Heralds of Galactus!

Rank the below in terms of the following

1 ) Overall Power
2 ) Loyalty to Galactus


Fallen One (Deceased)
Silver Surfer
Gabriel the Air-Walker (Deceased)
Firelord
Destroyer
Terrax the Tamer (Deceased)
Dazzler (Temporary)
Nova (Deceased)
Morg the Executioner (Deceased)
Red Shift (Deceased)
Stardust (MIA)
Praeter (Current Herald)


*** I am not counting Johnny Storm as he was a very temporary herald ***

My vote for power is the Surfer. My vote for Loyalty is a tie between AirWalker and Nova..

My vote for power + loyalty would be Morg the Executioner.

The only herald who actually never betrayed Galactus and powerful enough to face the team of Silver Surfer, Terrax, The Air-Walker automaton and Firelord. Also, he killed Nova during this Herald Ordeal and continued to fight against the heralds even after Galactus removed his power cosmic.

With Morg on the list I can't even see a contender close to him in a one vs one scenario.

Dazzler was never a herald outside of a what-if, her time serving him in 616 he simply empowered her with enough sonic energy to be at roughly the level of one of his heralds and provided her with a protective energy sheath to survive the black hole she sent him into to capture Terrax. Meanwhile you've left off the Invisible Man (aka Johnny Storm, whose powers had been swapped with his sister at the time) who was briefly a herald although definitely the lowest with regards to loyalty and probably power as well (although Airwalker was probably about the same level or lower).

Loyalty-wise Airwalker was most loyal along with Morg, Power-Wise Morg was likely the most powerful since he had both the Power Cosmic (with Galactus intending to make him the most powerful ever) and that mystical energy he acquired and even with just the mystical power he was roughly the same level as the Silver Surfer and even revived himself from an otherwise dead state with it.

I think if we were to look outside of 616 continuity for the most powerful herald, it would be Superman.

World Breaker might give Superman a run for his money though.

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I think if we were to look outside of 616 continuity for the most powerful herald, it would be Superman.

What would the FASERIP stats of Superman/Herald of Galactus look like?

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I think if we were to look outside of 616 continuity for the most powerful herald, it would be Superman.

What would the FASERIP stats of Superman/Herald of Galactus look like?

Galactus would quickly DQ the boy scout. His heralds need loser ethics.

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I think if we were to look outside of 616 continuity for the most powerful herald, it would be Superman.

What would the FASERIP stats of Superman/Herald of Galactus look like?

Galactus would quickly DQ the boy scout. His heralds need loser ethics.

It's not like Clark would be possessed of a higher standard of ethics than someone like the Silver Surfer. Superman would probably perform just as the Silver Surfer had as well. He would try to lead the World Devourer to worlds in an attempt to save as much life as he could, just like Norrin did. It's not like the fact that he is Superman makes him powerful enough to confront or stop Galactus.

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I think if we were to look outside of 616 continuity for the most powerful herald, it would be Superman.

What would the FASERIP stats of Superman/Herald of Galactus look like?

Galactus would quickly DQ the boy scout. His heralds need loser ethics.

It's not like Clark would be possessed of a higher standard of ethics than someone like the Silver Surfer. Superman would probably perform just as the Silver Surfer had as well. He would try to lead the World Devourer to worlds in an attempt to save as much life as he could, just like Norrin did. It's not like the fact that he is Superman makes him powerful enough to confront or stop Galactus.

Norrin didn't do that though, he was blank slated by Galactus so he wouldn't have his morality getting in the way which was also done with Superman, and just like with Norrin at the critical moment he got his memories and morality restored (seeing Franklin's Superman action figure if memory serves, reminding him of his talking with Franklin earlier in the story).

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I think if we were to look outside of 616 continuity for the most powerful herald, it would be Superman.

What would the FASERIP stats of Superman/Herald of Galactus look like?

Galactus would quickly DQ the boy scout. His heralds need loser ethics.

It's not like Clark would be possessed of a higher standard of ethics than someone like the Silver Surfer. Superman would probably perform just as the Silver Surfer had as well. He would try to lead the World Devourer to worlds in an attempt to save as much life as he could, just like Norrin did. It's not like the fact that he is Superman makes him powerful enough to confront or stop Galactus.

Norrin didn't do that though, he was blank slated by Galactus so he wouldn't have his morality getting in the way which was also done with Superman, and just like with Norrin at the critical moment he got his memories and morality restored (seeing Franklin's Superman action figure if memory serves, reminding him of his talking with Franklin earlier in the story).

That would have been my second point of discourse, that Galactus would have altered him like he did to the Surfer.

I've missed out on a bunch of the stories involving many of these Heralds. I can only recall the Silver Surfer, Air Walker, Firelord, Terrax, Destroyer and Nova.

So from that grouping the Surfer has to be the most powerful. He might also have been the most loyal as he was meant to have been there for a long time before coming to Earth if Im not mistaken.

My personal favorite though is Terrax. I always got excited when I saw him in a book and even paid a good bit of coin for the Marvel Legends action figure of him.

Actually, if we're talking the Asgardian Destroyer armor that Thor gave to Galactus to be his herald, then I think the Destroyer wins hands down for most powerful without even being granted any power by Galactus. Loyalty, however suffers as the Destroyer had no will of its own without an animating life force and Galactus found it to be useless as a herald... which might disqualify it as being one of the heralds, I don't know. But when it's animated, it's way more powerful than the movie version and could likely handle all of the other classic heralds combined.

Forgot Aunt May, the Golden Oldie

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Forgot Aunt May, the Golden Oldie

Lol was just going to mention her. As such a frail old lady she defended Franklin in the face of Galactus, I think she wins the award for chutzbah if nothing else.

She was very polite when she gathered up all of those twinkies for him though

What about Aunt May? Wasn't she a Herald for a spell?

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What about Aunt May? Wasn't she a Herald for a spell?

Only in a joke short that ended with Franklin Richards absorbing the power cosmic out of her when she hugged him.

She fed Galactus Twinkies... that's cannon as far as I'm concerned

Aunt May is OP!

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Meanwhile you've left off the Invisible Man (aka Johnny Storm, whose powers had been swapped with his sister at the time) who was briefly a herald although definitely the lowest with regards to loyalty and probably power as well (although Airwalker was probably about the same level or lower).

I love the Perceptor - Johnny Storm. i always wanted to play him. They have his stats on Ben Riley RPG page.

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Nightmask
Meanwhile you've left off the Invisible Man (aka Johnny Storm, whose powers had been swapped with his sister at the time) who was briefly a herald although definitely the lowest with regards to loyalty and probably power as well (although Airwalker was probably about the same level or lower).

I love the Perceptor - Johnny Storm. i always wanted to play him. They have his stats on Ben Riley RPG page.

Yes, they're a copy/paste (mostly) of my write-up I posted for him here years ago, although I don't think he was ever called Perceptor unless they retconned that name onto him years later.

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Meanwhile you've left off the Invisible Man (aka Johnny Storm, whose powers had been swapped with his sister at the time) who was briefly a herald although definitely the lowest with regards to loyalty and probably power as well (although Airwalker was probably about the same level or lower).

I love the Perceptor - Johnny Storm. i always wanted to play him. They have his stats on Ben Riley RPG page.

Yes, they're a copy/paste (mostly) of my write-up I posted for him here years ago, although I don't think he was ever called Perceptor unless they retconned that name onto him years later.

i see that. He actually was just called invisible man in the book. i never actually read that story. now i have to pick it up.

Silver Surfer and Then Morg Top Two.

What about Anti-Man?

I agree that the Destroyer was clearly the most powerful Herald. As it was, it was powerful enough to slice off a Celestials arm.

Though not technically a herald, Tyrant (Galactus' first sentient creation) was probably even more powerful than herald Destroyer.

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I agree that the Destroyer was clearly the most powerful Herald. As it was, it was powerful enough to slice off a Celestials arm.

Though not technically a herald, Tyrant (Galactus' first sentient creation) was probably even more powerful than herald Destroyer.

The Destroyer didn't have that power though, it only did that using that massive Odinsword while it was juiced on the lifeforce of every Asgardian save Thor with Odin at the helm. It was then casually melted down by the assembled Celestials.

In the current continuity Anti-Man was his latest Herald by he died saving his master after Galactus's hunger was returned and was made more ravenous than ever. Anti-Man's power was augmented by the Power Cosmic.