r/Amalgam_Comics

Marvel had the Norse Gods while DC had the Greek Gods. For Amalgam, they fused the Norse Gods with the New Gods from DC instead of the Greek ones. How would you have worked Gods in differently?

We all know who Superman is, but Larry Davis was a comedian who accidentally stopped a robber during a publicity stunt, and became the clown themed crimefight, Funnyman. He was Seigel and Shuster's first comic after they lost Superman to DC, but his series sold poorly and didn't last long. If he and his half brother, Superman, were fused to one hero, what's the best name you can think of?

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Name: Galan Dox

Biography: Before our universe was born, another universe was dying. At the end of the Sixth Cosmos, all of reality began to coalesce into a singular point. The resulting radiation ate away at all living things, granting everyone a swift, undignified demise. The Big Crunch had arrived and with it the death of all things. 

The planet Taalu (Taa + Colu), the most advanced in all of creation, refused to let its story end here. They would deploy their best scientist to find some way to prevent their extinction. Sadly, all results came back the same. Their deaths, like everybody else's, were inevitable. But one Taaluan wouldn't sit around waiting to die. If death was inevitable, then he was going to go out on his terms. So he invited his closest friends to join him for one final blaze of glory, heading straight into the very heart of the Big Crunch itself. His name was Galan Dox.

Galan and his crew were hurtling towards the Big Crunch at blazing speed. But the closer they got to it, the more intense the radiation had become. One by one, Galan's crewmates died, and his resolve shook with each death. Finally, he was the last man standing, and the idea of death totally horrified him. In a last-ditch attempt to live, Galan connected to the ship's operating system, turning himself into an artificial intelligence. And while his body succumbed to the effects of radiation poisoning, his mind survived.

As the ship now, Galan witnessed the spot where all matter in the universe was being sucked into. To his surprise, it seemed like a giant hand enclosing all of infinity into its fist. And Galan was heading straight for it. He flew into the hand alongside literally everything else just as it closed. Galan Dox had become the sole survivor of his entire universe. And now? Now there was nothing.

Until he heard a voice.

That voice belonged to the Sixth Cosmos, the embodiment of the entire multiverse, which was now long gone. And now, it was time for a new one. However, before the next multiverse could be born, it would have to fuse with the final survivor of the old universe and be born anew. Galan would live on in a new multiverse as something else, something more powerful than he could possibly imagine. With no other real choice, Galan Dox and the Sixth Cosmos became one. The hand opened, unleashing a new Big Bang. And at the center of that Big Bang was a mechanical creature that would gestate for billions of years before becoming known as one of the most feared beings ever to exist, Galactiac.

When Galactiac awoke, he gained instantaneous knowledge of his true nature. The most important aspect being that he now needed to consume planets to keep himself operational. At first, he satiated his need for power by destroying uninhabited planets. But every time he refilled his power cells, they seemed to drain faster and faster, to the point that he felt like he had to resort to eating whatever planet he could find, whether they had life or not.

Now, when I say Galactiac eats planets, I don't mean that literally. Instead, he uses several machines to convert the planet into energy that he absorbs. He also uses one of these machines to shrink down and bottle the greatest city these planets had so that he could bring it onto his ship. It was his method of preserving the species he'd destroy with each feeding. He'd also do this on cities whose planets were doomed to destruction with or without him, like when he took the city of Kandor from Krypton.

On and on this pattern would continue for countless eons, to the point that Galactiac no longer felt guilt when he destroyed a planet with life on it. But things would change when a beacon from the planet Mars drew his attention. Just when he was about to convert the red planet, one of its residents did something no one else ever did before: bargain. The puny Skrulltian (Skrull + Martian) offered to be his herald, finding planets for him so that he wouldn't have to do it himself. In exchange, Galactiac would allow the Skrulltian race to survive. The Planet Devourer was initially dismissive, but he had grown tired of searching on his own and did acknowledge that this would be an effective way to spare his energy reserves. And thus, the deal was made, and the universe would be introduced to the first-ever herald of Galactiac, the Silver Hunter (Martian Manhunter + Silver Surfer).

The Silver Hunter dutifully served Galactiac for centuries, offering him planets for Galactiac to feed on regardless of whether they were populated or not. But the last meal Silver Hunter would ever serve was the planet Earth, where he regained his nobility and battled Galactiac for the sake of the planet. And while his power couldn't compare to his master, it was enough for the Terrific Tetrad (Fantastic Four + The Terrifics) to sneak aboard his ship and steal his greatest weapon, the Ultimate Nullifier.

For the first time ever, Galactiac was forced to back down. He was furious at his herald for his betrayal and punished him by trapping him on Earth. Years would pass; he'd get new heralds, eat new planets, but all in all, very little would change. Until the human Alexander von Luthor (Lex Luthor + Doctor Doom) stole his powers so that he would use them to dominate the universe. It took the combined efforts of the Silver Hunter, the Terrific Tetrad, and the Avengers League (Avengers + Justice League) to stop Luthor and give Galactiac his powers back. As a show of gratitude, the World Collector not only freed the Silver Hunter from his imprisonment, but he also vowed to spare the Earth from his hunger forever.

And while that's great for them, the rest of the universe isn't so lucky. So to all non-humans reading this, if the new herald of Galactiac, whoever they may be, comes to announce his arrival, don't try to fight. Don't try to pray. Just get off the planet as fast as you can because your home, your life, the very ground you walk on, is now nothing more than his next meal.

Powers & Abilities: In the previous entry, I discussed how the Power Cosmic allowed the Silver Hunter to accomplish anything. In many ways, Galactiac is the Power Cosmic, and the Hunter's own capabilities pale in comparison. Trying to list all the powers he has would take all day. So instead, I'm just going to focus on the highlights.

He can grow up to an enormous size, to the point that he could literally eclipse entire galaxies.

He's not even a physical being with a soul anymore. He's entirely composed of the Power Cosmic. His might is so incomprehensible that every species that looks at Galactiac sees something else entirely.

Galactiac has absolute control over technology, both the ones he makes and everything else. With just a thought, all machines bend to his will. His most deadly device of all is the Ultimate Nullifier. All you have to do is think of your opponent while pressing the trigger, and they're gone.

And if anything actually can threaten him, he can rip open holes in space and hide inside a pocket dimension.