Kirby described his Biblical inspirations for Galactus and an accompanying character, an angelic herald Lee called the Silver Surfer:
My inspirations were the fact that I had to make sales. And I had to come up with characters that were no longer stereotypes. . . . I had to get something new. And . . . for some reason, I went to the Bible. And I came up with Galactus. And there I was in front of this tremendous figure, who I knew very well, because I always felt him, and I certainly couldn't treat him the same way that I would any ordinary mortal . . . and of course the Silver Surfer is the fallen angel. . . . [T]hey were figures that have never been used before in comics. They were above mythic figures, and of course, they were the first gods. [7]
Kirby elaborated, "Galactus in actuality is a sort of god. He is beyond reproach, beyond anyone's opinion. In a way he is kind of a Zeus, who fathered Hercules. He is his own legend, and of course, he and the Silver Surfer are sort of modern legends, and they are designed that way. "[8]
Writer Mike Conroy expanded on Lee and Kirby's explanation: "In five short years from the launch of the Fantastic Four, the LeeKirby duo. . . had introduced a whole host of alien races or their representatives. . . there were the Skrulls, the Watcher and the Stranger, all of whom Lee and Kirby used in the foundations of the universe they were constructing, one where all things were possible but only if they did not flout the 'natural laws' of this cosmology. In the nascent Marvel Universe, characters acted consistently, whatever comic they were appearing in. Their actions reverberated through every title. It was pure soap opera but on a cosmic scale, and Galactus epitomized its epic sweep. "[9]
This led to the introduction of Galactus in Fantastic Four #48–50 (March–May 1966), which fans began calling "The Galactus Trilogy". [4][5][10][11][12] Kirby did not intend Galactus to reappear, to preserve the character's awe-inspiring presence. [13] Fan popularity, however, prompted Lee to ask Kirby for Galactus's reappearance, [13] and the character became a mainstay of the Marvel Universe.
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