Thanos (UK: /ˈθænɒs/, US: /-oʊs/) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The character, created by writer/artist Jim Starlin, first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (cover dated February 1973). Thanos spared his father solely so he could watch his son defile the cosmos and prove his sanity. [citation needed] He has withstood blasts from the Silver Surfer unharmed. [29], Using the massive power now in his possession, Thanos toyed with the Silver Surfer for a time before allowing him to warn Earth's heroes of Thanos' coming. [88] Thanos and the Cabal allied with Earth-1610's Reed Richards, known as the Maker. [16], Thanos grew up to have an introvert nature, but despite this and his unusual appearance, Thanos was well accepted by his peers. The life raft made its way to Battleworld, a patchwork planet composed of the remnants of realities, built and controlled by the now-omnipotent Doctor Doom. In the ensuing battle against the heroes of Earth, Thanos killed War Machine before being taken down by a furious Captain Marvel. Gamora learned of his plan of destruction and tried to assassinate him, but Thanos slew her. [citation needed], Energy Manipulation & Control: Thanos has displayed great versatility in the use of his energy projection abilities. In reality the destruction was an illusion generated by Warlock, who had used the Cosmic Cubes to create a universe-wide mass-hallucination. [149] Whether he recently acquired this ability or if he uses technical equipment for it hasn't yet been revealed. Due to his role as Death's avatar, the Guardians decided to take Thanos with them to the Cancerverse, a universe on the far side of the Fault where Death no longer existed, in order to stop its invasion of their reality. [107] In his weakened state, he ended up apprehended by the Sh'iar Imperial Guard,[108] and imprisoned in a galactic gulag. Death finally kissed Thanos, but he found her embrace to be cold. Thanos (Earth-616) Thanos (movies) This is a DISAMBIGUATION PAGE for Thanos.. Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. After Annihilus had been dealt with, Thanos asked the alternate Adam Warlock to bring his Earth-616 counterpart back to life, to which he agreed. In the end, it was Nova who managed to get the Cube. Through the minds and records of countless civilizations he searched, hoping to find the key to the power he sought. [23] Neither of these factors existed in the original timeline that led to the Magus' creation; thus, Thanos hoped to diverge a reality wherein Warlock never became the Magus. The only animated version of the character outside of a cameo in the deleted opening of The Invincible Iron Man. Censorship issues would not allow her to be named death (the same reason Sinister Six was changed to Insidious Six). In February 1973, Thanos first appeared in an issue of the comic The Invincible Iron Man (shown below). Enraged, Thanos blamed Star-Lord for his predicament and vowed to destroy their home universe for that. By Paul Glynn Entertainment & arts reporter. [35], Later, when the thunder god Thor apparently went insane, Thanos was contacted by the Silver Surfer to stop the mad thunder god's rampage. [141] Thanos has withstood three full screams from Black Bolt, one at point-blank range, without any significant damage,[142] survived being subjected to an artificial black hole,[143] and withstood being stabbed in the chest by Wolverine's Adamantium claws without exhibiting any discomfort. He was made citizen of it and resided there for a while. [97] Thanos invaded Earth in order to retrieve the supposed Cosmic Cube being held at the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. Thanos succeeded where the Surfer, the Infinity Watch, Doctor Strange, and the other Asgardian gods could not. The world stood by and allowed the Cabal to raze Wakanda, and claim the ruins as their base of operations. [51][52] After Annihilus took interest in the Power Cosmic,[53] Thanos had Aegis and Tenebrous defeat Galactus[54] so he could be turned into a weapon for the Annihilation Wave. They revealed that Death and her avatar were killed by Lord Mar-Vell, the Cancerverse's avatar of life, in a ritual called the Necropsy, which allowed the Many-Angled Ones to enter and corrupt their reality. [92], When Doom stepped in to confront the interlopers, Strange used his magic to teleport them away and scatter them throughout Battleworld, saving them from Doom's wrath. Lady Chaos is based off of the comic's embodiment of Death. Thanos, also known as the Mad Titan, is a powerful galactic supervillain that appears in Marvel Comics . Returning to reality, Thanos and the Infinity Watch were attacked by an assemblage of doppelgängers before the true threat of the Magus could be revealed. 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However, Thanos didn't want her love anymore, prompting the Coven to temporarily destroy her for entering their realm uninvited. Namor would lead the Cabal to said world, activate the anti-matter injector without their knowledge, and leave them to die with said Earth, preventing them from escaping with the use of an A.I.M. Warlock eventually freed himself and Thanos. The alternate Adam Warlock then went on to fulfill his part of the deal with the Above-All-Others and became the new Living Tribunal. Tony Stark faces an entirely new league of villain as we witness the first appearances of Thanos, Drax the Destroyer and Moondragon! [44], Thanos soon confronted Marlo Jones, the wife of Rick Jones, associate of the then-current Captain Marvel, Genis-Vell. Robotic Drones: Thanos has designed several different types of robotic drones to serve his needs. Topped off with an Avenger vs. Avenger battle pitting Iron Man against the Mighty Thor, these Marvel classics are essential reading for every Iron Man aficionado! It concluded with issue 527, succeeded by the Marvel NOW!-imprinted Iron Man series. Iron Man is suddenly attacked by the alien brutes known as the Blood Brothers, captured, and flown to a secret underground base in the American Southwest.This is the headquarters of invader Thanos where he is holding prisoner Drax the Destroyer.. As the heroes assembled, the souls of Adam Warlock, Gamora, and Pip the Troll escaped from the Soul Gem, and possessed the bodies of three humans who had recently perished. (First appearance) … When stranded in space with Terraxia, he could neither fly, nor teleport to his rescue, presumably because his chair got destroyed in the struggle before. [37] He possesses such an incredible resistance to injury that he has been shown to survive point-blank blasts from Odin,[39] and Galactus. As a result, he has nearly superhuman stamina in all physical activities. attacked the colliding Earth-616 under the false assumption that destroying said planet would be enough to survive. [93] Thanos' destination was a dangerous domain called the Deadlands, inhabited by super-powered zombies. Jim Starlin conceived Thanos during a college psychology course, Thanos was first introduced as a villain in a 1973 edition of The Invincible Iron Man.Starlin originally designed the character as skinny and lanky, but editor Roy Thomas suggested he "beef him up." However, upon realizing Death would only speak to Deadpool, Thanos resurrected him so they both could save her. Tracking the source to the revived Magus, Thanos sought the help of Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch. Observing him, Thanos learned that Warlock had diverged a temporal counterpart named the Magus, who was the head of a galaxy wide religious empire and would certainly oppose Thanos' schemes of stellar destruction were he to learn of them. Drax is certain that Thanos still lives and that he will face him again. Though however, one of the planet's inhabitants, the Mandarin, explains the Stones are not there. Born on the planet Titan, Thanos was almost killed by his own mother who foresaw his destiny of wielding the Infinity Gauntlet, which allows the Infinity Gems (Power, Mind, Space, Soul, Time, and Re… She proceeded to kill Mar-Vell and the other immortal denizens of the Cancerverse. Thanos battled the Maker, causing its mind to shut down and leaving its power trapped within a comatose physical form. Marvel Avengers: The Ultimate Character Guide, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z. Eventually he learned of the 'Soul Gems,' six power objects of unknown origin and vast power, and set about to acquire them. Thanos' life reached a tipping point when a mysterious girl convinced him to explore with his friends a dangerous cave to overcome his fear of killing. Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. When he found his friends, they had been killed by the animals living in the caves. Among the many Marvel villains the Avengers have faced, non emanate the pure threat and power of Thanos the Mad Titan Eternal.Since his first appearance in Invincible Iron Man #55, Thanos' role in the Marvel Universe has increased dramatically, from simply being a parallel to DC's Metron to rivaling Darkseid and Galactus on the threat-level scale. [17] At some point, Mephisto approached Thanos and convinced him to go to Earth and fight the Prehistoric Avengers. [6] Thanos met with the Silver Surfer shortly after his return and tried to sway the Sentinel of the Spaceways to his way of thinking, but failed. When Thanos carelessly discarded the Cube, believing falsely that he had drained it of all power, Mar-Vell struck the cube, willing it to restore the universe to what it had been. [99], Using his telepathic abilities, Thanos manipulated Conner Sims, who had also been imprisoned at the Triskelion, into exploding his cell, which caused a power outage in the facility that allowed Thanos to escape his cell. During the course of this mission, Thanos learned Galactus was collecting the Infinity Gems in an effort to end his unyielding hunger. Believing the Titan to be capable of change - and wishing to keep Thanos where he could keep an eye on him - Warlock made Thanos a member of the Infinity Watch, giving him the Reality Gem, one of the Infinity Gems which Adam Warlock and the Watch now guarded. The character was created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, and made his first appearance in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (cover dated February 1973). Thinking it was housing their messiah, the Magus, the Universal Church of Truth took the cocoon to their homeworld, Sacrosanct,[57] where Thanos was ultimately awakened by Phyla-Vell. Thanos defeated the former Herald and placed him under complete mental control. He is a manager in the fictional titular hotel and summer resort. He thanks Iron Man for aiding the people of Titan. [citation needed] He has withstood, at point-blank range, planet-destroying attacks without any harm. He arranged for the death of Nebula's associate Geatar in his place, leaving behind a devastated body similar enough to his own that the Silver Surfer and the Eternals of Titan temporarily believed it was Thanos. Thanos also possesses an insatiable hunger for power, always seeking to obtain objects of incalculable power, such as the Cosmic Cubes[22][129][98] or the Infinity Gems. The Avengers were taken captive by Thanos, but rescued by Spider-Man and the Thing. Daina (paternal grandmother, deceased);Uranos (great-uncle);A'Lars (father, deceased);Sui-San (mother, deceased);Zuras (uncle);Eros (brother, deceased);Thane (son);Rot ("child" by Death, deceased); Several children (deceased);Gamora (foster daughter); Zorr (alleged son or son-in-law, deceased); Nebula (alleged granddaughter); Thena (cousin);Sersi (cousin);Thanosi (hybrid clones);Terraxia (creation, deceased), Thanos was one of the last sons of A'Lars, progenitor of the second colony of Eternals on Titan, and Sui-San, the last survivor of the original settlement of Eternals in this moon. Thanos has access to his own fleet of starships which have included: Stasis Rifle: An experimental weapon capable of generating a cube of pure force, which envelops the target and places them into near-complete physical stasis. Thanos started a fight with King Thanos, thinking he was a pretender, but ceased his attacks once his older self confirmed his identity by speaking the name his mother was going to give him before going insane: Dione. [113] With his newfound powers, Thanos went after Thane and attacked him. Death therefore whisked Thanos away and returned to her domain, restoring mortality to the universe. [84], Eight months after its formation, the Cabal had found some degree of legitimacy on Earth. [68] He later killed the Avengers and the Guardians as well. Thanos was then hit by a missile that generated a black hole, which sucked up Thanos, Hela, and Knowhere while the Guardians and Dark Guardians managed to escape; seemingly killed Thanos in the process. After retrieving the body, the Black Order condemned the meeting's attendees to be sucked into a rip in space. Thanos soon formulated a plan to regain Death's affection: he would give to "her" more than any single living being had given "her," the annihilation of everything that lives. In short order he had obtained all of the Soul Gems except one: the jade jewel worn on the head of Adam Warlock. [58] Resurrected in a mindless state, Thanos destroyed everything and everyone in his path until Star-Lord knocked him out with a broken Cosmic Cube. This led the assembled group to Asgard, where they came into conflict with Odin. Though he didn't take his older self's words seriously as the Fallen One he knew wasn't a menace to him at all, Thanos soon found out his foe was a far more powerful version of Norrin Radd, whom he knew as the Silver Surfer. He was a mild-mannered intellectual that dreamed of becoming a scientist like his neglectful father. [citation needed] He was also able to beat in melee fight the Hulk power-enhanced Annihilus. While Iron Man might not seem as strong as Thor and Hulk, he showed he could give Thanos a pretty hard time one-on-one. He used it to send Thanos, Star-Lord, and Drax back home. In the void, the alternate Adam Warlock used his powers to bring Thanos back and the Mad Titan proposed they search for the Above-All-Others, as the entity was the only one powerful enough to restore the universe. [151], Skilled Unarmed Combatant: Although he typically avoids physical combat, Thanos is a highly formidable hand to hand combatant, having been trained in the Arts of War on Titan. Thanos is a genius in virtually all known fields of advanced science and has created technology far exceeding contemporary Earth science. Superhuman Speed: Despite his massive muscular bulk, Thanos is capable of running and moving at speeds greater than the finest human athlete. The result of this fusion was Earth-19141's Adam Warlock retroactively taking over the position of the now annihilated Earth-616's Adam Warlock. Despite the Avengers' interference, the Zodiac managed to collect a supposed Cosmic Cube for their master. The character, created by writer/artist Jim Starlin and inspired in part by DC arch-villain Darkseid, first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man#55. [12] The Rider tried to convince Galactus to help him raise the baby, but the cosmic being refused and instead wanted to kill the baby himself. Ganymede, in the meantime, had joined Thanos and Terrax, in order to exact revenge on Tyrant. Thanos confronts Drax and reveals that he has been monitoring him and simply chose not to interfere. Thanos seized control of the reality-altering device and commanded it to give him control over the universe. Gamora impaled Thanos and then beheaded him. Thanos is by far one of the most dangerous foes in the history of the Avengers. Their plan, however, was thwarted by the Guardians themselves, and Thanos, defeated, was apprehended by the Nova Corps. Enraged, Thanos beat the Surfer to death and delivered his body to the Realm of Death himself. Thanos emerged from the battle declaring that, since he had withstood the powerful Tyrant for a time and gained what he sought from him, further struggle was pointless (and admitted it would likely have resulted in his own destruction). [96], Following the restoration of the Multiverse, Thanos was cast outside of it, leading him to find a new love in the form of the nothing that surrounded him there. Given the circumstances of his death at the hands of Drax the Destroyer during the Annihilation event, Thanos is unable to regenerate missing organs, such as a heart. [74], When the Avengers left Earth in order to fight the Builders, Thanos took advantage of their absence to invade the planet with the reassembled Black Order. ... when he made his first appearance in The Invincible Iron Man … [29] However, Thanos often speaks in a sophisticated manner with a calm and collected demeanor, described by the Silver Surfer as professorial. Warlock faced Thanos in personal combat and was slain. His mind is invulnerable to most forms of psychic attack. These duplicates were unstable in different ways, explaining Thanos' uncharacteristic behavior and power levels in recent months. Time Machine: Thanos has been shown to have possessed a time machine,[24] which he referred to as a "Time Probe". This issue contains a letters page, "Sock It To Shell-Head". As part of his pursuit for power, Thanos amassed a huge armada of battleships.

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