Originally posted by Stoic
Franklin has a different power-set than Mephisto, and perhaps Tiamut. Mephisto is a magical or metaphysical character, while Tiamut seems to be more of a super science type entity. Galactus had a scrimmage with the Inbetweener as well, and had similar success against him. Who won that fight? It looked pretty even to me. I saw and read the scan of what Franklin did to Mephisto in that instance, but it's not to say that another writer would see Tiamut doing that to him just because Franklin was able to. This is why I said that I would not be surprised if Mephisto were able to defeat a being of Tiamut's stature, or at least make him work very hard for it.Mephisto appeared to be more dominant than Galactus within his realm, and it seemed to me that if Galactus had nothing to feed upon, that in a matter of moments he was going to lose. Don't forget that all characters have their high's and their lows, and it's clear to me at least that Mephisto was at a low, when Franklin dealt with him so easily. Or perhaps you are correct, and the Celestial's, and Franklin are Mephisto's silver bullet, while Galactus is not.
LOLwhaut? Mephisto is supposed to be virtually omnipotent in his realm, and has demonstrated vast reality warping powers to support such an opinion. Tiamut's power has been used by an Eternal before to warp reality on a cosmic scale. All of them are high-end reality manipulators, with Meph relying on magic to some extent, Tiamut relying on cosmic power, and Franklin relying on psionic power.
Galactus was hungry against the In-Betweener as well. Just like the Mephisto fight. Why do you keep ignoring this important bit of context? We've seen a fed Galactus defeat Odin without so much as lifting a finger to defend himself. Hell, a hungry Galactus is confident enough in his power against a skyfather. That's the level of power a fed Galactus operates upon.
You do realize that under a different writer, Tiamut's mere awakening blinded the Watcher and evoked fear from Galactus.
Mephisto wasn't more dominant than Galactus at all, unless you consider his more aggressive speech mannerisms as a display of superiority. 😆
How is an amped Mephisto, who easily dispatched Classic Doctor Strange, at a low when Franklin beat him? If anything, it cements the fact that a Galactus/Celestial level being is a whole tier beyond skyfatherish characters like Mephisto.
Silver Bullet? I have already provided the reason why Galactus only stalemated Mephisto, the same reason why he stalemated Agamotto or the In-Betweener. It's because he was UNFED aka HUNGRY. A fed Galactus would one-shot Mephisto to death the same Scrier one-shotted Mephisto to death.