The In-Betweener

> I am everything for I am nothing! I am a Concept... of Concepts! Life and Death... Good and Evil... Reality and Illusion... all these things do I know and affect but never do they touch me!
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> The In-Betweener

## Summary

**The In-Betweener** is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Warlock #9 (Oct. 1974) and was created by Jim Starlin.

By the In-Betweener's own admission, he represents duality itself, specifically in respect to concepts such as good and evil; reason and emotion; truth and illusion; and life and death. The In-Betweener is also an agent of the conceptual beings Lord Chaos and Master Order, although his loyalty is usually to himself rather than to them. In addition to being an incarnation of balance and duality, the In-Betweener is possibly a metaphysical counterpart of Galactus.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** At least **High 6-C** | At least **High 6-C** | **2-A** | **1-A**

**Name:** The In-Betweener

**Origin:** Marvel Comics

**Gender:** Appears male, likely N/A (as he is "between" concepts like male and female)

**Age:** Presumably created billions of years ago by Lord Chaos and Master Order

**Classification:** Cosmic Being, Embodiment of the Duality of Concepts, Agent of Lord Chaos and Master Order

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Order Side
* Chaos Side
* Universal In-Betweener
* Multiversal In-Betweener
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Teleportation (Shown here), Telekinesis (Shown here), Mind Manipulation (Took over shield thus making any hit from it take over an individual), Extrasensory Perception (Seems to be able to detect supernatural aspects of a being), Resistance to Time Stop (Shown here)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Energy Projection, Summoning (Can summon random Marvel characters), Transmutation (Morphed Captain America's fist)

All the powers from the previous 2 Keys and Abstract Existence (Type 1), Reality Warping, Flight, greater Summoning (Can summon a direct opposite force, even capable of summoning Death in order to kill immortals), Duplication (Shown here), Intangibility (Shown here), Size Manipulation (Shown here), Death Manipulation (Shown here), Self-Sustenance (Type 1), BFR (Shown here), Invisibility (Shown here), Acausality (Type 4), Immortality (Type 1, due to his nature as an Abstract), Can survive in space, Can cross dimensions and universes, Immunity to soul attacks (Was unaffected by an attack from the soul gem), Cosmic Senses, Incorporeality, Soul Manipulation, Telepathy, Causality Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Energy Projection, Projection, Shapeshifting, Avatar Creation

All powers from before on a much greater scale plus Higher-Dimensional Existence.

**Attack Potency:** At least **Large Island level** (Beat Namor easily) | At least **Large Island level** (Should be on par with his Order side) | **Multiverse level+** (Stalemated a well-fed Galactus. Exists in Overspace alongside the other universal abstracts) | **Outerverse level** (Exists on the same level of reality as his two creators, as he was one of the components of the Logos)

**Speed:** **Sub-Relativistic** (Keeps up with Namor) | **Sub-Relativistic** | **Massively FTL+** (Keeps with Galactus) | **Nigh-Omnipresent**

**Lifting Strength:** **Unknown** | **Unknown** | **Immeasurable** | **Immeasurable**

**Striking Strength:** At least **Large Island Class** | At least **Large Island Class** | **Multiversal+** | **Outerversal**

**Durability:** At least **Large Island level** (Took hits from Namor with ease) | At least **Large Island level** | **Multiverse level+** (Took attacks from a well-fed Galactus. The fact that he is an abstract representation of concepts makes him nearly impossible to destroy) | **Outerverse level**

**Stamina:** Infinite

**Range:** Tens of meters | Unknown | Multiversal+ | Outerverse level

**Standard Equipment:** Nothing notable

**Intelligence:** Massive cosmic knowledge of time and space, knows much more than any mortal being (although beings outside the realms of Chaos and Order cannot be tracked by him)

**Weaknesses:** In a place where no dichotomies exist he's powerless

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Summon the opposite:** He is capable of summoning a being's opposite in order to fight them.

**Key:** **Order Side** | **Chaos Side** | **Universal In-Betweener** | **Multiversal In-Betweener**

**Note:** Before making any changes to this profile, please read the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Silver Surfer Vol 3 #17 | November 1988
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe Vol 1 #2 | November 2013
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Avengers Vol 3 #59 | December 2002
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe Vol 1 #1 | November 2013
5. ↑ Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe Vol 1 #3 | December 2013
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe Vol 1 #4 | December 2013
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Doctor Strange Vol 2 #27 | February 1978
8. ↑ Warlock Vol 1 #11 | February 1976
9. ↑ Silver Surfer Vol 3 #18 | December 1988
10. ↑ Thanos Quest Vol 1 #1 | September 1990