12 Oldest Marvel Characters

2. The Elders Of The Universe - Since Before The Big Bang

Like Galactus, the Elders of the Universe have actually been around since before the Big Bang, with each member of the group being the last surviving member of their respective civilisation.

Among the Elders' most famous members include the Grandmaster, the Collector, and Ego, the Living Planet. Primarily assembled as a group of supervillains, the Elders have come against the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and even fellow cosmic entities like the aforementioned Galactus throughout their history, proving that with great age and power, doesn't always come great intelligence (there are certainly better characters to pick a fight with).

While they're not cosmic in the traditional sense, all of them are immensely powerful, having attained a level as close to immortality as you could find in Marvel's library. Not that you'd have grasped that from their appearances in cinema, with both Jeff Goldblum and Benicio del Toro's characters having been bested by Thor and Thanos respectively during the franchise's most recent phase.