Morg

Origin

Morg served as a herald of Galactus after Galactus' previous herald, Nova, was expelled for sparing suitable but inhabited planets from his hunger. Subsequently, prior to consuming his latest planet, Galactus was confronted by Morg; an executioner who had betrayed his own race by executing his own people for those that had defeated them. In the presence of the world-devourer, Morg showed no fear; instead exhibiting a respectful defiance. Impressed with Morg's demeanour and wary after losing several heralds to attacks of conscience, Galactus decided to employ with this most brutal and remorseless specimen as his latest herald.

Morg gladly accepted the task of being Galactus' herald. As a weapon, Morg wields a double-edged battle axe - previously used by him in his executioner duties.

Becoming Galactus' Herald

Silver Surfer learned about Morg after discovering that Nova had left Galactus. He expressed his concerns to Galactus about Morg's low morals but were dismissed. Morg battled and easily defeated the Surfer, leaving him unconscious. The Surfer knew he needed assistance and sought out Firelord. Although they had never been the best of friends, Firelord agreed to help stop this unworthy herald.

Seeking reinforcements, Silver Surfer and Firelord recruited the rest of Galactus' former heralds: Nova, Terrax and Air-Walker, whom they had to unearth from his grave and reassemble. During this time, Morg discovered a powerful pool akin to the Fountain of Youth on a planet to which he had lead Galactus. The pool enhanced Morg's powers exponentially before he returned to his master and the planet was destroyed.

The assembled heralds confronted Morg together and were easily defeated. In the battle, Air-Walker was severely damaged again and Morg killed Nova by blasting her in the back when he was thought to have been beaten. Galactus was not pleased with this, so he removed the power cosmic that he had imbued in Morg, leaving him with only the power he'd gained from the pool he'd discovered. In his weakened state, he was still able to defend himself briefly. Although the Silver Surfer tried to stop Terrax, Morg was killed by Terrax in the end. To repay Galactus the inconvenience of losing his herald, both Firelord and Air Walker volunteered to stay with him.

Resurrection

Months later, Galactus resurrected Morg to give him a second chance. Morg then went off in search of Terrax to exact vengeance upon him and retrieve his axe. He defeated Terrax and was about to finish him but in their battle they were ambushed by robots working for the villain Tyrant and were taken captive.

Morg, along with fellow captives Silver Surfer, Terrax, Gladiator, Beta Ray Bill, and Ganymede were being used to power Tyrant's ship and robots. When Jack of Hearts arrived as captor, he refused to surrender and released all of his energy at once, destroying the matrix holding them and freeing them in the process. Morg attacked Terrax once again as opposed to teaming up and fighting for their lives against Tyrant. The others fought back against Tyrant and were easily defeated. The appearance of Galactus disrupted the battle. Morg had been incapacitated in the battle, like all those involved, save for the Surfer. Tyrant stated that everyone there could go free, except for Morg, for no other reason than to spite the world devourer. Instead of having a gigantic battle with Tyrant, Galactus agrees to leave his herald.

Tyrant imprisoned Morg and continued to siphon off his Power Cosmic and store it into his orbs. Eventually Morg escaped and went back to his master Galactus and served as herald again for a brief time. In a battle between Galactus and Tyrant, Morg found the Ultimate Nullifier and used it to melt most of Tyrant's body then betrayed both masters by cutting off his own arm while he tried to escape the final nullification blast (Tyrant's drone attached itself to the Nullifier and Morg's arm thus not allowing Morg to separate himself from the Nullifier). His escape failed and the Nullifier exploded, destroying Galactus' ship and all aboard. Morg and Tyrant have not appeared since and are presumed dead. Galactus was believed dead for a while but has resurfaced since, first reappearing to feed off of the energies of Hyperstorm.

Annihilation

Morg, however, is confirmed dead as Annihilus fails to retrieve the Power Cosmic from his corpse and actually died by Galactus´ raging.

Powers and abilities

Morg was imbued with the Power Cosmic by Galactus, as he did with all his heralds. Galactus gave him power to rival that of the Silver Surfer's. This allowed Morg to fly through space and granted him exponentially enhanced strength, stamina and durability, stamina and reflexes. It also allowed him to fire blasts of powerful energy channeled through his axe.

The mystical pool Morg submerged himself in boosted each of these abilities further, making him more powerful than any other single herald, even more so than the Silver Surfer although this may no longer be true after the events of annihilation where Galactus boosted the Silver Surfer's powers. Morg can boost his own strength and he can survived in the vacuum of space effortlessly.