Marvel's Watcher Finally Pays the Cosmic Price for Stopping Galactus
Warning! Contains a preview for Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher
When Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds, arrived on Earth for the first time, the planet wasn't saved by the Fantastic Four as is commonly believed, but by the intervention of Uatu, a member of the powerful race of the Watchers. Despite their immense powers, the Watchers have sworn to never interfere with the affairs of other races, only to observe, but Uatu has broken this sacred oath an astonishing number of times. Now, it is finally time for him to pay, as his fellow Watchers put Uatu on trial for his crimes in Marvel's Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher.
Uatu is one of Marvel's oldest characters, debuting in 1963 the pages of Fantastic Four #13 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Just like his role in the Marvel Universe is to watch over important events, Uatu has accompanied the history of the House of Ideas, becoming one of its most recognizable characters. What makes him different from his fellow Watchers, however, is that Uatu is unable to maintain his position as a pure observer, and has influenced the development of Marvel history more than once, starting from the legendary first appearance of Galactus. When the Devourer set his sights on Earth, Uatu tried to hide the planet with a curtain of flames and then, when this proved to be ineffective, even confronted him on top of the Baxter Building in one of the most memorable panels in Marvel history. It was Uatu who revealed to the Fantastic Four the existence of the Ultimate Nullifier, thus ending the Galactus crisis.
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That wasn't the first time that Uatu broke his oath, however, and it would not be the last. His violations
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