The Tesseract held one of six Infinity Stones (Space Stone) that grant its user control over specific aspects of reality. According to the most commonly accepted origin story, the six gems were once part of an all-powerful being who ended themselves out of loneliness. Its power survived and manifested as six gems.
Role in the Story[]
Billions of Years Ago[]
- The Big Bang (approximately 13.8 billion years ago, according to current data) happened and created existence, the Space Stone was in the Tesseract on Earth.
1944[]
Rail Hydra (Flashback Part 1)[]
- Captain America and Bucky Barnes break into a Hydra lair during World War 2 to defeat Red Skull and he escapes.
- Red Skull also created weapons with the Tesseract.
1945[]
Rail Hydra (Flashback Part 3)[]
- Captain America and Red Skull attack each other until Red Skull gets his hands on the Tesseract and is banished to Vormir, leaving Captain America to sacrifice himself to end the war.
2012[]
Unknown Time Period[]
- The Tesseract was found by S.H.I.E.L.D.
LEGO Marvel's Avengers (The Avengers)[]
- Loki arrives on Earth, in a S.H.I.E.L.D. Base and he mind-controlled Hawkeye and Eric Selvig and took the Tesseract.
- Loki escaped to Stark Tower to use the Tesseract to open a portal to the Chitauri, Loki then battles Thor and destroyed Captain America's Quinjet.
- Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hulk and Thor destroyed a Leviathan and became known as The Avengers.
- Hulk defeated Loki and Black Widow closed the portal after Iron Man sent a nuke through it, destroying the Chitauri.
- Baron Strucker takes Loki's sceptre to his castle and Loki returns to Asgard with the Tesseract.
2013[]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes[]
- Human Torch, Wolverine, Captain America and Thor go to Asgard which was taken over by Frost Giants who now served Loki since Laufey died in 2011, after Thor fought another Destroyer, Loki accidentally escaped without the Tesseract which was stolen by Wolverine.
- The X-Mansion was under attack and Magneto escaped with the Tesseract.
- Iron Man, Spider-Man and Thor go to Asteroid M and defeat Magneto and Doctor Doom, Loki reveals his plan of controlling Galactus to destroy Earth and Asgard.
- Asteroid M is annihilated and its remains fall onto the Helicarrier and Nick Fury wants The Avengers and the supervillains to team up, Galactus arrives at the Helicarrier with Loki and The Heroes and Villains, they fight it out.
- Galactus is sent through a wormhole and is stranded in space with Loki while the supervillains ran off and Silver Surfer redirecting Galactus away from Earth, leaving Loki in space and Sheild with the Tesseract.
2017[]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2[]
- Kang the Conqueror destroys the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, leaving the Tesseract to fall into the ocean and presumably be destroyed.
Unknown Time Period[]
- Thanos obtains the Space Stone.