Gah Lak Tus versus Galactus

Started by psycho gundam6 pages

galactus...won? he's the more dominant according to the way he ordered the other things around

They had Cosmic Coitus.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
galactus...won? he's the more dominant according to the way he ordered the other things around

He apparently merged with them and turned them into his new heralds. At least that's what I can glean going by those scans.

i know but in terms of who's the boss, it looks like 616 galactus is the more dominant

That much has been pretty clear for the last 2-3 years or so now.

Now that the Celestials have officially taken over the pedestal of the "Cosmic Jobber", it leaves Galactus freer to engage in scenes of pure badassery.

This could yet be a false dawn. He's had moments when it seemed that Marvel had finally begun to write him to his proper stature (Annihilation and somewhat backhandedly with the Galactus Engine) and then he's been irrelevant in CK's big day out and also resurrected by Franklin.

One thing and one thing only is certain in Marvel's Universe. Hulk.Is.The.Strongest.One.There.Is.

Originally posted by janus77
somewhat backhandedly with the Galactus Engine

Backhandedly? Dude remained in fight even after an extended period of time combating the GE and the other cancerverse creatures, long after the other cosmics had fled.

That's as good a showing as one can get.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
Backhandedly? Dude remained in fight even after an extended period of time combating the GE and the other cancerverse creatures, long after the other cosmics had fled.

That's as good a showing as one can get.


They actually showed bugger all... He was floating about, a few blasts, Surfer talking about how Galactus and the Celestials were fighting the Cancerverse on many levels and basically that was it.

Nothing really in terms of him tanking blasts or serious focussed attacks, nothing of him decimating their side, even momentarily, like say a huge solar system destroying blast...

Galactus' high end feats have been reduced to this? A few measly panels where he survives longer than other entities and isn't particularly having any success...

What happened to shaking the universe or endangering everything with his hunger?

Not at all impressed. Even the Scrier stuff was more impressive, atleast on the hyperbolic level.

Originally posted by janus77
They actually showed bugger all... He was floating about, a few blasts, Surfer talking about how Galactus and the Celestials were fighting the Cancerverse on many levels and basically that was it.

Nothing really in terms of him tanking blasts or serious focussed attacks, nothing of him decimating their side, even momentarily, like say a huge solar system destroying blast...

Galactus' high end feats have been reduced to this? A few measly panels where he survives longer than other entities and isn't particularly having any success...

What happened to shaking the universe or endangering everything with his hunger?

Not at all impressed. Even the Scrier stuff was more impressive, atleast on the hyperbolic level.


He was the last man standing against a being that forced all the other cosmic beings to retreat, among them guys like Arishem, Ziran, Tenebrous etc.

You're on dope if you legitimately think that this isn't one of his most impressive showings in an entire decade or so.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
He was the last man standing against a being that forced all the other cosmic beings to retreat, among them guys like Arishem, Ziran, Tenebrous etc.

You're on dope if you legitimately think that this isn't one of his most impressive showings in an entire decade or so.


Nope, just not impressed by something that appeared largely off-panel.

Yes Aegis died, on-panel, after a direct attack from them but what direct attack did Galactus endure? What actually did he do?

It'd be the equivalent of Hawkeye or IM being the last man standing after The Avengers get decimated by Thanos. It's not that he's been awesome and resisted everything Thanos threw at him, it's just that he wasn't the focal point of Thanos' efforts.

I was hoping to see Galactus actually confront the GE for a few panels (at the least) and make some headway, nothing happened.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
He was the last man standing against a being that forced all the other cosmic beings to retreat, among them guys like Arishem, Ziran, Tenebrous etc.

You're on dope if you legitimately think that this isn't one of his most impressive showings in an entire decade or so.

And he was still at that point of time not completely overcome by the GE, but actually managed to fight it by himself. With Surfer still having faith in Galactus defeating the GE. I agree with TGK, this is one of, if not Galactus best showing, in many years.

As for the thread ... Merger ftw 馃槢

I don't know, Galactus' stock must be pretty low if that passes for impressive.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
That much has been pretty clear for the last 2-3 years or so now.

Now that the Celestials have officially taken over the pedestal of the "Cosmic Jobber", it leaves Galactus freer to engage in scenes of pure badassery.

As a fan of both the Celestials and Galactus, it saddens me to see the Celestials job so much now. 馃檨

Jobbing LT is a whole other thing, it should never, never happen.

Originally posted by Tar-Antado
As a fan of both the Celestials and Galactus, it saddens me to see the Celestials job so much now. 馃檨

Jobbing LT is a whole other thing, it should never, never happen.


It could just be The Runner with a few bits of makeup and a teacloth over his head.

Watchers (like Celestials) aren't quite what they aught to be, nowadays.

Originally posted by janus77
Nope, just not impressed by something that appeared largely off-panel.

Yes Aegis died, on-panel, after a direct attack from them but what direct attack did Galactus endure? What actually did he do?

It'd be the equivalent of Hawkeye or IM being the last man standing after The Avengers get decimated by Thanos. It's not that he's been awesome and resisted everything Thanos threw at him, it's just that he wasn't the focal point of Thanos' efforts.

I was hoping to see Galactus actually confront the GE for a few panels (at the least) and make some headway, nothing happened.


The supposed off-panel nature of the fight was in line with the Surfer's earlier observation that the battle was occurring on higher metaphysical levels of reality that the lower-level heroes couldn't even begin to comprehend. How in the hell does that mean that it's an unimpressive showing by any means is beyond me.

The Cancerverse fight was hardly like the Hawkeye red herring, as all the Cosmics were pooling their full might to just hold back the GE, and Galactus continued to do so after all his peers had abandoned him.

Originally posted by Tar-Antado
As a fan of both the Celestials and Galactus, it saddens me to see the Celestials job so much now. 馃檨

Jobbing LT is a whole other thing, it should never, never happen.


At this point, who cares about the Celestials? They're a hot mess with retcons to their origin happening every few months it seems.

No, the larger clusterphuck is what Hickman is doing to the LT. That guy is a phucking disaster.

As to the thread, 616 Galactus wins.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
The supposed off-panel nature of the fight was in line with the Surfer's earlier observation that the battle was occurring on higher metaphysical levels of reality that the lower-level heroes couldn't even begin to comprehend. How in the hell does that mean that it's an unimpressive showing by any means is beyond me.

The Cancerverse fight was hardly like the Hawkeye red herring, as all the Cosmics were pooling their full might to just hold back the GE, and Galactus continued to do so after all his peers had abandoned him.


Endurance is all we saw from Galactus, he's tougher than the other cosmics. Fair enough, I never doubted that he was.

What I'm asking is, where are the high-end feats of actual power. The universe shaking, the omniverse threatening power of Galactus??

I don't see this as "best feat in a decade" or even close. Atleast there was more raw power displayed by him during Annihilation wave and the news that he alone decimated the Proemial Gods and then imprisoned the survivors of his war against them, that was pretty heavy order.

Also, the fight with Scrier and threatening the universe, again pretty heavy order. Where Galactus belongs

When a being of his stature begins to fight, the universe should be imperilled by every strike.

I don't even know what happened in the recent encounter, but it has a strong chance to piss me off.

Originally posted by janus77
Endurance is all we saw from Galactus, he's tougher than the other cosmics. Fair enough, I never doubted that he was.

What I'm asking is, where are the high-end feats of actual power. The universe shaking, the omniverse threatening power of Galactus??

I don't see this as "best feat in a decade" or even close. Atleast there was more raw power displayed by him during Annihilation wave and the news that he alone decimated the Proemial Gods and then imprisoned the survivors of his war against them, that was pretty heavy order.

Also, the fight with Scrier and threatening the universe, again pretty heavy order. Where Galactus belongs

When a being of his stature begins to fight, the universe should be imperilled by every strike.


These number-cruncher type feats don't determine which showing is more impressive. If the Marquis of Death ends up getting revealed as the guy who killed the LT in Hickman's recent arc, and the battle didn't collaterally damage a galaxy, let alone the whole omniverse, that doesn't mean that the feat somehow becomes unimpressive. This isn't comicvine where under the pretense of "gauging quantifiable feats", people just straight-up ignore direct comparisons in on-panel fights.

That fight is indeed one of Galactus' top feats in a long time, and a lone maverick opinion doesn't change this undeniable fact.

Years ago, I think it was Scoobless that put together an incredibly cogent defense of Gah Lak Tus being > 616 Galactus. I wish I could remember what he used as evidence/logic. It was against common wisdom even then, though, but gave many posters something to think about.