Originally posted by zopzop
They were ALT reality Celestials, lest we forget. And Reed owned them with an entropy gun he invented. At least against Reed they fled. So according to Marvel :Reed >>> 616 Galactus >>>any single ALT reality Celestial >>>>>>>Two ALT reality Infinity Gauntlet users
Except no, in the issues with the council, it was explained that the IG's only worked when inside their parent universes, which is why the Reeds with IG's couldn't do anything with them to prevent the Celestial attack.
So really, it's not Marvel being stupid, it's just that the Celestials killed two guys with fancy looking gloves.