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  • Complete Monster (Vol. 1 issue #6's "Worlds Without End!") (Earth-6966): Rakkhal the Overlord is an intergalactic despot from the future whose vast powers are matched only by his savage cruelty. Born an indestructible mutant, from childhood the Overlord terrorized his home planet before finally reducing it to smoldering rubble. Declaring it his destiny to rule the universe, the Overlord fashioned himself an army of slaves from survivors and invaded the universe. His brutal conquests reduced all worlds into "charred orbiting cinders" and wiping out all life across the universe, save for a small portion he kept as his slaves who he regularly killed at the slightest whim, with them existing only to toil and starve in the service to him.
  • Spiritual Successor: The 2007 series Silver Surfer: Requiem is considered Marvel Comics' answer to All-Star Superman. Both stories are about the protagonist, a nearly omnipotent alien, trying to come to terms with their imminent death, dedicating their final days to the betterment of mankind, and becoming a symbol of hope. Additionally, both works conclude with the hero essentially becoming a star: Superman dives into our Sun to keep it alive; while the Silver Surfer is turned into a heavenly body by Galactus.

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