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Galactus (/ ɡ ə ˈ l æ k t ə s /) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Formerly a mortal man, he is a cosmic entity who consumes planets to sustain his life force, and serves a functional role in the upkeep of the primary Marvel continuity.
Shalla-Bal is the Empress of her utopian planet, Zenn-La (in the Deneb System, Milky Way Galaxy), and is the lover of Norrin Radd. When the planet-eating Galactus comes to their planet, Norrin Radd volunteers to become his herald in exchange for sparing Zenn-La. Norrin Radd is given the Power Cosmic and becomes the Silver Surfer, thus separating him from Shalla-Bal for a long time.
"The Galactus Trilogy" is a 1966 three-issue comic book story arc that appeared in Fantastic Four #48–50. Written, co-plotted and drawn by Jack Kirby with editor Stan Lee for Marvel Comics , it introduced the characters Galactus and the Silver Surfer .
The story frequently cited as Lee and Kirby's finest achievement [26] [27] is the three-part "Galactus Trilogy" that began in Fantastic Four #48 (March 1966), chronicling the arrival of Galactus, a cosmic giant who wanted to devour the planet, and his herald, the Silver Surfer.
An enraged Galactus destroys more than half the Annihilation Wave, and Annihilus is defeated. [66] Later, the Surfer is joined as herald by Stardust, a former herald the Surfer had replaced. [67] [68] The Silver Surfer leads Galactus to the populated planet Orbucen, which brings him into conflict with Richard Rider. He delays the planetary ...
They were defeated by the combined forces of Galactus and a Franklin Richards from an alternate future. [ 71 ] In X-Men '92 , the race known as the M'Kraan had developed mutants who then evolved into Celestials, such as Xodus the Harvester who thought that the mutants from other worlds would replace his kind.
Galactus, changed into the Life-Bringer by the Ultimates, encounters Ego after regaining his strength after a battle with the new universal construct Lagos. Ego attacks Galactus as he journeys to his inner brain at the center of the planet, however loses control of his constructs, which realize that Galactus is not a threat.
Ultimate Nullifier is a fictional device of immense power in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The device made its first appearance in Fantastic Four volume 1, issue #50 (May 1966), in which Johnny Storm retrieves it from the home of Galactus (as directed by Uatu the Watcher) to employ against Galactus himself.