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| “ | Of all the creatures in the vastness of the Universe, there is none like me. I was present at the birth of the Universe, and I shall be there at its end. Though I ravage worlds to live, I bear no malice toward any living thing. I simply do what I must to survive. And why must Galactus survive? For, no matter how many worlds I devour... How many civilizations I destroy... It is my destiny to one day give back to the Universe – Infinitely more than I have ever taken from it. So speaks Galactus. | „ |
| ~ Galactus |
| “ | He did as I wished. For I required New Heralds -- Heralds of Life Itself. Heroes to fight the infinite crime and unchain the Cosmos. As a new reality dawns -- Will you save it? Will you guard the flickering flame of being against the Ultimate Darkness? Do you stand... With Galactus? | „ |
| ~ The Lifebringer |
| “ | Such is not the purpose of Galactus. Please, understand, I transitioned from the previous multiverse to this one only because I was a passenger to the energy that created it. This time, I am that energy, and you are my passenger. |
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Summary
Galactus was originally an explorer named Galan from a planet called "Taa" in a universe that existed before the big bang. When the impending cataclysm gradually killed all life in his universe, including almost all of his own people, he and other survivors sought to escape the decay of their world. They left Taa via a space vessel, but it was eventually engulfed in the cataclysm that ended the old universe and spawned a new one. Galan, however, did not die, but was transformed by the Sentience of the Universe, and gestated for billions of years, emerging (partially due to the inactivity of a Watcher) into the new universe as Galactus.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Varies from Low 1-C to 1-A, higher when sufficiently fed, even higher with Cosmic Devouring and the Ultimate Nullifier | 1-A | 1-A
Key: Devourer of Worlds | Lifebringer Galactus | After Consuming the Enchanted Planets
Name: Galactus, The Devourer of Words, The World-Eater, formerly known as Galan of Taa | The Lifebringer, The Seeder of Worlds
Origin: Marvel Comics
Gender: Inapplicable, but he was male in his past life and is largely presented as such
Age: Predates the current Marvel Multiverse, originating in the sixth iteration of the cosmos. Though he is technically beyond time.
Classification: Cosmic Entity, Abstract Being, Force of Nature, Balance Between Eternity and Death | Embodiment of Rebirth and Renewal, Wellspring of the Cosmos
Powers and Abilities:
All the powers and abilities of the Silver Surfer on an immensely larger scale along with:
- Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 1; His real form is stated to have no dimensions at all[1])
- Abstract Existence (Type 2; Stated to be[2] one of the Abstracts[3] that embody the sentience of the universe)
- Incorporeality (Galactus is not truly a physical being,[4] with his real self being pure energy[5] encased in an armor shell.[6] Described as being beyond form,[7] and instead as taking form to interact with lesser beings)
- Perception Manipulation (His true nature is formless, incomprehensible energy, and as such his appearance changes depending on the beholder[4])
- Transduality (Type 2; Described as being devoid of dualities, being "the absence of opposites" that contrasts The In-Betweener's union of opposites,[8] uncreated and untouched by the interplay between Death and Eternity,[9] and immune to the In-Betweener's power over dichotomies as a result[10])
- Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, 5; Galactus' will to survive is so powerful that he remains fully conscious even after having his physical form dissipated and returned to cosmic energy.[11] Galactus is a being whose nature transcends both Eternity and Death,[9] the fundamental concepts of life and death[12] and existence and nonexistence,[13] representing a force of alienness[5] and unpredictability that is exempt from both polarities)
- Regeneration (Low-Godly; Capable of reconstituting himself even after having his physical form annihilated and reduced to cosmic energy,[11][14] which is described as akin to the soul[15])
- Incorporeality (Galactus is not truly a physical being,[4] with his real self being pure energy[5] encased in an armor shell.[6] Described as being beyond form,[7] and instead as taking form to interact with lesser beings)
- Acausality (Types 1 & 4; Stated to be an entity that exists beyond time and space[16])
- Abstract Existence (Type 2; Stated to be[2] one of the Abstracts[3] that embody the sentience of the universe)
- Absorption (Galactus' prime function and method of sustainment is to feed upon cosmic energies, usually directed at planets, but which also extends to stars,[17] galaxies[18] and even whole planes of existence if need be.[19] Completely drained Sphinx of his power,[20] and endlessly drained Hyperstorm's energies,[21] the latter being powerless to act as Galactus siphoned them away despite being far more powerful himself. Assimilated Dormammu and Satannish, adding their power to his own[22])
- Reality Warping (Galactus' presence alone heavily distorts reality,[1] with him operating on multiple planes of existence simultaneously.[1][23] States that his every passing whim becomes reality,[20] and Doctor Doom described the material world and his own imagination as having become as one after absorbing Galactus' power[24])
- Space-Time Manipulation (His presence bends time as well, influencing the past, present and future of multiple realities and resulting in causal anomalies that can threaten to erase individuals from history[1])
- Teleportation
- Shapeshifting
- Soul Manipulation
- Energy Manipulation
- Light Manipulation (Emitted light "more pure and bright than the first white light of creation"[25] when exerting his power against Terrax)
- Matter Manipulation
- Causality Manipulation
- Physics Manipulation
- Transmutation (Effortlessly melted down Terrax, before turning him into a worm and then into pure energy, which Galactus claims he could disperse across the whole cosmos[26])
- Telekinesis & Telepathy (Stalemated Odin in a telepathic battle,[27][28] with the two overwhelming each other at multiple points)
- Dimensional Travel (Teleported the High Evolutionary to the Negative Zone,[29] and, through considerable effort, opened a gateway to the Continuum, a bubble universe completely isolated from the rest of the multiverse[30])
- Technology Manipulation
- Non-Physical Interaction & Invulnerability Negation (Energy, Intangibility & Nonduality [Type 2]; Capable of harming The In-Betweener in spite of the latter's nondual nature making him impervious[10] to all conventional attacks.[31] Harmed Kitty Pryde while she was Intangible[32]. Can interact with and absorb magic energy)
- Power Bestowal
- Time Travel (Sent Sphinx back to the past[20])
- Forcefield Creation
- Ultimate Nullifier:
- Existence Erasure (With the Ultimate Nullifier, which completely erases any offending targets from history,[33] being even capable of erasing Eternity himself[34] and potentially the entire multiverse)
- Cosmic Awareness
Resistance to:
- Magic on the level of a Sorcerer Supreme (Has taken many magic attacks from the likes of Doctor Strange and Agamotto without issue)
- Telepathy & Mind Manipulation (Even while idle and completely unaware of their interference, Galactus' mental defenses are considered far too strong for Charles Xavier and Magneto to breach[35])
- Soul Manipulation (Galactus' spirit is of a similar nature to Eternity and Infinity's, being beyond the power of the Soul Stone[36])
- Physics Manipulation (Galactus is composed of cosmic energies to which the regular laws of physics don't apply[37])
All previous powers and abilities to immensely greater degrees, as well as:
- Life Manipulation
- Abstract Existence (Type 1; In the Superflow, where he exists as living information within conceptual space[38])
All powers and abilities he possessed as the World-Eater to immeasurably higher degrees
Attack Potency: Varies from Low Complex Multiverse level (Immensely more powerful than the likes of Silver Surfer and Thor, with the former being Galactus' Herald and deriving his power from him, thus below even his hungry states) to Outerverse level (His power is deemed to rival Odin,[39][40] and the two stood evenly matched in direct confrontation.[27][28] Fought against Agamotto to a standstill,[41] with Agamotto himself being one-third of the Vishanti, who are comparable to Slorioth, a pan-dimensional entity whose totality is vast beyond what any single dimensionality could hope to contain,[42] extending over all higher dimensions, of which[43] there is[44] an[45] infinite number.[46][47] While sated by four planets[48] and well beyond his usual levels, he was able to defeat a Mad Celestial[49] and force the remaining ones to merge into a single being to deal with him), higher when sufficiently fed (Fought against The In-Betweener to a standstill, being considered his cosmic equal and opposite[8] and tending the balance between Eternity and Death[5] just as the In-Betweener maintains the balance of Chaos and Order,[50] with them being considered "cornerstones of the great triangle that is the universe"[51] and three parts of a shared essence.[41] Absorbed Dormammu and the Flames of the Faltine, adding their power into his own[22]), even higher with Cosmic Devouring (Capable of consuming the Galactus Seed, a piece of the Multiversal Eternity itself,[52] considered his "eternal soul"[53] and "the heart of everything,"[54] which gave birth to Yggdrasil[55] when planted. Upon having his hunger amplified and "unconstrained by mind or morality," Galactus would be able to devour the entirety of the omniverse from the inside-out,[56] reducing Eternity to scraps and returning all of existence to The First Firmament[57]) and the Ultimate Nullifier (The Ultimate Nullifier, at its peak capacity, is able to erase and recreate the Multiversal Eternity[58]) | Outerverse level (Comparable to other Multiversal Abstracts, being considered an inner working of the omniverse in the same vein as them[57] and "the wellspring of the cosmos,"[59] residing in the Superflow alongside them[60]) | Outerverse level (Stated to have become more powerful than he has ever been,[61] surpassing the power he had as the Lifebringer. The totality of his power being unleashed as a bomb was able to destroy the Black Winter,[61] who destroyed the sixth iteration of Eternity[62] and is itself strongly implied to be the "all-death"[63] that came to be with the suicide of the Second Cosmos[64])
Speed: Varies from Massively FTL+ (Vastly superior to his Heralds) to Infinite (Comparable to the likes of Odin and the Celestials), Immeasurable when sufficiently fed | Immeasurable (Exists in the Superflow, above the concepts of space and time personified by the Universal Eternity), has an Omnipresent state of existence (Stated to be an "existential concept,"[38] being an inner working of Eternity personifying the concept of rebirth and renewal) | Immeasurable
Lifting Strength: Varies up to Immeasurable (Superior to his Heralds) | Immeasurable | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Varies from Low Complex Multiverse level to Outerverse level, higher when sufficiently fed | Outerverse level | Outerverse level
Durability: Varies from Low Complex Multiverse level to Outerverse level, higher when sufficiently fed | Outerverse level | Outerverse level
Stamina: Superhuman | Infinite (As the Lifebringer, Galactus no longer needs to feed, being powered by a boundless, self-generating wellspring of energy and life[65])
Range: Varies. Low Complex Multiversal to Outerversal, higher when sufficiently fed, even higher with Cosmic Devouring and the Ultimate Nullifier | Outerversal | Outerversal
Standard Equipment: The Ultimate Nullifier
Intelligence: Supergenius, likely Nigh-Omniscient
Weaknesses: Galactus requires the life energies of worlds to sustain himself, and should he go long enough without feeding, he will starve and die | None notable
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Spider-Man and the Secret Wars #3
- ↑ The Thanos Imperative #2
- ↑ Doctor Strange Vol. 5 #14
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #262
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #10
- ↑ Thor Vol. 1 #169
- ↑ Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #140
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #18
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #6
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #17
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #45
- ↑ What If? Vol. 2 #1
- ↑ Avengers: Celestial Quest #6
- ↑ Infinity War #4
- ↑ Annihilation #3
- ↑ Cataclysm #0.1
- ↑ Hunger #1
- ↑ Rom #27
- ↑ Marvel Graphic Novel #38
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #213
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #414
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Doctor Strange Vol. 5 #15-16
- ↑ The Thanos Imperative #3
- ↑ Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars #10
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #243
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #211
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Mighty Thor Vol. 1 #3
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Mighty Thor Vol. 1 #4
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #175
- ↑ Chaos War #4-5
- ↑ Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #28
- ↑ Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #5
- ↑ Fantastic Four Annual #24
- ↑ What If? Vol. 1 #32
- ↑ Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars #9
- ↑ Thanos Vol. 1 #2
- ↑ Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #2
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Ultimates² #9
- ↑ Thor; Vol 1; #168
- ↑ Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comic Magazine #11
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #43
- ↑ Secret Defenders #25
- ↑ Ghost Rider 2099 Vol. 1 #25
- ↑ Children of the Voyager #3-4
- ↑ Secret Wars II #2
- ↑ "Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #51"
- ↑ "Fantastic Four Unlimited #3"
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #602
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #603
- ↑ Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #31
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #257
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #600
- ↑ Mighty Thor Vol. 1 #3
- ↑ Mighty Thor Vol. 1 #2
- ↑ Deadpool vs Gambit #5
- ↑ Ultimates² #6
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 Ultimates² #5
- ↑ Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #49
- ↑ Ultimates #6
- ↑ Ultimates² #2
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 Thor Vol. 6 #6
- ↑ Thor Vol. 6 #1
- ↑ Thor Vol. 6 #5
- ↑ Defenders: Beyond #2
- ↑ Ultimates² #8
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