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Many unique individuals throughoutMarvel’shistory have follow and pass away serving as the Heralds ofGalactus , but one surprising Herald actually managed to have an unexpected happy ending . The Silver Surfer , Firelord , and Nova are just some of the more notable names to puzzle out alongside the Devourer , of Worlds but one of the more forget name in this filiation is Praeter . What make Praeter peculiarly unique compare to other Heralds is that Praeter was a man .
Praeter was first introduced in 2011 inMighty Thor#1 by Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel . in the beginning he was simply a sermonizer from Oklahoma distinguish Pastor Mike , most notable for protesting the fact that Asgard and the topsy-turvyness it wreak sat so close to his own hometown . Bearing watcher to Galactus reach down on Earth body politic , Mike begged Galactus to part with the major planet . A via media was finally reached , and the Silver Surfer wound up personally asking Mike to take his spot asa Herald to Galactus . Pastor Mike agreed , re - dub himself as Praeter in the process .
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Afterward , he was never to be learn again in the serial publication , though Galactus appeared in later issue alongside other , darker Heralds . It would ’ve been safe to assume that Praeter may have been killed at some point . After all , the cosmic galaxy is no place for a human and he probably was always destined for a tragical fate by embarking into the stranger so suddenly . However , he unexpectedly resurfaces unharmed in 2020’sThor#1 by Donny Cates and Nic Klein alongside the relaxation of Galactus ' former Heralds . While no indication is given as to why he stop ferment for Galactus , it would appear as he melt because he simply stopped exploit for Galactus and everything turned out fine .
This is particularly interesting , let alone surprising , due to the fact thatwalking aside from Galactusdoesn’t sound like it could ever pay friendly results . Yet , it would appear as though Praeter was able to simply take the air away from Galactus with no qualm take from the Seeder of Worlds . It order Galactus himself into a totally novel light .
Rather than position himself as some no - nonsense totalistic ruling over his Heralds with an iron fist , a small touch like this makes it seem like to some extent at least , Galactus actually cares for his Heralds . He ’s not blend to eat up one under his boot just because he decide the cosmic life was n’t for him . alternatively , Galactus simply seems tohave seen Praeter off to his succeeding endeavors , wishing him the upright in his futurity . It may not sound like much , butMarvelgives more of a wholesome , well-chosen ending to Praeter than anyone would have a bun in the oven involvingGalactus .
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