Galactus is a being from a giant race before the Big Bang appeared in a pre-existing universe to ours. Scientist and explorer, Galactus (Galan at the time) anticipated near the end of the world and worked to find a way to curb it. With no other solution, he boarded a ship and headed for the center of the universe, where he discovered the cosmic egg.
Upon entering the egg, it merged with the consciousness of the universe dying and about to be reincarnated, called Eternity, and absorbed the energy of the Big Bang that gave birth to the universe we know. Galactus is born at time zero of the universe, there are about 14 billion years, along with two astral entities Death and Eternity. He embodies, in addition, the balance between these two forces.
Galactus then drifted in space when one of the Guardians, an alien race's mission was to observe all species thinking of the universe, understood the threat of Galactus and enclosed in an incubator after built his power armor prevented from spreading. Galactus was then issued by the attack of an alien armada that destroyed the incubator.
Since then, the all-powerful being endowed with almost unlimited powers must constantly feed on the vital essence of the worlds he encounters on his way, earning it the nickname "devourer of worlds."
ability
Galactus control the power cosmic. This gift can be compared to the control of all the forces that enable the cohesion of the universe such as gravity, magnetism, or energy in its purest form in amounts well above the global level. It can handle all forms of energy, and thereby any type of material. It can make objects appear or process them, give birth or raise the dead, including people completely disintegrated. It can project force fields impenetrable, travel through space and time and create dimensional portals, manipulate stellar objects and cause cosmic catastrophes. Galactus also has psionic powers that give the gifts of telepathy and telekinesis: it can read the mind of any being or entity, regardless of their mental defenses.
Its powers are weakened considerably when it has not fed for a long time of living energy, there is weakness. Galactus therefore tends to save his powers and has used his gifts as it deems absolutely necessary. While it may do so without any outside help, he helps himself to his incredible technology to absorb the energy of the planets and travel the cosmos.
He sleeps in the ultimate power, and the forces that he himself can not control. His knowledge allows him to dominate part. Galactus has created ultimate weapons like the Crusher, capable of destroying the world by drawing on his personal energies.
As he says himself, Galactus is not a god. He is unable to predict the future, or to change his own destiny which requires it to absorb living worlds to survive. Although it is the oldest creature in the universe, he found his inevitable death.
In the Marvel Universe, some entities represent different aspects of reality, or abstract concepts such as death, eternity, order and chaos. Like his peers, Galactus is beyond good and evil, it does not feel like feeling hate or love, which makes him a cold devoid of human feeling, of absolute wisdom.
Galactus is part of the Cosmic Balance, a group of astral deities in charge of maintaining the universal balance. He is regarded as the third power of the cosmic pantheon after Death and Eternity.
Purpose of Galactus
In the story entitled The Last Galactus Story (The last story of Galactus) written between 1984 and 1985,and located in the alternate universe Earth-8436, he fought with a Guardian for a millennium when the universe dies around them. After defeating his opponent, Galactus and his herald Nova are alone in a universe without life. Exhausted and considering what he has done for millions of years, Galactus releases his tremendous internal energy, contained in his armor. It then becomes the new Big Bang universe. Nova survives and becomes the new Galactus of this universe, and the cycle recommence2.
In Marvel Zombies, the Silver Surfer and Galactus are eaten alive by zombies metahumans.
Appearances in other media
Galactus appeared in the 2007 film The Fantastic 4 and Silver Surfer, following the film adaptation of Fantastic 4 (2005) 3. We see appear in the form of a cosmic storm trying to swallow the Earth. It is possible to discern dimly, space plan, the shape of his helmet in a puddle of warm colors.
It also appears in the animated series Silver Surfer, which aired in 1998 on Fox Kids Network4.
Galactus is the final boss in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds5.
The heralds of Galactus
Heralds of Galactus.
Galactus is usually preceded by a herald to announce his coming. This is one to be chosen and that with the power cosmic. Several successive (Gabriel, Morg, Red Shift, Firelord, Nova, Terrax the Destroyer). The most famous of these is the Silver Surfer.
The heralds have survived their service Galactus, keeping almost all their powers intact. So then they were employees at will, most for good. And a handful of former heralds were ligated into the Annihilation series to stop the wave of destruction.
To believe in an ugly Superman that Krypton had been destroyed by Galactus in the episode crossover DC / Marvel Superman and the Fantastic Four in June 1999. Superman travels to the Marvel Universe and confronts Galactus briefly but becomes his herald. This episode was seen in a broader context through the saga crossover JLA / Avengers (2003), a 4-part saga that has affected the two worlds, and who had suites in the DC Universe.
The Silver Surfer
Main article: Silver Surfer.
The day Galactus arrives on Zenn-La, he discovers a planet defenseless because its inhabitants have lost all desire warmongering. All but one: Norrin Radd who stands boldly to meet him but, of course, quickly reduced to the thank you. It then makes a proposal to become his herald and travel the world for him in exchange for which he will save Zenn-La.
The pact is concluded Norrin Radd and became the Silver Surfer, herald of Galactus almighty the power cosmic. He gives up his sweet bride and Shalla-Bal allowing it to lament the passage a little more about his fate and to suffer the pangs of exile.
Another mystery remains: where then Galactus, predatory creature of cosmic space, he learned to surf and why does he choose to equip Norrin Radd?
The duo will work perfectly well, choosing the one inhabited planets to satisfy the hunger of the other. However, when Galactus is the Earth, the Surfer realizes she is being populated by thinking like him and who can not evacuate. The Silver Surfer then turned against his master, and alliance with The Fantastic Four, manages to roll back (the result depends on the versions in the comics, the Surfer interference undermine the plan failed to save Earth, whereas in the film, the Surfer made the most of the work). Galactus takes vengeance on his herald in exile on Earth behind an invisible barrier and crossed by itself. He leaves most of his powers.
Galactus returned to Earth several times, but each of his attempts to destroy the Earth was thwarted by the Fantastic Four and their allies.
Prisoner on the ground, the rider never gave up hope of returning to the stars. It is thanks to Reed Richards that came his way, but his epic did not happen smoothly. Norrin Radd has spun on Zenn-La to discover that Galactus had come to take revenge: it was the survivors, the planet was ravaged. His visit to his home world was also marred when he learned that his former love, Shalla-Bal, had been captured by the demon Mephisto, a creature decided to corrupt the soul of the Silver Surfer. Back on Earth, Norrin released Shalla-Bal and he breathed a sufficient amount of cosmic energy to resurrect Zenn-la.
The Silver Surfer has spent the following years traveling, seeking satisfaction that escaped him still. He has not had any lasting relationship. His adventure with Mantis ended in tragedy after a fight against the elders of the universe, and it was even his relationship with Nova, another herald of Galactus. The true potential lies in her friendship with Alicia Masters. they fell in love and traveled alongside the galaxy. However, Alicia chose to return to Earth, the Surfer and resumed his nomadic existence. He continued to survey the universe and came back to see our planet, still skeptical about its future.
But despite the immense power with which he was, the time came when wandering was to end. The Surfer returned to Earth one last time to see his friend Reed Richards that he found a cure for his disease. Nothing worked and Norrin accepted the inevitability of his death. But before we say goodbye, he made one last times around the earth he loved so much. Back in New York, he met Spider-man to whom he confided that he wanted to make a final gift to the people of the blue planet. Talking together, he offered Peter Parker the opportunity to be invested temporarily cosmic power so he can feel the total freedom to enjoy the splendors of the universe. Peter chose to give this gift to his wife Mary-Jane. This lived experience she will never forget. Surfer Peter proposed to repeat the experiment on a planetary scale. Norrin then offered to the world five minutes of absolute peace. Then he left the Earth after receiving Stephen Strange flame containing all the knowledge of the world, a gift of humans to thank him for having so often helped. Then he returned to where it all began, on his home planet, Zenn-La. It is exhausted and close to death he found that he had always loved, Shalla-Bal. While people marched to pay their last tribute, the Devourer of the World came and wishing to save him. Norrin refused, accepting an end. Knowing the fear of the surfer, Galactus promised to spare and protect Zenn-La forever. Then the Silver Surfer died in peace. Galactus then took his body in space inert with which he created a new star symbol of hope ...
Gabriel [edit]
Xandarien commander, Gabriel was abducted by Galactus and endowed with cosmic powers to make his second herald, replacing the Silver Surfer and the aim of reducing it, but he was assassinated and replaced by a Galactus robot he also fails in its mission to bring the Surfer and ending destroyed by it.
Firelord
Main article: Firelord.
Pryreus Xandar Kril was a citizen of a planet from the Tantra in the Andromeda galaxy and captain of spaceship.
While he was aboard a starship xandorien, Gabielle Lan, his commander and friend, was taken by a ray of teleportation. Pryreus took command and continued the huge ship that had issued the radius. He later discovered that he belonged to Galactus who, seeking a new herald, fixed his choice on Gabriel he transformed into Air-walker.
It served Galactus faithfully for years, then he was killed defending his master who had been attacked by the oval. Galactus then transferred the life force of its herald in a replica controller, he found not to his liking. The Silver Surfer refused to serve him again, found himself deprived of Galactus herald.
He was then conquered by Pryreus Kril who, having boldly beamed aboard his ship, asked him to free his former commander. Struck by his determination, Galactus offered him to tell him what had become of Gabriel Lan if he agreed to become his new herald. Pryreus has given its consent was transformed into Firelord and were sent to Earth.
Later, Thor, god of thunder and lightning, which offered the Destroyer Galactus in exchange for the freedom of Firelord, it let him go. Firelord, but preferred to remain on earth where lay the remains of his friend. Later, the Air-walker controller reactivates itself but was again destroyed in a battle with Thor. Firelord prevailed in space and burned his remains on an asteroid's solar system. Back in Xandar, Firelord discovered that his planet was destroyed by the pirate Nebula. Since with Starfox, he pursues it in space.
He participated, along with Nova and former heralds of Galactus as Red Shift and Stardust, the fight against the wave of annihilation launched by Annihilus in order to conquer the universe. Annihilus defeated, Firelord has vowed to track down his centurions tirelessly.
Distinguishing feature: Firelord's hair is fringed with a cosmic flame.
Weapon: Firelord has a stick 1.50 m long with both ends burning with a flame cosmic baton that serves as a weapon and helm. It projects its flame usually around the stick rather than to spring directly from his body.
Powers
Firelord manipulate cosmic energy in the form of stellar fire. His body adapts to the nuclear energy flowing in him and make the equivalent of a miniature sun, and they include all the electromagnetic spectrum of a star: heat, light, gravity, radio waves and charged particles. When all the atoms of his body are fused, energy equivalent to that of the outer layers of a small star.
It can produce a maximum heat of 470 000 ° C and a light equivalent to 100 million candles.
It can project a remote ring of fire around a person or object.
Using his cosmic power in one direction, it can fly through interstellar space at speeds close to that of light, even through hyperspace without endangering. It slows down the speed by using the gravitational fields of stars.
It is much harder and stronger than a human being.
He fears no evil almost physical body automatically burns any projectile before it reaches the skin. It is immunized against the disease, old age and muscle fatigue.
Needing neither eat nor breathe, it can exist indefinitely in the vacuum of space. only his brain from time to time need sleep to recover.
Nova (Frankie Raye)
Frankie Raye is an American whose parents' identity is not known. His father died when she was a child. His mother remarried Professor Phineas Horton, who had taken the name of Thomas Raye. Horton was the creator of the first Human Torch, android vigilante the years 1940-1950. Lorsqu'apparut the new Torch, aka Johnny Storm, he was irritated to see that he had taken the name of his creation and did so consistently recreate his torch Android. He went with Frankie in a chemical warehouse where the government had stored the material that had been confiscated. Suddenly, Frankie slipped on a rotten plank, she was carrying chemicals caught fire. It happened when a mutagenic response which resulted in instant to confer the gift had ignited the torch android without burning. Feeling guilty of this mutation, Horton hypnotized Frankie and breathed into him the horror of fire. He later gave him a suit made of unstable molecule designed to inhibit its ability to ignite, it made him forget hypnotically. The suit was invisible and Frankie was not aware she was wearing. But when she began dating Johnny Storm, the new Human Torch, blocking hypnotic ends up falling. She was the companion for a few weeks of the torch, until Galactus, the devourer of planets, again threatened the Earth. Probably pushed more by the thirst for adventure by altruism, she volunteered to become a herald to the Earth be saved. Galactus agreed and, with its vast cosmic power, he increased the powers of Frankie. Despite, the protests of Johnny, Frankie left the earth to guide Galactus to worlds that can support themselves. It became known as Nova, as it had become a star similar to a huge burst.
Accordingly, it served him loyally, but fell in love with the Silver Surfer and saw the immense cruelty of his master, she ends up betraying. Morg the executive, why Galactus punished by depriving him of his powers when the heralds survivors preparing for him a fatal blow.
Feature
The whole body of Nova, his head in particular, is bristling with cosmic flame.
Powers
Nova has the power to manipulate cosmic energy in the form of stellar fire. Its organic body has been transformed by Galactus so that it can adapt to nuclear energy flowing into it and making it the equivalent of a sun. Projected on mental anywhere on his body, the energy of Nova contains the entire electromagnetic spectrum of a star: heat, light, gravity, radio waves and charged particles. The maximum heat it can generate is 500 000 ° C.
It can project a stream of fire like a flash of a solar distance of several hundred miles. In interstellar space, it can fly at a speed close to that of light. It can use gravitational fields of stars to slow its speed and move into hyperspace. Consequence of its metabolism cosmic Nova is much stronger and durable than a human. His cosmic energy enables him to lift about 40 tons. It is practically invulnerable to any physical harm. His body automatically burns all projectiles approaching her. She is not afraid of aging or disease or muscle fatigue. No longer need air, it can survive indefinitely in the vacuum of space. Only his brain works organically, needs from time to time of sleep.
