# Galactus's Helmet over time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263 "2013-03-29T15:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/1 "2013-03-29T15:10:14Z")
[Some interesting interpretations](http://kerrycallen.blogspot.com/2009/01/galactus-helmet-just-gets-happier-and.html) on the evolution of his helmet over the past 40-odd years. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/2 "2013-03-29T15:16:43Z")
You do realize that he has always had the same helmet and different artists simply provide their own interpretation, right? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/3 "2013-03-29T15:22:51Z")
He had a “G” in the middle of his chestplate. WHY? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/4 "2013-03-29T15:56:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > He had a “G” in the middle of his chestplate. > WHY? He’d say it’s so he wouldn’t grab some other intergalactic destroyer’s chest plate by accident, but actually it’s pure vanity, all the cosmological threats have monogrammed armor and he didn’t want to feel left out. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/5 "2013-03-29T16:30:14Z")
Only to humans. That’s the way [we perceive him](http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/MatthewPanek/2008-10-17_172257_Many_Faces_of_Galactus.jpg). Sorta like a Vorlon. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/6 "2013-03-29T16:33:53Z")
I thought he was a cloud? (Forgive me… 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/7 "2013-03-29T17:40:41Z")
Given the fact that his name means “milk”, I guess it’s not too surprising that he’d go for cutesy-poo headgear. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/8 "2013-03-29T21:27:06Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > He had a “G” in the middle of his chestplate. > WHY? That’s actually his family crest from back on Taa. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/9 "2013-03-29T21:46:07Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > That’s actually his family crest from back on Taa. Um yea like I’m buying that, next you’ll tell me Superman’s “S” is a family crest in Kryptonian too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/10 "2013-03-29T23:14:02Z")
Why did Galactus have a “G” on his chest? You might just as soon ask why all the Marvel giant lizard monsters wore underpants. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/11 "2013-03-29T23:30:55Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Only to humans. That’s the way [we perceive him](http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/MatthewPanek/2008-10-17_172257_Many_Faces_of_Galactus.jpg). Sorta like a Vorlon. Here’s his true form (on the left). [![](https://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/rave74/silversurfer19880101213vz1.jpg) ](https://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/rave74/silversurfer19880101213vz1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galactuss-helmet-over-time/654263/12 "2013-03-30T00:32:23Z")
I want to carve my own Galctus head tiki mug with the reverse flying buttresses on his head as the handles.