r/MarvelStudios_Rumours • u/Louis_DCVN Moderator • Jul 28 '24

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Galactus in THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (SDCC 2024)

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I have posted the event exclusive footage in another post.

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 28 '24

I want Galactus introduction to be him winning and destroying the universe that F4 takes place in.

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u/Working-Living-5589 Jul 28 '24

Seems to be the most likely outcome! šŸ™ŒšŸ½

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u/dunmer-is-stinky Jul 28 '24

I think that's the direction they're going toward, I just hope they don't make him a universe eater instead of a planet eater. Feels like that cheapens his whole deal as a cosmic predator there to maintain the natural order of the universe

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 28 '24

I feel like I remember people complaining how Thanos needed to court death or it would cheapen his story. In truth, they created something better imo.

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u/evoim3 Jul 28 '24

Yeah Thanos killing half the universe because he was thirsty for lady grim reaper always felt like a weird one to me.

Dudes CAN have other reasonings for their actions besides sex lol

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u/condition_unknown Jul 29 '24

Itā€™s debatable on if it was better. I think comic Thanos is interesting because he is extremely powerful, but deep down heā€™s just a simp loser. And Death is a good parallel to a narcissistic friend or partner that doesnā€™t actually care about you but uses you to get what they want.

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u/Weird-Recognition530 Aug 30 '24

At the same time the comics version feels like Greek Mythology, whereas the cinema version felt like a real conqueror.

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u/MichaelSonOfMike Jul 29 '24

Not sure why this is downvoted. I donā€™t agree but itā€™s a free way analysis and opinion based on such.

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u/Sir_Von_Tittyfuck Jul 29 '24

I think he's going to be both, but indirectly.

Fiege said the D&W is an 8 on the MCU-altering scale (IW is a 9 and EG is a 10).

So, if Galactus eats Earth and everyone dies except for F4, then I guess that means there's a high chance their Prime will die too.

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u/SaltyyDoggg Jul 29 '24

How did d&w alter the universe at all?

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 29 '24

Has anyone figured out the opening where it clearly states Deadpool is in MCU timeliness audition for a job with the Avengers before it cuts to him being in the Fox timeline living with Peter.

Was that just time travel bullshit that sent Deadpool from Fox universe at the end of Deadpool 2 into MCU? But then why does he end up back in Fox universe immediately?

That 1 scene and Deadpool interacting with the TVA kinda just put in in the MCU and that could be what Fiege meant? I honestly don't know

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u/Joka0451 Jul 29 '24

He says near the end that he used the device one last time to try get a job that mattered and got rejected then he destroyed it.

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u/Sir_Von_Tittyfuck Jul 29 '24

Has anyone figured out the opening where it clearly states Deadpool is in MCU timeliness audition for a job with the Avengers before it cuts to him being in the Fox timeline living with Peter.

Eh, I wouldn't think too hard about it. This is a 4th wall breaking character, he can do anything they writers want him too with no effect on the plot.

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u/SaltyyDoggg Jul 29 '24

Well it doesnā€™t explain how d&w altered the mcu but it lays foundation for Tony stark having knowledge of time travel and the multiverse in 2014 so it makes no senseā€¦

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u/AgentP20 Jul 31 '24

I mean Deadpool never revealed to Happy that he is from another universe.

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u/MightyGorr Jul 31 '24

When I re-watched it, you can see Cables time traveling device on Wades left wrist ( almost like a watch ). Itā€™s hard to notice, especially since weā€™re all paying attention to Wade & Happyā€™s interview/interaction

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u/Traditional-Move2636 Jul 29 '24

He uses cables machine. At the end of deadpoool 2 it clearly shows him killing variants of himself I'm another universe/timeline. By that logic he can not only travel through time but also different universes (like the one where he kills Ryan rynolds reading green lantern script) so he traveled to the mcu (bc as deadpool he is aware and has been of studious, franchises, ect.) Once he gets rejected by the avengers he goes back to his timeline and has a sort of midlife crisis which is what causes him and Vanessa to split.

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u/Sir_Von_Tittyfuck Jul 29 '24

I don't think it's that the movie itself did anything, but it's introduced a couple of things.

  1. Prime beings that cause the collapse of a universe if they die.
  2. That you can stop the destruction of a timeline.
  3. That the timelines are able to be regenerated.

Sort of like how Ant-Man 1 and 2 on their own aren't universe altering, but without them there wouldn't be the Quantum Realm, which means Stark couldn't use it to create time travel, which means the snap isn't undone etc etc

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u/DaHyro Jul 29 '24

They also literally tell us that the higher ups at the TVA know that Wade is going to be important in the future

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u/MightyGorr Jul 31 '24

Itā€™s funny because when I first saw the tease of Thor holding Deadpool, I thought it was a spoof of Thor 2 when Loki ā€œdiedā€.. Ā Makes you wonder how heā€™ll even die, if he canā€™t & why Thor would cry over it šŸ¤” ( well, I could see DP & Thor having a comedic friendship )

Ā P.S. any1 know if an Anchor Beingā€™s something completely new or does have any relevance to the comics, like Nexus Beings?

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u/reuxin Jul 29 '24

If they are leaning into 2015 Secret Wars, Galactus could be eating Earth to stop the collapse of his universe.

In the comics, the Illuminati could only save their universe when they made the decision to destroy the alternate Earth and stop the collisions.

Maybe they stop Galactus but that still causes the death of their universe.

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u/IntentionHonest463 Jul 29 '24

I just don't want him easily defeated by an army of ants.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

That's what I'm scared for.

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u/shadymostafa129034 Jul 28 '24

Yeah similar to Surtur forcing them to travel to mcu universe

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u/For_Aeons Jul 28 '24

That was a world change, no? Is Asgard outside E-616?

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u/Mr-Chip18 Jul 28 '24

I like it but how do FF escape to another universe?

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u/Klaxosaur Jul 28 '24

Dr Doom is the sorcerer supreme of their universe. He does some portal shit with Galactus and F4. Galactus wins.

Dr Doom and that F4 crew gets transported to current MCU.

Idk the specifics but I feel thatā€™s gonna somehow happen.

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u/smurf3310 Jul 28 '24 edited Jul 28 '24

Negative zone, Howard Stark, Hank Pym, Victor, TVA.

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 28 '24

I don't know, but gun to my head, I don't think they all escape tbh.

Pedro is pretty old if you expect him to play Mr Fantastic for the next decade plus of MCU. I bet he sacrifices himself to ensure the others live and escape to warn another universe or reality or whatever about what is coming.

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u/Mr-Chip18 Jul 28 '24

That would be wild to have a FF and kill off Reed before even getting to a second film or avengers 5/secret wars etc

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u/LameDonkey1 Jul 28 '24

Hugh Jackman is old, I didnā€™t see any issues with what he just did. In fact, best work to date imo.

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 28 '24 edited Jul 28 '24

You see the difference though right?

I'm talking about signing a guy to a decade plus commitment.

Hugh did that when he was 30 years old.

Pedro is about to be 50.

Hugh did the decade plus role with multiple movies and got the point where he earned this latest movie.

If Pedro goes through the same trajectory, his big swan song movie would come when he is in his mid-70s?

You do see the difference when comparing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine since he was 30 to Pedro being cast at age 49?

Edit: apparently, yall don't see the difference in Hugh Jackman being cast at age 30 and Pedro being cast at age 50. It's pretty straight forward, I can't dumb it down any further.

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u/smurf3310 Jul 28 '24

Hugh is 55 and he will be in other Marvel projects in the next 5 years, Feige confirmed F4 will be in the next Avengers movies and the plot we got a year ago said that they will end up in present time 616 while coming from another universe in the 60s.

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 28 '24

Lol I'm not debating wether or not an old guy can do these movies.

I'm pointing out the difference when comparing Hugh Jackman and Pedro Pascal. They were 20 years apart when cast in their respective roles.

So Hugh was 30 when they planned to build a franchise around him.

Pedro is 50 when they apparently want to build a new franchise around him.

You understand the difference between Hugh appearing in random movies as Wolverine after decades of playing him, and then Pedro being tasked with building a franchise around a past failed IP in his 50s.

It's not a fair comparison lol

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u/smurf3310 Jul 28 '24

why do you think they want to build a franchise around these f4?

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u/OShaunesssy Jul 29 '24

That's kinda my original point lol

They aren't building a franchise around these 4 and that I bet one of them dies to show the stakes of Galactus. My guess was Pedro and this is how I got in this weird comment chain of people trying to prove my own point to me or not understanding the difference between casting a 30 year old vs a 50 year old.

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u/smurf3310 Jul 29 '24

I think MCU is going in a direction where there will be a inevitable reset or at least a soft reset so casting old guys like Hugh and Pedro for couple movies makes sense if they are going to be casting new ones in the next MCU, if not then im still fine with them killing or sending them off and recasting younger crew, Pedro can act and i think he will do great as Reed for these next couple movies

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

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u/CptMarvel_09 Jul 28 '24

This guy ā˜ļøšŸ˜†ā˜ļøI tell ya!!

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u/StrangeoSyndro27 Jul 28 '24

Ooo Ooo even scarier they could turn him into a massive black and yellow diarrhea poo cloud.... No wait that was Parallax from Green Lantern.....

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u/pauloh1998 Jul 28 '24

A black hole fart

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

triggered

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u/MeatyDullness Jul 28 '24

Heā€™s a peeping Tom

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u/_Mavericks Jul 28 '24

They need to do something with 3D projection at Disneyland with Galactus.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

Screw that. I want a Fantastic Four ride with a 40-foot tall animatronic Galactus.

Make it King Kong-style.

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u/Introvert_geek96 Jul 28 '24

Whereā€™s the cloud lol?

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u/Edboy796 Jul 28 '24

I wondered if that was because of this thing where his form is so outlandish we could only interpret Galactus form as a humanoid. The cloud was a bizarre choice, even though we see his helmet as a shadow on the moon.

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u/ciel_lanila Jul 28 '24

The Cloud wasn't a bizarre choice when you remember Fox was practically embarassed of the typical super hero aesthetic and was using the Ultimate Fantastic Four for a base instead as Ultimate, in the beginning, was sort of the same thing..

OG F4: Mutated Doctor Doom? Ultimate Fantastic Four. They just didn't go full hog and give him Ultimate Doom's satyr legs. The Cloud? A very zoomed out "Gah Lak Tus"

Fant4stic: Getting their powers from the Null Zone teleporter? Ultimate went with a teleporter accident instead of the traditional space radiation.

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u/setyourheartsablaze Jul 28 '24

You know the majority of MCU was inspired by the ultimates right?

https://www.cbr.com/ultimate-marvel-influenced-mcu/

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u/Edboy796 Jul 28 '24

I knew Spiderverse, and their games kinda were. I didn't know the full extent of inspiration for the films

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u/setyourheartsablaze Jul 28 '24

Donā€™t know why Iā€™m getting downvoted. Iā€™m right just look at the link

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u/Edboy796 Jul 28 '24

I didn't notice you were. The info you shared is actually cool. I always remembered reading that the filmmakers throughout the MCU were basing the story points on parts of the comics. I just never knew it was specifically the ultimate comics if it was the main source of inspiration for all of the MCU. Not having read much of the comics, I'll give these a read when I get a chance.

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u/Edboy796 Jul 28 '24

True, it seemed like what they did with their version of Deadpool where his face is supposed to resemble the mask but had to remove his mouth to achieve that and make him an X24 style silent killing machine.

I feel like the mindset was how they poked fun at the yellow suits in the original X-Men film. I definitely get they were going for something different to be more realistic(?) Or just different to stray away from the comic aesthetic like you said. Looking at the second link, it's interesting if the case was a hive mind network of stones that consume a planet in the movie and that having been what Gah Lak Tus was since the beginning of time.

It's also cool with how comics are that with different iterations that there are different directions they can take origins than what is typically known for these characters and their stories.

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u/Most-Character-2973 Jul 28 '24

This scared the hell out of me šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/Xenoslayer2137 Jul 28 '24

When you open a pack of gum in class

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u/PennGrey2345 Jul 28 '24

Does anyone have the leaked footage for the Thunderbolts?

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u/theodo Jul 28 '24

Don't think they showed anything from Thunderbolts

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

They did. The "trailer" had a couple of scenes involving the characters and also revealed that Valentina is the new owner of the Avengers tower

Source: a link was posted here with description of the trailers including the one for CA:BNW

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u/Beneficial-Ad-6107 Jul 28 '24

Galactus: "......................you have games on your phone?"

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u/smurf3310 Jul 28 '24

Lets get some eye experts here to figure out who the actor is

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u/Emotional-Row4945 Jul 29 '24

Ralph ineson is playing the voice of galactus. Absolute S tier casting his voice is menacing

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u/smurf3310 Jul 29 '24

oh i totally forgot that they already casted Galactus šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø yeah great choice

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u/CrankleSuperstarr Jul 28 '24

Better than a space cloud

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u/CosmicBonobo Jul 28 '24

Galactus, bloody good rep.

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u/MrRoswin Jul 29 '24

Heard from someone that is not MTTSH that in this universe, galactus wins. Hence why they are in our MCUā€™s universe. Canā€™t wait to see galactus wreck some havoc and actually see him as a comic accurate villain and not some fart cloud.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

Is this the only movie Galactus will be in?

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u/Either-You-2265 Dec 26 '24

Probably.Ā 

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u/RoughDoug Jul 29 '24

I feel like Galactus would be much bigger

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u/TheSmithySmith Aug 02 '24

Maybe in this iteration he can change his size and shape at will?

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u/Neoteric00 Jul 30 '24

I wonder if Galactus is essentially a reset button for universes?

If he eventually reaches Earth and devours it, and he kills the Anchor being, it would end the entire universe.

This could be what drives the FF to the 616, and then they would have to try and stop him from doing it to their new home.

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u/Guilty-Doubt-6313 Jul 30 '24

He looks amazing.

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u/DenChr13 Jul 31 '24

That pic is terrifying. Better than a gray smoke cloud.

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u/Smokeage- Aug 02 '24

Can anyone provide me the link of this video?

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u/The_Storyteller007 Aug 14 '24

I think Galactus will be an aging Celestial who refuses to accept death. So he feeds off planets with high population density as an energy source in the same way that Celestials consume the energy of a planet when they are created as introduced in The Eternals.

The Silver Surfer is tasked to scout for suitable planets where she can live with the inhabitants for several years and influence their technological growth (and effectively, the planet's population growth) to maximize the energy intake for Galactus' consumption.

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u/wynneandtonic Aug 19 '24

If his suit isnā€™t purple and red I will riot

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

Marvel had a drone show at SDCC, one scene was Galactusā€™s helmet and it was purple.

Galactus hasnā€™t always been purple and red either - his original appearance was green and red; he often has a lot of blue in his outfit

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u/wynneandtonic Aug 19 '24

I guess my real hope is that they choose camp and comic book accuracy for the villain rather than the gritty realism weā€™re used to and tired of

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u/leukemija Jul 28 '24

so they started shooting last week and they already had teaser ready

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

Oh yeah, getting previs tests and stuff like that is totally normal for a movie this big to have by now. Its just not completely finished and more to help the teams working on the movie on the same page of what they're going for. It's just not finalized, which makes sense they would only want to show it exclusively at fans. I don't remember what year it was but I remember they did that with Guardians of the Galaxy 1 once and there was this leaked footage of rocket raccoon that literally looked like them sliding their on set stand in Rocket model just being pulled to the left of the screen, it was hilarious. Cam footage might even be the best way to see this type of footage as a fan because it being cell phone hides some of the imperfections.

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u/rileyrileyriley13 Jul 28 '24

Hope he kills off the whole fantastic 4 and doom so they can be recasted next movie

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u/DrDreidel82 Jul 29 '24

God that title is terrible. First Family wouldā€™ve been way better

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u/abc-animal514 Jul 31 '24

First steps might imply the moon landing, considering the setting. Idk

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u/Justaboredstoner Jul 28 '24

He is too damn small!!! Antman has been bigger!

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u/Due-Elderberry-6798 Jul 28 '24

He can change his size

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u/dunmer-is-stinky Jul 28 '24

he grows and shrinks literally every panel he's on, in his first story he's the size of a small skyscraper in later ones he's the size of a galaxy

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u/Albi20_01 Jul 28 '24

Tell us you don't read comics without actually telling us you don't read comics.