Heralds of Galactus

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The Heralds of Galactus are beings empowered by Galactus to seek out worlds to feed his hunger. The first known Herald was the Silver Surfer, who swore to serve Galactus to save his homeworld of Zenn-La. After the Surfer parted ways with Galactus, he took on numerous replacements in subsequent years: Air-Walker, Firelord, the Destroyer, Terrax, Nova, Morg, and, most recently, Red Shift.

History

Among the first hunter seeker and herald to the devourer was a figure known as the Fallen One. Unlike future Heralds, this one was empowered by black matter that was the essence of the void. (Thanos v1 #11)

The Annihilation Wave had been given orders to capture the ex-Heralds of Galactus so that Thanos could unlock the secret of their cosmic power. However, following the death of one of the Wave's Queens, Annihilus rescinded the order and commanded his enforcer Ravenous to eliminate the Heralds. (Annihilation v1 #1)

Overview

The Heralds of Galactus are ultimately subject to Galactus' will- he can revoke the Power Cosmic granted to them at will, and alter their minds as he sees fit.

Members

• Fallen One :
• Silver Surfer :
• Air-Walker :
• Firelord :
• Terrax :
• Morg :
• Red Shift :
• Praeter :

Notes

• The Heralds of Galactus were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where they made their fist appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #48 (March, 1966).
• Considering the number of Heralds Galactus has had since the Surfer, it seems likely Galactus had them before the Silver Surfer as well. Superman was briefly a Herald (between Morg and Red Shift) in Superman/Fantastic Four.

Alternate Versions

• In one alternate timeline, Dazzler became a Herald of Galactus after Terrax. On Earth-952, where the Surfer remained with Galactus (who did drain the Earth), the Fantastic Four eventually replaced the Surfer, becoming his Heralds and consciences.

In Marvel 2-In-One v1 #5 (2018), an alternate version of Galactus was shown where in this universe he arrived on Earth to consume it and killed the Thing of that parallel world. During his attempt, that world's Doctor Doom managed to take control of Galactus and merged with his body where he departed Earth to consume the rest of his universe. In this reality, he created his own versions of the heralds with these being dark-skinned versions of the Silver Surfer with features of Doctor Doom with these being referred to as the Heralds of Doom.

In other media

Television

• In Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Heralds made an appearance in the second season finale episode "Avengers Assemble" where Terrax, Firelord, Air-Walker and Red Shift assembled the machines to drain Earth of its life energy for their master. In this continuity, they were described as being non-living beings that were energy constructs that were destroyed by the Avengers.
• In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. the Herald of Galactus appear in the episode "Galactus Goes Green". It's shown that Terrax serves as the reigning Herald who goes to Earth to summon his master though gets beaten in a fight with She-Hulk. Despite being defeated, Galactus comes to Earth but reveals he had no intention to consume the world but had sent Terrax in order to find his replacement without him being aware of this fact. As She-Hulk defeated him, he selects her to be the new Herald and when she attacks Galactus she gets transformed into the Emerald Empress.
• In Avengers Assemble, a Herald makes an appearance in the episode "Guardians and Space Knights". Galactus arrived on Earth and was prepared to feed on it when Iron Man offered his life as a Herald to find him an alternative. As a result, Tony Stark was empowered with the Power Cosmic and showed Galactus the planet of the D'Bari where he battled his Avenger compatriots and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Appearances

• Fantastic Four v1:
• Thanos v1:
• The Mighty Thor v1:

External Links

• Comicvine Entry

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