Galactus (Marvel Comics)

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* The Lifebringer

> Of all the creatures in the vastness of the Universe, there is none like me. I was present at the birth of the Universe, and I shall be there at its end. Though I ravage worlds to live, I bear no malice toward any living thing. I simply do what I must to survive. And why must Galactus survive? For, no matter how many worlds I devour ... How many civilizations I destroy ... It is my destiny to one day give back to the Universe – Infinitely more than I have ever taken from it. So speaks Galactus.
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> Galactus

> He did as I wished. For I required New Heralds -- Heralds of Life Itself. Heroes to fight the infinite crime and unchain the Cosmos. As a new reality dawns -- Will you save it? Will you guard the flickering flame of being against the Ultimate Darkness? Do you stand... With Galactus?
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> The Lifebringer

## Summary

**Galactus** was originally an explorer named Galan from a planet called "Taa" in a universe that existed before the big bang. When the impending cataclysm gradually killed all life in his universe, including almost all of his own people, he and other survivors sought to escape the decay of their world. They left Taa via a space vessel, but it was eventually engulfed in the cataclysm that ended the old universe and spawned a new one. Galan, however, did not die, but was transformed by the Sentience of the Universe, and gestated for billions of years, emerging (partially due to the inactivity of a Watcher) into the new universe as Galactus.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **3-C** | At least **2-C**, possibly **2-A** | **2-A** | **1-A**

**Name:** Galactus, The Eater of Worlds, formerly known as Galan | The Lifebringer, The Seeder of Worlds

**Origin:** Marvel Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Predates the current Universe, though now technically beyond time

**Classification:** Cosmic Entity, Force of Nature, Embodiment of the Balance Between Life & Death | Embodiment of Rebirth & Renewal

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Normal Abilities
* Lifebringer Abilities
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Incorporeality, Acausality (Type 1. Unaffected by his own actions bending time and affecting the past), Immortality (Types 1, 3, 4 and 8), Regeneration (Low-Godly. Not even Death can claim Galactus, and Galactus is capable of regenerating from complete physical annihilation), Reality Warping (Stated by Reed that his mere presence can alter reality), Spatial Manipulation (Galactus' mere presence bends and reshapes the fabric of space around him), Time Manipulation (Galactus' existence bends time, influencing the past, present and future simultaneously), Energy Manipulation (Has complete control over energy, be it physical, cosmic, spiritual, magical, or mental), Matter Manipulation (Can manipulate matter on a sub-atomic level, able to convert physical beings into many things such as an insect or even as pure energy. Made the electrons in the flames of the Human Torch contract), Physics Manipulation (Can bend, alter, and defy the known laws of physics), Perception Manipulation (As Galactus has no true form, every being perceives him the best way their limited mind can comprehend), Soul Manipulation/Empathic Manipulation (Can erase all emotion from one's soul, making them completely subservient to his will), Mind Manipulation (Possesses telepathic powers which rival, if not completely surpass that of a Skyfather such as Odin), Memory Manipulation (Can erase memories with a gesture or touch), Illusions (Can create powerful illusions even when being light-years away from his target. Created a functional illusion of the entire planet of Zenn-La), Absorption (Can convert entire planets and stars into Cosmic Energy to devour them. Can absorb all forms of energy. Can devour souls), Telepathy (Works across light-years), Teleportation (Can teleport himself or others across light-years, or even alternate realities), Telekinesis (Can move even Solar-System sized constructs, or entire galaxies), Shapeshifting & Size-shifting (Can alter his shape at will, shrink to minuscule scale, or grow to the size of a Galaxy), Forcefield Creation, Gravity Manipulation (Can manipulate gravity to such an extent that he can halt, and revert the gravitational flow of a black hole), Antimatter & Dark Matter Manipulation (Through tech), Healing, Power Nullification (Can strip people of their powers), Paralysis Inducement (As shown here), Cosmic Awareness (Can sense when the universe is about to get in danger, can perceive individual atoms across the universe, hear the falling of single leaves on planets lightyears away, can feel every thought and every emotion in the souls of entire populations, is able to perceive Thanos even when the Titan used the Infinity Gauntlet to conceal himself), Exists in and can attack his enemies in countless layers of existence (Physical, mental, spiritual, astral, abstract, etc.), Body Puppetry (Controlled Gamora without manipulating her mind), Summoning (Summoned the Punisher to battle lesser beings for him), BFR (As shown here), Existence Erasure (Through the Ultimate Nullifier), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (The combined telepathic power of Professor Xavier and Magneto does nothing to Galactus), Matter Manipulation (Not made of matter, nor anything tangible), Soul Manipulation/Empathic Manipulation (Lacks a Soul/Heart), Energy Projection (Can fire energy beams from his eyes and hands), Possesses all the abilities of the Silver Surfer on a vastly higher scale

All prior abilities, plus Creation (Can create planets from nothing), Life Manipulation, Earth Manipulation and Weather Manipulation (Can restore dead planets to life), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; Can fight at a conceptual level) and Resistance to Conceptual Manipulation

**Attack Potency:** **Galaxy level** (Significantly more powerful than the likes of Silver Surfer and Thor. Fought The Sentry to a standstill) | At least **Low Multiverse level** (Fought against, and proved himself superior to Odin, and is regarded as his equal on two separate occasions), possibly **Multiverse level+** (Consistently regarded by Doctor Strange to be more powerful than him, even with preparation. He fought evenly with Mephisto in his own realm, and is comparable to Odin.) | **Multiverse level+** (His battle with Scrier and the Other threatened to destroy all universes. Killed a Mad Celestial) | **Outerverse level** (He is an inner function of Eternity and was formed from the heart of the Sixth Multiverse, being technically a brother to Eternity. Is powered by a cosmic wellspring that is theoretically as infinite as the current Multiverse. Was capable of perceiving infinite timelines simultaneously, and even that was a fraction of his true perception, as he was able to perceive all of Eternity at once)

**Speed:** **Massively FTL+** (Swifter than his Heralds) | **Massively FTL+** (Scaling from the likes of Odin) | **Massively FTL+** | **Immeasurable**

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Pre-Stellar** (Scaling from his Heralds) | **Variable**, up to **Galactic** via sheer size (Grew to the size of a galaxy) | **Immeasurable** | **Immeasurable**

**Striking Strength:** **Galactic** | At least **Low Multiversal**, possibly **Multiversal+** | **Multiversal+** | **Outerversal**

**Durability:** **Galaxy level** | At least **Low Multiverse level** (Took Odin's entire power and got up mostly uninjured), possibly **Multiverse level+** | **Multiverse level+** (Took attacks from the Scrier and Other, who was comparable to him. Took attacks from multiple Celestials and remained mostly unscathed. They needed to combine in order to defeat him) | **Outerverse level** (Took attacks from other multiversal abstracts such as Lord Chaos and Master Order)

**Stamina:** Extremely High | Infinite

**Range:** At least Low Multiversal, possibly Multiversal+ | Outerversal

**Standard Equipment:** The Ultimate Nullifier

**Intelligence:** Nigh-Omniscient

**Weaknesses:** Galactus needs to feed on planets to sustain himself. If he goes for more than a month without eating a planet, he will grow weak and eventually die | None notable

**Feats:** Respect Thread

**Key:** **Starving** | **Moderately Fed** | **Well Fed** | **The Lifebringer**

**Notes:**

* Before making any changes to this page, please read and follow the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics.
* In one Marvel story, an infinity of alternate realities was stated to be created at every quantum moment, each of which then gives birth to additional more infinities and so onwards.
* Galactus has had several different origin stories over the years. He was originally created by merging with a dying star. Later this was retconned into that he merged with the consciousness of a dying universe. Much later still that turned into a dying multiverse. Most recently he was created to be the herald of the Black Winter entity that destroyed his universe.