he is the devourer of worlds
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring the comic book origins of
Galactus as with most comic book
characters there are often reimagining
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline that unfolded in 1966 s
Fantastic Four number 48 which was then
expanded upon in 1996 is origin of
Galactus number one and nearly
omnipotent being from the Marvel
Universe Galactus is the sole survivor
of a universe that existed before the
Big Bang born billions of years ago on a
technologically advanced paradise world
of tah
he was once named Galen and became aware
that all currently existing life was
about to end abruptly with the
occurrence of the Big Bang with his
people dying of radiation poisoning he
decided to bravely fly his spaceship
into the Big Bang’s event horizon in an
attempt to sacrifice himself and
neutralize its formation however once
inside he discovered a cosmic entity
called the sentience of the universe who
merged with him as the Big Bang
decimated and REE fertilized the
universe resurrected he drifted for
billions of years in an inert state
until he was happened upon by a watcher
a member of an advanced alien species
studying the cosmos and practicing
non-interference giving in to his
curiosity The Watcher inadvertently
awoke Galactus having become a life-form
of pure energy Galactus formed a body
suit to regulate his boundless power and
entered a new state of hibernation that
would allow him to evolve into his final
form this incubation period ended when
he fed upon the elemental energy of a
nearby planet and crafted a reproduction
of his long-lost homeworld which he
called tah to in the millennia that
followed Galactus fed upon the energies
of countless uninhabited worlds and the
time needed between feedings continued
to diminish
eventually he lost all reservations
about annihilating life-forms and turned
his attention to inhabited worlds seeing
himself as a superior being that kept
the balance between death and eternity
Galactus then came upon the planet of
zenn-la and was convinced by one of its
natives to show mercy in exchange for
loyal service as his Herald bestowed
with the power cosmic the selfless being
became the
Silver Surfer who had act as Galactus
his scout and seek out new planets for
his master to devour it was he who then
discovered earth at this time a visiting
watcher recognized the imminent danger
and decided to intervene by forming a
barrier around the planet with the
surfer making his way through the
enclosure with ease a message was sent
to his master who quickly arrived in his
giant ship only to be met by the
Fantastic Four ignoring their pleas
Galactus formed array to convert the
planets element into energy
however the Silver Surfer felt pity for
the humans and decided to help the
Fantastic Four restrain Galactus while
the thing destroyed the world consuming
device The Watcher transported the Human
Torch to tattoo to retrieve a powerful
weapon called the ultimate nullifier
with the Fantastic Four threatening to
use the nullifier to destroy Galactus he
was forced to promise not to harm their
world in exchange for the weapons return
however Galactus eventually returned out
of desperation for his Herald to rejoin
him and to claim Earth’s life energy
thus spurring a face-off against Earth’s
Mightiest Heroes the Avengers an
unrivaled force Galactus has
demonstrated a fast and never-ending
array of incredible powers including
taking on the appearance of whatever
species looks upon him and resurrecting
the dead he continues to appear in
countless media and marked his
live-action debut in 2007’s Fantastic
Four the rise of the Silver Surfer this
is
for us both are you a Galactus fan want
to learn more about other comic book
characters well join us at watchmojo.com
the web’s number one site for comic book
origins
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring the comic book origins of
Galactus as with most comic book
characters there are often reimagining
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline that unfolded in 1966 s
Fantastic Four number 48 which was then
expanded upon in 1996 is origin of
Galactus number one and nearly
omnipotent being from the Marvel
Universe Galactus is the sole survivor
of a universe that existed before the
Big Bang born billions of years ago on a
technologically advanced paradise world
of tah
he was once named Galen and became aware
that all currently existing life was
about to end abruptly with the
occurrence of the Big Bang with his
people dying of radiation poisoning he
decided to bravely fly his spaceship
into the Big Bang’s event horizon in an
attempt to sacrifice himself and
neutralize its formation however once
inside he discovered a cosmic entity
called the sentience of the universe who
merged with him as the Big Bang
decimated and REE fertilized the
universe resurrected he drifted for
billions of years in an inert state
until he was happened upon by a watcher
a member of an advanced alien species
studying the cosmos and practicing
non-interference giving in to his
curiosity The Watcher inadvertently
awoke Galactus having become a life-form
of pure energy Galactus formed a body
suit to regulate his boundless power and
entered a new state of hibernation that
would allow him to evolve into his final
form this incubation period ended when
he fed upon the elemental energy of a
nearby planet and crafted a reproduction
of his long-lost homeworld which he
called tah to in the millennia that
followed Galactus fed upon the energies
of countless uninhabited worlds and the
time needed between feedings continued
to diminish
eventually he lost all reservations
about annihilating life-forms and turned
his attention to inhabited worlds seeing
himself as a superior being that kept
the balance between death and eternity
Galactus then came upon the planet of
zenn-la and was convinced by one of its
natives to show mercy in exchange for
loyal service as his Herald bestowed
with the power cosmic the selfless being
became the
Silver Surfer who had act as Galactus
his scout and seek out new planets for
his master to devour it was he who then
discovered earth at this time a visiting
watcher recognized the imminent danger
and decided to intervene by forming a
barrier around the planet with the
surfer making his way through the
enclosure with ease a message was sent
to his master who quickly arrived in his
giant ship only to be met by the
Fantastic Four ignoring their pleas
Galactus formed array to convert the
planets element into energy
however the Silver Surfer felt pity for
the humans and decided to help the
Fantastic Four restrain Galactus while
the thing destroyed the world consuming
device The Watcher transported the Human
Torch to tattoo to retrieve a powerful
weapon called the ultimate nullifier
with the Fantastic Four threatening to
use the nullifier to destroy Galactus he
was forced to promise not to harm their
world in exchange for the weapons return
however Galactus eventually returned out
of desperation for his Herald to rejoin
him and to claim Earth’s life energy
thus spurring a face-off against Earth’s
Mightiest Heroes the Avengers an
unrivaled force Galactus has
demonstrated a fast and never-ending
array of incredible powers including
taking on the appearance of whatever
species looks upon him and resurrecting
the dead he continues to appear in
countless media and marked his
live-action debut in 2007’s Fantastic
Four the rise of the Silver Surfer this
is
for us both are you a Galactus fan want
to learn more about other comic book
characters well join us at watchmojo.com
the web’s number one site for comic book
origins
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