The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4

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[althechi]

I know we aren't supposed to be questioning this point (otherwise there would be no plot), but all the nuts in the world don't even approach a fraction of the amount of energy represented by the mass of anything with the right to call itself a planet, because Galactus doesn't literally take bites out of celestial bodies and digest them.

[cynic79]

THAT'S what bothers you and not the squirrel gestalt?! ;)

Maybe it amounts to putting salt on food for Galactus. Spices don't make up much of the total meal, but they can completely change its flavor.

[q99]

The life on a planet is still generally indicated to be a major factor in how 'nutritious' it is to Galactus.

In Marvel, after all, life has all kinds of odd properties, souls are real things, DNA can grant superpowers, etc..

[althechi]

Eh, fair point. Otherwise Galactus would've just eaten Saturn or Jupiter instead of Earth.

[q99]

Exactly, he'd never have to touch an inhabited world.

[beyondthefringe]

You left out the page where it's revealed that the reason Galactus comes to Earth, despite constantly being defeated, is because he knows our heroes will do everything to find him sustenance without harming living people... the equivalent of ordering in.

Freaking hilarious and brilliant. And in the semi-absurdist context of Squirrel Girl, perfectly appropriate.

[althechi]

Okay, that is actually a fantastic metafictional twist. Hats off to North for that.

[captainbellman]

I can kind-of imagine T-Rex pitching that idea to Utahraptor.

[q99]

That... makes a lot of sense.

[locuatico]

what is this? this is not issue #4! everyone knows #4 is exactly one page long!
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also, you left out giant squirrel galactus :P

[philippos42]

I know, right‽

[zero_elec]

Such a great issue. Please buy it, if only to experience Galactus throwing shade on Thanos and confirmation that squirrels see Galactus the same way with the purple suit, tuning fork and all that.

[lyricalswagger]

I'm glad they didn't use the previous joke of just having her defeat Galactus without explanation.

[rdfox]

They did. As an epic-level troll gag. Even had the letters page on pages 2-3 to sell it more before they got into the real story, told in flashback.

[halloweenjack]

"Call me if you ever want to get into heralding." Friends, let us dream.

[philippos42]

Someone needs to show John Byrne this issue.

[leoboiko]

Dang, beat me to it! As the resident linguist, I wanted to post the page where Galactus clumsily tries to avoid discussing English gendered pronouns and the singular 'they'.

[steverequin]

Of course, we all remember Marvel teal-Up #137 published 30 years ago. Replace the nuts with Twinkies, it's basically the same story, right down to Galactus consuming a planet made out of it.
http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/marvel_team-up_137.shtml