@@skyjuiceification he is not, the humans make him seem evil, look at it another way, he is just trying to eat, you would get angry if you could not eat and you wouldn't care what you eat. He is not bad, it is just the perception that humans are better than everything else
these concepts and stories are so mindblowingly intelligent that it almost makes me want to stop everything an life and read...i cant believe ive missed so much as a kid. all i knew was the tv shows, never the true stories and the origins. wow
I really wish I'd read more comic books growing up! Missed out on soooo much....... Please please please continue with this channel as it's filling in around 50 years of blanks for me, and got me wishing the movies were a bit better lol Subbed. Keep it up buddy!
Thank you for bringing me up to speed with Galactus I lost contact with comics in 1973 when I was in college.I grew up working too hard and pushing aside these wonderful stories thank-you
I feel cheated. Guardians of the Galaxy actually shows a freakin Celestial (2 if you count NoWhere). And it looked so awesome!! Yet in Rise of the silver surfer, Galactus appears as a space tornado :/
BBnanner i think why is because fox either didnt have the rights to the Galactus character design or just extremely lazy. Either way Fox's f4 was a sloppy movie.
Stan Lee told me last year that Galactus had the rational of a drug addict because of how he didn't care who he hurt because all he wanted was his next meal.He read about a drug users in the news paper and wanted Galactus to have similar motives.
I see him more along the lines of a shark,he just does what he needs to do in order for him to keep living. Not necessarily out of malice but necessity.
Spiderverse continues on Monday! Here are some awesome stories with Galactus: 1. Fantastic Four 48-50 2. Annihilation 1-6 3. Fantastic Four 143-144 4. Superman & The Fantastic Four 5. Darkseid & Galactus: The Hunger 6. Galactus: The Devourer 7. The Mighty Thor 168 & 169 8. The Silver Surfer Volume 1 9. The Silver Surfer Requiem #4 10. The Silver Surfer: Parable
I have a quick question about a previous video you did regarding Deadpool. I was just curious why you didn't bring up the whole love triangle thing between him, Mistress Death and Thanos. Is it not canon?
A story I just picked up one week ago is The Silver Surfer Parable. Galactus returns to earth and presents himself to the humans of earth and just like that they assume him a god and panic. Previously Galactus already promised the Surfer that he would not harm earth after originally trying to consume them but he's also hoping by them panicking that they'll destroy themselves and he can consume them after they've done so. The art isn't great, the story is basic but the message is pretty powerful thanks to the Silver Surfer.
Hey Rob, forgive me if I'm being anoying, but could you by any chance tell me what's the song you used at the end of your Spider-verse Part 2 video? I really liked it. Thanks, and sorry for bothering.
A cool story about the creation of Galactus. Stan gave Jack a four word plot for this story: "Have them fight God." So Jack drew out the story and drew the nameless infinitely powerful cosmic character with a big "G" on his chest forcing Stan to come up with something to name him that started with G. And so he was called "Galactus"
Galactus was the most powerful and greatest character in Marvel comics until writers turned him into a whipping boy! They actually had Thor beat Galactus?! How could there be any question to his might being a synthesis of man and( Eternity)The Sentience of the Universe? I could do this all day!
I've always thought that Galactus would be such a compatible villain to Superman if Marvel and DC merged into one universe. He could've been the one who devoured Krypton, and would erase the perception of Supes as an overpowered hero w/o the convenience of Kryptonite. Requiring him to use his brain a lot more instead of just his physical abilities.
Bestn8ivealive Except Supes still tends to battle Darkseid mainly w/ his fists. But having him juggle the situation between the two supervillains would definitely make things more interesting.
Favorite Moment: I forget which comic but there was an individual who informed another that Galactus was so powerful that his physical appearance actually differs from race to race. Then it showed various panels of how Galactus appears to each race
Galactus is my fav. character in Marvel Universe......not only because he is powerful but also because this character really go beyond the realms of other villainies(the classic villainies we hear,see,or ever try to create..... ) I wish he was kept the number 1 villain in whole Marvel Universe but seems those writers are just too busy to bring him to ground :(
Galactus has always been an extremely illogical character to me, it was created on a whim with loosely established roots and over time required countless retcons and plot devices to make it work. They ultimately circumvented everything by saying Galactus must exist because 'he's a constant', which of course is because the writers know that he doesn't make sense at all and has no way of making him work logically. Why must an embodiment of the universe eat extremely insignificant sources of energy such as planets, and aren't those planets part of the universe and thus part of himself? It's like a human having to eat his own red blood cells one by one. If he really needs so much energy, why not eat stars, or even entire galaxies? Also Uatu the Watcher is also a really inconsistent character, he doesn't want to disturb lives, but he shoots down the rocket containing Galactus anyway, how is that not intervening?
It actually makes perfect sense to me. Galactus is like the God of destruction for the universe. He must destroy in order to live. He also cleans up dead and lifeless planets. He fits right in with the other cosmic entities like Death, Order, and Chaos. I'm just glad that he actually has a story, unlike the rest of them. That wasn't Uatu. Rob says in the video that it was someone else. The Watcher makes sense to me as well. It may be their role to simply watch but they are not robots. They have feelings and curiosities just like we do. They can also have favorites that they want to help protect when they have the power to do so.
Illogical? You must be completely unaware of the lvl of destruction that occurs in our universe in a day. There's a reason most of our universe is uninhabitable. "Pulls the ship down to observe it's inhabitants"!
u gotta understand.. back in the Golden and Silver Age of comics, we as a people, wasnt as educated in space and science as we are now.. some things work over time.. and some things need to be restructured and/or redone to make sense.. some things will NEVER make sense.. but thats the nature of Superhero comics, and its characters.
Here because my son and I were fighting the last boss on Lego Marvel Superheroes and we both wanted more info on this guy lol. Another great video, cheers.
I cannot watch this with that excessive saliva it makes me physically sick. Honestly it made me want to cry a little. I wanted to watch the video so bad but I felt like every word that came out of your mouth was like someone was licking the inside of my ears and I cannot deal with that.
Joey Wilko That and the lack of pauses. Holy shit. Its like being assaulted with words. "and that causes.. and what they do is.. and this results in.. and that causes them to... and again makes.."
That's a problem with many high quality mics. They pick up everything. It might be that he's sick and salivating excessively or it might just be how he usually talks. I got over it
Rob, excellent video. This is what I like to see: tons of info, great storytelling, hitting all important points and giving us in depth background and trivia. I learned a lot from this video. It is one of your best and I highly recommend it for beginning comic book nuts as well as advanced fans.
Comicstorian hahahahahaha thank you. It's great you knew I was joking with that comment. As someone who speaks spanish, it's crazy how fast you speak while speaking very well. I'm surprised you don't host auctions on the side.
+Zach Mask I know right.They made a person that came from a stretchy man and a invisible women that can make Galactus "Devourer of Worlds" look like a bitch like wtf.bullshit
I agree to a point. They do kind of explain it by saying that since both his parents are cosmically altered his genes were changed because of it. Still kind of bullshit, though.
So from what I understand, power wise Galactus is among the three most powerful beings in all of Marvel aside from TOAA and the Living Tribunal (Depending on which Galactus). This only being applied to Earth 616 Galactus. From what I understand, it works like timelines splitting off. Galactus Earth 616 is the absolute most powerful of the Galacti, to where he can even surpass the LT (Unless TOAA is feeding him power I think). He's like the original, and since all timelines share the same beginning point, he's the one Galactus who always existed, watched all the other universes, and is the be all and end all of cosmic power aside from Eternity and Infinity and Death who are on part. From what I can read upon... Not only is Galactus 616 this powerful on less fed diet, but when fully fed and hunger sated, Franklin Richards in any version could never compared to him. Now this reason is seen in that when Reed summoned him in the series where he became Franklin's herald for a bit, he was pissed and said he managed to absorb 4 planets. But why? Not only was he prepping for the Celestials... But he was pissed, because his plan, which would have allowed him to mop the floor with the Celestials no matter what, was ruined because he couldn't absorb what he was planning thanks to Reed ruining it. Not only that, but Franklin couldn't beat them on his own, and even seemed to struggle, while Galactus managed to effortlessly destroy at least one with his bare hands, and unlike Franklin who was getting floored by three individual celestials, it took a combined one to beat Galactus. Sure, it took Franklin and Galactus to combine powers. But it was more so Galactus power pulling out than Franklin's. And this was an adult Franklin. So Franklin would never really compare to a fully powered Galactus who is pretty much the embodiment of absolute power in Marvel alongside the other absolutes.
If galactus can create planets and doesn't want to destroy life on other planets can't he just eat the ones he creates? Or does it take too much power causing him to need to eat a planet to create one?
From a basic physics standpoint, matter can neither be created or destroyed, it just simply changes states. For example, boil a pot of water and watch as it changes from liquid to gas. The same amount of water molecules still exist, just in a different state. So, to answer your question, Galactus eating the worlds he created would be a 0 sum game at best.
Nah. That's like plugging a battery into itself. It isn't perpetual energy, just energy circulating in a singular source with a rapidly fading half-life, which would ultimately starve him without fresh energy. Diminishing returns and all that jazz.
I think your all forgetting silver surfer and the other heralds don't need to eat, their self sustaining but probably not as Galactus is not self sustaining maybe I think Galactus the life bringer was who was 616 Galactus but I think he lost that power
.....i have watched probably 100 of your videos and am no closer to understanding wtf is going on in the marvel universe. That is nothing against you. Its more like just wtf is this fucking universe? how many universe destroying characters are there that are evil and how do you even make stories of those characters epescially if they are evil and have any stakes? This reminds of dragonballz..... there comes a point where you or your enemy is so powerful that literally nothing matters.... Anyways good vids man... ill watch another 100 and see if i understand any better...
So Galactus can create planets and life? So, why doesn't he just create them and eat them over and over again instead of just feeding on everything else... Yes, he would be using his own energy but re-consuming it but you would think that would balance itself out and stave of his actual hunger.
He could be as a farmer of the universe. I mean he can go several days without needing to consume a world. and he could easily restart that world before he left. It is not like he eats stars, which would provide much of energy needed to restart or establish new life on worlds.
Chinedu Opara he could rebuild a world at an earlier stage needing less energy then he consumed..like loggers who plant baby trees after taking old ones.
that's kind of amusingXD from what i understand marvel is the most grounded in relaity due to using real world locations yet are the most unrealistic due to having a multitude of supernatural beingsXD but yes it does get idn of rediculous as the whole point of gods and cosmic entities is to have supreme and ultimate adversaries no hero or villain can overcome or defeat for they are the supreme being(s) but due to the nature of comcis needing new material each issue and run tere are always ne threats and new events that not even the gods can handle, until greater gods come about, until those greater gods are faced with a threat they cnanot handle,until greater gods come ect. it is literlaly turtles all the way down XD but i kinda like that:D we need more supreme beings in fiction:D and given his track record and his work on the sandman i would love to see neil gaiman do stuff with marvel's pantheon:D
Meir Teichman I was actually referring to characters that seem like they can do anything like Scarlet Witch, Franklin Richards, Jean Grey, Cable, Nate Grey, etc.
Philly man ah yeah relaity warpers. think what i said about folks like galactus and enterity and such also fit with them. act as an ultimate or supreme aversary for one reason or another but the same law of diminishing returns gave demand for greater relaity warpers. or soemthing.
Just wanna say I love your videos. I stubbled upon your videos while looking up theories for infinity war. I have since purchased TH-cam red so I can listen to your videos while working out and I am super interested in the marvle comic book universe! Thanks for your consistent awesome content!
If anything Big G is UNDERPOWERED compared 2 other god-like beings in MC. I mean really. This guy survived the destruction of his old universe then survived our BIG BANG. He is older then all the "Personifications" of Death, Eternity, Order, Chaos, u name it. He should have Living Tribunals job.
MrPete8680 He's not the olde st, he just survived the destruction of his universe. There's the Eternity of the multiverse, the Living Tribunal is the Omniversal judge sitting on the outside overlooking everything who only answers to TOAA.
Does Galactus wiggle his toes in his boots and like the way it feels? Does he snake food from between his teeth with his tongue? Does he get tickles in the back of his throat and cough to clear his throat for relief?
I get high and Ill sit and watch 2-3 hours of ur videos back to back. I Love them! Keep it up, bro. P.S. The way u speak is hilarious though. Everytime u say "And what we see here" I chuckle....so Im basically chuckling for 2-3 hours straight cuz u say that shit every 7 seconds lol.
The costume is ridiculous and the character is even more ridiculous, not only because his supposed powers are beyond godly, but because Reed Richards defeats him. efing Mr Rubber Band scientist -_- come on!
That's the whole point of Reed Richards - his powers are dorky, but he's SO smart that it doesn't matter. I'm not a huge fan, but he has his moments 😃 Peace
Ricardo Morales Yeah. I imagine Galactus siting on the edge of his bed in the morning, reaching for his boots and pulling them on, and noticing he probably should get a new pair soon.
I love the Clams Casino instrumental outros you have on some of your vids. He's one of my favorite producers. Not only are you from KY like me, but you have great taste also.
We love your videos Rob! The most relaxing voice on TH-cam. I din't know about sexy though. Please consider changing that intro, it's a little offputting for some reason.
We better see Galactus in the Infinity War post credits. That's really the only way to up the stakes. Also it's about time he got a proper portrayal on screen.
So it just so happens that I recently did a big dive into galactus' origin story and here is some of the things that I've learned so far that have been updated or fleshed out. My goal here is that anyone reading this will get a deeper insight into the story as its meant to be understood for right now. I say 'now' because these things are always changing. And as you will see this story has changed to become what it has now. But in defense of the current version of events, there are some reasons you may prefer it as I do. In the subsequent decades since the character's creation they've had time to finalize, streamline and connect the previously established events to a degree and form a somewhat cohesive narrative. That narrative is not only simpler and easier to understand, but more consistent with itself at times while at the same time explaining certain plot pieces that were missing before other events that were explained. Like the video said, a lot of these ideas were changed over time. For example, 'the plague' may have originally meant to be a literal biological plague that was just killing everything, and not a form of radiation from universal collapse. It's generally accepted now that the radiation from the collapse caused what was called the "plague" and that the word plague just meant that something was killing everything. So this is the modern and most cohesive version of the story that's has been officially published by marvel that I can find. So like I said, from what i understand, it wasn't really a plague that was killing everything. It was that all matter in the universe was being pulled into one spot in preparation for a new big bang (look up oscillating universe theory). And that the radiation put out by this collapse was causing molecules and even atoms to break down, causing people to die in huge plague-like numbers. After delivering the news of impending doom and realizing there was no cure to be made. This is another hint that it may have originally been intended as a more normal biological plague, because even if a patient was cured of the radiation poisoning the collapsing universe is still kind of a problem. Meanwhile Galan had also theorized that probability wise there should be at least one person in the universe that could survive the "plague" of radiation given off by the collapse. But as time went on, no such person was found. As they watched other planets die off one by one and realized the end was near, they decided to meet their fate head on as proud taa. That's when they decided to fly the ship into the singularity. Making the fiery, universe ending, singularity their funeral pyre. Again apparently in some versions they fly into a star to escape the biological plague. Now here is where it makes more sense in a larger context that the event taking place was a universe ending event and that they were flying into the center of the singularity rather than escaping a plague by flying into a star. They meet the consciousness of the universe or something. Once they began their very final approach, galan found that everyone on the ship was dying due to intense radiation, except for him. He felt something new and powerful inside him. As he theorized there was at least one being that could withstand the plague of radiation, and it was him. But even so with the collapse and death of the universe itself, he wouldn't survive long anyway. The ship then plunged into the event horizon, at that very moment the (quoting marvel here) "sentience of the universe" (whatever that is), spoke to him and offered him a chance to become one with it. He accepted and was told that even though they would both die that they would have an heir. An heir like no other in existence. An heir in the next universe. An heir as mighty as a galaxy, but not just a galaxy. A ravager of galaxies. And after that, the universe collapsed completely creating a (quoting marvel again) "cosmic egg", and they both died as one. Basically the "cosmic egg" is what a universe is before a big bang. After countless amounts of time (or whatever passes when time itself doesn't exist yet), the "cosmic egg" underwent a big bang event, creating universe 616. The sentience having been reborn, then sent the newly reformed galan in the taa ship into the far depths of space warning the universe itself to beware its occupant. It's my understanding that from this point on this is galactus. But not a fully developed galactus. And just like it takes humans many years to mature to full strength so too did it take galactus many years to do the same. But with the amount of power he would have at full strength it would take a much longer time to manifest itself. As for how much time passes in between the events of early galactus' life, like the video says, it's not really specified but it's always on the order of several centuries being the smallest time frame and millennia and eons being the longer ones.
+MrYTGuy1 Part 2: Just as the video says, a watcher finds galactus and learns what he is. Even though he at that time could have killed galactus, he decides to not interfere because of his code. (A code which he already violated by bringing the ship down in the first place, but I digress) Galactus sensing the danger, prepared the ship for take off. The watcher barely got off in time and the ship went into orbit, then departed the system. While in space he gave his taa friends a funeral and sent their remains into space. This is where my order of events varies slightly from the video. After he left the watcher's planet, galactus started to learn how powerful his cosmic energies are and attempts to learn how to control them. He then decided he needs a suit of armor to help him control his overwhelming power. And so, he labored away for a time constructing his now iconic suit. Afterwards, presumably with the aid of his new suit helping to control his power, he began changing his ship into a maturation chamber where he could rest and continue his development. This transformation is when the ship became a cube shape. In the video its stated that the ship didn't change into a cube and the suit wasn't made until it was already in orbit around archeopia. This doesn't make as much sense considering that galactus supposedly needed several more centuries of incubation to mature his cosmic energies. If the maturation cube was made in orbit around archeopia, then it would've had only a few years of incubation as opposed to it taking place en route to the planet which would give it the centuries required. Also it's stated by the exploratory vessel sent to explore the cube that the ship appears completely dormant. This would seem to indicate that galactus' ship did not change while in orbit. You may note in the video it shows a panel of when the ship is discovered in orbit by the archeopians, in the panel it already has a cube shape. Either way it doesn't change the story much, so lets move on to the awakening of galactus. After a time, war broke out (as it does). I'm not really sure if the archeopians were active participants in the war or not, but nonetheless war came to their system. Everything pretty much happens just like it stated in the video. The cube is mistaken for a weapon and its fired upon it. They don't just shoot it, every gun in the fleet was trained on the cube when they fire. This, of course, awakens galactus from his slumber and boy is he grumpy this time. And with good reason. The entire time he has been in his cube, his powers have been steadily growing. Taxing more and more of his body. Making his appetite grow just as much if not more than his power. Plus he hasn't eaten a single thing for eons, possibly since his rebirth and the birth of universe 616. He then proceeds to destroy the entire space fleet with a single gesture. While yelling about how hungry he is, he absorbs the energy of the entire space fleet. This obviously isn't enough because he screams about how he needs more energy, like a worlds worth. It's then that he destroyed archeopia to satiate his hunger. As he's doing it he says he doesn't know or care who lives down there, only that he must feed. On a side note, a couple ships managed to escape the doom the the planet. These ships would fly through space for centuries and become the founders of a group called the wanderers. From what I understand, over time the wanderers took in other species that had also had their planets destroyed by galactus and they formed a fleet of ships from various star systems and races all trying to find a way to avenge their fallen planets by defeating galactus. Now the video skips what happened right after the first planet feeding, so I can fill in the gaps there. After galactus was sated, he was curious about the planet he destroyed. So he decided to see for himself. When he got to the surface he was moved by what he saw. The destruction he saw reminded him of his own planet's destruction in the previous universe, except this time the destruction was caused by him. At this point he states that his powers can also be used to create, not just destroy. To prove it he decides to rebuild this one place. Not only rebuild it, but make it better than it was. Make it better than anything was. And so, he did just that (ikr). He used his cosmic power to reconstruct the planet. The project took him several thousand years and he was frequently forced to stop to go feed. I'm not sure if he fed on other inhabited planets or not during this time. When he was done with construction there stood a "world-ship" unlike any other. It was so much larger than a planet that other planets orbited it as if it were their sun. Galactus then named the creation "Taa II" in honor of his once mighty civilization. So the taa are really the only race that had any trace or knowledge of them survive past the end of their universe and in make it into the 616 universe. At one point he obviously started to not care about the destruction of other worlds like he did with archeopia. Not really sure on the reasons or speculations as for why because this is as far as my research in to his past has taken me atm. I hope that anyone who likes galactus has found some info here useful, and of course thx to the video maker. I enjoyed the video very much. Cheers
My favorite character in the Marvel universe. He's not evil or good - he just is.
hes evil.
@@skyjuiceification he is not, the humans make him seem evil, look at it another way, he is just trying to eat, you would get angry if you could not eat and you wouldn't care what you eat. He is not bad, it is just the perception that humans are better than everything else
Derpy Plays dude he’s trying to eat our fucking planet how is that not evil
Brady Walton we kill cows everyday for leather and burgers. Are we evil ? No. We just need to eat and look cool while doing it lol
Brady Walton+ galactus is a cosmic god we are just parasites no comparison
these concepts and stories are so mindblowingly intelligent that it almost makes me want to stop everything an life and read...i cant believe ive missed so much as a kid. all i knew was the tv shows, never the true stories and the origins. wow
I really wish I'd read more comic books growing up! Missed out on soooo much.......
Please please please continue with this channel as it's filling in around 50 years of blanks for me, and got me wishing the movies were a bit better lol
Subbed. Keep it up buddy!
yeah i read all of these story archs in the late 70's early 80's.
Thank you for bringing me up to speed with Galactus I lost contact with comics in 1973 when I was in college.I grew up working too hard and pushing aside these wonderful stories thank-you
I feel cheated.
Guardians of the Galaxy actually shows a freakin Celestial (2 if you count NoWhere). And it looked so awesome!!
Yet in Rise of the silver surfer, Galactus appears as a space tornado :/
BBnanner Add another to that list..Ego.
BBnanner i think why is because fox either didnt have the rights to the Galactus character design or just extremely lazy. Either way Fox's f4 was a sloppy movie.
Stan Lee told me last year that Galactus had the rational of a drug addict because of how he didn't care who he hurt because all he wanted was his next meal.He read about a drug users in the news paper and wanted Galactus to have similar motives.
I see him more along the lines of a shark,he just does what he needs to do in order for him to keep living. Not necessarily out of malice but necessity.
thats not true... jack Kirby made Galactus on the Basis of a Nature Force, thats beyond good or bad
You made all of that up. As dude before me stated it was jack Kirby who came up with galactus
Good on ya for keeping the intro. It's badass, fits the tone and is quite unique.
Spiderverse continues on Monday! Here are some awesome stories with Galactus:
1. Fantastic Four 48-50
2. Annihilation 1-6
3. Fantastic Four 143-144
4. Superman & The Fantastic Four
5. Darkseid & Galactus: The Hunger
6. Galactus: The Devourer
7. The Mighty Thor 168 & 169
8. The Silver Surfer Volume 1
9. The Silver Surfer Requiem #4
10. The Silver Surfer: Parable
I have a quick question about a previous video you did regarding Deadpool. I was just curious why you didn't bring up the whole love triangle thing between him, Mistress Death and Thanos.
Is it not canon?
It would be awesome if marvel and DC had some sort of affiliate program. It would be a win - win for you and the comic book industry.
A story I just picked up one week ago is The Silver Surfer Parable. Galactus returns to earth and presents himself to the humans of earth and just like that they assume him a god and panic. Previously Galactus already promised the Surfer that he would not harm earth after originally trying to consume them but he's also hoping by them panicking that they'll destroy themselves and he can consume them after they've done so. The art isn't great, the story is basic but the message is pretty powerful thanks to the Silver Surfer.
Speaking of Annihilation, would it be in the realm of possibility for a video explaining Annihilus?
Hey Rob, forgive me if I'm being anoying, but could you by any chance tell me what's the song you used at the end of your Spider-verse Part 2 video? I really liked it. Thanks, and sorry for bothering.
A cool story about the creation of Galactus. Stan gave Jack a four word plot for this story: "Have them fight God." So Jack drew out the story and drew the nameless infinitely powerful cosmic character with a big "G" on his chest forcing Stan to come up with something to name him that started with G. And so he was called "Galactus"
Galactus was the most powerful and greatest character in Marvel comics until writers turned him into a whipping boy! They actually had Thor beat Galactus?! How could there be any question to his might being a synthesis of man and( Eternity)The Sentience of the Universe? I could do this all day!
Yep, they turned Galactus, a force of nature, into a gateway villain.
***** Just Insane!
Kano Reese
Kano Reese all the cosmic beings in Marvel are irrelevant one day to the next.
The one above all is the most powerful
Galactus maintains the balance between life and death, (Eternity and Death).
Bro, I systematically come back to these old videos just for the intros!!! That ish goes hard!!!!
> Pulls ship out of orbit and makes it crash.
> Refuses to kill occupant because "not allowed to interfere"
Sure sure. Makes TOTAL sense, guys!
EDarien nice meme arrows son
Cosmic high five!!!! WoW wonderful stuff! Glad to have these kinds of episodes back.
i loved reading when he found a dead version of himself and of course the Mega Galactus Engine from the Cancerverse
I've always thought that Galactus would be such a compatible villain to Superman if Marvel and DC merged into one universe. He could've been the one who devoured Krypton, and would erase the perception of Supes as an overpowered hero w/o the convenience of Kryptonite. Requiring him to use his brain a lot more instead of just his physical abilities.
Galactus is out there with Thanos and Unicron.
+Trent Boyett lol your name is from south park
jp3813 I was thinking the same
jp3813 ive never really thought about that but yeah you're right. I would be more worried about dark seid though if I was galactus
Bestn8ivealive Except Supes still tends to battle Darkseid mainly w/ his fists. But having him juggle the situation between the two supervillains would definitely make things more interesting.
Love the 20 min vid Rob!! Please bring more of those!
I LOVE your videos! I have yet to find a more thorough explanation of comic book characters and storylines as a whole. Keep up the good work!
Favorite Moment: I forget which comic but there was an individual who informed another that Galactus was so powerful that his physical appearance actually differs from race to race. Then it showed various panels of how Galactus appears to each race
He literally shows this moment in the video if you watched it.
lol I know it was before I watched it through
Which part
@@tasb7969 11:01
Who would want to skip your intro it's amazing
So happy the character explainations are back
and the intro I know its been back but i still wanted him to know at least one more guy is happy its back
Galactus is my fav. character in Marvel Universe......not only because he is powerful but also because this character really go beyond the realms of other villainies(the classic villainies we hear,see,or ever try to create..... )
I wish he was kept the number 1 villain in whole Marvel Universe but seems those writers are just too busy to bring him to ground :(
Yea and with that one moment Franklin Richards went from 'disgustingly powerful' to 'mary sue.'
I do not like the character at all.
Congratulations
Rob i just wanted to show my appreciation for all your work, sharing your knowledge of the things I love
Galactus has always been an extremely illogical character to me, it was created on a whim with loosely established roots and over time required countless retcons and plot devices to make it work.
They ultimately circumvented everything by saying Galactus must exist because 'he's a constant', which of course is because the writers know that he doesn't make sense at all and has no way of making him work logically.
Why must an embodiment of the universe eat extremely insignificant sources of energy such as planets, and aren't those planets part of the universe and thus part of himself? It's like a human having to eat his own red blood cells one by one. If he really needs so much energy, why not eat stars, or even entire galaxies?
Also Uatu the Watcher is also a really inconsistent character, he doesn't want to disturb lives, but he shoots down the rocket containing Galactus anyway, how is that not intervening?
Galactus keep Celestials in check
That was uatu?
It actually makes perfect sense to me. Galactus is like the God of destruction for the universe. He must destroy in order to live. He also cleans up dead and lifeless planets. He fits right in with the other cosmic entities like Death, Order, and Chaos. I'm just glad that he actually has a story, unlike the rest of them.
That wasn't Uatu. Rob says in the video that it was someone else. The Watcher makes sense to me as well. It may be their role to simply watch but they are not robots. They have feelings and curiosities just like we do. They can also have favorites that they want to help protect when they have the power to do so.
Illogical? You must be completely unaware of the lvl of destruction that occurs in our universe in a day. There's a reason most of our universe is uninhabitable. "Pulls the ship down to observe it's inhabitants"!
u gotta understand.. back in the Golden and Silver Age of comics, we as a people, wasnt as educated in space and science as we are now.. some things work over time.. and some things need to be restructured and/or redone to make sense.. some things will NEVER make sense.. but thats the nature of Superhero comics, and its characters.
Here because my son and I were fighting the last boss on Lego Marvel Superheroes and we both wanted more info on this guy lol.
Another great video, cheers.
I cannot watch this with that excessive saliva it makes me physically sick. Honestly it made me want to cry a little. I wanted to watch the video so bad but I felt like every word that came out of your mouth was like someone was licking the inside of my ears and I cannot deal with that.
Im not the only one who noticed? Cool
Didnt notice till i read this comment i cannot unhear it now thanks...
Joey Wilko That and the lack of pauses. Holy shit. Its like being assaulted with words. "and that causes.. and what they do is.. and this results in.. and that causes them to... and again makes.."
This guy is licking my ears holy shit
This is so fcking true.
I'll never get tired of watching this intro. Its just..juat awesome.
Dude whats up with the saliva swirling around, the videos great but its quite distracting
I was thinking that too
That's a problem with many high quality mics. They pick up everything. It might be that he's sick and salivating excessively or it might just be how he usually talks. I got over it
It usually happen when you're too close to the mic
Are you distracted because you're thinking what you'd like to do with that saliva?
He just can't stop thinking about Galactuss juicy musclely thighs
Rob, excellent video. This is what I like to see: tons of info, great storytelling, hitting all important points and giving us in depth background and trivia.
I learned a lot from this video. It is one of your best and I highly recommend it for beginning comic book nuts as well as advanced fans.
I swear I luv the theme music
While I love most if not all your videos, this by far is my favorite! Thanks for the video! Keep it going
Good video. I like the length. I know you said your aiming for shorter but it felt like you left out info when shorter. Keep up the good work.
I would love to see you do Galactus versus the in-betweener! Seeing Galactus fight hand-to-hand is awesome!
This was great give us more soon !
The intro always gets me pumped for the video.
Watcher drags ship down to planet surface, proclaims he is barred from interfering in the affairs of living beings *sips juice box quietly >.>*
lol exactly, apparently dragging a ship down from space isn't considered "interfering".
It's fun getting caught up on older videos I've missed 7 years later haha
Great video. Thank you for not going so fast like ComicCokeSnortian.
I do not snort coke... I drink a lot of Energy Drinks
Comicstorian hahahahahaha thank you. It's great you knew I was joking with that comment. As someone who speaks spanish, it's crazy how fast you speak while speaking very well. I'm surprised you don't host auctions on the side.
***** LMFAO
I haven't really watched many of these videos, but that intro was a major nut.
I hate Franklin Richards. Such over powered bs.
+Zach Mask I know right.They made a person that came from a stretchy man and a invisible women that can make Galactus "Devourer of Worlds" look like a bitch like wtf.bullshit
xGlockwitamop x Exactly man! It's just this never ending "I can do more" BS
I agree to a point. They do kind of explain it by saying that since both his parents are cosmically altered his genes were changed because of it. Still kind of bullshit, though.
Couldn’t agree more!!!! A stupid kid that is the most powerful being in marvel .....
So.....
This is comics man😂😂 if you want a leveled universe then you need to search other mediums
So from what I understand, power wise Galactus is among the three most powerful beings in all of Marvel aside from TOAA and the Living Tribunal (Depending on which Galactus). This only being applied to Earth 616 Galactus.
From what I understand, it works like timelines splitting off. Galactus Earth 616 is the absolute most powerful of the Galacti, to where he can even surpass the LT (Unless TOAA is feeding him power I think). He's like the original, and since all timelines share the same beginning point, he's the one Galactus who always existed, watched all the other universes, and is the be all and end all of cosmic power aside from Eternity and Infinity and Death who are on part.
From what I can read upon... Not only is Galactus 616 this powerful on less fed diet, but when fully fed and hunger sated, Franklin Richards in any version could never compared to him. Now this reason is seen in that when Reed summoned him in the series where he became Franklin's herald for a bit, he was pissed and said he managed to absorb 4 planets. But why? Not only was he prepping for the Celestials... But he was pissed, because his plan, which would have allowed him to mop the floor with the Celestials no matter what, was ruined because he couldn't absorb what he was planning thanks to Reed ruining it. Not only that, but Franklin couldn't beat them on his own, and even seemed to struggle, while Galactus managed to effortlessly destroy at least one with his bare hands, and unlike Franklin who was getting floored by three individual celestials, it took a combined one to beat Galactus. Sure, it took Franklin and Galactus to combine powers. But it was more so Galactus power pulling out than Franklin's. And this was an adult Franklin. So Franklin would never really compare to a fully powered Galactus who is pretty much the embodiment of absolute power in Marvel alongside the other absolutes.
If galactus can create planets and doesn't want to destroy life on other planets can't he just eat the ones he creates? Or does it take too much power causing him to need to eat a planet to create one?
From a basic physics standpoint, matter can neither be created or destroyed, it just simply changes states. For example, boil a pot of water and watch as it changes from liquid to gas. The same amount of water molecules still exist, just in a different state. So, to answer your question, Galactus eating the worlds he created would be a 0 sum game at best.
+geoffa87 So about turning energy beams into flowers?
from a not so physics standpoint, would you eat your own shit or yak to gain nutrients back?
Nah. That's like plugging a battery into itself. It isn't perpetual energy, just energy circulating in a singular source with a rapidly fading half-life, which would ultimately starve him without fresh energy. Diminishing returns and all that jazz.
I think your all forgetting silver surfer and the other heralds don't need to eat, their self sustaining but probably not as Galactus is not self sustaining maybe I think Galactus the life bringer was who was 616 Galactus but I think he lost that power
I still love this opening segment... you really need to bring it back!
.....i have watched probably 100 of your videos and am no closer to understanding wtf is going on in the marvel universe. That is nothing against you. Its more like just wtf is this fucking universe? how many universe destroying characters are there that are evil and how do you even make stories of those characters epescially if they are evil and have any stakes? This reminds of dragonballz..... there comes a point where you or your enemy is so powerful that literally nothing matters....
Anyways good vids man... ill watch another 100 and see if i understand any better...
Intros sick af man! subbed
Man yall love to complain alot in the comments.
I love this intro so much. I love all your content. I’d really appreciate meeting you.
So Galactus can create planets and life? So, why doesn't he just create them and eat them over and over again instead of just feeding on everything else... Yes, he would be using his own energy but re-consuming it but you would think that would balance itself out and stave of his actual hunger.
Diminishing returns. It would take more energy to create then he would get back. He would end up worse then when he started.
He could be as a farmer of the universe. I mean he can go several days without needing to consume a world. and he could easily restart that world before he left. It is not like he eats stars, which would provide much of energy needed to restart or establish new life on worlds.
Ick... like a galactus-human-centipede? (puke) LoL
Chinedu Opara he could rebuild a world at an earlier stage needing less energy then he consumed..like loggers who plant baby trees after taking old ones.
Now this is more like it! Keep up the good work and please post videos at this length and detail.
Go Pats! 😛
Does anybody else feel that Marvel has *too many* godlike characters?????
Have you SEEN superman in dc?! That man is literally a god, well except for the fact that he has a major weakness
Ben Henderson Superman can't alter reality or control minds. and how is someone a god when they can be killed by a mere mortal (kryptonite bullet).
that's kind of amusingXD from what i understand marvel is the most grounded in relaity due to using real world locations yet are the most unrealistic due to having a multitude of supernatural beingsXD but yes it does get idn of rediculous as the whole point of gods and cosmic entities is to have supreme and ultimate adversaries no hero or villain can overcome or defeat for they are the supreme being(s) but due to the nature of comcis needing new material each issue and run tere are always ne threats and new events that not even the gods can handle, until greater gods come about, until those greater gods are faced with a threat they cnanot handle,until greater gods come ect. it is literlaly turtles all the way down XD
but i kinda like that:D we need more supreme beings in fiction:D and given his track record and his work on the sandman i would love to see neil gaiman do stuff with marvel's pantheon:D
Meir Teichman I was actually referring to characters that seem like they can do anything like Scarlet Witch, Franklin Richards, Jean Grey, Cable, Nate Grey, etc.
Philly man ah yeah relaity warpers. think what i said about folks like galactus and enterity and such also fit with them. act as an ultimate or supreme aversary for one reason or another but the same law of diminishing returns gave demand for greater relaity warpers. or soemthing.
Just wanna say I love your videos. I stubbled upon your videos while looking up theories for infinity war. I have since purchased TH-cam red so I can listen to your videos while working out and I am super interested in the marvle comic book universe! Thanks for your consistent awesome content!
If anything Big G is UNDERPOWERED compared 2 other god-like beings in MC. I mean really. This guy survived the destruction of his old universe then survived our BIG BANG. He is older then all the "Personifications" of Death, Eternity, Order, Chaos, u name it. He should have Living Tribunals job.
MrPete8680 He's not the olde st, he just survived the destruction of his universe. There's the Eternity of the multiverse, the Living Tribunal is the Omniversal judge sitting on the outside overlooking everything who only answers to TOAA.
Living tribunal is not Omniversal bro, He is only Multiversal.
I didn't hear any salvia . Appreciate the video Rob. You always keep me current on the comics.
Does Galactus wiggle his toes in his boots and like the way it feels? Does he snake food from between his teeth with his tongue? Does he get tickles in the back of his throat and cough to clear his throat for relief?
Dang bro you are knocking it out of the park with these videos. They are getting better and better
I wonder if the other cosmic beings give him hell for being a human's herald.
+Just Some Guy with a Mustache you sir are everywere lol
are you omnipresent ???
+Ehab Rehab yes he's everywhere, i just replied to his comment in a naruto video like 1 day ago lol
I get high and Ill sit and watch 2-3 hours of ur videos back to back. I Love them! Keep it up, bro.
P.S. The way u speak is hilarious though. Everytime u say "And what we see here" I chuckle....so Im basically chuckling for 2-3 hours straight cuz u say that shit every 7 seconds lol.
The costume is ridiculous and the character is even more ridiculous, not only because his supposed powers are beyond godly, but because Reed Richards defeats him. efing Mr Rubber Band scientist -_- come on!
That's the whole point of Reed Richards - his powers are dorky, but he's SO smart that it doesn't matter.
I'm not a huge fan, but he has his moments 😃
Peace
Ricardo Morales Yeah. I imagine Galactus siting on the edge of his bed in the morning, reaching for his boots and pulling them on, and noticing he probably should get a new pair soon.
Ricardo Morales beyond godly? no. thats stupid.
Ricardo Morales fyi, if he was beyond godly there wouldnt have been infinity wars or any of that. he exists on a godly plane. he is not a god.
not called Mr. Fantastic fer nuttin.
Fantastic, thanks for the detailed history of Galactus, he is one of my most favorite Marvel characters. His Power endless and higher than all limits.
Goddamn I miss that beast intro
woot... a 20 minute video... i missed these so much...
I miss this intro
I love the Clams Casino instrumental outros you have on some of your vids. He's one of my favorite producers. Not only are you from KY like me, but you have great taste also.
Now we know why the FF has become a joke comics as well as movies. Shame to they were a bed rock at Marvel for decades.
Incredible explanation! Thanks for this Rob.
Do you think Abraxas might have an apperance in the current multiverse event? :P
While that would be sweet, I don't think so. He's too unknown.
Nope, he was erased from the timeline.
Been waiting on this one for a while Rob.. Great vid!!
Great video and info. But occasional pauses would help; everything sounds like a giant run on sentence.
no
+chester 13 Yes.
Man I love your old shows don't get me wrong,your new shows are good ,there is just something about your older ones ,
Looks at video length! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
You the gate keeper of knowledge!!Bruh please don't ever stop!
Is it just me or does Marvel love to over complicate everything?
aanler ya honestly DC is better at handling giant God like beings
@@LuisGarcia-wq1pn if its related to Batman...
Hey Rob, 2021 and i still enjoy this into.
Wow.
Marvel continuity is a hot mess.
+Adam Stansbury Only in half of the multiverses!
Great video Rob! More like this!
Saw this video in my recommended, I was like 'why didn't I see this in my subscriptions?'. I forgot I unsubscribed because of that fucking intro lol.
Mike D two years later and you got 8 likes worth of attention. was it worth it?
Mike D Haha
Mike D bro that intro is legit why you hating
never cared about comics much till i found your channel. now i know more than any person should. lol
Quit mumbling/talking so fast.
smoking a bowl while rob talks about super heros is a pretty good night.
Dude, your voice is literally putting me to sleep. And not in a good way.
114Freesoul Add some smooth lounge jazz and play it at 6 am in the morning and you have the C-X FM 6.16.
We love your videos Rob! The most relaxing voice on TH-cam. I din't know about sexy though. Please consider changing that intro, it's a little offputting for some reason.
Keep it up man! Great video
Probably the coolest intro ive ever seen
Galactus is one of my most Favorite Cosmic Beings... prolly because he represents inevitably as far as I see it. Plus he looks cool & talks cool ☺️
Dude I just wanna say that clams casino is amazing and I'm God is a masterpiece. Great taste in outro music
thoroughly enjoyed your commentary - thanks for putting the time and effort into this video . . . just liked and subscribed :)
We better see Galactus in the Infinity War post credits. That's really the only way to up the stakes. Also it's about time he got a proper portrayal on screen.
Yo, great video and good work. Keep it up! Great intro btw
Great video Rob! Can you do a Marvel explained video on the Celestials and the Mad Celestials?
So it just so happens that I recently did a big dive into galactus' origin story and here is some of the things that I've learned so far that have been updated or fleshed out. My goal here is that anyone reading this will get a deeper insight into the story as its meant to be understood for right now. I say 'now' because these things are always changing. And as you will see this story has changed to become what it has now.
But in defense of the current version of events, there are some reasons you may prefer it as I do. In the subsequent decades since the character's creation they've had time to finalize, streamline and connect the previously established events to a degree and form a somewhat cohesive narrative. That narrative is not only simpler and easier to understand, but more consistent with itself at times while at the same time explaining certain plot pieces that were missing before other events that were explained.
Like the video said, a lot of these ideas were changed over time. For example, 'the plague' may have originally meant to be a literal biological plague that was just killing everything, and not a form of radiation from universal collapse. It's generally accepted now that the radiation from the collapse caused what was called the "plague" and that the word plague just meant that something was killing everything. So this is the modern and most cohesive version of the story that's has been officially published by marvel that I can find.
So like I said, from what i understand, it wasn't really a plague that was killing everything. It was that all matter in the universe was being pulled into one spot in preparation for a new big bang (look up oscillating universe theory). And that the radiation put out by this collapse was causing molecules and even atoms to break down, causing people to die in huge plague-like numbers.
After delivering the news of impending doom and realizing there was no cure to be made. This is another hint that it may have originally been intended as a more normal biological plague, because even if a patient was cured of the radiation poisoning the collapsing universe is still kind of a problem. Meanwhile Galan had also theorized that probability wise there should be at least one person in the universe that could survive the "plague" of radiation given off by the collapse. But as time went on, no such person was found. As they watched other planets die off one by one and realized the end was near, they decided to meet their fate head on as proud taa. That's when they decided to fly the ship into the singularity. Making the fiery, universe ending, singularity their funeral pyre. Again apparently in some versions they fly into a star to escape the biological plague.
Now here is where it makes more sense in a larger context that the event taking place was a universe ending event and that they were flying into the center of the singularity rather than escaping a plague by flying into a star. They meet the consciousness of the universe or something.
Once they began their very final approach, galan found that everyone on the ship was dying due to intense radiation, except for him. He felt something new and powerful inside him. As he theorized there was at least one being that could withstand the plague of radiation, and it was him. But even so with the collapse and death of the universe itself, he wouldn't survive long anyway.
The ship then plunged into the event horizon, at that very moment the (quoting marvel here) "sentience of the universe" (whatever that is), spoke to him and offered him a chance to become one with it. He accepted and was told that even though they would both die that they would have an heir. An heir like no other in existence. An heir in the next universe. An heir as mighty as a galaxy, but not just a galaxy. A ravager of galaxies. And after that, the universe collapsed completely creating a (quoting marvel again) "cosmic egg", and they both died as one. Basically the "cosmic egg" is what a universe is before a big bang.
After countless amounts of time (or whatever passes when time itself doesn't exist yet), the "cosmic egg" underwent a big bang event, creating universe 616. The sentience having been reborn, then sent the newly reformed galan in the taa ship into the far depths of space warning the universe itself to beware its occupant.
It's my understanding that from this point on this is galactus. But not a fully developed galactus. And just like it takes humans many years to mature to full strength so too did it take galactus many years to do the same. But with the amount of power he would have at full strength it would take a much longer time to manifest itself. As for how much time passes in between the events of early galactus' life, like the video says, it's not really specified but it's always on the order of several centuries being the smallest time frame and millennia and eons being the longer ones.
+MrYTGuy1 Part 2:
Just as the video says, a watcher finds galactus and learns what he is. Even though he at that time could have killed galactus, he decides to not interfere because of his code. (A code which he already violated by bringing the ship down in the first place, but I digress)
Galactus sensing the danger, prepared the ship for take off. The watcher barely got off in time and the ship went into orbit, then departed the system. While in space he gave his taa friends a funeral and sent their remains into space.
This is where my order of events varies slightly from the video. After he left the watcher's planet, galactus started to learn how powerful his cosmic energies are and attempts to learn how to control them. He then decided he needs a suit of armor to help him control his overwhelming power. And so, he labored away for a time constructing his now iconic suit. Afterwards, presumably with the aid of his new suit helping to control his power, he began changing his ship into a maturation chamber where he could rest and continue his development.
This transformation is when the ship became a cube shape. In the video its stated that the ship didn't change into a cube and the suit wasn't made until it was already in orbit around archeopia. This doesn't make as much sense considering that galactus supposedly needed several more centuries of incubation to mature his cosmic energies. If the maturation cube was made in orbit around archeopia, then it would've had only a few years of incubation as opposed to it taking place en route to the planet which would give it the centuries required. Also it's stated by the exploratory vessel sent to explore the cube that the ship appears completely dormant. This would seem to indicate that galactus' ship did not change while in orbit. You may note in the video it shows a panel of when the ship is discovered in orbit by the archeopians, in the panel it already has a cube shape. Either way it doesn't change the story much, so lets move on to the awakening of galactus.
After a time, war broke out (as it does). I'm not really sure if the archeopians were active participants in the war or not, but nonetheless war came to their system. Everything pretty much happens just like it stated in the video. The cube is mistaken for a weapon and its fired upon it. They don't just shoot it, every gun in the fleet was trained on the cube when they fire. This, of course, awakens galactus from his slumber and boy is he grumpy this time. And with good reason. The entire time he has been in his cube, his powers have been steadily growing. Taxing more and more of his body. Making his appetite grow just as much if not more than his power. Plus he hasn't eaten a single thing for eons, possibly since his rebirth and the birth of universe 616.
He then proceeds to destroy the entire space fleet with a single gesture. While yelling about how hungry he is, he absorbs the energy of the entire space fleet. This obviously isn't enough because he screams about how he needs more energy, like a worlds worth. It's then that he destroyed archeopia to satiate his hunger. As he's doing it he says he doesn't know or care who lives down there, only that he must feed.
On a side note, a couple ships managed to escape the doom the the planet. These ships would fly through space for centuries and become the founders of a group called the wanderers. From what I understand, over time the wanderers took in other species that had also had their planets destroyed by galactus and they formed a fleet of ships from various star systems and races all trying to find a way to avenge their fallen planets by defeating galactus.
Now the video skips what happened right after the first planet feeding, so I can fill in the gaps there. After galactus was sated, he was curious about the planet he destroyed. So he decided to see for himself. When he got to the surface he was moved by what he saw. The destruction he saw reminded him of his own planet's destruction in the previous universe, except this time the destruction was caused by him.
At this point he states that his powers can also be used to create, not just destroy. To prove it he decides to rebuild this one place. Not only rebuild it, but make it better than it was. Make it better than anything was. And so, he did just that (ikr). He used his cosmic power to reconstruct the planet. The project took him several thousand years and he was frequently forced to stop to go feed. I'm not sure if he fed on other inhabited planets or not during this time.
When he was done with construction there stood a "world-ship" unlike any other. It was so much larger than a planet that other planets orbited it as if it were their sun. Galactus then named the creation "Taa II" in honor of his once mighty civilization. So the taa are really the only race that had any trace or knowledge of them survive past the end of their universe and in make it into the 616 universe.
At one point he obviously started to not care about the destruction of other worlds like he did with archeopia. Not really sure on the reasons or speculations as for why because this is as far as my research in to his past has taken me atm.
I hope that anyone who likes galactus has found some info here useful, and of course thx to the video maker. I enjoyed the video very much.
Cheers
Just found your channel. Very informative, even for old comic heads like myself. Keep up the good work!
Great video about a great character. Galactus has always been one of my favorites.
Great video rob
Good video. Thanks for postin'! Cheers from Dallas!
Loving the intro man
I like your longform vids better. More in depth than the nine minute ones
Nice touch on the outro with the I'm god instrumental
Great video. Always a fan of Galactus.
Great videos man!