Well, it is highly doubtful Jack Kirby 'borrowed' the concept for
Galactus from an old Steve Ditko comic, or that even Steve suggested
the same. Still, in Charlton's STRANGE
SUSPENSE STORIES #36 (Mar '58), from a story entitled ''Mystery
Planet'', you can read the words for yourself to see how the concept of
an alien being eating other planets with a big ship, and how
the earth was next in line for the feeding, didn't originate in the
annals of comic history with Lee and Kirby...
Pay SPECIAL attention to the alien beings words ''We can only
exist by using other celestial bodies to maintain life in our own
planet.'' Sounds pretty close to the words Galactus would spew almost
a decade later...
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