Galactus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in the comic book Fantastic Four #48, published in March 1966. In the character’s first appearance, Galactus was depicted as a god-like figure who feeds by draining living planets of their energy. He has appeared as both antagonist and protagonist in central and supporting roles in the Marvel Universe.
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Galactus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in the comic book Fantastic Four #48, published in March 1966. In the character’s first appearance, Galactus was depicted as a god-like figure who feeds by draining living planets of their energy, and operates without regard to the morality and judgments of mortal beings. Galactus has appeared as both antagonist and protagonist in central and supporting roles in the Marvel Universe. He has been featured in other Marvel media, such as arcade games, video games, animated television series, and the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. In 2009,Galactus ranked 5th on IGN’s list of \”Top 100 Comic Book Villains\”, which cited his \”larger-than-life presence\” as making him one of the more important villains ever created. In a way he is a kind of Zeus, who fathered Hercules, and of course, he is his own modern legend, and he is beyond reproach, in anyone’s opinion’s opinion, according to Jack Kirby. He is a sort of god in actuality, in a way, and in a modern sense, he has his own mythic legend, his own legend, in his own opinion, as well as the modern legends of Hercules and Hercules. He also has a herald, an angelic herald Lee called the Silversurfer, who is his companion in the Silver Age of Comic Books.
He first appeared as a space explorer named Galan who gained cosmic abilities by passing near a star, but writer Mark Gruenwald further developed the origin of the character, revealing that Galan lived during the previous universe that existed prior to the Big Bang which began the current universe. As Galan’s universe came to an end, Galan merged with the \”Sentience of the Universe\” to become Galactus, an entity that wielded such cosmic power as to require devouring entire planets to sustain his existence. In 1966, nearly five years after launching Marvel Comics’ flagship superhero title, Fantastic Four, Lee and Kirby collaborated on an antagonist designed to break the supervillain mold of the tyrant withgod-like stature and power. As Lee recalled in 1993,\”Galactus was simply another in a long line of super-villains whom we loved creating. … e felt the only way to top ourselves was to come up with an evil-doer who had almost godlike powers. Therefore, the natural choice was sort of a demi-god, but now what would we do with him? We didn’t want to use the tired old cliche about him wanting to conquer the world. That was when inspiration struck. Why not have him not be a really evil person? He’d just be hungry. And the nourishment he’d require is the life force and energy from living planets!’’
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