Terrax the Tamer is the 5th Herald of Galactus. His first
appearance and origin are told in the classic Fantastic Four #211. In this epic
adventure Galactus and Reed Richards strikes a deal to relinquish Galactus from his vow to
never attack the Earth in exchange for Galactus's help in defeating the Sphinx. Galactus
agrees to the deal if the Fantastic Four will help him find a new Herald. Reluctantly, the
Fantastic Four are teleported to a distant moon to seek out and return with a being known
as Tyros the Terrible. After the Fantastic Four break free from their initial capture,
they defeat Tyros and return him to Galactus. Inspired by his three previous
creations, the Silver Surfer, Gabriel the Air-Walker, and Firelord, Galactus has but one
universal element remaining to fashion a Herald after ... the ground. Tyros is then
transformed into Terrax the Tamer and is given the power to control and shape the very
ground itself. It was then said ... "that which is terra is his to command and
his to control with a fist of unshatterable stone". Lastly Galactus equipped Terrax
with a Cosmic Ax, fashioned to cleave the cosmic stratum itself.
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