The Last Galactus Story is one of Marvel's last great mysteries. Why? Because the arc saw all but one issue published, making the conclusion as elusive and sought after as Chief Wiggum's forbidden closet of mystery.
The Last Galactus Story was told in the pages of Epic Illustrated during the nineteen eighties, and saw legendary writer/artist John Byrne pen his own mystery centred around the pairing of Galactus and his new herald Nova (Frankie Raye). It was a veritable cosmic romp, showcasing the pair as they attempt to get to the bottom of a trail of destruction - specifically, a trail of destroyed galaxies.
It was just the exact kind of cosmic storytelling that gets readers excited, but even the scope and scale of the Last Galactus Story was unable to survive the cancellation of Epic Illustrated; the story concluded - without an ending - with its ninth chapter, dubbed 'The Face of the Foe'.
With no way of finishing the story, Byrne decided to reveal the planned ending online (which you can read here). It was also rumoured as recently as July 2019 that IDW could assemble the first trade collection of The Last Galactus Storywith Byrne's completed tenth issue, but for now, the story-arc remains tragically elusive.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
