The Fantastic Four and their universe
Galactus
Banished through a portal, not killed
- Appearances
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Along the chronological spine
Where the guide talks about them (4)
The Silver Surfer — here Shalla-Bal, who became Galactus's herald to spare her homeworld Zenn-La and then spent centuries selecting other worlds for consumption — arrives to announce Earth's consumption.
Galactus is a cosmic entity who consumes planets. He isn't evil in a moral sense — he describes an insatiable hunger he cannot refuse, and he predates the current universe. He wants Franklin Richards because Franklin's cosmic potential could take on that hunger permanently: a successor who would free him.
The team attempts to teleport Earth out of Galactus's reach; it fails. Galactus takes Franklin. Sue expends everything she has to push Galactus into a portal, and dies.
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm | First Steps (2025) | First Steps | Alive. Sue died and was resurrected by her son. All four D |
| Franklin Richards | First Steps (2025) | First Steps | Alive, roughly four years old, with reality-altering power nobody understands |
| Victor von Doom | First Steps (2025, mid-credits) | First Steps | Active — the antagonist of Doomsday. D |
| Galactus | First Steps (2025) | First Steps | Banished through a portal, not killed |
| Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer | First Steps (2025) | First Steps | Alive, freed from Galactus's service |