The Defenders
Warning : contains spoilers forDefenders # 1 !
InDefenders # 1,Doctor Strange ’s powerful new team just discovered Omnimax - the being who fulfilledGalactus ' role in an earlier iteration of Marvel ’s multiverse . intend to move around back through time to stop the frantic scientist Carlo Zota from altering the past times , Doctor Strange ’s magic blaze out of control , summon together themost powerful Defenders team ever assembledand promptly hurling them back past the start of the multiverse into another looping of realness totally : the Sixth Cosmos .
As confirmed in 2016’sThe Ultimates , Marvel is presently on the 8th loop of its multiverse . Most of Marvel history take station in the Seventh Cosmos , but this wasdestroyed by the Beyondersin 2015’sSecret Warsevent , and later recreate ( with small changes ) by Franklin Richards as the Eighth Cosmos . This means that the Sixth Cosmos is the one ' before ' what Marvel fans love as the ongoing version of realism , and contains the home reality of Galan of Taa - the being who would become Galactus .
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In fact , it ’s the planet Taa Doctor Strange and the Avengers arrive on inDefenders # 1- from Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez - meetingGalactus ' mother Taaia , who is busy evacuating the planet so as to miss a being she ring " Big Hungry " - Omnimax , the Sixth Cosmos ' version of Galactus . So far , it ’s unclear if Omnimax always attack Galan ’s home planet or whether this is a final result of Zota ’s meddling with fourth dimension . While Galactus is a vital aspect of universal guild , and some version of him survive in every realness , Galan was an grownup man when he leave Taa to find a way to prevent the " Big Crunch " that was ending the Sixth Cosmos . This intend that either Omnimax will ultimately neglect to down Taa , or that he never should have assail without Zota ’s tampering .
Fans already lie with - fromHistory of the Marvel Universe -thatFranklin Richards(the near - omnipotent Word of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman ) will become the World Devourer of the Ninth Cosmos , prepared for his part by Galactus and after merging with Metatron , an incarnation of multiversal consciousness , for survive the death of one reality and the birth of the next . While recentThorcomics revealed that there may be extra steps to this mental process - Galactus is let out to have communed with a being known as the Black Winter , who take to be the force that ends whole universe of discourse - it ’s not surprising to learn there were versions of Galactus before the one fan jazz , but it ’s still fascinating to see one in action .
The Galactus fan know from Marvel Comics is famously shaped by perception , seem " homo " to world but taking on different form when reckon by other culture . Despite this , some component of his presentation remain the same , and Omnimax lay down it clear thatmany thing about Galactus are gear up , possess the same cosmic armour , headdress , and seemingly even the complex machinery needed to properly pull up energy from a planet . Despite this , there are clear-cut differences - Omnimax has a in spades inhuman , squid - similar human face and mitt encompass in what may be sorcerous sigils . This may indicate that a World Devourer ’s chassis is also dictated by whatever being merges with Metatron in each world .
AsDefenderscontinues , it ’s possible fans will get to see even further back in Marvel ’s cosmic timeline . Solicit information forDefendershas informed fans thatDoctor Strange ’s squad will fight Marvel ’s one-time villain- a hint some have take to point to the First Firmament , the villainous avatar of Marvel ’s First Cosmos , which is ghost with ending and replacing the current multiverse . WhetherDoctor Strange ’s team will journey back this far or not , it ’s fascinating to see this former looping of the Marvel Universe , and to learn more about what it even means for a being to becomeGalactus .
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