She then destroys the Infinity Gauntlet and also commands the Chitauri loyal to Thanos to die. [38], En route to the Kyln, an intergalactic prison, Thanos meets Death for the first time since re-building existence with the Heart of the Universe. As Starlin described: I went to college between doing U.S. military service and getting work in comics, and there was a psych class and I came up with Thanos ... and Drax the Destroyer, but I'm not sure how he fit into it, just anger management probably. Through his journey he was also forced to kill Adam Warlock who might interfere with his future's plan. The Surfer is distracted by the feral Hulk that Thanos kept chained in his basement, allowing the two Thanos to kill him using Surtur's Twilight Sword. 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This Thanos' life seemingly mirrors that of his younger self. Willing the Cube to make him omnipotent, Thanos then discards the Cube. [37], Thanos decides to atone for the destruction of Rigel-3, and agrees to aid a colony of Rigellians in evacuating their planet before Galactus can consume it. [39] The destruction frees Thanos and his fellow inmates, and he finds himself accompanied by the chaos-mite Skreet in his plans to leave the remains of the prison. [76] At first, Thanos believes it to be some sort of trick, but is convinced once the future Thanos utters the name Dione, which Thanos's mother had planned to name him before she went insane. [16], Thanos later comes to the aid of Adam Warlock in a war against the Magus and his religious empire. The character was created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, and made his first appearance in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (cover dated February 1973). As time went by, the heroes of Earth grew old and weak, but Thanos only grew stronger; his eternal quest to please Death leading him to kill almost every living thing in the known galaxy,and become the king of what had remained in his wake: nothing. This puts him not at thousands of years old, but at millions. Maybe he should have consulted with one of the more experienced beings. [49] He launches an assault on Attilan, which he offers to spare in exchange for the deaths of all Inhumans between the ages of 16 and 22. 2010). He can manipulate matter and live indefinitely without food, air or water, cannot die of old age, is immune to all terrestrial diseases, and has high resistance to psychic assaults. [81], Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Eternals. Thanos joins Warlock as part of the Infinity Watch and helps him to defeat first his evil[25] and then good[26] personas, and cure Thor of "warrior Madness". It may be impossible to find since he's had longer than anyone and has not succeeded. [118], The Reddit forum /r/ThanosDidNothingWrong, dedicated to sharing theories and memes about the character, went viral in July 2018 when it was announced that half of the forum's subscribers would be banned, mirroring Thanos’ plan to eradicate half of all life in the universe. With this artifact Thanos was able to absorb every cosmic being that exists in his universe, eventually facing Eternity and Infinity. He finds no fulfillment in either until he is visited again by Mistress Death, for whom he murders his offspring and his pirate captain. Thanos was not only a villain; he was a fountainhead of story ideas used to bring forth new concepts and characters. [73], Around the time of the New Thor's appearance, Thanos is approached by a mysterious hooded woman, who proposes an alliance. Once Thanos learns Annihilus's true goal is to use the Power Cosmic to destroy all life and remain the sole survivor, he decides to free Galactus. [52] Thanos later meets his end on Battleworld, where he is easily killed by God Emperor Doom during an attempted insurrection. Again, a long life seems to only come to villains, or perhaps it creates them. Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. And that time existed before Thanos, or his home planet of Titan, and thus long before his beef with The Avengers. Rules: No prep. By adolescence… [8] The third graphic novel, Thanos: The Infinity Finale, as well as the connected mini-series The Infinity Entity were published in 2016.[9]. [33], Thanos then uses the heroes Thor and Genis-Vell (Captain Marvel's son) against the death god Walker, who attempts to woo Mistress Death and then destroy the entity after being rejected. Josh Brolin, Actor: Avengers: Endgame. 2002) and Marvel: The End #1–6 (May–Aug 2003). But Thanos laughs maniacally as he coldly rebukes such a path, ruthlessly killing his would be friends and allies while choosing to remain whom he always was. A number of the stories featuring Thanos have been republished into trade paperbacks and other collected editions: Thanos was ranked number 47 on IGN's top 100 comic book villains of all time[117] and number 21 on Complex's 25 Greatest Comic Book Villains List. After an appearance in Spider-Man #17 (Dec. 1991), Thanos had a recurring role in Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1–42 (Feb. 1992 – Aug. 1995). He then merges with his future self finally taking the battle to the Living Tribunal and the One Above All. Thanos eventually locates the Cube, and also attracts the attention of Mistress Death. The Spirit does as he's asked (thanks to Thanos's Time Stone), delivering the younger Thanos … The MCU may be only a decade old, but the history built into its worlds and characters goes back to basically the dawn of time. He forms an incarnation of the criminal group Zodiac to retrieve it, but he is defeated by the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy and remanded to the custody of the Elders of the Universe. His parents were two Eternals Mentor and Sui-San. The Titan regroups and captures the heroes, who are freed by Spider-Man and the Thing. The character returned in Avengers Assemble #1 (March 2012). The Collector, and those like him, appeared only slightly after the universe itself came into existence. [28] Thanos uses information from the robot to plot against and battle Tyrant, the first creation of Galactus turned destroyer. Thanos appears in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Loki is a little under 1500 years old (the Asgardians are known as some of the oldest beings in existence). [volume & issue needed], Starfox was able to preempt her attempt at patricide while inviting his wayward tyrant of a brother aboard their vessel. But he is a baby compared to a few other powers in the universe. He returned in an extended storyline that spanned Strange Tales #178–181 (Feb.–Aug. A Thanos team-up across eons was a thrilling twist, but fans weren't ready for Frank Castle's Ghost Rider (or his new solo comic). Both Nova and Star-Lord found this out the hard way when they took the Mad Titan on. That's five of Captain America's lifetimes, and thus the reason the old guy doesn't appear on this list at all. That puts him ahead of The Ancient One, but not many others. One wonders why it seems to be the villains who have all the time in the world. Assaulted by Requiem, whom he apparently recognizes, and he can tell you that big plans like this fall. 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