Interlude: So came...Galactus.
I AM GALACTUS. DEVOURER OF WORLDS, I AM AT TIMES THIS UNIVERSE'S GREATEST BANE. BUT EVEN THEN, I AM TIED WITH THIS UNIVERSE'S EXISTENSE, ITS' SURVIVAL RESTS UPON MY MY SHOULDERS, FOR IF I MY APPETITE WERE NOT SATED AND MY LIFE ERASED, THIS UNIVERSE WOULD CEASE TO BE. THEREFORE, I MUST EXIST. THERE MUST BE GALACTUS. I AM NIETHER OF GOOD, NOR OF EVIL. I SIMPLY AM.
I WITNESSED THE CREATION OF THIS UNIVERSE, AND SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE ROAMED THE STARS ENDLESSLY, SEARCHING IN FOR THE NEXT WORLD ON WHICH TO FEAST. I HAVE SEEN WORLDS THAT DEFY IMAGINATION...AND HAVE CONSUMED THEM. BUT ONE PARTICULAR WORLD STANDS APART FROM THE REST IN MY VAST MEMORY.
EARTH.
HOME OF WAYWARD HERALD, THE SILVER SURFER. I HAVE HAD MANY DEALINGS ON THIS PLANET, AND TIME AND AGAIN IT HAS EARNED THE HONOR OF BEING THE ONE PLANET TO ESCAPE MY FEAST UNSCATHED. HOWEVER, AT THE MOMENT, I AM NOT DRAWN TO THIS PLANET FOR HUNGER. I SENSE SOMETHING...WRONG. ANOTHER WIELDS THE POWER COSMIC, MY OWN STRENGTH, TO HIS WILL. WHILE NO THREAT TO ME, THE BEING DEMANDS INTEREST, HIS SUDDEN APPEARANCE AWAKENS A TWINGE OF CURIOSITY WITHIN ME.
AND THEN, I SENSE ANOTHER. A BEING I HAVE HAD RATHER UNFORTUNATE DEALING WITH. HE HOVERS ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF EARTH, NO DOUBT WATCHING THE EVENTS PLAY BELOW AS I DO. HE THINKS HE IS WELL HIDDEN, BUT MY SCANNERS CHECK HIM NONETHELESS. THE MAD TITAN. THANOS.
HIS HISTORY DEMANDS I PAY HIM ATTENTION. ONCE, HE WIELDED ENOUGH POWER TO ANNIHILATE THE UNIVERSE WITH BUT A MERE GESTURE OF HIS HAND. COULD HE SEEK SUCH POWER AGAIN? WHAT GAME DOES HE PLAY? I WILL WATCH. INTERVENE, PERHAPS. BECAUSE HE WHO THREATENS THIS UNIVERSE, THREATENS GALACTUS AS WELL. AND THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED.
I AM GALACTUS. DEVOURER OF WORLDS, I AM AT TIMES THIS UNIVERSE'S GREATEST BANE. BUT EVEN THEN, I AM TIED WITH THIS UNIVERSE'S EXISTENSE, ITS' SURVIVAL RESTS UPON MY MY SHOULDERS, FOR IF I MY APPETITE WERE NOT SATED AND MY LIFE ERASED, THIS UNIVERSE WOULD CEASE TO BE. THEREFORE, I MUST EXIST. THERE MUST BE GALACTUS. I AM NIETHER OF GOOD, NOR OF EVIL. I SIMPLY AM.
I WITNESSED THE CREATION OF THIS UNIVERSE, AND SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE ROAMED THE STARS ENDLESSLY, SEARCHING IN FOR THE NEXT WORLD ON WHICH TO FEAST. I HAVE SEEN WORLDS THAT DEFY IMAGINATION...AND HAVE CONSUMED THEM. BUT ONE PARTICULAR WORLD STANDS APART FROM THE REST IN MY VAST MEMORY.
EARTH.
HOME OF WAYWARD HERALD, THE SILVER SURFER. I HAVE HAD MANY DEALINGS ON THIS PLANET, AND TIME AND AGAIN IT HAS EARNED THE HONOR OF BEING THE ONE PLANET TO ESCAPE MY FEAST UNSCATHED. HOWEVER, AT THE MOMENT, I AM NOT DRAWN TO THIS PLANET FOR HUNGER. I SENSE SOMETHING...WRONG. ANOTHER WIELDS THE POWER COSMIC, MY OWN STRENGTH, TO HIS WILL. WHILE NO THREAT TO ME, THE BEING DEMANDS INTEREST, HIS SUDDEN APPEARANCE AWAKENS A TWINGE OF CURIOSITY WITHIN ME.
AND THEN, I SENSE ANOTHER. A BEING I HAVE HAD RATHER UNFORTUNATE DEALING WITH. HE HOVERS ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF EARTH, NO DOUBT WATCHING THE EVENTS PLAY BELOW AS I DO. HE THINKS HE IS WELL HIDDEN, BUT MY SCANNERS CHECK HIM NONETHELESS. THE MAD TITAN. THANOS.
HIS HISTORY DEMANDS I PAY HIM ATTENTION. ONCE, HE WIELDED ENOUGH POWER TO ANNIHILATE THE UNIVERSE WITH BUT A MERE GESTURE OF HIS HAND. COULD HE SEEK SUCH POWER AGAIN? WHAT GAME DOES HE PLAY? I WILL WATCH. INTERVENE, PERHAPS. BECAUSE HE WHO THREATENS THIS UNIVERSE, THREATENS GALACTUS AS WELL. AND THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED.