Origin of Galactus

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Galactus, galan, Jack Kirby, John Byrne, mark gruenwald, Origin of Galactus, Stan Lee, Super Villain Classics, Thor, watcher

We posted these pages in serialized form in the early days of this blog, but that’s proven inconvenient for people searching for this entire epic. Here they are, all in one spot for those legions of internet users who want to know the answer to the most burning question in the universe: Where the heck did Galactus come from?!

Super Villain Classics #1 (1983) compiled pages from even older Thor comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Some supplemental art and dialogue was added to streamline the story into one coherent narrative. Are you interested in those original Thor issues? Check our archives for samples of Thor #162 here and here! Super Villain Classics #1 was reprinted in 1996 as Galactus the Origin.

Into the Center of Infinity!

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Here’s a cool Jack Kirby splash panel from Galactus’ first appearance. And for that momentous occasion, he decided to wear shorts! Galactus, the only way you could look worse is if you had black socks pulled up to your calves! (In every other reprint of this, Marvel has the colorist add in some purple pants for the big G.) Plus, Johnny goes on a cosmic journey to check out Galactus’ interstellar bachelor pad.

Collector’s Guide: From Fantastic Four #49. Reprinted in Marvel’s Greatest Comics #36. Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four TPB #5.

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