Galactus

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Galan of Taa

Galactus was originally an explorer called Galan from a planet called "Taa" in a universe which 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 through a bonding with 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.

Galactus was created by the union between the "Sentience of the [previous] Universe" and Galan, and was described by the Human Torch (as a temporary herald, he possessed a heightened perception of reality) as "the physical, metamorphosed embodiment of a cosmos." Galactus considers himself a higher being than all non-abstracts, main…more

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	Marvels by Kurt Busiek 4.29 avg rating — 40,385 ratings — published 1993 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin (Writer) 4.12 avg rating — 18,997 ratings — published 1991 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.07 avg rating — 15,803 ratings — published 2015 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vision, Vol. 1: Little Worse Than a Man by Tom King (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.26 avg rating — 12,580 ratings — published 2016 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Avengers, Vol. 1: Everything Dies by Jonathan Hickman 4.06 avg rating — 4,668 ratings — published 2013 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alias, Vol. 4: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones by Brian Michael Bendis 4.36 avg rating — 4,153 ratings — published 2005 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thanos Imperative by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.04 avg rating — 1,729 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annihilation Omnibus by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author) (Author (Nova)) 4.06 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 2007 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four, Vol. 5 by Stan Lee 4.24 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2004 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015a) #3 by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2015 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars