Galan (Earth-616)

**Galactus** (*Galan*) is a Taa-an and the sole survivor of the sixth incarnation of the Multiverse, becoming a cosmic being. Originally a humanoid being named Galan, Galactus was born in the previous incarnation of Earth-616.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Power Cosmic:** Galactus possesses immeasurable powers from the Power Cosmic and is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, having near-limitless god-like powers and being considered an omnipotent entity. His cosmic powers are beyond most forms of measurement. He was once referred to as "the most awesome living entity in the cosmos." Thanos, with the Infinity Gauntlet, ranked him around the same power level as Odin, Zeus, the Celestials, and the Stranger, but well below Master Order, Lord Chaos, Mistress Love, and Sire Hate, who in turn are well below Eternity and Infinity, who are well below the Living Tribunal. As such, Galactus is able to employ the cosmic energy within him to produce virtually any effect he desires. After devouring four planets, Galactus has been shown capable of fighting four Mad Celestials and destroying one of them, although when they fused together into a powerful Voltron Celestial, he was defeated. The virtually omniscient Oblivion remarked that Galactus' battle against Scrier and the Other affected reality itself and suggested that they threatened to destroy the Multiverse entirely if their fight had not ceased.

* **Energy Absorption:** Arguably his most viable power since his survival depends on absorbing life force from planets or stars, he is able to absorb energy from entire planets. He has shown that he is even capable of absorbing an entire domain. During his attack on the Ultimate Universe, he also absorbed Vision's dark matter attacks. Although his power is great, it is dependent on the amount of energy he has absorbed from planets. If he does not feed regularly, then it will run out, and he will weaken and starve to death.
* **Immortality:** Galactus is said to be the oldest living entity; therefore, people consider him as an ageless being.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Galactus has demonstrated the potential for a solar scale of limitless strength.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Galactus can partake in physical strenuous actions, such as battles, for an undefined period of time but absorbing energy of a planet will only sustain him for a month and using it will cause the timespan to lower dramatically, so he normally cannot fight for too long.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Despite his size, Galactus can fly at speeds that greatly surpass the speed of light.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Galactus is enormously resistant to damage. He was able to survive from two planets colliding and a sizeable nuclear arsenal but was severely injured in the process. However, this happened while he was drained by the cosmic entity Hunger. Galactus emerged intact from a massive strike from Nega-Bombs. He has also stated that, much like Aegis and Tenebrous, he could not survive the forces of the Crunch. After Odin headbutted him from the outer atmosphere all the way to planet Earth, Galactus swiftly recovered while Odin was severely injured and forced to enter Odinsleep. Galactus has regularly withstood attacks from beings as powerful as Agamotto and Odin and even managed to withstand a blow from a Chaos King empowered Zeus.
	+ **Disease Immunity:** He is immune to all diseases and ailments.
	+ **Toxin Resistance:** He is immune to all toxins.
* **Energy Blasts:** Galactus can project devastating energy blasts. In effect, after absorbing energy from several planets following a period of starvation and thus still heavily weakened, Galactus proved capable of destroying at least three solar systems. Galactus has effectively affected entire galaxies while battling the entity Mephisto, and it has been speculated that he might be able to destroy even the Multiverse as a side effect of a titanic battle. Indeed, Galactus' clash with the entity Agamotto even wreaked havoc in entire dimensions.
* **Flight:** Galactus can traverse or glide through the air and space using sheer will power.
* **Size Manipulation:** Galactus' base height and weight will diminish when he is greatly in need of life-giving energy. He has the ability to increase his size and mass at will, the extent of which is unknown. He once grew to a stature so great that he could wrestle with the Wraithworld sun.
* **Shapeshifting:** Although Galactus is usually represented in humanoid form, each sentient being perceives him as having a form resembling their own. Hence, humans see Galactus as an enormous armor-clad humanoid, while an amoeba-like species, for example, would perceive him as an enormous amoeba-like form. This is due to the Manifestations, who change his appearance based on the mental image of the beholder.
* **Molecular Manipulation:** Galactus can manipulate, reshape, and rearrange the molecular complexions of any organism, allowing him to rebuild or redesign matter.
	+ **Matter Transmutation:** Being a cosmic being, Galactus can control matter in any object, allowing him to turn something tangible, like lead, into something intangible, like water.
	+ **Healing:** Galactus is able to heal himself and others from physical wounds, although this may be a facet of his molecular reconstruction capabilities.
	+ **Creation:** Galactus can create complex, sentient, biological, or bio-technical life forms seemingly from nothing or at least using his control over molecules to do so.
* **Teleportation:** Galactus can make himself, other people, and objects appear anywhere in the universe that he wishes with a mere thought. He has even teleported the planet Galador from one galaxy to another.
	+ **Portal Generation/Interdimensional Teleportation:** He can create wormholes between dimensions and within dimensions.
* **Force Field Generation:** Galactus can erect near-impenetrable energy shields.
* **Telepathy:** He is telepathic and is able to read or communicate with the minds of others across universal distances.
* **Telekinesis:** He has the ability to move enormous amounts of mass through mental concentration.
* **Cosmic Awareness:** Galactus can sense disturbances or changes within the cosmic ether on a universal scale.
* **Resurrection:** He can raise the dead.
* **Soul Manipulation:** Galactus can control and manipulate the souls and spirits of living beings at will.
	+ **Mnemokinesis/Pathokinesis:** He uses this power to alter the memories and emotions of others.
* **Power Bestowal:** Galactus' heralds, whom he has endowed with a minuscule fraction of his cosmic power, are able to manipulate matter and energy in ways that are far beyond human comprehension.

#### Former Powers

**Mental Manipulation/Virokinesis:** After being merged with Gah Lak Tus, Galactus can generate "fear rays" from space on psychic frequencies, rendering a target population permanently insane within hours. Gah Lak Tus' modules can release flesh-eating viruses capable of devouring organic life on a planetary scale within hours; the modules can also penetrate a planet's core and tap its thermal power, transferring it to Gah Lak Tus' main body.

**Creation:** After his existential nature was fundamentally changed by the Ultimates, Galactus was freed from his cosmic hunger and came to emit life instead of consuming it. After the same process that made Galactus become a cosmic being was recreated and amplified with neutronium, Galactus had the power to recreate whole planets and biospheres.

### Abilities

**Gifted Intellect:** As the oldest known living entity in the universe, Galactus possesses one of the universe's absolutely most advanced minds. His scientific knowledge is beyond human understanding. Mister Fantastic has admitted an inability to fully comprehend even the most rudimentary devices found within Galactus' Worldship Taa II. The Worldship itself is a solar system-sized construct that is said to surpass any natural world in beauty and splendor and yet within its computers contains knowledge so unfathomable and far reaching that it can grant amaizn gpower to those who come into contact with it.