Funny thing on the intelligence; that really comes down to the writer. Some make him sound smart, others kind of dumb, while some just make him egotistical, a few try to portray him as a force of nature…there was a period where he barely ever spoke because of this despite his prior long history of being wordy.
If you have ever read a Lovecraft story, he’s like that. So big and terrifying that we humans can barely understand an entity with so much power in the cosmics scale.
Is funny that the most powerful entity in the Lovecraftian Mythos is an idiot and crazy.
Nice scan. I remember reading that like 20 years ago.
For those who doesn’t know about this: That’s a page from an FF comic, where Lillandra, the Queen of the Shi’ar (Lover of Professor Xavier of the X-Men) interrupted Richards and Sue in a very intimate moment to bring them to an alien court to judge him for saving Galactus life, and there were many aliens from several planets he destroyed, including the Skrulls. Odin was called as an eyewitness as he explained Galactus origin and told the court that he was there to test the planets that were strong enough to confront him and added that there was no reason to judge anyone since Galactus was like a force of nature. In the end, Galactus appeared in the court, and opened his mind to everyone in order to help them understand his reason to exist, thus ending the process, but erases the memories of everyone of that knowledge, but leaving the understanding so they wouldn’t try to judge him again.
Almost perfect recap of that scene. Galactus partnered with Uatu the Watcher to summon Eternity and then Eternity gave everyone present a glimpse into Galacus’ cosmic purpose resulting in Reed being released from their Kangaroo Court but since it was Cosmic Knowledge everyone just naturally forgets as it’s too great for moral minds to contain.
Yes.. I remember reading that and thinking that apparently being too weak to defeat Galactus(!) merited a death sentence on a whole world. No surprise Odin was a witness for the defense – vikings were not known for their tolerance of weakness.
Well that and Odin was the only one with knowledge of Galactus’ origin and the only Marvel god to have ever met or dealt with Galactus. Plus everyone knows Zeus is an arrogant dick and wouldn’t have helped anyone unless it would have gotten him laid.
Even the animated series went both ways, he’s less intelligent than old school Cookie Monster in most of the episodes he was in, but then goes full Machiavelli the couple times he’s empowering a herald.
In his first appearance, he speaks quite a bit, but notably he speaks to Uatu the Watcher, the Silver Surfer, and to issue a command to the Punisher (his adaptive humanoid ‘guard dog’, not Frank Castle). He talks *at* Ben Grimm after he rips a chunk off the Cosmic Converter, to say he can reconstruct it in minutes, and he talks *about* Johnny Storm after he tries to incinerate Galactus (who just soaks up the heat as an apertif). He only deigns to speak *to* a human (Reed Richards) when he’s holding the Ultimate Nullifier. Before that, we’re all beneath his notice.
So, Galactus being silent makes sense, if there’s no one sufficiently cosmic for him to feel a need to talk to. People don’t usually hold protracted conversations with lactobacillus before they eat a cup of yogurt, after all.
That’s how they worked things for the unexpected finale of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Galactus never speaks throughout the entire event, his reactions are completely like a human being annoyed by insects and animals being unworth saying anything to. Only Terrax speaks of his four heralds (and gives the lie to them just being non-sentient/sapient packages of energy given how obviously egotistical he is).
I think that show was made around the same time they were also doing that with him in the comics too. Like the Silver Surfer was chatting up a storm with Galactus silent and Surfer was just saying things like, “Great Galactus is a force of nature, one does not converse with him directly”….even to characters who had HAD conversations with him. Also I think the artists as an aside were doing this glowing boarder to his face at the time too for some reason.
Ahh, Galactus, one of my all time favourites amongst Marvels cosmic entities, and Mr. Fantastic, one of those characters I cannot stand for his overwhelming focus on his work and intellect.
Because in literally every parallel universe where he doesn’t have her for whatever reason he becomes a sociopath. yeah, to this day no one, writer or fan can decide if that’s romantic or creepy.
Imagine being aböe to fly, reaction free no less, through space. Now imagine doing it in that position for light years. Hooo boy is he going to have a crick in the neck!
I think “invulnerability to cramps & cricks in the neck” is one of those “rarely discussed powers which are essential to support a primary power” things…
“Grand Vizir Nappa, how should I handle Galactus?”
“You go to him.”
“Mhm.”
“You look him straight in the eye.”
“Yes.”
“And you say: ‘Please, don’t eat my planet.'”
“And then he won’t?”
“He would have to be awfully evil to do so. And I’m not gonna lie: I like how he towers over everyone else.”
So… he’s basically a giant, humanoid cookie monster?
Fittingly, he’s named after milk.
Well, it took almost 1,100 strips to make a parody of the Incred… I mean the Fabulous Four… And I don’t mean the Beatles.
Happy B-day Jack! We miss you. Long live the King!
Funny thing on the intelligence; that really comes down to the writer. Some make him sound smart, others kind of dumb, while some just make him egotistical, a few try to portray him as a force of nature…there was a period where he barely ever spoke because of this despite his prior long history of being wordy.
If you have ever read a Lovecraft story, he’s like that. So big and terrifying that we humans can barely understand an entity with so much power in the cosmics scale.
Is funny that the most powerful entity in the Lovecraftian Mythos is an idiot and crazy.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/7phWy.jpg
Nice scan. I remember reading that like 20 years ago.
For those who doesn’t know about this: That’s a page from an FF comic, where Lillandra, the Queen of the Shi’ar (Lover of Professor Xavier of the X-Men) interrupted Richards and Sue in a very intimate moment to bring them to an alien court to judge him for saving Galactus life, and there were many aliens from several planets he destroyed, including the Skrulls. Odin was called as an eyewitness as he explained Galactus origin and told the court that he was there to test the planets that were strong enough to confront him and added that there was no reason to judge anyone since Galactus was like a force of nature. In the end, Galactus appeared in the court, and opened his mind to everyone in order to help them understand his reason to exist, thus ending the process, but erases the memories of everyone of that knowledge, but leaving the understanding so they wouldn’t try to judge him again.
Almost perfect recap of that scene. Galactus partnered with Uatu the Watcher to summon Eternity and then Eternity gave everyone present a glimpse into Galacus’ cosmic purpose resulting in Reed being released from their Kangaroo Court but since it was Cosmic Knowledge everyone just naturally forgets as it’s too great for moral minds to contain.
Yes.. I remember reading that and thinking that apparently being too weak to defeat Galactus(!) merited a death sentence on a whole world. No surprise Odin was a witness for the defense – vikings were not known for their tolerance of weakness.
Well that and Odin was the only one with knowledge of Galactus’ origin and the only Marvel god to have ever met or dealt with Galactus. Plus everyone knows Zeus is an arrogant dick and wouldn’t have helped anyone unless it would have gotten him laid.
Even the animated series went both ways, he’s less intelligent than old school Cookie Monster in most of the episodes he was in, but then goes full Machiavelli the couple times he’s empowering a herald.
In his first appearance, he speaks quite a bit, but notably he speaks to Uatu the Watcher, the Silver Surfer, and to issue a command to the Punisher (his adaptive humanoid ‘guard dog’, not Frank Castle). He talks *at* Ben Grimm after he rips a chunk off the Cosmic Converter, to say he can reconstruct it in minutes, and he talks *about* Johnny Storm after he tries to incinerate Galactus (who just soaks up the heat as an apertif). He only deigns to speak *to* a human (Reed Richards) when he’s holding the Ultimate Nullifier. Before that, we’re all beneath his notice.
So, Galactus being silent makes sense, if there’s no one sufficiently cosmic for him to feel a need to talk to. People don’t usually hold protracted conversations with lactobacillus before they eat a cup of yogurt, after all.
That’s how they worked things for the unexpected finale of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Galactus never speaks throughout the entire event, his reactions are completely like a human being annoyed by insects and animals being unworth saying anything to. Only Terrax speaks of his four heralds (and gives the lie to them just being non-sentient/sapient packages of energy given how obviously egotistical he is).
I think that show was made around the same time they were also doing that with him in the comics too. Like the Silver Surfer was chatting up a storm with Galactus silent and Surfer was just saying things like, “Great Galactus is a force of nature, one does not converse with him directly”….even to characters who had HAD conversations with him. Also I think the artists as an aside were doing this glowing boarder to his face at the time too for some reason.
Ahh, Galactus, one of my all time favourites amongst Marvels cosmic entities, and Mr. Fantastic, one of those characters I cannot stand for his overwhelming focus on his work and intellect.
I think it’s canonical that Sue cares about him but, doesn’t love him and doesn’t leave because… You know…
Because in literally every parallel universe where he doesn’t have her for whatever reason he becomes a sociopath. yeah, to this day no one, writer or fan can decide if that’s romantic or creepy.
Imagine being aböe to fly, reaction free no less, through space. Now imagine doing it in that position for light years. Hooo boy is he going to have a crick in the neck!
I think “invulnerability to cramps & cricks in the neck” is one of those “rarely discussed powers which are essential to support a primary power” things…
“Grand Vizir Nappa, how should I handle Galactus?”
“You go to him.”
“Mhm.”
“You look him straight in the eye.”
“Yes.”
“And you say: ‘Please, don’t eat my planet.'”
“And then he won’t?”
“He would have to be awfully evil to do so. And I’m not gonna lie: I like how he towers over everyone else.”
Panel 2: THOSE are not size double-F.
Isn’t this the guy that bought the tv
Galactus, cosmic titan of Milk, forever looking for the next planetary cookie to devour.
Is it bad that I immediate thought the Foursome must be a polyamorous quartet?
Well, on the assumption that one of two of them are brother and sister. Yes.