I hunger. Of all the creatures in the vastness of the universe, there is none like me. I was present at the birth of the universe, and I shall be there at its end. Though I ravage worlds to live, I bear no malice toward any living thing. I simply do what I must to survive. And why must Galactus survive? For, no matter how many worlds I devour... how many civilizations I destroy... it is my destiny to one day give back to the universe infinitely more than I have ever taken from it. So speaks Galactus! I am Galactus. The be-all and end-all am I! I am the hunger that dooms worlds. I am he who is beyond such frail concepts as good and evil. I am the absence of opposites! No living thing dares ignore my call. For I am that which has always been, since this universe was birthed from the ashes of the last. Of what import are brief, nameless lives to Galactus? I am the power. I am the all! Mine is the sole providence! Mine is the will and the way! This world, Earth, shall be mine. And if I must destroy a flea to claim it, so shall the flea be doomed! I am power incarnate! With a mere thought, Galactus can strip the flesh from your bones or reduce you to protoplasmic slime! You dare lay hands on one who can recreate you with but a passing whim? I could not do what I do, I could not be what I am, if, like hapless humans, I were subject to emotions unbridled. No! I am Galactus! I cannot be more! I dare not be less! In all the universe there is nothing I cannot do. I am Galactus. My powers are limitless. Kneel before Galactus. Behold, the Power Cosmic itself! You are like an amoeba to me. You are not unlike an ant fighting the sun. If you can be a god... then what shall we call Galactus? I remember your homeworld. It was delicious. I am Galactus, and my power is absolute. I will begin consumption of this world immediately. Your planet will provide me with some much-needed nourishment. I am not without mercy. You may serve as my herald. All must submit to the rule of Galactus. Galactus is, and forever will be. I am omnipotent and infinite. I am a force of nature. I am Galactus. I was once little like you billions of years ago. A man from another world before this relentless, eternal hunger. Clever little bugs.
