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AfterThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsdropped its first official trailer, netizens appeared confused by the size of Galactus. Considering how the character appeared rather small compared to his planet-devouring size, fans wondered why the MCU transformed one of its most powerful characters into barely the size of a giant or hardly a transformer.
Well, to be fair MCU’s Galactus looks incredibly faithful to the source material. Because according to comics, the planet devourer is known for changing his size and adopting his iconic anthropomorphic form while visiting Earth. So, even if the size of the character seems unusual in the trailer, MCU can easily fix it with Galactus’ key power of changing his size and appearance at will.
Fans wondered about the size of Galactus inThe Fantastic Four: First Stepstrailer
Marvel fans were beyond excited whenThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsfinally dropped its firsttrailer. However, while the teaser gave us a glimpse of the MCU’s version of Galactus, many were left scratching their heads over one major detail—his size. After the previousFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer‘s poorly received adaptation of Galactus, fans seem really worried.
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Considering how the previous film took a goofy turn by showcasing the planet-devouring villain as a bizarre cloud, netizens seem concerned by how the MCU movie might play with his size. While fans expected the character to appear as a towering, god-like entity in the trailer, the MCU movie showed him at a size that looked more like a giant rather than a world-ending cosmic presence.
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Why is he so small
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Curious how big they are going to scale him
This immediately sparked debates online, with many wondering if the MCU had weakened one of Marvel’s most powerful villains. Some fans appeared worried that the studio might be scaling down Galactus to make him fit into live-action storytelling. After all, past adaptations did fail to do justice to the character’s true form. But there seems to be a perfectly good reason why this version of Galactus looks smaller—well, it’sactually comic-accurate!
MCU can fix Galactus’ size with his comic-accurate powers of changing appearance
While Galactus is often depicted as a towering figure in the comics, one of his lesser-known powers is his ability to change size and appearance based on his surroundings. In fact, when the character first appeared in 1968’sFantastic Four #48,he appeared to be smaller than a NYC skyscraper. Throughout the comics, Galactus has changed back and forth, from around six times the size of the Thing to half the size of the cities he invaded.
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Overall,Galactusis known for changing his size and appearance depending on the individuals who see him. Not to mention, Marvel has repeatedly clarified that the character can change his size at will. He often shrinks himself in order to fight and interact with the inhabitants of the planets he attacks, and later increases his size to consume those planets. This means that the smaller version of Galactus in the trailer could just be a part of his transformation abilities.
Perhaps in the trailer, he’s appearing at a more manageable size, but there’s still a high chance of watching him grow into his full, terrifying scale when the time comes. And considering how MCU has started becoming comic-accurate with its characters, there’s a high chance thatThe Fantastic Four: First Stepswill give us a proper, larger-than-life Galactus. So for now, we can all hope that the size of Galactus in the trailer isn’t necessarily his final form.
The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis scheduled to release on Jul 14, 2025.
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