Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Actually it was Phoenix Jean Grey & Young Jean Grey, but yeah, it was poorly written. Galactus could and should snuff out the Phoenix Force, regardless of it's wielder, without much or any trouble unless he's extremely weak from hunger which thankfully was the case in that instance.
Galactus should always be nigh-unstoppable. I mean, even in while hungry he should still be powerful enough to take on and defeat a group of Celestials, and while feed and no longer weakened by hunger he should be alongside the rest of the Multiversal forces.
Thor #162 Mar 1969
The beginning of the origin of Galactus continued in Thor # 168 in "Galactus is Born!"
Following their battle against Galactus, Thor and the Recorder return to the Regillan
homeworld where the Recorder downloads the information he collected during the battle.
With his mission completed, the Regillan leader tells the Recorder to prepare for deactivation.
However having seen the Recorder display emotions and act beyond it's programming, Thor manages
to convince them to keep the Recorder active, convincing them that it is more than just a mere machine.
Thor then departs, using his enchanted hammer to teleport back to Asgard.
There Thor is greeted by Heimdall and the Warriors Three who carry Thor back to the palace where they go before Odin.
There they learn that Odin had been watching Thor's battle against Galactus and found himself wondering where the creature had come from.
Showing them the Illuma Screen they learn of Galactus' origins.
However they see Galactus as he is today as the world devourer consumes another world to replenish his strength.
Looking into the origins of Galactus, Odin manages to call up an image of the first world that Galactus ever devoured and find it a dead world.
It's image horrifies Thor, who mistakenly believes that this world is the world of Galactus' birth. Looking further into the past,
Odin brings up an image of how Galactus was found in an incuba-cell in space by an army of conquerors who unwittingly unleashed Galactus
who quickly destroyed them all, consumed the world he was on and then would travel out into the stars to begin sating his centuries old hunger.
With the visions of the past over, Odin retires to ponder on the power of Galactus.
Thor is then visited by Torger who tells Thor that there is danger on Earth
and that in his absence Sif had gone to the mortal world to investigate.
As Thor heads toward Earth to help his beloved, Balder has a restless night with thoughts of Karnilla in his head.
He is struggling with conflicting emotions he has over the Norn Queen
and decides that he should seek out the Thunder God's help in sorting out his feelings.
Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta.
Absolutely love Galactus. Once of the most interesting and original characters to be created in comics. It's a shame he's been so diminished, essentially all the mystery and power of the character has been eroded.
Doctor Strange #12 - Preview
Galactus Anticelestial 9997
The cosmic beings known as Celestials at some point lost their ability to reproduce and would soon find a very devastating way around this: by "impregnating" a planet with a portion of their essence, it would become an "embryo" that would gestate and grow into a new member of their race. The planet in question would also be "injected" with Vibranium to form into a new shell for the newly born Celestial.
The Celestials would soon over populate their home universe causing its collapse and the event that would lead to its own creation. This event would lead to the birth of Galactus, who unknown to most but the most cosmically aware was actually an equalizer to insure that the Celestials would never overpopulate the universe again by feeding on some of the planets they impregnate.
has galactus ever been sent to another dimension where another galactus resides?
Has there ever been an Illuminati-styled cabal to try and figure out "once and for all" how to deal with him?
The art and story look very good!
I never knew a sorcerer's magic would actually work on someone as powerful as Galactus! Doc Strange looks surprised too.
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1 May 1984
"The War Begins!"
After having entered a mysterious construct that appeared in Central Park in their own respective magazines
(see Amazing Spider-Man #251, Uncanny X-Men #180, Iron Man #181, Incredible Hulk #294,
Thing #10, Thor #341, Avengers #242, Captain America #292, and Fantastic Four #295),
many of Earth's heroes are instantaneously gathered together in a giant construct in space.
The heroes are Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Iron Man, She-Hulk, Wasp, the Fantastic Four (minus Invisible Woman),
Colossus, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Professor X, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine, Lockheed, Magneto, Spider-Man and Hulk.
They are unsure as to what or who had brought them to this place.
They introduce themselves to each other. They then realize they are not alone.
Across the way another construct appears housing the villains of Earth, according to Professor X's mental probings.
One thing the heroes do not understand, however, is why Magneto appeared in their construct and not the villains'.
In the other construct, the villains are just as confused as the heroes. After the villains introduce themselves to one another,
both ships are hurtled through space to watch a galaxy be destroyed and a new planet be created.
This causes both parties to realize that a very powerful being has summoned them all.
The villains begin to bicker with each other and a fight breaks out.
Ultron tries to destroy them all but is knocked into Galactus.
The villains are all amazed when Galactus simply drains the energy from Ultron,
then goes back to staring at the stars as if everyone is beneath him.
Suddenly, a bright light appears in space and a voice announces who has summoned them all: the Beyonder.
He tells them that he can do anything imaginable and then orders them to battle each other,
promising the winning side will receive whatever they want. Galactus refuses to obey the voice
and tries to fly towards the light to force the Beyonder to give him the power to remove his eternal hunger for planetary energy.
Doctor Doom follows Galactus and, when they get close enough,
the light diminishes and they are thrown back.
The constructs are then sent to the newly-constructed planet and the two groups of fighters placed on the planet.
The heroes again question why Magneto is on their side,
and begin fighting over if they should defeat him or try to use his help.
Magneto, however, feels that he is "above" most of the heroes, and uses his magnetism to fly away.
The heroes then decide Captain America to be the leader of their group.
Meanwhile, Galactus and Doctor Doom are seen on the planet surface as well
after being blasted back by the powerful light. Galactus is unconscious
as Doctor Doom returns to the rest of the villains and tries to convince
them to help him steal the Beyonder's powers instead of going along with the Beyonder's game.
The villains think Doom is simply afraid of playing the Beyonder's game after being shot back by the light,
and Doom is disgusted at their simple minds and takes off in a vehicle to seek out counsel with Mister Fantastic.
Kang uses the grounded construct's weapons and shoots down Doom's vehicle.
The heroes see it go down and move to investigate.
Finding Doctor Doom lying in the rubble, Captain America tries to help him to his feet.
Doom is unable to tolerate the heroes' pity and he attacks them in frustration, before fleeing.
Iron Man warns the heroes they are about to be attacked and the villains unleash the first assault on the final page.
Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty.
Turned into a big jobber these days
But still a favourite of mine