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Klaatu is a fictional Marvel Comics alien. He first appeared in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #136 (Feb 1971). His character history was a thinly veiled pastiche of Moby Dick. Moby Dick is considered to be a symbol of a number of things among them God nature fate the ocean and the very universe itself. It can be assumed that Klaatu – a name borrowed from the Christ like alien of The Day the Earth Stood Still is also a similar symbol but watered down for a comic book audience.