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==In other media==
 
==In other media==
 
===Television===
 
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*In Fantastic Four, Galactus appeared in the 1967 animated television series in the episode "Galactus" where he was voiced by actor Ted Cassidy.
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*In Fantastic Four, Galactus made multiple appearances in the 1994 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Tony Jay.
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*In Silver Surfer, Galactus made a number of appearances in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor James Blendick.
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*In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Galactus appeared in the finale episode of the animated television series where he was non-voiced character.
  
 
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===Video games===
 
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*In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Galactus appeared as a boss antagonist in the video game where he was voiced by actor Gregg Berger.
  
 
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Galactus is a male cosmic being that features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Creation

The creature known as Galactus was born in a universe that presided the current one. In this previous reality, he was born on the planet Taa where he was a humanoid called Galan who lived on a paradise world whose civilization was noted as being the most advanced technology in any in the known universe at the time. However, he lived at a time when his universe began the final stages of collapsing, as it began to contract into a "Cosmic Egg"; a ball of dense compact primordial matter. Taa's civilization was one of the last to survive this existence but the deadly radiation caused by the "Big Crunch" had ultimately wiped it out as it had done to all life in this pre-universe. Galan was a space explorer during this disaster and dispatched by his people to find a means of saving his home world; a task that he ultimately failed in. The radiation destroyed his people, leaving a small population on Taa alive. Facing imminent death, Galan proposed that they die gloriously rather than wait for their demise. Taking their starships, they planned to direct themselves to the heart of the "Cosmic Egg" as their last act. As the survivors travelled to the focal point of the Big Crunch, the heat as well as radiation killed off the remaining passengers leaving Galan the only survivor. Rather than dying, he found himself being filled with a strange new form of energy as the universe began to die.

Just before this previous universe met its end, the Phoenix Force culminated the positive emotions of all living beings in the cosmos in order to preserve them from suffering from eternal damnation. At the same time, the Sentience of the Universe which served as this universes equivalent of Eternity met Galan and informed him that they both had to die in the final moments of their universe and explained that they would be preserved and enter the universe that would follow their own. After merging with him, Galan was encased within the "Cosmic Egg" and began to transform him into a powerful cosmic being that would become known as Galactus, the devourer of worlds. In time, the "Cosmic Egg" created the "Big Bang" leading to the birth of a new universe. As part of this creation process, the entities known as Eternity and Death became the embodiments of their concepts of this new universe whilst the newborn Galactus was hurled outward in his newly created starship.

The transformation of the being once known as Galan was not, however, complete and he drifted in his vessel for eons as the rebirth process continued. In the mean time, life began to form in the new universe which powerful beings from the previous universe such as the Elders of the Universe. As the developing Galactus continued to form in his starship, he was discovered by one of the Watchers known as Ecce billions of years ago. After approaching the vessel, he learnt of the being that was developing inside; that it was a creature beyond comprehension and that when it was born, it would be forced to consume entire worlds in order to sate its hunger or perish from it. After understanding the danger that was forming, Ecce considered destroying Galactus before it could be fully formed but instead decided to abide by his races oath of non-interference and simply observed before departing. Eventually, the Watchers came to the conclusion that Galactus was an important component of the natural order of the cosmos and thus agreed with Ecces decision. However, Ecce expressed guilt iover his actions and felt partially responsible for the destruction caused by Galactus.

Eventually, his birth came about and Galan became the creature known as Galactus. Using his vast cosmic beings, he fashioned himself a suit of armor which regulated the raging energies inside his being and transformed his starship into a form of incubation chamber where he spent the next thousand upon thousands of years evolving into a more powerful form that was the final stage of his metamorphosis. His vessel eventually drfited upon the inhabited world of Archeopia though its natives did not interfere with it. It was only when a marauding force of aliens who believed Galactus's vessel to be a weapon belonging to the native Archeopians did Galactus emerge. Now in his final form, he destroyed the invading fleet with a simple gesture but came to realize that as a powerful cosmic being, he had an uncontrollable hunger to consume energy. Quickly, he turned his attention on the energy rich planet of Archeopia and consumed its energies to sate his hunger. A number of survivors of this planet managed to escape their world and formed a group known as the Wanderers. Over the next few millennia, Galactus created a massive world ship which engulfed the Archeopian star system which he named Taa II and became his home as well as a tribute to the first planet he had ever consumed. For the next several billion years, Galactus began to consume planets but did so only on those worlds that were uninhabited by sentient lifeforms with centuries passing before his feedings.

Galactus was not the only cosmic being born in this early era but was instead a member of an entire pantheon of such beings who were the very first organisms created in the universe after the events of the Big Bang. Known as the Proemial Gods, in the beginning they were simply organisms without awareness and simply tasked with aiding the universe in preparing existence fow what was to come. In time, they evolved awareness and came to realize that the reason they were created was no longer needed and felt threatened by such an action. Thus, a war amongst these gods occured with Diableri, Aegis and Tenebrous attempting to find new purposes and thus became corrupted by their views. During this civil war, Galactus worked to kill or imprison his comrades which led to the death of Diableri whilst the others such as Antiphon, Tenebrous and Aegis were placed within the Klyn where they were to remain for all of time.

With his task complete, Galactus resumed his duties of patrolling the spaceways and devouring worlds to sate his never ending hunger. After encountering Death and Eternity, it was believed by many that Galactus served a vital role in the universe as he served as a balancing mechanism between those two cosmic forces. Whilst initially, Galactus sought only to devour uninhabited planets, his feedings became more frequent and the time inbetween those moments grew shorter. This led to Galactus indiscriminately choosing worlds to feed upon; whether they were inhabited or not as he began to believe he was above other beings.

The World Devourer

For centuries, Galactus continued his act of devouring entire worlds but in time, he began to feel the need for some form of companionship. Thus, he created a version of himself which led to the formation of a being known as the Tyrant who was an equal in both size and strength. However, where Galactus took only what he needed to survive, the Tyrant instead had the desire to conquer. After learning of the Tyrants goals, Galactus stripped him of his power and reduced his size whereupon he banished the being to the edges of the universe.

After continuing this feedings, Galactus eventually came to realize that he needed a way of finding worlds with compatable energies to devour without the cumbersome as well as draining task of finding them out for himself. This led to the development of a chosen number of beings that served as the Heralds of Galactus; creatures that were transformed into powerful beings by Galactus's power in order to serve him as his servants. This led to the start of the practice of him choosing heralds that would find him the worlds that were suitable for sating his hunger. The very first such creature was a being known as the Fallen One who was empowered with dark matter. However, the very creation of this being led to its corruption and banishment by its master. As a result of this failure, Galactus would being the practice of embuing new heralds with a portion of his own Power Cosmic.

At some point, Galactus discovered the planet of Zenn-La which he sought to feed upon. However, a native of that world known as Norrin Radd managed to persuade Galactus to spare his world by agreeing with the devourer of worlds to become his herald. An agreement that Galactus settled upon and using the Power Cosmic, he transformed Norrin Radd into the Silver Surfer and tasked him with finding planets to sate his hunger.

Endless Hunger

Overview

Personality and attributes

After becoming Galactus, the being that was once Galan made a decision to devour only those worlds that were uninhabted and that would suppress his hunger. However, in time, his feedings came more frequent and thus his sympathy for intelligent beings began to diminish as he instead focused on his own survival. Furthermore, his ascension into a cosmic being began to color his view and he saw himself as a higher being that was vital in the maintenance of the natural order of the cosmos. Thus, he began to rationalize his need to destroy entire worlds of living beings in order to continue his own existence. Despite these views, Galactus was aware that one day, he will be required to give back to the universe infinitely more than he has ever taken from it.

Powers and abilities

Notes

  • Galactus was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #48 (March 1966).

In other media

Television

  • In Fantastic Four, Galactus appeared in the 1967 animated television series in the episode "Galactus" where he was voiced by actor Ted Cassidy.
  • In Fantastic Four, Galactus made multiple appearances in the 1994 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Tony Jay.
  • In Silver Surfer, Galactus made a number of appearances in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor James Blendick.
  • In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Galactus appeared in the finale episode of the animated television series where he was non-voiced character.

Film

Video games

  • In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Galactus appeared as a boss antagonist in the video game where he was voiced by actor Gregg Berger.

Appearances

  • Fantastic Four:
  • Ultimates:
  • Ultimates 2:

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