The Galactus Trilogy and "Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four, Volume 5" (). The Galactus Trilogy "The Galactus Trilogy" is a 1966 three-issue comic book story arc that appeared in "Fantastic Four" #48 - #50. Written, plotted and drawn by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee for Marvel Comics, it introduced the characters Galactus and the Silver Surfer. In 2018, "The Atlantic" called it "the indisputable pinnacle of the so-called Silver Age of comic books". In 1966, nearly five years after launching Marvel Comics' flagship superhero title, "Fantastic Four", Lee and Kirby collaborated on an antagonist designed to break from the era's archetypal mold of supervillains,
Power Comics integrate elements of American superhero comics into mainstream British comic publishing, motivated by the huge success of Stan Lee's line of Marvel Comics in the USA. Besides reprinting many of Marvel's most popular series such as Spider-Man and the X-Men, there was also an attempt to create a home-grown British superhero: firstly with Johnny Future, who appeared in "Fantastic" prior to its merger with "Terrific"; and subsequently with 'Tri-Man', who appeared in "Smash" after its merger with "Fantastic". As well as drawing heavily on Stan Lee's creative output, Power Comics also attempted to emulate Lee's chatty style and community building