In truth, the restructured area is actually a pocket dimension that overlaps the real, unaffected area. Everything and everyone within Kubik’s immediate vicinity is transfer red to this pocket dimension and remains there until the effect ends. As the zone increases in size, more beings are automatically transported into this pocket universe. Beings already within this region perceive it to be infinite. If they wander beyond Kubik’s area of effect, they are automatically transported to the parallel dimension that most resembles the conditions within the pocket universe. When the effect ends, all beings affected by Kubik’s power are safely transported back to their home reality, in locations relative to their previous locations within the pocket dimension.

By using this power on itself, Kubik is able to change its apparent form and apparently use any power it chooses, even those it did not previously possess. Such newly generated powers have Class 1000 rank. The effects of such changes or his powers only exist within the current pocket dimension.

A decade ago, the criminal scientists of AIM created such a field. They were attempting to create a device that would enable them to control reality. When the energy field contracted into a perfect cube, they thought they had created it themselves and named it the Cosmic Cube. They were ignorant of its true origin, but soon discovered that its powers were theirs to control.

Unbeknownst to AIM and the Cosmic Cube, a lab accident elsewhere in the U.S. activated a second Cosmic Cube. Some of this being’s energy was transferred into Owen Reece as he became the Molecule Man. The rest of the being’s energy was transferred into a tertiary dimension where, without a restraining force field and the guidance of other beings, it was free to define its own existence. It eventually evolved into the Beyonder.

Before AIM was able to use the Cosmic Cube, it was stolen by the Red Skull. He used the Cube in his attempts to conquer the world, all of which met defeat despite the Cube’s power. Others learned of the Cube’s power and sought to make it their own. In time, the Cube passed into other hands.

Thanos seized the Cube and commanded it to give him control over the universe. He was transformed into a godlike wraith. Foolishly, Thanos believed he had drained the Cube of all its power and discarded it. Captain Mar-VeIl grabbed the Cube and used it to restore the universe and revert Thanos to his mortal form.

After years of such abuse, the Cosmic Cube finally began to manifest its own personality. Unfortunately, the personality that was developing was seriously marred by its mad ex-owners. The Supreme Intelligence of the Kree Empire discovered the Cosmic Cube’s impending development and asked the Shaper of Worlds to go to Earth to aid the being. The Cube had begun to lash out at its surroundings and threatened to destroy the area. The Shaper reached out to it and calmed its madness. Then he removed any trace of the madness, hatred, paranoia, and power lust of its ex-possessors. Under the Shaper’s guidance, the Cube left Earth and began to assume its mature personality and form.

Its development was interrupted by the Super-Adaptoid. That android had been created with a sliver of the Cosmic Cube and now summoned that entity back to Earth. Immediately upon its return to Earth, the Cosmic Cube transformed itself into the anthropomorphic being that now called itself Kubik. The Super Adaptoid took advantage of Kubik’s presence to mimic its powers in an attempt to defeat the Avengers, control the world, and eventually create a race of similar androids. Although Kubik was still far more powerful, it appeared to retreat and see what the Super-Adaptoid did with its new found power. When the android collapsed in despair, Kubik returned and, by regaining its lost sliver, destroyed the Super-Adaptoid forever. Then Kubik retreated again.

The next time Kubik appeared, it accompanied the Shaper of Worlds on a mission to deal with the Beyonder. The Beyonder had, following his ejection from Earth, retreated to an other dimension. There he created a parallel Earth that he ruled as an omnipresent, egocentric god. Kubik and the Shaper were aware of the Beyonder and the ultimate error of his ways. They also detected Dr. Doom’s plan to make the Beyonder unwittingly transfer his power to Dr. Doom’s control. Kubik and the Shaper appeared on the Beyonder’s pet Earth. Kubik battled the Beyonder as it tried to make the Beyonder see reason and realize that both he and his universe had to die. The latent fury of Kubik’s former possessors returned as he trampled the Beyonder and reduced him and his universe into a crushable sphere. At this moment, the Shaper asserted control and called a halt to the combat.

The Shaper, Kubik, and the Molecule Man pieced together their common story and shared that information with the Beyonder, Dr. Doom, and the Fantastic Four. Then they assisted the Molecule Man and Beyonder to recombine their power and join into a new Cube capable of further evolution. Presumably, the Shaper and Kubik remain together to oversee the further development of the new Cube.