surfer I#3/2) - The Watcher turned to Earth-1218's readership to tell them of an alien who had come to Earth disguised as an Earthling on an infiltration mission. However, upon landing, he hit his head and suffered memory loss. When he came to, the amnesiac alien tried to warn the authorities of the crashed space shuttle and the log book he uncovered that told of the mission. Eventually, he was foiled by a scientist who deduced the man's true identity, leading the alien to state he was the first spy who uncovered himself.

(Silver Surfer I#4/2) - Uatu recounted to Earth-1218's comic fans how the alien conqueror Tim Boo Ba was ready to take over Earth, only to be foiled by a small, human child who accidentally spilled some water.

(Silver Surfer I#5/2) - The Watcher told the readers of Earth-1218 the tale of of Roco, a common criminal desperate to escape the police. He read about an experimental, atomically powered rocket that could stay in orbit indefinitely and figured it would be his best bet. After making his way to the launch site, the police on his heels, he was stunned to find the atomic powered rocket was actually a miniature model controlled from the ground.

(Silver Surfer I#6/2) - Uatu told comic readers of Earth-1218 of shape-shifting alien invaders who took the form of TV-sets in an attempt to influence the thinking of the viewers.

(Silver Surfer I#7/2) - The Watcher shared a tale of a kind but ugly, and therefore lonely man with his Earth-1218 audience. The man piloted a digging machine on a one-way journey to the Earth's core where he discovered a civilization who "see with their hearts" and not their eyes in the dim light. They offered him acceptance and love.

(Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine!#6) - Doctor Doom, possessing the Cosmic Cube, travelled to the Moon to obtain the Watcher's Ultimate Machine. Uatu tried to warn him it had previously killed the Leader, but Doom dismissed this, claiming Sam Sterns had long since recovered. Uatu prepared to fight Doom, but before a physical altercation could take place, the FF's Thing intervened (the FF and their ally the Black Panther had travelled to the Moon in a craft constructed by the Silver Surfer). Doom used the power of the Cube to generate semblances of the FF's enemies which kept the heroes busy while he continued his attack on Uatu. Von Doom feigned to be incapacitated after the Watcher struck him and retrieved the Cube. Uatu used the Cube to send away all the faux foes Doom had created, but then the Doctor showed his hand, blasting the Watcher and retrieving the Cube. He then banished Uatu to a dimension where he could better heed his ageless vows.

(Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine!#7) - The Watcher eventually freed himself from his dimensional exile and appeared in the Baxter Building, much to the surprise of the Black Panther and the FF.

(Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine!#8) - The FF wondered why the Watcher was there, feeling he only showed himself during matters of significant importance. Their question was indirectly answered when they saw video footage of the Avengers fighting off an Atlantean invasion, with Namor the Sub-Mariner leading his undersea legions and a bevvy of monstrous sea creatures in an attack on the surface world.

(Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine!#11) - Shortly after they failed to prevent Doom from stealing the power of Galactus, the FF and their allies reconvened in the court of Asgard's ruler Odin. They asked the all-father to use his power to check in on their allies. They saw how Uatu was on the Moon, using his devices to observe an unknown topic of interest, leading Thing to comment the Watcher was "takin' in some sci-fi pitchur".

(Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine!#12) - After the FF and their allies had defeated Doom using the Cosmic Cube, the Watcher appeared to remind Reed Richards that the artifact was still supremely powerful. He announced to Reed that this would be the true test of his wisdom, daring him to make the right choice in spite of possessing absolute power. The Watcher silently watched how Mr. Fantastic used the power of the Cosmic Cube to repair all the damage Doom had caused, erasing the memory of the entire event from the minds of all involved except for Galactus and Uatu. Reed then commanded the Cube to hide it somewhere it would never be found again. Before departing, Galactus commented that few humans would have made a similar choice.

(Fantastic Four I#113) - Aware of the coming threat of the alien Over-Mind, Uatu travelled to the Baxter Building to warn the Fantastic Four. With only Reed and Sue Richards present, the Watcher announced he had once again violated his oath to tell them to be beware of the Over-Mind. He then vanished, leaving the two FF members to ponder his words.

(Fantastic Four I#114) - In the dark about the mysterious Over-Mind, the Fantastic Four asked their sorcerous nanny Agatha Harkness to use her powers in an attempt to contact Uatu. Harkness complied, sending her essence through mystic means to the Moon where she sought out the Watcher. He expected her arrival and agreed to share what he knew of the Over-Mind.

(Fantastic Four I#115) - The Watcher appeared before the FF, telling the team what he knew of the Over-Mind. He told them of the enemy prophesized to crush the universe, showing the heroes Grom's origins as champion of the Eternals before leaving them with the ominous warning that the Over-Mind had already tested their powers and found them no challenge.

(Fantastic Four I#116) - The Watcher kept himself hidden during the final hours of the FF's fight against the Over-Mind, observing how the alien forcibly recruited Mr. Fantastic, which led the remaining FF members to implore Dr. Doom to aid them. In the end, after the final confrontation between the Over-Mind and his ancient enemy the Stranger, Uatu appeared to the FF to assure them that even though they lost their fight against the Over-Mind, this allowed the Stranger to gain the upperhand and win the day. He then vanished, leaving the FF to wonder why they felt so moved about a defeat.

(Avengers I#101 (fb) ) - Aware of the dangerous energies growing inside Leonard Tippit, a kindhearted accountant who was in actuality a nexus being, Uatu decided he had to act to prevent Tippits' powers from destroying Earth. Fearing that a direct confrontation might evoke an equally disastrous response, the Watcher manipulated him from afar, giving him nightmares about the Avengers for weeks before appearing to him in person. Uatu helped unlock the full power of his brain. Uatu then claimed Tippit had to kill five innocent people who in the future would cause armageddon. Tippit reluctantly agreed and started out on this quest, which the Watcher knew would bring the Avengers into the fray.

(Avengers I#101) - Uatu kept himself hidden during the confrontation between Tippit and the Avengers, who were on hand to prevent Leonard from killing his first victim. During the battle, Tippit was beaten back which gave the team the chance to activate the mentality retrogressor Iron Man had quickly constructed (subtly guided by Uatu). The device expended enough of his energies for the Watcher to safely remove Tippit from the earthly plane. Despite the Avengers' protests, Leonard agreed to go along with Uatu, even somewhat happy to finally be relevant for once.

(Marvel Team-Up I#7 - BTS) - The Asgardian rock-troll Krylk the Cruel managed to steal a temporal crystal from the Watcher which he planned to use to freeze time around Asgard so he could kill Odin and the others. He also froze time on Earth, figuring he didn't want to risk the heroes of Midgard to come to the gods' aid.

(Marvel Team-Up I#7) - Uatu watched as Spider-Man and Thor, both mysteriously unaffected by the crystal, teamed up to defeat Kryllk. He then showed up to reclaim his property, briefly explaining to the heroes what had happened. He then sent them home while he continued to ponder the question whether or not it was merely luck that Kryllk somehow missed Thor and Spider-Man.

(Avengers I#118) - Uatu appeared in Dormammu's dimension just as the dread lord and his Asgardian ally Loki were planning to merge his realm with Earth. The Watcher assured Dormammu he had merely come to observe this merger, even as the combined forces of the Avengers and Defenders charged in to stop the villains. The heroes rejoiced to see the Watcher, figuring he would aid them but Uatu once again explained that, though he cherished them, he would do nothing to help them in any way. In the end, the heroes of Earth prevailed, defeating Dormammu and accidentally turning Loki mad after he was exposed to the Evil Eye. The Watcher explained how Dormammu had been defeated by one of the Scarlet Witch's hexes and then openly wondered why he had sensed fear in the mind of the Vision during the fight. When the android Avenger told Uatu he didn't know, the Watcher didn't pursue the matter and kept quiet while Doctor Strange sent everyone home. The Watcher then contemplated just why he treasured the heroes so much: they saved their dimension while all he did was saving memories of them doing it.

(Giant-Size Fantastic Four#2) - The Watcher became aware of Tempus' scheme to manipulate the Fantastic Four's mail carrier Willie Lumpkin into accidentally activating the time platform the team had taken from Doctor Doom. As a result of Lumpkin's time jaunts, a series of temporal paradoxes were created that reduced mankind to mere savages. Uatu decided to interfere, appearing before the FF when they returned from an outer space mission. He explained what had happened and sent them into the past to prevent Lumpkin from changing history. Mr. Fantastic and the Human Torch were sent to save George Washington who got captured by British soldiers after Lumpkin's arrival spooked his horse, preventing him from escaping. Uatu then sent the Thing and Medusa to 1928 Chicago to stop Willie from giving stock tips to the mob. With Willie saved and Washington rescued, the FF then focussed on fighting Tempus. Following his defeat and the restoration of the timeline, the Watcher brought the team and Willie home, though he did wipe the latter's memories of the events.

(Doctor Strange II#6 (fb) ) - When Dormammu's sister Umar attacked Doctor Strange and Clea, the mage remembered the words of Uatu after the Defenders and Avengers had beaten Dormammu and Loki: eventually the evil would be reborn, regenerated by the worship of those who invoke his name. Seeing as he was the biggest threat to this cosmos, Strange was more than a little concerned.

(Avengers I#128 - BTS) - To commemorate the time of the coming of the Celestial Madonna, the Watcher used his powers to cause a star to appear over Avengers Mansion.

(Captain Marvel I#39 (fb) - BTS) - Spending so much time observing humanity and its superheroes made Uatu long for an existence spent doing more than observing. Generating the Madonna star made him feel a little like a hero, but when he learned that the Kree Mar-Vell had become protector of the universe, he grew resentful over not having a life like that.

(Captain Marvel I#38 (fb) - BTS) - When the Lunatic Legion, out to kill Captain Marvel, arrived on the Moon to plan their assault on the renegade Kree officer, Uatu invited them to use his abode as their base of operations, much to the Kree's surprise.

(Captain Marvel I#36) - Aware of the fact he would soon face Captain Mar-vell in a lethal conflict over the fact the Lunatic Legion had constructed a base in his lunar abode, Uatu the Watcher reviewed the origin of his foe: from honored Kree soldier to defector to protector of the universe. He then girded himself for his grim task: murdering Captain Mar-Vell.

(Captain Marvel I#37 - BTS) - Following a lead, Captain Marvel travelled to the Moon while his companion Rick Jones was forced to reside in the Negative Zone. Bored, Rick decided to take the "vitamin C" pill given to him by his singing partner Rachel "Dandy" Dandridge. In reality, it was an LSD type party drug that caused Jones to hallucinate. The drug's effects also messed up Captain Marvel's senses.

(Captain Marvel I#37) - Captain Marvel entered the Watcher's home, growing ever more unsure because of the drugs, where he ran into Uatu who immediately attacked him. Though Marvel tried to defend himself, he was too disoriented to evade the Watcher for long. However, Uatu sensed his foe was not well and felt there was no honor in killing him while he was this way. Instead, Uatu rendered him unconscious while he presented Marvel's body to the members of the Lunatic Legion who were waiting deep inside his home.

(Captain Marvel I#38) - The Watcher could not bear to watch as the Lunatic Legion placed the captive Captain in the Protonic Disintegrator that was bound to destroy his mind. However, just as the device was activated, the three hours Marvel could exist in the positive matter universe were up, causing him to instantly switch places with Rick Jones in the Negative Zone. Once there, he used his cosmic consciousness to cure himself of his madness, then indirectly manipulated the unconscious body of Rick to bang the Nega Bands together so he could return to the Moon. Captain Marvel defeated the Lunatic Legion while Uatu watched. The Legion's leader Zarek begged the Watcher for help, but he ignored him as Marvel knocked him out. The Watcher then turned away to get a communications rod. Uatu refused to explain to the stunned Marvel why he had betrayed his oath, only that he had committed a crime beyond reckoning for one of his race and that there was only one thing left to cap a life of dark disgrace. He activated the device and spoke the words: "I am unworthy". Almost immediately, the Watchers Atul and Engu appeared in his home to collect him for final judgement. Uatu went with them, as did Captain Marvel who jumped in the teleportation beam.

(Captain Marvel I#39) - As soon as they arrived on the Watchers' world, the trio were confonted by Captain Marvel who wished to speak on Uatu's behalf during the coming judgement. Outraged by the fact a Kree had entered their planet, Engu and Atul decided to subdue Marvel in the shroud of stasis for the duration of the trial (eventually Marvel was able to free himself by banging his bands, somehow causing Rick Jones to appear as well). Uatu summoned all his fellow Watchers and explained that he asked to be judged, for the others could not do so because it would violate their oath. He then took out a wafer thin metallic device that quickly turned into the Temple of Justice where the trial was to take place.

(Captain Marvel I#39 - BTS) - At the same time, Rick Jones and Captain Marvel found themselves under attack by a vicious rackcat called Mad Eye. Their struggle was observed by Uatu's young nephew Aron.

(Captain Marvel I#39) - Uatu's trial was well under way, led by the elderly Watcher Emnu who had originally opposed Ikor's proposal to actively involve themselves in the affairs of other races. Emnu was about to read a list of Uatu's transgressions when Captain Marvel and Rick Jones entered the hall. Marvel repeated his request to speak in Uatu's defense and was granted permission. Emnu then recounted the numerous times Uatu had broken his oath, interfered or otherwisely engaged directly in the affairs of mankind. He was interrupted by Captain Marvel who wondered what was so wrong with Uatu's benevolent acts, even pleading that all the Watchers could benefit from this. Just then, the rackcat Mad Eye caught up with them and attacked, knocking C.M. for a loop while all the Watchers did nothing. Rick Jones begged them to intervene, but all refused except young Aron who was halted by the others before he could act. In the end, Jones and Marvel knocked out Mad Eye and C.M. used this incident to illustrate his point: by doing nothing, the Watchers allow bad things to happen and that can't be good. Emnu countered that a Watcher should not think in "good" or "evil", merely see the truth in what is. By getting directly involved, a Watcher diludes this sacred truth. Uatu agreed with this assessment, promised he would err no more and was cleared of all charges, to the astonishment of Rick Jones who was amazed by the proceedings.

(Captain Marvel I#40) - Following his trial, Uatu teleported himself back to the Moon, along with Captain Marvel and Rick Jones. He told them he would like to thank them for their help, if such a thing was a Watcher's right. Uatu then silently watched the two merge forms to fly back to Earth.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#11) - Rededicated to his oath of non-interference, the Watcher did nothing but stand in the Baxter Building and observe while the FF realized that a cylinder of vibranium, accidently shot to the 1940s during a fight, had given the Nazis the upperhand during World War II. His silence made the Thing furious enough to want to beat answers out of him, but Reed stopped his teammate while continuing to figure it out for himself. The FF then used the time platform to travel to 1942 where they teamed up with the Invaders, Uatu checking in on them and gently nudging the heroes along. After the teams had managed to retrieve half of the vibranium (figuring the other half was destroyed), the timeline seemed to be restored. Thing still felt something didn't add up. Uatu appeared, giving a slight smile to confirm the Thing's suspicions.

(Marvel Two-In-One Annual I#1) - Fueled by the still silent Uatu, the Thing realized the FF's mission into the past was still far from accomplished. But the Watcher would not speak, causing Thing to charge him, only to be forcefully repelled by Uatu's forcefield. Thing then noticed that the timeline was slowly being altered, with the most recent skyscrapers suddenly vanishing. He tried to question the Watcher some more, hoping to get an answer from gauging Uatu's responses, leading him to the conclusion that the other half of the vibranium must be the cause of the problems. Quickly using the half the FF had retrieved to pinpoint the remaining metal, Thing jumped on the time platform and was transported back to 1946 where he teamed up with the Liberty Legion to fight off a Nazi attack on New York City.

(Marvel Two-In-One I#20) - Ever silent, Uatu guided the Liberty Legion to the Thing who was fighting for his life against U-Man, Master Man, Brain Drain and several other super powered Nazi agents. In the end, Thing recovered the missing vibranium, learned of Uatu's involvement in getting the Legion to his location and then bid the heroes adieu before returning back to his own time. There, the Watcher was waiting for him in the Baxter Building, only vanishing after Ben put the two pieces of vibranium back in their storage cylinder.

(Fantastic Four I#188) - Shortly after the Molecule Man had taken over the body of Reed Richards and went on a citywide rampage, the Watcher appeared before the FF and their house guest the Impossible Man. Despite the Invisible Girl's passionate pleas to tell them why he had come, Uatu kept silent. Eventually the FF decided to stop wasting time, leaving Uatu behind to go search for Reed, very much unaware how much effort it took the Watcher not to break his oath. He then appeared in New York City to observe the fight against the Molecule Man, which ended when he once again lost his wand. With Reed back to normal, the FF returned to the Baxter Building where they found Uatu waiting for them again. Thing told "Jumbo" the show was over and to take a hike, but Mr. Fantastic allowed the Watcher to stay for what he had about to say: because he'd recently lost his stretching powers, Reed decided to quit the team. As the various team members took in the news, Uatu didn't speak up, but all involved realized he had come to observe the end of the Fantastic Four.

(Avengers I#173) - Eager to see if any of the major cosmic forces had picked up on his existence, Korvac covertly checked in on many of them including Uatu. He was pleased to find no one knew what he was planning.

(Avengers I#177) - As soon as the Avengers forced Michael Korvac to show his true, all powerful self, Uatu and the other cosmic beings suddenly became aware of him. As the Watcher began to observe him, Korvac grew furious that his plan for a subtle takeover of the universe had been thwarted and savagely assaulted the Avengers and their assembled allies.

(Fantastic Four I#205) - From a lone asteroid, Uatu observed the goings-on in the conflict between Xandar and the Skrull Empire, which had become even more complicated since three FF members had joined the fight on Xandar's side. The Watcher also checked in on the FF's fourth member, the Human Torch, who had remained on Earth to pursue his studies.

(Fantastic Four I#211) - Shortly after the FF had succeeded in petitioning Galactus' help in defeating the all powerful Sphinx (Anath-Na Mut) who had taken over Earth, Uatu wistfully contemplated the outcome of the coming confrontation. If the Sphinx prevailed, Earth would be unrecognizable, but if Galactus beat him, the devourer was no longer honor bound not to eat the planet (as part of the deal struck by Reed Richards to secure his aid). Either way, Uatu claimed he would mourn the Earth's passing.

(Fantastic Four I#212) - Hours before the confrontation between Galactus and the Sphinx was to take place, Uatu reviewed the events that had led up to the battle for Earth, focussing specifically on the FF's involvement.

(Fantastic Four I#213) - Uatu was present in Egypt to witness the fight between Galactus and the Sphinx that ended with the devourer crushing the Ka Stone, the Sphinx's source of power. He then sent the Sphinx's now mortal form back into the distant past, where he was doomed to find the Ka Stone and start the cycle of events that had led him to this point all over again. Now ready to at last consume Earth, Galactus was interrupted by Uatu who assured him that he would not be feasting on the planet today. As if on cue, Mr. Fantastic and the Human Torch arrived, with Reed holding what he claimed to be a hastily built, makeshift Ultimate Nullifier (in reality it was an empty steel shell). Uatu probed Mr. Fantastic's mind during the showdown, making it impossible for Galactus to read Reed's thoughts. Unwilling to risk possible destruction, Galactus chose to leave. Uatu then explained to the surprised FF members what he had done, calling the mind probe not a violation of his oath, in fact he did it to even better comprehend the situation he was tasked to watch. He then vanished, with a knowing smile on his face.

(Marvel Graphic Novel#29) - Uatu told the readers of Earth-1218 about the time the Hulk and Thing were abducted to the planet Maltriculon where they, according to the Watcher, shared a rather silly and trivial adventure. But that was okay, Uatu reasoned, because he enjoyed collecting those as much as the tales of cosmic proportions, adding that no one's perfect.

(Uncanny X-Men I#137) - Uatu explained to a Rigellian Recorder what had led to the X-Man Jean Grey becoming the evil Dark Phoenix entity. He then watched as Jean, the X-Men and their mentor professor Charles Xavier were beamed aboard a Shi'ar warship where they were met by empress Lilandra, determined to see Phoenix punished for destroying a Shi'ar vessel and causing the annihilation of the D'Bari homeworld. Xavier cleverly used his knowledge of Shi'ar law to call for the Arinn'Haelar, a duel of honor for Jean Grey's life. The duel was held on the Blue Area of the Moon, where the X-Men faced off against the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. During the confrontation, Wolverine briefly wound up inside the Watcher's home, but Uatu swiftly forced the unreasonable Canadian to vacate the premises. Along with the Recorder, Uatu witnessed the climax of the battle that ended when Phoenix sacrificed herself, committing suicide and dying in the arms of Cyclops. This act puzzled the robotic Recorder, but Uatu explained that the capacity for self-sacrifice was what made Jean and all of mankind virtually unique in the cosmos. She could have lived to become a god but she chose to die as a human.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#18 (fb) ) - Not long after the Phoenix incident, Uatu was contacted by the Supreme Intelligence and the Skrull Empress R'klll. They had sent representatives of their respective empires to observe the encounter between the X-Men and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard but Raksor and Colonel Bel-Dann had started fighting during the conflict and continued to do so. Both R'Klll and the Supreme Intelligence agreed this situation would be a fine opportunity to once and for all determine which one of their empires was superior, preferring this duel to another long, drawn out space war. Uatu was asked to serve as arbitrator, praised for his impartiality. The Watcher accepted the offer and retrieved Raksor and Bel-Dann from the Blue Area where they'd been fighting their guerilla war. After he showed them their government's mission, he sent them on their way and began to study their fight.

(Marvel Graphic Novel#1) - The Watcher took in the news of Captain Mar-Vell's imminent death from cancer with restrained passivity.

(Fantastic Four I#240) - Uatu watched from a distance as the Inhumans' floating city of Attilan, forced to leave Earth because of its overwhelming pollution, arrived at its new home: the Blue Area of the Moon, not too far from his own observatory.

(Incredible Hulk II#279) - In a somewhat unprecedented move given his usual modus operandi, the Watcher appeared before the eyes of the world during the televized parade honoring the Hulk's recent presidential pardon. Uatu presented Hulk with a rememberance crystal, calling it a gift from all the races he'd aided and all the planets he had helped. The gesture left Hulk speechless, which prompted the Watcher to add that he should "merely accept and cherish it in silence, most fortunate of men". He then vanished in a blinding flash that somehow caused all the recording devices and cameras to momentarily jam.

(Marvel Team-Up I#127 (fb) - BTS) - For an untold number of years, on Christmas Eve, Uatu allowed himself to reach out to a handful of people, however indirectly. He did this so for one night he could be as a brother to those strange and magnificent beings called men. This tradition truly touched the usually reserved, all-knowing entity.

(Marvel Team-Up I#127) - On Christmas Eve, Uatu was drawn to the plight of Arthur Chekov's drug addicted granddaughter Bette. He appeared in Forest Hills, Queens, right outside the home of May Parker which drew the attention of Peter Parker who ran out and was shocked to see the Watcher who immediately put him in his Spider-Man costume. Without saying a word, Uatu handed him a jewel containing the face of Bette Chekov, leading Spider-Man to go looking for her while the Watcher returned to the Moon to watch his progress. Speaking to himself, Uatu tried to justify this latest infraction of his oath by calling the threat Bette was about to face no less deadly than the Over-Mind or less awesome than Galactus. He continued to watch Spider-Man trace down Bette who found herself in the middle of a botched cocaine heist. Spider-Man was unable to prevent her from getting fatally gunned down by the mobsters chasing her. The Watcher reappeared to observe the scene for himself, which made Spider-Man so furious he threw the gem at the unresponsive Uatu. The bauble exploded on impact, shattering into a glowing, glittering dust that bathed Bette, restoring her health to the point she could still be saved. Uatu urged Spider-Man to take her to the nearest hospital, while he returned to the Moon to reflect on what he had experienced tonight. Uatu was moved to tears by Bette Chekov's fate, which he noted, would be judged insignificant by his fellow Watchers. Uatu concluded his musings by feeling pity for the others, seeing as through Bette he had witnessed the revelation of infinity within a single human heart, adding: "I am humbled... and I know joy."

(Amazing Spider-Man I#246) - Uatu studied the daydreams and fantasies of Spider-Man and several of his associates. Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) imagined a life for herself as Spider-Man's carefree ally and lover. J. Jonah Jameson amused himself with the notion of finally beating Spider-Man and exposing him for the public menace he is while Mary Jane Watson fancied herself the biggest star ever to hit the Broadway stage before she reminded herself of her tragic family background. Finally, Spider-Man fantasized about being so popular the FF and Avengers were fighting over him. He then swung into action to save a bookish, bespectacled student from being bullied, which in turn made the teen dream he could be like Spider-Man.

(Fantastic Four I#261 - BTS) - Uatu became aware the FF were coming to his home on the Moon to ask him to help them in the search for Reed Richards (who had been abducted by the Shi'ar to stand trial for saving Galactus). He contacted the other Watchers who, given the situation, allowed him to intervene.

(Fantastic Four I#261) - The FF entered Uatu's observatory, with the Human Torch quickly flying off and getting lost. Uatu greeted the Invisible Woman and the Thing and even returned the errant Human Torch while they travelled light years to a vessel that was part of the Galactus Survivor Fleet. There, they were greeted by XXan Xxar, leader of the delegate council who took the FF to Reed, who was being tortured pending his trial. Thing immediately went to free his teammate, causing Xxan Xxar to order his guards to set their weapons to kill and stop the humans. Fed up, Uatu stopped the fighting by encasing every combatant in a force sphere as he reminded them there were matters of grave concern that concerned every living thing in the universe. Uatu then joined the FF in the great council hall of the Survivor Fleet, where he pleaded in favor of Mr. Fantastic's actions, claiming there was more to Galactus than meets the eye and that mortal minds could only comprehend a tiny fraction of his overwhelming power and purpose. Uatu's words were almost sufficient to convince the council to reconsider, but the arrival of the strident majestrix Lilandra of the Shi'ar made that Reed's death sentence wasn't overturned.

(Fantastic Four I#262) - Figuring the upcoming trial of Reed Richards needed to be chronicled, Uatu went back to Earth to collect the artist John Byrne, who was writing and drawing the licensed adventures of the Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics. Uatu delivered Byrne in the middle of the court room where the M'ndavian based trial was already underway. Uatu listened to the testimony of the various survivors, including the Skrull Karant Kiar. He reminded the hot headed Human Torch, who was getting influenced by the horrendous stories of Galactus' atrocities, that the M'ndavian justice system also took his opinion into consideration. Uatu then told Storm he had a job for him, sending the impetuous junior FF member to Asgard to implore Odin to plead on Galactus' behalf. Moments after he had sent the Torch on his way, the Watcher calmed down a worried John Byrne before launching Mr. Fantastic's defense. Uatu addressed the assembled crowds and Reed Richards, asking him how he'd plead to the charges brought against him. Reed immediately responded that he was guilty, which sent a shockwave of outrage and excitement through the crowd. He went on to explain that it was hard to deny the fact he was accused of: he did save Galactus' life because he felt the devourer played a significant part in the order of the universe and therefore he must also be part of a greater good. Annoyed, Lilandra wanted to know what proof Reed had that the deaths of uncounted billions were part of some greater good. In response, Reed told the Majestrix that all he had to offer was logic and faith. The Watcher commended the Earthling for his intellect and line of reasoning and then introduced his second witness: Odin of Asgard, who came upon the request of the Torch. The arrival of the all-father took all those present aback, which Uatu cleverly used to get Odin accepted as a credible witness. Odin recounted the origins of Galactus, making a convincing case that the devourer was as much a natural force of the universe, like the solar wind or a supernova. While his testimony was convincing, it still didn't persuade everyone. Then, Nova (Frankie Raye), the latest herald of Galactus, blasted the M'ndavian orbs to make way for the arrival of Galactus. His presence intimidated most of the court's members, including Lilandra, though Uatu approached him without fear. In order to make one, final appeal the Watcher combined his power with Galactus to summon Eternity who revealed the universal truth to all who were present. This effectively convinced everyone that Reed's actions were justified which ended the case against him. Byrne and the FF were then returned to Earth where the Watcher reappeared later in the artist's studio to insist he quickly committed this tale to paper before the full majesty of the cosmic truth faded from his mind.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#18) - Colonel Bel-Dann and Raksor continued to fight for months. Their violent struggle eventually drew in the Inhuman Royal Family who had since relocated to the Blue Area of the Moon and the visiting Fantastic Four, who were present to attend the wedding of Black Bolt and Medusa. After unsuccessfully trying to intervene and resolve this brutal tug of war between the evenly matched Kree and Skrull warriors, Mr. Fantastic and Black Bolt enlisted the Watcher's help. With Uatu's assistance, Reed Richards helped to sell the idea that both parties had managed to attain victory, because they cooperated against the FF and the Inhumans. Playing along, Uatu ended the contest and returned both combatants to their native peoples.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#22 (fb) - BTS) - Moments before the destruction of the Baxter Building, Uatu used his powers to teleport most of the Fantastic Four's important equipment and personal possessions. Among the items he retrieved, allegedly to "study" them, were the Fantasti-Car, Doctor Doom's time platform, a painting of Agatha Harkness and various spare uniforms.

(Thor Annual I#12/2) - Uatu reviewed the history of the Inhumans, studying the events of 3000 years ago that led up to the flying members of the species to secede and leave Attilan in their floating city Aerie. After a rough  and bloody start and adding farm land to sustain their population, the flying Inhuman civilization thrived. In the 1920s, a plane crashed on the sky island. The only survivor was a small baby boy the Inhumans raised as their own. The child would one day be known as the Red Raven.

(Secret Wars II#6) - Aware the Beyonder would soon take his newfound role as protector of life too far by doing away with Death itself, Uatu decided he had to act. He invisibly travelled to the Denver, Colorado apartment of the Molecule Man (Owen Reece) and his lover Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg), hoping to speak with the all-powerful Reece privately. The couple was sitting down for dinner when Reece became aware of Uatu's presence and demanded he showed himself for Marsha's sake. Uatu complied, eager to speak with Owen. He was a little disappointed when the Molecule Man didn't want anything to do with him. Finally, Marsha offered to listen to what the Watcher had to say. Revealing his concerns regarding the Beyonder and his current path, Uatu begged the Molecule Man to help save the Multiverse by stopping the Beyonder before he could undo all that is.

(Uncanny X-Men I#201) - After Rachel Grey used her telekinesis to repair the Shi'ar holo-empathic crystal containing the essence of her alternate reality mother Jean, Uatu noticed the resurgence of the Phoenix Force on the Moon. The Watcher wondered where this would all lead to, but consigned himself to the fact he could do nothing but watch.

(Uncanny X-Men I#203) - The Watcher observed how Rachel Grey embraced her legacy as the Phoenix and started her travel to the M'Kraan Crystal, planning to cause a new big bang before the Beyonder would destroy the universe.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#21) - When the High Evolutionary decided he had need of the Inhumans' Terrigen mists, he traveled to the Moon with his Gatherers and Eliminators to attack Attilan and acquire the mists. Uatu and his nephew Aron, who he had taken under his wing, were both aware of the Evolutionary's presence and overall plan. Uatu went to talk with the mad geneticist, ordering Aron to watch from a distance. The Watcher assured the High Evolutionary that he would not interfere in any way, even if he was well aware of what his goals were. Pleased, the Evolutionary waited right outside Attilan for his troops to carry out their mission. However, the combined forces of the Inhumans, their royal family and the newly arrived Fantastic Four proved too much. The surviving Gatherers and Eliminators fled back to the Evolutionary, who teleported them away. This was all observed by the Watcher from a nearby rooftop but he refused to reveal to the FF where their enemies had gone off to, once again repeating that he only watched. Aron then showed himself, ready to tell the heroes all they needed to know. Before he could speak, a visibly annoyed Uatu silently forced him to keep quiet before taking him away. Disappointed, Aron followed his uncle's orders.

(Fantastic Four Annual I#22/2) - An hour after the official opening of Four Freedoms Plaza, the Watcher returned all the objects he had taken from the Baxter Building without making his presence known. Reed and Sue Richards eventually deduced the Watcher was responsible and travelled to the Moon to inquire why. Uatu explained that he regularly borrows artifacts for closer study, usually returning them the next instant. In this case however, it took longer than expected because another urgent matter had come up. After sharing some knowing glances over this obvious fabrication, the two parties parted with the Watcher dryly adding "be seeing you".

(Web Of Spider-Man I#34) - The alien A'Sai, equipped with a weapon that once belonged to Galactus, took a bet that he could capture the Watcher in his own home. A'Sai managed to surprise Uatu and bind him in energy rings. Once he was done gloating over the fact he had brought down a cosmic being, A'Sai attempted to force Uatu to turn over and explain his own equipment and weaponry to him. Uatu refused and warned A'Sai that he could be killed by the safeguards of the equipment if it were improperly used. A'Sai convinced Uatu to enter into a wager: the winner getting A'Sai's Galactus-weapon or Uatu's technology and the knowledge of how to use it. The fact that Uatu agreed made A'Sai even more aware of the potential power of the weapon. After perusing a number of intergalactic contests, A'Sai chose a football game on Earth: Spider-Man and a group of young kids versus a group of older kids. In the end, Uatu's side won, even though A'Sai attempted to cheat by feeding his team power. A'Sai thought to break his promise, kill Uatu, and steal his equipment anyway. However, before he knew it, Uatu had claimed victory, and teleported the Galactus-Weapon into the heart of a star. Uatu then punished A'Sai, but only for his attempt to renege on their bet. He transformed the alien into a living playing card, a joker, and placed him in a deck used at the Bally's Grand Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#17/3) - On Christmas Eve, the Watcher prevented one of the three Wise Men, who was once again following a wandering star, to take Earth as a gift for the newborn he was going to meet. Uatu managed to convince the sage to spend some time on Earth, showing him all the inherent good of mankind that made the being realize Earth should remain as is. He then departed, leaving the Watcher a Christmas gift: a pair of shades.

(What If II#8) - Uatu focussed his attentions on Earth-89120, a reality in which Tony Stark failed to prevent his competitors and enemies from using armor and weapons technology they had stolen from him.

(What If II#9) - From his lunar observatory, the Watcher began to study events on Earth-105709, fascinated to see what would have happened if the new X-Men had died on their first mission against Krakoa the Living Island.

(Quasar#6) - Uatu's studies of Earth-105709 were interrupted by Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) who was chasing the Living Laser from Earth to the Moon where the escaped criminal entered the Watcher's dome. Quasar followed him inside and gave chase, eventually running into the Watcher in his observatory. Desperate to escape, the Laser headed straight for the portal looking into Earth-105709 and disappeared. Quasar, flummoxed by meeting the cosmic being, clumsily tried to make conversation. Uatu kept quiet and teleported the hero out of his home, becoming aware at the same time of the Red Ghost's presence within the walls of his domicile. Ivan Kragoff had once again come to the Moon to steal Uatu's treasures, but found himself ousted in a similar fashion. Uatu then watched as the furious Red Ghost tried to take Quasar's Quantum Bands as payback for having indirectly exposed him. The young Avenger eventually managed to beat Kragoff and took him back to Earth, with Uatu looking on.

(What If II#9) - Uatu returned to his studies of Earth-105709 in time to witness how a new team of X-Men, comprised of Beast, James Proudstar, Namorita, Siryn and Wolfsbane had taken up the mantle of their fallen predecessors.

(Silver Surfer Annual I#2/5, Iron Man Annual I#10/4, Uncanny X-Men Annual I#13/3, Amazing Spider-Man Annual I#23/4, Punisher Annual I#2/4, Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual I#9/5, Daredevil Annual I#5/5, Avengers Annual I#18/4, New Mutants Annual I#5/3, X-Factor Annual I#4/4, Web of Spider-Man Annual#5/6, Avengers West Coast Annual I#4/5, Thor Annual I#14/5, Fantastic Four Annual I#22/5) - After most of Earth's heroes banded together to prevent Lord Ghaur, Llyra and their allies from using the Serpent Crown to return the Elder God Set back to his native dimension, Uatu the Watcher met with the Elder God Gaea. Uatu filled her in on what had happened, recounting in full detail the history of Set, his followers, the Serpent Crown and how he was eventually thwarted by Demiurge and Gaea's son Demogorge. A concerned Gaea thanked Uatu for his insights, but assured him that they still should be aware that Set might one day triumph.

(Excalibur I#25) - Uatu observed how Phoenix (Rachel Grey) effortlessly slammed Galactus' herald Nova (Frankie Raye) from Excalibur's lighthouse on Earth to the Moon after she announced that her master had deemed Phoenix's continued existence a threat. Surprised she was still alive after getting hit that hard, Uatu asked her if she had so little faith in the handiwork of him who made her. Excited to see the Watcher, Nova asked if he was planning to interfere like he did when he first encountered the FF. Uatu assured her those days were done: his only charge was to observe. Flaming on and heading back to Earth, Nova told the Watcher to stay tuned, guaranteeing him a show he would not soon forget.

(New Warriors I#6) - Chased across the Blue Area by the New Warriors and the Inhuman royal family, the crazed, powerful Indian mutant Star Thief (Ditmal Pirvat) happened into the Watcher's home. There, Uatu showed Pirvat the glories of the cosmos, convincing him that the stance he had taken against man's exploration of space was wrong. Star Thief realized it's rather the exploitation of space that needed to be battled. Uatu then released Star Thief into the custody of the heroes.

(X-Factor I#68) - After X-Factor had fought and defeated Apocalypse and his Dark Raiders on the Moon, a confrontation that ended with Cyclops choosing to send his deadly ill young son Nathan into the future, Uatu  reflected on what he had witnessed. The Watcher praised Cyclops for his decision to do what was best for his child instead of following his own desires and dreams.

(Damage Control III#4) - Uatu observed how the Silver Surfer brought most of the Damage Control crew to attend a meeting of the Cosmic Congress. They had gathered to discuss the matter of Edifice Rex, the newly cosmically powered anal-retentive Damage Control employee Rex Randolph. After a while, they summoned Rex himself who cheerfully explained what he was planning to do with his newfound power: erase all of existence so at last the universe would meet his standards of cleanliness. All the cosmic beings save Master Order were horrified by this notion, but as Lenny Bellinger pointed out, were too afraid to lose to oppose Rex directly. Edifice then returned to Earth to start his plans, with Uatu and the Damage Control team hot on his heels. Quickly, all of Earth's available superhumans were mobilized for a final confrontation but, as Uatu observed, the threat of Edifice Rex was ultimately defused by Damage Control director Robin Chapel who simply told Rex he was fired. Getting terminated immediately seemed to demoralize and depower him, leading an exasperated Uatu to comment "And I thought I'd seen everything...".

(Avengers Annual I#20/2) - Uatu studied the history of the peoples of Subterranea, starting back over a million years ago when the Celestial Ziran the Tester created the Deviants right up until recent times, ending with the attempt of Brutus, then ruler of Deviant Lemuria, to conquer the entire underworld.

(Avengers I#334) - Uatu was present when the Brethren managed to gain control of the Collector's ship (actually arranged by the Collector in an attempt to eradicate mankind so he could collect the final survivors.). Led by Thane Ector, they crashed the vessel on the Moon which attracted the attention of Quicksilver and a delegation of Inhumans. The Brethren managed to capture Quicksilver, which brought his fellow Avengers to the Moon to fight alongside the Inhumans for his freedom. The heroes found the Brethren almost impossible to beat, but the fight only ended when Ector decided to teleport his forces to Earth figuring it a much more worthy prize. Uatu then showed himself to the assembled heroes, insisting he accompanied them on their exploration of the downed ship. He was present when the team found the Collector trapped and rendered inert in one of his own stasis cages, warning the Avengers that if the Brethren can do this to an Elder of the Universe... what hope would there be for Earth?

(Avengers I#337) - The Watcher appeared before Hank Pym who was studying the Brethren's origins. Pym took Uatu's presence as a sign he was on the right track comparing them to a pestilence. Before Hank could ask any follow-up questions, Uatu vanished, without ever saying a word.

(Avengers I#338) - Uatu made it a point to be present in person during the final confrontation between the Brethren and the Avengers. Thane Ector stormed the mansion to kill them and the Collector, who had been staying with the team since they freed him from his cage. The Avengers tried to protect the Collector, but were just as shocked to find the Elder wasn't powerless after all, in fact he had orchestrated the crash of his own ship. Now revealed in a new, powerful looking form, the Collector swore the human race would die this day.

(Avengers I#339) - The Collector reduced most of the Brethren into living clouds of lethal dust who would wipe out mankind. While the Avengers were busy trying to control this new threat, Uatu approached the Elder of the Universe to discuss matters. The Watcher remarked that Tivan deep inside must feel what he was doing was wrong, since he tried to hide this scheme from him. Uatu added that humanity does not deserve this, reminding the Elder that he knew full well man's destiny is greater than ending up a pitiful specimen in an intergalactic zoo. The Collector scoffed at this, telling his old friend that like him, he does what he does because he must. Tivan pointed out that Uatu had enough power to stop all this, but chose not to act because it is his role in the grand scheme of things, just as he has his own part to play. The Collector ended their discussion by inviting Uatu to weep for humanity, "but do not dare judge me." The Collector then continued his attack on the Avengers, but was ultimately defeated by a Brethren powered Uni-Mind, generated by Sersi and the surviving Brethren members Fool and Thane Ector. Before he was pulled away by the Uni-Mind, the Collector called out to Uatu for help, but the Watcher reminded him of his earlier statement: all he was allowed to do is watch. The fight ended with Thane Ector and Fool dying from the strain of forming the Uni-Mind. Uatu later visited with Sersi and Captain America who were trying to come to terms with the events. He offered his silent agreement to Cap's statement that, in the end, Sersi had helped the Brethren become the noble race they always longed to be.

(What If? II#27) - Uatu studied Earth-917, in this alternate reality Namor the Sub-Mariner joined the Fantastic Four after their initial encounter.

(Quasar#25) - Uatu and a great number of his fellow Watchers travelled to where Galaxy 71867 had once been, now completely consumed by a giant blackhole created by Maelstrom. Uatu explained to Egma, the Watcher of the sector, who Maelstrom was and how he gained sufficient power to cause this current level of devastation. As Uatu and the others further discussed the events, they witnessed the arrival of the Prime Celestial host who also did nothing but watch. The Watcher Edda approached Uatu, amazed that even the most powerful among the spacegods could do nothing. Uatu commented that if the universe were to end, he was at least thankful the end would be a spectacle of unparalleled visual magnificence. As the black hole continued to grow, Edda asked if Uatu could hold him when and if the end should come. In the end, Uatu and all the other assembled Watchers and cosmic beings (Celestials, and the newly arrived Galactus, the Elan delegation and some Rigellians) bore witness to how the hero Quasar and Infinity stopped the machinations of Maelstrom and his master Oblivion, cancelling out the black hole and restoring the universe.

(What If? II#28-29) - Uatu studied Earth-28918, in this world Steve Rogers prevented the assassination of Abraham Erskine, inventor of the Super Soldier Serum. This allowed for the creation of far more super soldiers, America winning WW II ahead of schedule and the slow degeneration of the US into a totalitarian regime ruled by president for life Steve Rogers (secretly the Red Skull). The real Steve Rogers was eventually discovered in the arctic ice and revived. Outraged, he assembled a team of heroes to take his country back.

(Infinity Gauntlet I#3) - Well aware that Thanos of Titan had come into possession of the six Infinity Gems, in effect becoming the most powerful being in all of creation, Uatu was one of the many cosmic beings who were assembled during the meeting Eternity called with the Living Tribunal. He witnessed how the all-powerful Tribunal dismissed Eternity's demands to intervene on his behalf. Before vanishing, the Tribunal reasoned that Thanos merely sought to replace Eternity's importance in the universe with his own, a prime example of the universe's oldest canon: natural selection. Eternity followed suit, leaving Uatu and the other cosmic beings in attendance to be addressed by the recently resurrected Adam Warlock who proposed they committed to a battleplan of his design. Uatu refused to cooperate, citing his oath of non-interference. A fact Warlock regretted, figuring the current crisis might have allowed him to put aside this resolve. Uatu then watched as Epoch, Quasar, the Stranger, Mistress Love, Sire Hate, Lord Chaos, Master Order, Kronos and the Celestials signed on, followed by Galactus who initially felt ill at ease taking orders from a mortal. Uatu, foreseeing the coming involvement of Earth's heroes, then travelled to Thanos' floating space altar where he waited for the inevitable confrontation. The arrival of the Watcher was a signal for Thanos and his aide Mephisto that hostilities were about to commence. The Mad Titan promised all who dared oppose him a most glorious doomsday. Some time later, the Watcher witnessed the arrival of Earth's superheroes, ready to fight Thanos to the death.

(Infinity Gauntlet I#4) - Apart from Uatu and those on his altar, Thanos froze Earth's heroes using the Infinity Time Gem. The Titan's brother Eros noticed that the Watcher was still free to act, realizing that Thanos was in need of an audience to flaunt his godhood before. Uatu kept silent and watched as Mephisto convinced Thanos to unfreeze the heroes, even tricking him into fighting them without the benefit of his cosmic senses. The heroes struggled valiantly, but all perished in the end. Even Adam Warlock's attempt to use the Silver Surfer's speed to capture the gauntlet failed. Then, Uatu witnessed the arrival of the cosmic beings, with Eros thinking he wished his end would come soon, feeling the universe is a place he no longer wanted to be a part of.

(Infinity Gauntlet I#5) - The Watcher observed the initial, immense and indescribable confrontation between the cosmic beings and Thanos. From a distance, he commented that many of nature's edicts had fallen victim to the assault, even sensing a near total collapse along the spectrum of reality. Uatu feared he was watching the end of the universe. But amidst the chaos and carnage of entire dying solar systems, Uatu was struck by the mysteries of the souls as he watched how Thanos' unrequited love Mistress Death used her own power to keep Starfox and Nebula safe. As Uatu noted from Eros' mind: "her hatred for Thanos must reach unfathomable depths." Uatu then watched how the various cosmic beings tried to best Thanos in individual combat, from the Celestials hurling entire worlds at him to Mistress Love and Sire Hate and Lord Chaos and Master Order's dichotomic assaults. Stranger, Epoch and Galactus shifted to pure energy to combat the Titan but were beaten as well. Kronos tried to use his control over time to disorient Thanos but found that assaulting one who wields the Time Gem with chronal energy is like trying to drown an ocean. In the end, Uatu witnessed how even Thanos' alleged allies Mephisto and Death turned against him. Thanos froze all of the cosmic beings in place, only leaving Uatu, Eros and Nebula to directly witness the arrival of Eternity who was ready to take on Thanos. Eternity charged, but in the end Thanos prevailed. By beating Eternity, Thanos shed the flesh and became the center of all reality. This led Uatu to conclude a valiant effort to save this plane of existence had failed. But while everyone was concerned with Thanos' ascendance, his alleged granddaughter Nebula approached his abandoned physical shell which still held the Infinity Gauntlet. Nebula succeeded in grabbing the gauntlet, immediately replacing Thanos as the reality's supreme being. Uatu noticed the sudden bombardment of all this new knowledge was almost too much for Nebula's nihilistic, fragile mind to bear, but he was relieved she did not seek salvation by condemning all that is to oblivion.

(Infinity Gauntlet I#6) - The Watcher bore witness to the final act of the Infinity Gauntlet affair, which ended with Adam Warlock obtaining the gems and assuming his new role as the all-powerful, supreme being.

(Impossible Man Summer Vacation#2) - Uatu, his cosmic level patience stretched to the limits by the Impossible Man's wild and crazy hijinks, decided to break his oath and give the Popuppian a hint to the location of one of his missing children.

(Quasar#30) - Invisible to anyone else, the Watcher went to see Wendell Vaughn in his New York offices. He requested the aid of Quasar in retrieving the renegade Living Laser who escaped into the Multiverse through Uatu's extradimensional portal and had replicated himself in seven alternate realities where his copies were causing trouble. The Watcher feared that the Time-Keepers would rescind the use of the portal if he did not deal with the matter, but his oath prevented him from taking direct actions. Quasar agreed and went on a wild goose chase across several realities, capturing the divergent Living Lasers with his Quantum Bands. However, in one alternate reality he suddenly found himself chased by his old foe Maelstrom who sent a burst of incomprehensible force at him that caused the hero to disappear from the entire Multiverse.

(Quasar#31) - Uatu observed Quasar's plight, while trying to explain to Quasar's furious companion Her what it meant that Quasar could not be found in the Multiverse. She wanted to know what lies beyond the Multiverse, causing Uatu to admit he did not know, only that there were speculations about a thing called the Omniverse. Her then attempted to enter the extradimensional portal only to receive a stern lecture from Uatu who told her he'd programmed the screen to shut down as soon as anyone tried to enter it from this end, thereby preventing Quasar to return. Her stood down and watched. In the end, Quasar returned from Earth-148611 (the New Universe) using the power source known as the Star Brand. He went to see Uatu, who was pleased to see the hero had survived though slightly disappointed Quasar couldn't tell him anything more about the Omniverse.

(Avengers I#344) - Uatu noted the arrival of a cloaked Shi'ar vessel in Earth's orbit, containing several of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard who had been sent to retrieve various components needed to constuct the Kree's Psyche-Magnitron in what would prove to be the opening volley of the Kree-Shi'ar war eventually known by the Avengers as "Operation: Galactic Storm".

(What If? II#35-39) - Uatu involved himself in a convoluted scheme instigated by the Time-Twisters (disguised as their counterparts the Time-Keepers who they had imprisoned) to eliminate four nexus beings across the Multiverse. All this in an attempt to save themselves from Immortus who threatened the entire Multiverse in his new form as a temporal wave. In the end, Uatu proved instrumental by involving the Time Variance Authority and convincing them to send an alternate reality FF to meet with Nathaniel Richards before he would become Immortus. The four members of Earth-8212's Richards Rocket Group managed to convince Nathaniel to reconsider, thereby ending the immediate threat. Uatu left before the overjoyed T.V.A. employees could give him proper credit.

(Slapstick#1) - The moment unwitting teenager Steve Harmon entered a portal to the alien Dimension X, becoming Slapstick in the process, alerted a variety of sensitive superhumans, including Uatu who admitted that in all his eons of observing, he never had so strong an urge to interfere.

(Warlock & the Infinity Watch#1) - Uatu was present as astral observer during the trial of Adam Warlock. Eternity had asked the Living Tribunal for a hearing, seeking to prove Warlock was mentally unfit to wield the Infinity Gems. In the end, the Watcher observed how the Tribunal agreed with Eternity's assessment and ruled against Warlock, forcing him to abdicate infinite power.

(Infinity War#4 - BTS) - Uatu felt a grand, cosmic event was imminent.

(Infinity War#4) - As the Magus used the power of his collection of Cosmic Cubes to freeze the universe in preparation for a dimensional takeover, Uatu was joined on the Moon by Thor. The thundergod was sent back to his actuality by Galactus who wanted to use Mjolnir as a relay point for his ship's instruments. Together, they watched how the Earth and the Moon were slowly merging with the Magus' nightmarish version of reality.

(Fantastic Four I#369) - Uatu was studying the effects the Magus' scheme had on Earth, when he spotted how his rogue nephew Aron abducted Alicia Masters. Though it visibly upset him, he felt he could not betray his oath.

(Infinity War#5) - Uatu rejoined Thor who was still on the surface of the Moon, allowing Galactus to use his hammer Mjolnir to transmit data. Though he was aware of the valuable role he was playing, the thundergod still felt he could be of more use aiding Earth's outerdimensional expeditionary force. Uatu agreed with him, but reminded the eager thunderer that they all had roles to play in the grand scheme of things, even if they didn't necessarily agree with them.

(Infinity War#6) - After he sensed that Mjolnir had relayed all the necessary information, the Watcher used his powers to send Thor back to his allies who were readying themselves for a final assault. As the Avenger vanished, Uatu admitted he was secretly praying for the heroes' success.

(What If? II#41) - The Watcher admitted to having difficulty observing the events on Earth-92941, a world without a Fantastic Four to fight off Galactus. Instead, that reality's Uatu helped the Avengers fight the devourer, but was forced to actively engage Galactus to save Earth, an act that led to his death. Earth-616's Uatu was troubled by watching himself perish.

(Fantastic Four I#371) - Uatu watched in silence as the Puppet Master involved the FF in finding his missing stepdaughter Alicia Masters. Mr. Fantastic, Thing and the visiting Sharon Ventura eventually travelled to the Arctic where Aron was hiding. Before they left, they told Philip Masters he couldn't come because someone needed to alert the Avengers should they fail. As he watched them teleport away, Philip was determined to help save his stepdaughter.

(Fantastic Four I#371 - BTS) - Aron watched from a distance as the trio arrived near his base in the Arctic. There, they found Alicia strapped to an intricate contraption that connected Alicia's mind to an artificially created universe hovering over her head. Just then, Aron appeared, announcing to Mr. Fantastic, the Thing and Sharon that they'd be the next inhabitants of this mini-universe that was founded on Alicia's hopes, desires, fears and visions.

(Fantastic Four I#372 - BTS) - Unwilling to idly stand by while others fought for Alicia, the Puppet Master used his radioactive clay to sculpt a statue of the most powerful being he could think of. Deciding on the Molecule Man, Masters forced the weak-willed Owen Reece to come to Alicia's aid. At the same time, Aron had placed Reed, Ben and Sharon inside the tiny universe governed by Alicia's subconsciousness. However, he soon had to contend with the Molecule Man who had come to free Alicia.

(Fantastic Four I#373 - BTS) - Thanks to Sharon Ventura, who was secretly working for him, Doctor Doom became aware of an unidentified source of incredible energy in the Arctic. Doom ordered his men to pinpoint its location and prepared to obtain the source of his power which was Aron who fell prey to Doom shortly after he had finished fighting the Molecule Man. The device absorbed a fair amount of his cosmic power, causing the Watcher to faint while Doom triumphantly left with his prize.

(Fantastic Four I#373) - As the FF emerged from the cave, they found Uatu had come down from the Moon to be with Aron. However, Uatu refused to tell even Mr. Fantastic who or what had caused his nephew's defeat.

(Fantastic Four I#374 - BTS) - Uatu took the comatose Aron back to the Moon, where he was placed inside a stasis chamber that monitored his condition. At the same time, Doctor Doom transferred Aron's Power Cosmic into a specially designed battery he planned to use as the power source for a new armor which incorporated the energy absorption technology. Doom decided Uatu was his next target.

(Fantastic Four I#374) - Uatu was tending to Aron when he picked up the imminent arrival of Doom. Wearing his new armor, Victor breached the Watcher's lunar abode, announcing his arrival by yelling that he had come to claim the power inside Uatu.

(Fantastic Four I#374 - BTS) - Unable to interfere directly per his oath, Uatu instead summoned the Fantastic Four and Lyja the Laserfist from Earth, tearing them away from their fight with the "Secret Defenders" (Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Hulk and Spider-Man).

(Fantastic Four I#375) - Uatu gave the FF the briefest of explanations for abducting them, only pointing out Doom was nearby, powered by Aron's cosmic energies. Uatu then departed, announcing he was returning Aron to the Watchers' homeworld to face a jury of his peers for the crimes he had committed.

(Fantastic Four I#375 - BTS) - Uatu returned shortly after the FF, with some timely assistance from the Inhuman royal family, managed to overload Doom's new armor which forced Doom to flee.

(Avengers I#357) - Uatu made a point of ominiously appearing in Avengers Headquarters, breaking up what at that point had been an enjoyable dinner party. He looked all those present in the eye, coldly and calmly, and then disappeared in a flash of light, while all the Avengers heard the word "BEWARE" in their minds. The thoroughly shaken up Avengers were cheered up by Sersi, who told her teammates to not let "that old fuddy-dud" spoil their night.

(Quasar#47) - Uatu was interrupted in his monologuing by the Star Brand-powered Quasar who had come to the Moon to call in the favor the Watcher owed him after the affair with the Living Laser. Quasar wanted to know where his girlfriend Kayla Ballantine had disappeared to, but Uatu refused in light of his oath. As the Watcher left the room, suddenly one of his videoscreens sprang to life, showing where Quasar might find the Quantum Bands he'd recently lost. Quasar departed, in search for his bands, figuring the Watcher had indirectly helped him: once he'd retrieved the bands, he could contact Epoch and rely on her cosmic awareness to find Kayla.

(Avengers I#363) - Uatu became aware of the presence of Proctor and his outerdimensional band of Gatherers once the Avengers pierced the villain's cloaked citadel. As soon as Proctor revealed he was able to travel across dimensions by using Ute, a captive, alternate reality Watcher, Uatu appeared in the citadel. Proctor mocked the ancient one, wondering if he had come to rebuke him. Uatu kept silent and did nothing but watch his fallen dimensional counterpart with profound grief in his eyes while the fighting around him continued. In the end, Proctor was defeated by the Avengers, causing him to set off his base's self destruct sequence. Before vanishing, Uatu told the heroes the danger was not over yet. He added that fate is not inevitable, urging them to leave and remember his words.

(Infinity Crusade#2) - When the mysterious entity known as the Goddess seemingly abducted a fair number of religious or spiritual superheroes, Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man and the Vision used the schizophrenic Alpha Flight member Aurora (whose second personality is a devout Christian) to lead them to Paradise Omega, the Goddess' base on the far side of the solar system. After delivering her and seeing the Goddess' defenses up close, Reed Richards decided to visit the Moon on their way back to consult with Uatu.

(Infinity Crusade#3) - Not willing to directly interfere or break his oath, the Watcher allowed the three heroes of Earth to remain in his observatory while he just "happened" to review all he knew of the Goddess and her intentions. He showed how psychic emanations from Paradise Omega had universe wide effects, as war and strife suddenly and inexplicably seemed to cease. He refused to answer the question if the Goddess' intentions were good or bad, calling those rather subjective terms before teleporting Mr. Fantastic, the Vision and Iron Man back to Avengers Headquarters along with their Quinjet. Once more alone on the Moon, Uatu admitted that he wished Reed and his companions the best, if only because he sensed dire peril in the Goddess' intent.

(Deathlok I#29/2) - Uatu observed a crossroads moment on Earth-7484 involving the first Deathlok (Luther Manning), now known as the Demolisher who was transported to Earth-616 by Timestream. This event was noticed by Godwulf, who called it a most dire harbinger.