Hickman pretty much implied that Galactus and Franklin were on the same level when each resurrected the other. Yes, Galactus was as amped as we've ever seen him on panel, but so was Franklin at the time.
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Seemed that way to everybody except one guy. And that guy turned out to be right in the end.
Franklin taking on the Celestials in a grand style was supposed to be one of his big moments. For Galactus, it was just business as usual. Then there is the case of the MCs needing to merge in order to one-shot G. No such thing with Franklin. Seems pretty clear cut to me.
Business as usual? The guy amped harder than he has in the past 50 years to face them.
Franklin deliberately held back his amp (young Franklin's power) to resurrect Galactus. If he had used his amp offensively (as Galactus did), who knows what might have happened.
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Here's some more of Hickman's posts I found that are relevant:
By Hickman's account, this was not "business as usual" for Galactus. He was going to get his ass handed to him either way, just as Franklin would have if he had tried to solo.
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"Amped harder than he has in 50 years".This is an old PM from Bran, in whose Galactus knowledge I put more stock than yours:
I am not even sure why you're calling that an amp. Adult Franklin, as the rest of Doon's questions show, only used that blue orb for the sole purpose of
You think that somehow proves that Franklin was on Galactus(fed on 4 planets) level? It's clear from the on-panel evidence that the Mad Celestials viewed Galactus as a greater threat than Franklin, otherwise they would have Voltroned to one-shot Franklin as well when he killed one of them. And don't bring up the "we don't know how Celestial recombination works" excuse to explain away this discrepancy.
nah slim, they seemed to be depicted as equal threats, in fact, I believe Franklin's had more emphasis.
Since their initial introduction, the author stated that the Celestials were intended to be a tier above Galactus and the Watchers.
I for one would agree that Franklin is on a par with a 4 planet amped given that he has been portrayed as their peers ( The Celestials) plus.
For one, they analyzed a young Franklin and perceived him as a threat calling him an "anomaly, universal shaper, harbinger, beyond omega classification, destroyer" ect which resulted in a failed telepathic assault and blast on their part.
Then his adult counterpart emerged, in which that time they were incapable of merging due to other Celestial's destroyed body. Again they referred to him as these things again, even calling him "danger, doom" they viewed him as great threat, more so equal to Galactus, if not, even more.
Because it was an amp. He doubled? his power, except he didn't use it offensively or defensively, he gave it away.
I don't use excuses.
And no, I don't think regular future Franklin was on the level of Galactus. I think future Franklin w/ young Franklin's power was on the level of Galactus. I think that was Hickman's intention, and I think he showed that very deliberately by using that power to resurrect Galactus to what appeared to be his full power (or close enough to it). I think if Franklin had used young Franklin's power to augment himself, he would have stood toe to toe with Galactus in that issue. As it was, he was perhaps a hair below because he held back his power as a trump card.
My argument isn't that either was stronger, or anything like that. The argument is over whether or not there was a definitive difference on-panel, and I don't think there was, nor do I think Hickman intended for there to be one. The only case I've presented so far is to deny the "evidence" you claim puts Galactus over the top.
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And on the first day, Doom spoke... 'Be.'
And then there was life."
That's an old letters page. Since then, the Celestials have played as disposable pawns in the army that fought Thanos w/ IG, the very same army of whom Galactus was the de facto leader, along with bailing out in the fight with the Galactus Engine, against whom Galactus was left in a last-man stand.
It really wasn't. If he used it solely for the purpose of resurrecting Galactus(which is exactly what he did and what Hickman confirmed), then it can't be an amp. Think about it.
In terms of how much damage each did to the Mad Celestials, I'd agree that they were portrayed as peers. However, it's undeniable that the Celestials had to combine to put down Galactus, something they didn't opt for with Franklin.
The way I see it, this is how the power levels of said characters were laid out for us(whether intentionally or unwittingly):
I did think about it. There's no reason why Franklin couldn't have used young Franklin's power to augment himself. He chose to use it to revive Galactus. Let's not get hung up on the semantics of the word "amp" though.
You're the one who brought Hickman's Formspring comments into this. By Hickman's own Formspring words, the Celestials did not have to combine to defeat Galactus. There's two quotes from him, and they're only a few posts above.
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You think that somehow proves that Franklin was on Galactus(fed on 4 planets) level? It's clear from the on-panel evidence that the Mad Celestials viewed Galactus as a greater threat than Franklin, otherwise they would have Voltroned to one-shot Franklin as well when he killed one of them. And don't bring up the "we don't know how Celestial recombination works" excuse to explain away this discrepancy.
