Galactus

Galactus, sometimes called the Destroyer of Worlds or planet -eater, is a cartoon character in the universe of Marvel Comics. Galactus was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and made ​​her first appearance in Fantastic Four # 48.

As Galactus threatened to destroy the Earth, the Fantastic Four expelled him with the help of Galactus ' former herald, the Silver Surfer, and the Ultimate Nullifier, an extremely powerful cosmic artifact. Then swore Galactus to leave the earth on all the time in peace.

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Galan of Taa was the last survivor of the previous universe Endknalls. He was a researcher who examined the impending end of the universe and transformed the focus of Endknalls in a cosmic being, while his universe died. After the Big Bang of the current universe, his metamorphosis completed in a cosmic egg. After billions of years, " slipped " Galactus. Although he now called the " cosmic force " his own, Galactus was dependent to feed on the energy of the planet, without which he can not survive. He traveled through the universe, always on the search for planets that offer him food. Over millions of years, he was one of the most feared beings in the universe, he was responsible for the destruction of countless alien civilizations. However, Galactus is not evil, his action is more like a force of nature.

To help him in his search for new worlds, Galactus equipped with various Heralds of cosmic force. Most of them rebelled sooner or later, or trying to cheat him. His heralds were the Silver Surfer, Terrax, Firelord, Air - Walker, Nova, Morg and Red Shift.

In Galactus: The Devourer ( mini-series 1999 ) Galactus died and was transformed by the combined forces of the heroes of Earth and the Shi'ar empire into a star. Since then he has returned, among others in the series Fantastic Four and Thanos.

The Ultimate version of Galactus is the Gah Lak Tus hive mind, a collection of machines, dar. How Galactus uses it heralds, called Silver -Men to search for planets, from which it can feed. When it attacked the Earth, Reed Richards ignited in its interior a new Big Bang and damaged it so much that it withdrew again.

In Age of Ultron, Galactus was from the main universe, after the barrier between the universes was briefly damaged due to the many time travel, pulled into the Ultimate Universe. there is Galactus combined with Gah Lak Tus. After Galactus has attacked the Ultimate Earth, he will use Reed Richards, Kitty Pryde and Thor locked in the N- Zone.

Galactus also appeared in Earth X miniseries, which played outside the normal continuity of Marvels. This series revealed that Galactus was an indispensable part of the universe, because the planet destroyed by him in reality " eggs " of the Celestials were mighty Galactus and thus averted an overpopulation of the universe with Celestials. But after proven other revelations of Earth X as invalid for the normal continuity, this aspect of Galactus ' action may be valid only for Earth X.

In other media

Live-action adaptation

Galactus is part of the plot of the film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. However, significant main character is his herald, the Silver Surfer; Galactus himself was " supernatural cosmic power " in the form of a gigantic structure, consisting of smoke, fog and darkness represented by screenwriter Don Payne.

Animation

Galactus regularly appears in the animated series Silver Surfer. There he is quite human according to his original comic: Galactus has a ( supernaturally large ) humanoid body, is eloquent and floats in a planet-sized space base through space.

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