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WARNING ! Spoilers for What If … ? Galactus Transformed Gambit ? # 1Galactus ' reputation as an malefic god precedes him in Marvel lore , due in large part to his consumption of planet without any considerateness for the mortal life they turn back . Now , Galactus has unwrap that there ’s one major planet he would never eat , call his dare hardheartedness into question . Galactus ' adherence to a sure world hold up his standard characterization , hinting that there ’s more to him than meets the centre .
What If … ? Galactus Transformed Gambit?#1 by Josh Trujillo , Manuel García , Ceci de la Cruz , and Travis Lanham accept office in an alternate version of reality whereGalactus appoints Gambitto be his unexampled herald . While most trumpeter of Galactus are given the task of scouting planets for him to devour , Galactus has a unlike mission in psyche for this X - Men poor boy .
Rather than searching for a major planet to eat up , Galactus enlists Gambit with stealing a planet he intends to keep . This planet turn over out to be the home of Galactus from before hisWorld - Eater transformation , and his warmness for it unveils the human beings beneath his airfoil .
Galactus' Home Planet Is the One World He Would Never Consume
Even After Becoming a God, Galactus Still Cherishes His Former Home
Gambit ’s cosmic heist on Galactus ' behalf leads him tothe Collector , who explains the backstory of the planet in his self-possession . This mankind is known as Planet Taa , the former home of Galactus - or , as he was then called , Galan . The Collector line Taa as"the only world the devourer of worlds ever cared for " , a engrossing subversion of Galactus ' neglect for planetary life . Now , Taa is long last , so the Collector exact to own a reproduction of it that he hides from the god out of spite . Galactus hasdestroyed countless planets , yet he makes a major exclusion for Taa by trying to scavenge it .
Galactus has nominate many heralds throughout Marvel ’s history , but there ’s a glaring issue with them that he may have no promise of fixing .
Gambit succeeds in procuring Taa from theCollector ’s waresand bring the miniature major planet to his original . However , all is not as it seems , and Gambit soon reveal that the Collector has conned Galactus . According to him , the version of Taa that the Collector possess is a fake rather than a true recreation of the confused world . He ’d play a trick on Galactus into thinking it was genuine as an elaborate ruse , though the cosmic entity is far from amused . Galactus subject the Collector to a life sentence on the false Taa , then is left to mourn the one planet he truly cares for .
Galactus' Memories of His Home Haunt Him, Despite How Much He’s Changed
Deep Down, Galactus Retains Certain Aspects of His Mortality
Galactus may be a autocrat whose power transcends most ofMarvel ’s heroesby a horrifyingly wide of the mark allowance , but at his core , there is a soul within him . Prior to becoming the destroyer he ’s be intimate as today , he was an ordinary military personnel on Taa . Galan ’s raise to become Galactus changes him in irrevocable ways as he dedicate himself to pander vim by destine worlds . Still , the fact that he continues to cherish the planet he once call in home proves thatGalactusisn’t as cold as his outside suggests , despite the deficiency of humanity he exhibit in his universal conquests .
What If … ? Galactus Transformed Gambit?#1is available now from Marvel Comics .
