Originally posted by Utrigita
Its true that Galactus is regular being used as a punching bag and the typical bad guy that the heroes have to defeat while on the other hand we have the great and powerful Celestials with practically no low showings in the 616 time line. Never the less I have also seen Galactus as being more powerful then any single celestial and it can IMO wary from 1-10 celestials that he would be capable of destroying. Why? Its fairly simple Galactus has the most bad showings but he sure as hell also has more high showings then any of the celestials have, Most of the power level of the celestials are pure speculation (sorry guy no offense 🙂 ) I have yet to see some real power showings by the celestials, like destroying three at least three star systems at will and vaporize multiply Galaxies in a fight, so see them have a battle that shacked that was felt in other universes. I cannot understand that People would put them above Galactus when Exitar had to wait eons to gather the energy needed to destroy the Watchers that was all located on the same planet while he have Galactus while severely weak on two occasions owning the watcher. I could go on and on but I think I have stated my point, in regarding to Galactus.Again Tyrant FP for the win.
You are right, Galactus has some good showings (I'm trying to think what would be considered his best showings, in canon and actually seen), but things like destroying galaxies always seems to be off-panel hyperbole which makes it hard to judge. For the Celestials the way they dealt with the combined power of the Skyfathers, like it was less than an annoyance, was a very high on-panel showing. Wiping out the black galaxy, completely ignoring most superhero attacks, and tossing whole planets like nothing were others.
Again just my own opinion, but I just ignore a lot of later Defalco Galactus/Celestials/Watcher material. That guy had a way of making the most awesome beings seem mundane and taking the mystery away. After all this was the same writer who had Reed build a gun that punked the LT (and the LT is always in canon).
I know - Galactus beating Mephisto in hell. That was a good one for the big G. I was really hoping he wasn't going to get the Wraithworld treatment again when I read that.
And I'm not saying FP Tyrant would lose, just that team has a decent shot.