TheSilver Surferis easilyGalactus ’ most well - do it Herald , though that should n’t suggest he ’s the most powerful . Norrin Radd was the first Herald of Galactus readers were ever infix to , and even after he forget Galactus ’ side , Silver Surfer went on to become a major cosmic powerhouse in his own right hand . However , when consideringGalactus ’ inviolable Herald of all time , Silver Surfer does n’t even come close .

In the four - part limited seriesHungerby Joshua Hale Fialkov and Leonard Kirk , Galactus travels through a rift in sentence and space from Earth-616 to Earth-1610 after the Avengers tear a hole in reality during the events ofAge of Ultron . Upon arriving in this new world , Galactus value his surroundings , immediately attend for a planet to devour as well as a new Herald to help him in that cognitive process . And then , bare minute later , Galactus finds the pure Herald : his own stochastic variable , Gah Lak Tus .

The Gah Lak Tus swarm is a hive - head collective consist of multitudinous android drones that were primitively created by the Kree Empire eons ago . Gah Lak Tus is n’t a product of a Universal Renewal Cycle like Galactus , nor is it an agent of universal correspondence . The swarm is a offense against nature that should n’t exist - though the original Galactus is felicitous that it does . When Gah Lak Tus essay to consume Galactus , Earth-616 ’s Devourer of Worlds plainly merges with it , range the swarm under his direct command , and move around Gah Lak Tus into his Herald .

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Gah Lak Tus is a Far More Powerful Herald of Galactus than Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer Proves He’s Far Weaker than Gah Lak Tus inHunger#3

While it may seem obvious that a swarm of satellite - eating radio-controlled aircraft is strong than a single entity - even one as brawny as Silver Surfer - Gah Lak Tus ’ high quality over Norrin Radd goes a bit further than that . Silver Surfer is n’t just weak than the entireness of Gah Lak Tus , he ’s weak than a individual dawdler among the countless that make up the swarm .

InHunger#3 , Silver Surfer and the cosmically powerful Rick Jones team - up to oppose just a handful of Gah Lak Tus lagger that follow the two of them through a portal back to Earth after they retire from Galactus . No matter what onrush Jones and Radd threw at these Gah Lak Tus pilotless aircraft , they could n’t even make a single dent , meaning Gah Lak Tus as a whole is almost infinitely stronger than Silver Surfer - especially once imbued with the Power Cosmic upon becoming Galactus ’ Herald .

Gah Lak Tus isn’t Just a Stronger Herald than Silver Surfer, It’s All-Around Better

There are many factors Galactus bet for in an ideal Herald , and in every regard , Gah Lak Tus is far better than Silver Surfer . Gah Lak Tus is like a shot linked to Galactus ’ mind when they merge , make the horde a literal elongation of the Devourer of Worlds . That mean Gah Lak Tus can never sprain on Galactus the manner Silver Surfer did in Earth-616 . Plus , since they ’re connect , Galactus can really use Gah Lak Tus to consume populace as fight to simply finding them , as all the Energy Department Gah Lak Tus collects is fed straight to Galactus himself remotely .

Gah Lak Tus may be the lesser ‘ Galactus ’ between itself and its Earth-616 similitude , but it ’s still secure enough to claim its place as Galactus ’ most knock-down ( and utilitarian ) Herald of all time . So herculean , in fact , that the Ultimate Universe’sGalactusvariant gain even theSilver Surferhimself look weak by equivalence .

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Silver Surfer fighting a Gah Lak Tus swarm drone.

Galactus ordering his Ultimate Universe Herald, the Gah Lak Tus swarm, to consume planets.