The adventure of Galatto It’s never over.

On some occasions, comic book sagas that have some longevity can suffer setbacks such as delays, format changes, and even a conclusion told in a different imprint than the one in which the adventure began. However, there are even more bizarre cases than the ones just mentioned, as you will see if you continue reading this article to the end.

Among the various adventures collected in the comic Illustrated epic nº 26 (1984), whose cover is reproduced below this paragraph, we find a comic entitled Shattered starswhich was written and drawn by John Byrnewhich works as the first installment of a titled series The final story of Galactusdespite that Devourer of worlds He had not appeared in this beginning of the saga.

The story that began in that issue continues up to number 34 of the collection, through the adventures The shadows in the stone, Return to exile; The rhyming robot; The end of the earth; The hidden star; Tunnel in the sky; The inhabitant of darkness Yes The Last Story of Galactus – Chapter Nine: The Face of the Enemyrespectively. From there, the header Illustrated epic was cancelled, leaving the starring adventure Devourer of worlds.

The most logical maneuver to remedy this situation would have been to continue with the story in the collection of The Fantastic Four. However, John Byrne he suddenly left headquarters (where he had worked as both a screenwriter and an artist) in the adventure Hero worshippublished in the issue 294 (1986), which was co-written by Roger Stern and illustrated by Jerry Ordwaytherefore this tactic was ruled out.

We had to wait until 1988 for John Byrne he came to consider the idea of ​​reviving his unfinished story Galatto. Since, at that moment, he was responsible for the collection The West Coast Avengers In fact, it seemed very plausible to him that if he ran out of ideas for the header, he could pull it off Frankie Rayealready transformed into Novahe will travel through time to alert that faction The Avengers what a comparison between Galatto and a Renegade vigilante it could lead to the collapse of the universe.

However, the adventure Family reunionwhich was published in West Coast Avengers #57 (1990), marked the exit from the collection, therefore the continuation of the adventure of Galatto was left in the air again.

At this point, John Byrne He even allowed himself to joke about the possibility of resolving the issue in a header adventure. The sensational She-Hulktaking advantage of the humorous tone that usually stands out in the adventures of Bruce Banner. That would be the joke Jennifer Walters came out of a movie theater commenting on how much he liked the result of a film titled The final story of Galactuswithout explaining what it consisted of.

Although it already seemed clear that the saga of Devourer of worlds would have remained unfinished, comes up again when, between 2006 and 2007 no less, a six-issue miniseries is published, entitled Fantastic Four: The Endthat he should have taken care of John Byrne. However, when a satisfactory agreement was not reached, he dissociated himself from the project. Therefore, the decision was made to change the focus of the heading, in which Alan Davis He took care of both the screenplay and the drawings.

Finally, in an interview, John Byrne confirmed that he would never be able to write the end of the adventure of Galattoso, if there were still some readers who remembered this saga and hoped to know how it ended, the author made his initial intention known, information which he also shared on his blog Byrne Robotics. In my opinion, a terrible solution to an incident that perhaps no one remembers.

As expected, The final story of Galactus It has never been republished, not even as a compilation volume, as any reader would find it a joke to start reading an adventure that has no end. It is true that, ultimately, we could consider the idea of ​​adding, at the end of the volume, a text that explains the idea we had. John Byrne to finish the story, but the truth is that it would have been as poor a solution as the one explained in the previous paragraph.

In conclusion of this article, it is worth noting that, in 2017, John Byrne illustrated a comparison between Galatto Yes Terminuswhich has never been seen in any comic, but would have fit perfectly into the unfinished saga of the Devourer of worldswhich we reproduce below.