Since freed of his imprisonment during Annihilation, Galactus has apparently been hungrier than ever. It's to the point that he's got two Heralds out looking for planets, when he isn't trying to devour powerful cosmic entities like Eon.
{Or was it Epoch? The one who guided Wendell Vaughn when he was Quasar. Really, that just seemed wrong, given Galactus' claims that he must survive because he's of cosmic consonance or whatever, but he turns around and tries to eat the being that gives us a Cosmic Protector. What a jackass.}
Now, according to the leader of Obrucen, he's even devouring the energy of stars {quote: Two stars went out. They didn't explode, they simply went out.} For now, I'll set aside the question of what good devouring a planet is going to do if two stars can't sustain Galactus for more than five days. So he's definitely eating more than he used to. I suppose it could be a natural process. Big G is getting older, the body don't work as well as it used to, just isn't as efficient as it once was. It's all very sad, when a once mighty force has to spend all his time eating, like Agent X that last year or so of Cable/Deadpool. Hopefully Galactus doesn't start wearing a sumo outfit.
I keep wandering off-topic, but I know that's why you all love me. The point of this was supposed to be how Galactus' increasing hunger reminded me of that Simonson Fantastic Four story where 30 years in the future Galactus is actually devouring the entire universe, because he's gotten so hungry. I wonder if the idea of making him need more energy was a nod to that, or if somebody figured they needed it to make him a more imposing threat once more. After all, the universe is a big place, and if he's able to feed on stars now, then he wouldn't need to eat as often, and so it'd be less likely he'd cross paths with one of Marvel's heroes. Plus, I guess he wouldn't need two heralds unless without some sort of escalation of his situation, although I like that he keeps Stardust around partially for the day the Surfer backstabs him, because Norrin will. He'll get one of his crises of conscience, and then he'll have to be dealt with.
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My only problem with this concept is that Galactus is literally older than the Universe. So for the entire 15 billion years he's been running around eating planets and everything's fine. Then he meets Reed Richards and within 15 years (based on the years listed in New Avengers: Illuminati) he undergoes a major evolutionary change, and starts eating stars, and needing to eat planets every few days.
I guess it goes to show that Doom is right. Reed Richards must be the greatest super-villain in the universe.
Well, since he's been on a tear after Annihilation, you could argue that his captivity by Annhunilius (sp?) is what left him with the super-sized hunger. Then again, it was the accursed Richards that brought our universe to Annhunilius's attention in the first place...so I guess it all comes back to everything, EVERYTHING being Richard's fault. Richhhharrrrrrddddddsssss!
seangreyson: Things have gone pretty steadily downhill for Galactus since Reed entered his life. Then again, Reed saved Big G's life that one time, and got put on trial for it. So Reed's that friend that does something really nice for you once in awhile, but then he does something stupid that messes up your life.
jason: Truly, we should never have doubted the word of Doom (as long as the word of Doom isn't "cow mouth", anyway).
I really think someone needs to do a "Church of Doom" mini where instead of "Amen" after each sermon, the priest and congregation all shake their fists and shout "Richards!".
This is the stupid shit that pops into my head while I try to work.
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