when you’re practically as old as the
universe you have to have some kind of
hobby to keep from getting bored who’s
ready to play welcome to watchmojo.com
and Sheedy we will explore the comic
book origins of the Grandmaster
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content as with most comic
book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1969’s Avengers numbers 69
to 71 which was expanded upon in 1978
Avengers number 174 1982’s contest of
Champions number one and 1987 s Silver
Surfer number four the grandmasters
schtick can be summed up in one word
games the dude is only happy when he’s
playing some sort of whacked-out game
for outrageous stakes as one of the
elders of the universe who’s been around
since just after the Big Bang
he’s got years of experience perfecting
this craft on top of that his super
intellect and his ability to access
something called deep power primordial
which he uses to control life and death
also makes him rather formidable not a
lot was revealed about the Grandmaster
in his first appearance way back in 1969
that is in this tale The Avengers were
kidnapped by Kang the Conqueror a
villain from Earth’s future it turns out
that a year ago Kang had been mourning
the loss of his beloved Ravana when a
strange figure appeared on his ship this
figure was none other than the
Grandmaster who challenged him to a game
if Kang won the Grandmaster would grant
him the power of life and death
if Kang lost the Grandmaster would just
kind of obliterate all life on Earth
both Kang and the Grandmaster had chosen
human pawns to use in this game of
galaxies Kang selected the Avengers
while the Grandmaster created a group
called the squadron sinister
you see the grandmasters home planet is
filled with living computers that can do
just about anything he wants them to
including for these purposes conjuring
up super-powered bad guys what followed
was the first part of the game in which
the Avengers battled the squadron in
four separate contests due to the
unexpected interference of the Black
Knight in one of these contests it was
determined that the first round was just
a stalemate in the second round three of
the Avengers were sent back to the 1940s
to battle the original versions of
Captain America the cell
Mariner and the Human Torch gangs team
won this battle eventually because he
had won only half of the game
the Grandmaster made King shoobs power
over life or power over death despite
his desire to bring Ravana back to life
Kang’s hatred overcame him and he chose
the ability to bring death to the
Avengers but by phrasing it in that way
he kind of sealed his doom as the Black
Knight showed up again and because he
was not an Avenger defeated King so with
a wave of his hand
the Grandmaster departed in search of
other stuff to play fast forward to 1978
and another Avengers foe the collector
revealed that he was part of a group
known as the elders of the universe and
that the Grandmaster was also a member
of this elusive Club of immensely
powerful and incredibly old beings after
the collector had been killed the
Grandmaster arranged one of his high
stakes games with death herself in order
to try to bring his quote brother back
to life a few years after that the
Grandmaster revealed that he and his
so-called brothers were actually the
last remaining survivors of various
ancient races the key to their long
lives was that each had a massive
obsession with one thing which kept them
alive the collector collected things the
Grandmaster got off on gambling by the
way that’s totally how immortality works
power destruction this game has
everything other than what we’ve said
above there’s not really much that’s
known about the grandmasters origins but
that really hasn’t stopped him from
bringing his gamesmanship to other media
he’s made his mark in a number of
Marvel’s animated TV offerings
not to mention Jeff Goldblum’s cinematic
take on the character on the page or on
the screen he’s definitely a player one
of you brush a joke
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
universe you have to have some kind of
hobby to keep from getting bored who’s
ready to play welcome to watchmojo.com
and Sheedy we will explore the comic
book origins of the Grandmaster
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content as with most comic
book characters they’re often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we’ve chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1969’s Avengers numbers 69
to 71 which was expanded upon in 1978
Avengers number 174 1982’s contest of
Champions number one and 1987 s Silver
Surfer number four the grandmasters
schtick can be summed up in one word
games the dude is only happy when he’s
playing some sort of whacked-out game
for outrageous stakes as one of the
elders of the universe who’s been around
since just after the Big Bang
he’s got years of experience perfecting
this craft on top of that his super
intellect and his ability to access
something called deep power primordial
which he uses to control life and death
also makes him rather formidable not a
lot was revealed about the Grandmaster
in his first appearance way back in 1969
that is in this tale The Avengers were
kidnapped by Kang the Conqueror a
villain from Earth’s future it turns out
that a year ago Kang had been mourning
the loss of his beloved Ravana when a
strange figure appeared on his ship this
figure was none other than the
Grandmaster who challenged him to a game
if Kang won the Grandmaster would grant
him the power of life and death
if Kang lost the Grandmaster would just
kind of obliterate all life on Earth
both Kang and the Grandmaster had chosen
human pawns to use in this game of
galaxies Kang selected the Avengers
while the Grandmaster created a group
called the squadron sinister
you see the grandmasters home planet is
filled with living computers that can do
just about anything he wants them to
including for these purposes conjuring
up super-powered bad guys what followed
was the first part of the game in which
the Avengers battled the squadron in
four separate contests due to the
unexpected interference of the Black
Knight in one of these contests it was
determined that the first round was just
a stalemate in the second round three of
the Avengers were sent back to the 1940s
to battle the original versions of
Captain America the cell
Mariner and the Human Torch gangs team
won this battle eventually because he
had won only half of the game
the Grandmaster made King shoobs power
over life or power over death despite
his desire to bring Ravana back to life
Kang’s hatred overcame him and he chose
the ability to bring death to the
Avengers but by phrasing it in that way
he kind of sealed his doom as the Black
Knight showed up again and because he
was not an Avenger defeated King so with
a wave of his hand
the Grandmaster departed in search of
other stuff to play fast forward to 1978
and another Avengers foe the collector
revealed that he was part of a group
known as the elders of the universe and
that the Grandmaster was also a member
of this elusive Club of immensely
powerful and incredibly old beings after
the collector had been killed the
Grandmaster arranged one of his high
stakes games with death herself in order
to try to bring his quote brother back
to life a few years after that the
Grandmaster revealed that he and his
so-called brothers were actually the
last remaining survivors of various
ancient races the key to their long
lives was that each had a massive
obsession with one thing which kept them
alive the collector collected things the
Grandmaster got off on gambling by the
way that’s totally how immortality works
power destruction this game has
everything other than what we’ve said
above there’s not really much that’s
known about the grandmasters origins but
that really hasn’t stopped him from
bringing his gamesmanship to other media
he’s made his mark in a number of
Marvel’s animated TV offerings
not to mention Jeff Goldblum’s cinematic
take on the character on the page or on
the screen he’s definitely a player one
of you brush a joke
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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