MCU's Galactus First Full Look Revealed By Marvel Merch Ahead Of The Fantastic: Four First Steps’ Release & It’s Perfect

By Felipe Rangel

Published May 4, 2025

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The first full look at Galactus has been revealed two months before the Fantastic Four movie's cast.

On Twitter, @acelirium shared the first full look at Galactus' design in the MCU's Fantastic Four movie.

Galactus looks comics-accurate, with his humanoid shape and purple cosmic armor. The image appears to be from Osaka Comic Con 2025, where there is a Marvel pop-up store. Two smaller shots of the Galactus design reveal can be seen alongside other Fantastic Four movie merch in the tweet shared by @inrock_products.

With two months left before the Marvel movie, new trailers could show what Galactus' full design looks like in motion and more of his role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps' story.

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While there are a lot of differences between the MCU's first Fantastic Four movie and 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, both films share two important characters. Those are the Silver Surfer and Galactus. However, as the trailers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps and the new merch reveal, Marvel Studios is going for a very different live-action approach to both of them. In the MCU, the Silver Surfer is a woman, Shalla-Bal, played by Ozark's Julia Garner instead of the classic Norrin Radd version of the character.

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As for Galactus, the cosmic entity was not depicted as his epic humanoid version in the 2007 Fantastic Four movie. Instead. Galactus was a cloud of energy. That design did not sit well with fans, making the film one of the most criticized superhero entries of all time. Thankfully, Marvel Studios is going for a more traditional take on the character, allowing Ralph Ineson to play Galactus in all his glory. This will be the villain's first time as his humanoid self in a live-action Marvel movie, which makes it quite special.

Our Take On Galactus' The Fantastic Four: First Steps Full Look

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Now that I got to see Galactus' full look for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, I have to say that I absolutely love what Marvel Studios is doing with the character. Galactus is one of the most interesting antagonists in the comics, and his gigantic size adds a lot to the stakes of every story Galactus is in. After having to deal with the cloud design in the 2007 movie, I couldn't be happier that we will get to see his humanoid form in the MCU. The Fantastic Four: First Steps knows how to use Galactus.