Ragnarok Was Chopped Liver!!

Given all the attention that Thor's getting right now, it might be nice to see how old Goldilocks views the Marvel cosmic hierarchy:

You can click to embiggen the Ron Lim goodness, but I blew up the individual parts for you.

How ya doin', Thor?

Oops, cut off Loki there. Sorry, Matt Damon!!

How about the bigger guns?

You know this next guy is my favorite:

 MANGOG!!!!

You might remember this guy...

This next guy (maybe) answers the eternal question, could Odin create a weapon so powerful it could destroy him?

Oh, yeah, and there's this guy:

Much better than a "cosmic cloud creature." Sheesh, movie makers, how stupid are you??

Ah, yes, let's not forget the the Beyonder has gone trough at least two massively stupid retcons. At first, he was the sentient embodiment of an entire other universe. Then, they decided that he was a not yet complete Cosmic Cube. Then, Bendis and Reed decided that he wasn't even that--he was just a mutant Inhuman. No wonder Thor has no respect for him...Next? The Beyonder was just a schmo with a magic wishing penny...

Not just Celestials, but "higher level" Celestials!!

This guy really should have been in the Doctor Strange movie, to blow our puny minds.

The Living Tribunal!! Don't mess with him!!

Over/under on how many of these guys will turn up in Avengers: Infinity War?

BTW, you'll note that Thor managed to do all that without any damned Asgardian font.

From Thor Annual #14 (1989)

Friday Morning Freak-out--Time To Make The Donuts!!

OK, OK, let's call this meeting to order...

...umm, why are we here, anyway?

And where the hell are the donuts?

Whose turn was it to bring the freakin' donuts?!?

Oh, crap, it's Thanos. Everyone just hold really still and pretend to be just a representation during Thanos' usual "look at all the powerful people I know" tour...

Phew. He's gone. Now, where the hell are the donuts?!?!

Oh, crap, it's the Molecule Man!

He's a total cosmic buzzkill!! Everyone split quick!!!

Living Tribunal--next time YOU bring the donuts!! Geez, for cosmic entities, we're so disorganized!

Cosmic Skyping!

You ever wonder how these cosmic entities meet and greet each other?

Galactus is just chillin', waiting on Eternity...

Click to embiggen that...Galactus says "Whatsup, Eterni-dog?" and Eternity is all like "Hows it hangin' Holmes?"

Well, after a few pages of mind-blowing cosmic exposition, the best buds part...

Yeah, that just happened. So how was your morning?

That was Marshall Rogers and Joe Rubenstein on art by the way. If you prefer, here's Walt Simonson's (cover) version of the confab:

Straight trippin'.

Manic Strangesday--Gene Colan Is Trippin' Balls

Remember that time when we all died?

What? You don't remember? We all died? The whole planet destroyed?!?

Let Doctor Strange remind you...

See?

Still nothing?

Yup, Earth blowed up good. We all died. Not a hoax, not a dream, not an imaginary story!!

Well, maybe not so fast on the "not a dream" portion. Because when Stephen investigates into Nightmare's realm...

Yes, Nightmare had captured Eternity, and forced him to dream of Earth's destruction.

So, it was just a dream, right?

D'oh!!!

But still, Doctor Strange just rescued you, right? So now you can make everything all better, right?

D'oh!!

Fortunately for all of us, The Ancient One comes...and he kicks Eternity's ass!!

After Celestial Beings MMA, Eternity reconsiders...

See, we all died, and were recreated.

You still don't remember??

What about you, Strange?

We're all coming down, bro. We are all.

From Doctor Strange #13 (1976), where Steve Englehart, Gene Colan and Tom Palmer were blowing our minds...