The Defenders
monition : contains spoilers forDefenders Beyond # 5!There ’s a newDefenderin the Marvel Universe – Taaia , the mother ofGalactus!ThroughoutDefenders Beyond , the team , including Taaia , has been on a whirlwind circuit of the Marvel Universe , run farther than anyone else has before – all the means tothe deep One Above All . The squad meets him , and in the wake , Taaia embarks on a new and heroic path as Marvel ’s newest Defender . The issue , the final of five , is on sale now in print and digital .
Taaia ’s story stretches back before the modern Marvel Universe was created . In the Marvel Universe , creation works in cycles – one multiverse dies and another takes its property . Each cycle per second is telephone a “ Cosmos ” and each symbolize a sure facet of the Marvel Universe ; for illustration , trick sprung from the 5th and grand pilot from the Fourth . Taaia hails from the planet Taa in the Sixth Cosmos , a high - tech world where scientific discipline reign supreme ; she is also the mother of Galen , who will survive the Sixth Cosmosto become Galactus in the Seventh . InThe Defenders , Doctor Strange and his team locomote back to the Sixth Cosmos and suffer Taaia ; she would go on to help oneself the squad in their seeking . Now , a novel team of Defenders , led by the Blue Marvel , are look for the enemy of Eternity , venture on an even cock-a-hoop head - turn odyssey through the Marvel Universe – and Taaia is once again fighting by their side .
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The Defenders have found the One Above All – efficaciously the God of the Marvel Universe . As the Blue Marvel seek to dig into the One ’s closed book , it asks what they want of it ; Taaia replies she would wish her Word back . The One tells Taaia that Galen / Galactus is ofhisdesign and that she can not reelect to the Sixth Cosmos with the noesis of what he will become . The One apologizes to Taaia before moving on . After getting what they came for ( albeit in a deep format ) the team returns to our realness . Blue Marvel and Taaia are discussingwhat they have see and what comes next . Blue Marvel reminds Taaia of what the One Above All say her ; Taaia insists she must keep the noesis , asking what kind of female parent she would be to abandon her son and hide in the past . Taaia tell she hopes to come across her son one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , but in the meantime , she will “ work for this new cosmos … as its Defender ! ” The issue is compose by Al Ewing , illustrated by Javier Rodriguez and lettered by Joe Caramagna .
Taaia, Galactus’s Mother, Will be a Great Hero inDefenders Beyond.
As Taaia hails from an earlier cycle of creation , she is very much a stranger in a unusual land – but if her actionsin the twoDefendersbooksare any indication , then the Marvel Universe has gain ground an awesome new bomber . Taaia served both team with distinction , and the heroism she witnessed amongst her teammates no doubt factored into her decision to remain in the Eighth Cosmos as a paladin . Being from an entirely different creation will give Taaia a unique perspective on the current macrocosm – how will this touch on her heroic career ?
Regardless , the Defenders capture a tantalizing glimpse of the revulsion to amount , and Blue Marvel makes it clear that Doctor Strange ’s spell , which summons the Defenders , is still in place – meaning the squad ’s return is inevitable . When the moment make it , Taaia , the female parent ofGalactuswill be fightingby their side as Marvel ’s newestDefender .
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Defenders Beyond # 5is on sale now from Marvel Comics !
