Knowhere

Infobox comics location
name= Knowhere


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publisher= Marvel Comics
debut="Nova" #8 (January 2008)
creators=Dan Abnett
Andy Lanning
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residents=Cosmo
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Knowhere is the name of a fictional location in the Marvel Comics universe. It is an interdimensional crossroads and scientific observatory. It was created by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. and first appeared in "Nova" #8 (January 2008).

Development

When asked about how they came up with the idea Abnett and Lanning said:

Overview

Located within the severed head of a Celestial floating along The Rip (the extreme outer edge of all Spacetime with no specific physical location), Knowhere acts as a make-shift port of call and observatory of the End of the Universe for intergalactic travelers of all species and from all times. First appearing in "Nova" #8 (see 2007 in comics and ""), the station is administered by its chief of security, Cosmo, a telepathic and telekenetic Soviet space dog originally lost in Earth orbit in the 1960's.

Knowhere maintains minor facilities for close observation of the end of the Universe, a main hall and marketplace. Cosmo assigns special "passport" bracelets allowing instantaneous transportation to and from anywhere in the Universe via the deceased Celestial's "Continuum Cortex," located within the brain-stem, from where sensors can also detect subtle disruptions in space-time occurring outside The Rip in the greater Universe. Facilitated by Cosmo and Richard Rider, Knowhere is now used as the base of operations for the new Guardians of the Galaxy. [ [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=1339 Inside Look: "Guardians of the Galaxy" #1] by DnA, Broken Frontier, May 21, 2008]

The origins of Knowhere are uncertain. It is unknown how the severed head of a Celestial appeared at the end of the Universe, and what kind of forces could conceivably decapitate the God-like alien. Abnett and Lanning have said that the origin is "A mystery that will have to wait for now, but it's a biggie!". [ [http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1911.Lost_In_Space~colon~_Nova_%239 Lost In Space: Nova #9] , Marvel.com, November 21, 2007] What is known is that Knowhere drifts inexorably closer to the end of space-time and will, at some point, cease to exist.

Notes

References

*"Nova" #8 and #9 (published November and December 2007)
*"Guardians of the Galaxy" #1 (published May 2008)

External links

* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Knowhere Knowhere] at Marvel Universe, retrieved May 15, 2008.