- "This is the Staff of the Living Tribunal."
- ―Karl Mordo[src]
The Living Tribunal is a powerful cosmological entity known for exacting impartial yet brutal judgments.[1]
Biography[]
Staff of the Living Tribunal[]
The Living Tribunal stored a fraction of his power inside the Staff of the Living Tribunal. The staff was eventually granted to Karl Mordo as part of his personal equipment.[2]
Temple of Cosmic Entities[]
Alongside another cosmic entities, the Living Tribunal gained a statue in his honor in the Gates of Eternity.[3]
Alternate Universes[]
Statue Pruned by the TVA[]
Head of a statue of Living Tribunal in the Void
In an alternate universe, a statue of the Living Tribunal, or at least the head of it, was reset by the Time Variance Authority, causing it to end up in the Void.[4]
Living Tribunal Statue World[]
Doctor Strange and America Chavez falling past the heads of the Living Tribunal statues
While Doctor Strange and America Chavez fell through alternate universes within the Multiverse, the two passed through a universe inhabited by statues of the Living Tribunal.[5][6]
Appearances[]
In chronological order:
Doctor Strange (mentioned)
- Phase Three: Marvel's Doctor Strange (mentioned)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (statue)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (statue)
- Loki | Episode 1.05: Journey Into Mystery (statue)
Trivia[]
- In the comics, the Living Tribunal is a vastly powerful cosmic entity and the cosmic adjudicator with supreme authority over the Multiverse. There is one Living Tribunal for the Multiverse and it works for the One Above All (not to be confused with the Celestial of the same name).
- The Living Tribunal has three heads, which in the comics are shown side by side. However, it was seen detached in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
- There were ideas of Loki interacting with the Living Tribunal after he achieved his glorious purpose.[7]
Behind the Scenes[]
- According to Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the Living Tribunal was meant to appear on the Battle of Titan in Avengers: Infinity War in an early script: "We wrote a scene in which he appeared during the Titan fight. And everyone was like, what?" said Markus. "He's got three heads. It would indicate a whole different level of architecture to the universe and I think that was too much to just throw in." said McFeely.[8]
References[]
- ↑ Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Doctor Strange
- ↑ Thor: Love and Thunder
- ↑ Loki: 1.05: Journey Into Mystery
- ↑ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- ↑ DOCTOR STRANGE 2 Artist Confirms The Living Tribunal & Multiversal Location With Ties To The X-Men
- ↑ The Art of Loki: Season Two
- ↑ ‘Avengers: Endgame’: The Screenwriters Answer Every Question You Might Have
