I likes me some vs.-threads, so here's my take:
First: The entire point of Galactus, conceptually, is that he's completely invincible, aside from 2 things:
1. Starvation
2. The Ultimate Nullifier.
Other than that, the whole dramatic point of Galactus is that he's the ULTIMATE THREAT. He can't be defeated in any sort of straight fight, & if he shows up, your entire planet is doomed. Read again: your entire planet is gone. And he's not going to conquer it a la Dr. Doom or Lex Luthor...he's not going to enslave the population, or steal all the gold in the world....he's going to completely physically devour & destroy the entire world, and there's only 1 thing in the entire universe that can stop him: the Ultimate Nullifier.
Again, the point of Galactus is to provide the Hero with the ULTIMATE THREAT. At least that was his function originally. Over the years, however, it seems that Galactus, and the threat-level he represents has been gradually depowered at about the same rate Wolverine's invincibility has increased.
So, when thinking about Superman vs. Galactus, we have to decide which version of Galactus is Supes going up against? If it's Galactus as originally conceived, then Supes has to do what the FF did - go get the Ultimate Nullifer & shove it in his face. Otherwise, there is absolutely nothing Supes can do to him, while Galactus can do anything he wants to Superman...de-power him, blast him with kryptonite radiation, blast him with red-sun radiation & forget about him....basically anything. And it doesn't matter which version of Superman we pick, either - Galactus will always be totally & completely un-harmable by anything except the Ultimate Nullifier, because that's the essence of the character. As powerful as Superman is, Galactus....well....he's Galactus.
(by the way, it's fun to take note that while Superman's only weakness is a substance (kryptonite), the Big G's only weakness is one specific object (the Ultimate Nullifier).
If , on the other hand, we pick a later, de-powered version of Galactus, then I suppose it's anyone's game. Note that if we pick a version of Galactus that Superman actually has a chance against, then we're talking about a universe wherein Wolverine probably represents a bigger threat to Superman than Galactus does.
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