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Thanos
Promotional art by Jim Starlin for Thanos #4 (March 2004).
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceIron Man #55 (Feb. 1973)
Created byJim Starlin
In-story information
SpeciesTitanian Eternal (Mutant)
Place of originTitan
Team affiliationsInfinity Watch
Secret Defenders
Annihilation Wave
Notable aliasesThe Mad Titan
Avatar of Death
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength, stamina, durability, longevity, and intelligence
Energy manipulation
Telekinesis
Teleportation

Thanos is a fictional character appearing in comic books and other media published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Iron Man #55 (Feb. 1973) and was created by writer-artist Jim Starlin. Debuting in the Bronze Age of comic books, the character has been featured in over three decades of Marvel continuity and a self-titled series. The character's name is a derivation of Thanatos, the personification of death and mortality in Greek mythology. Thanos has appeared in other Marvel-endorsed products, including animated television series, arcade and video games, film, toys, and trading cards. Thanos was ranked number 47 on IGN's top 100 comic book villains of all time.[1]

Origin of the character

Writer-artist Jim Starlin originally conceived of Thanos of Titan during college psychology classes. 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. So I came up to Marvel and [editor] Roy [Thomas] asked if I wanted to do an issue of Iron Man. I felt that this may be my only chance ever to do a character, not having the confidence that my career was going to last anything longer than a few weeks. So they got jammed into it. Thanos was a much thinner character and Roy suggested beefing him up, so he's beefed up quite a bit from his original sketches ... and later on I liked beefing him up so much that he continued to grow in size.[2]

Starlin has admitted the character is influenced by Jack Kirby's Darkseid:

Kirby had done the New Gods, which I thought was terrific. He was over at DC at the time. I came up with some things that were inspired by that. You'd think that Thanos was inspired by Darkseid, but that was not the case when I showed up. In my first Thanos drawings, if he looked like anybody, it was Metron. I had all these different gods and things I wanted to do, which became Thanos and the Titans. Roy took one look at the guy in the Metron-like chair and said : "Beef him up! If you're going to steal one of the New Gods, at least rip off Darkseid, the really good one!"[3]

Publication history

Thanos' first appearance was in an extended storyline that spanned Iron Man #55 (Feb. 1973), Captain Marvel #25-33 (bi-monthly: Mar. 1973 – Jan. 1974), Marvel Feature #12 (Nov. 1973), Daredevil #107 (Jan. 1974), and Avengers #125 (July 1974). He returned in an extended storyline that spanned Strange Tales #178-181 (Feb.–Aug. 1975), Warlock #9-11 (Oct. 1975 – Jan. 1976), Marvel Team Up #55 (Mar. 1977), and the 1977 Annuals for Avengers and Marvel Two-in-One, although Thanos does not actually appear until the end of Warlock #9. He was also featured in a short backup story in Logan's Run #6 (June 1977) and had a small role in the Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel (April 1982).

The character next appeared in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #34 (Feb. 1990) and had a recurring role through issue #50 (June 1991). After starring in Thanos Quest #1-2 (Sept.–Oct. 1990), he played a villainous role in Infinity Gauntlet #1-6 (July–Dec. 1991). During a recurring role in Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1-42 (Feb. 1992 – Aug. 1995), he made crossover appearances in Infinity War #1-6 (June 1992), Infinity Crusade #1-6 (June 1993), Silver Surfer vol. 3 #86-88, Warlock Chronicles #6-8, Thor #468-471, Secret Defenders #11-14 (Jan.–Apr. 1994), Cosmic Powers #1-6 (Mar.–July 1994), and Cosmic Powers Unlimited #1 (May 1995).

Following roles in Ka-Zar vol. 2 #4–10, Ka-Zar Annual (1997), and the X-Man and Hulk Annual (1998), Thanos was featured in Thor vol. 2 #21–25 (Mar.–July 2000) and the 2000 Annual. The character was next used in Captain Marvel vol. 4 #17–19 (June–Aug. 2001), Avengers: Celestial Quest #1-8 (2001–2002), and the Infinity Abyss #1-6 (2002).

Thanos received an eponymous title in 2004 that ran for 12 issues. In 2006, he played an important role in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4 and Annihilation #1-6. The character was re-introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #24-25 (Apr.–May 2010) and played a major role in The Thanos Imperative: Ignition (June 2010) and The Thanos Imperative #1-6 (July–Dec. 2010).

The character returned in Avengers Assemble #1 (Mar. 2012) by voiceover, and visually in issue #3 (May 2012).[4] A mini-series titled Thanos: Son of Titan by Joe Keatinge was planned for publication in August 2012, but was cancelled.[5]

Fictional character biography

Thanos battles Spider-Man and the Thing on the cover of Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 (1977). Art by Jim Starlin.

Thanos was born on Titan, a moon of Saturn, to Mentor and Sui-San. Thanos is born with the Deviant gene and as such resembles the Deviants—the Eternals' cousin race—more than his own people. Although treated fairly by his race, he is mindful of his appearance and becomes distant, only keeping company with his brother Eros (Starfox). During his childhood, he becomes fascinated with nihilism and death, eventually falling in love with its embodiment, Mistress Death. As an adult, Thanos uses bionics and mysticism to become the most powerful of the Titans, and is often referred to as the Mad Titan.[6]

The First Thanos War

Wishing to impress Mistress Death, Thanos gathers an army of villainous aliens and begins a nuclear bombardment of Titan that kills millions of his race.[7] He then travels to Earth in search of the Cosmic Cube. Prior to landing, his vessel destroys a nearby car to prevent anyone from becoming aware of his existence.[8] Unknown to Thanos, two of the family members in the vehicle survive—the father's spirit is preserved by the Titanian cosmic entity Chronos and is given a new form as Drax the Destroyer while the daughter is found by Thanos' father Mentor and is raised to become the heroine Moondragon. Thanos eventually locates the Cube and wills it to make him omnipotent. Captain Marvel, with the aid of Mantis and ISAAC, are able to defeat Thanos by destroying the Cube, which Thanos had discarded.[9]

The Second Thanos War

Thanos later comes to the aid of Adam Warlock in a battle against the Magus.[10][11] During this alliance Thanos secretly siphons off the energies of the Soul Gem that Warlock possesses.[6] Thanos uses this energy to power a weapon capable of destroying a star. Thanos battles Earth's superheroes and is turned to stone.[6][12] Thanos's spirit later appears to accompany Captain Marvel's soul into the realm of Death.[13]

The Infinity Gauntlet

Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet on the cover of the Infinity Gauntlet collected edition (Aug. 1992).
Art by George Pérez.

A resurrected Thanos [14] collects the Infinity Gems once again[15] and creates the Infinity Gauntlet, making him omnipotent. Thanos erases half the living things in the universe,[16] but this act and others are undone by Adam Warlock.[17] Warlock reveals that Thanos has always allowed himself to be defeated because the Titan secretly knows he is not worthy of ultimate power. Thanos joins Warlock as part of the Infinity Watch and helps him to defeat first his evil[18] and then good[19] personas, and cure Thor of "warrior Madness." [20]

Thanos later recruits a team of Earth-bound super-villains and puts them under the field leadership of Geatar in a mission to extract a robot containing the knowledge of a universal library.[21] Thanos uses information from the robot to battle Tyrant, a failed creation of Galactus.[22]

When trapped in an alternate dimension, Thanos employs the aid of the brother of Ka-Zar, Parnival Plunder, in an attempted escape, but fails.[23] Thanos attempts to use the Hulk as a physical anchor back to the Earth-616 universe but is again unsuccessful.[24] Thanos is eventually freed and comes into conflict with Thor.[25] During their battles, Thanos decimates the planet Rigel-3.[26]

The Infinity Abyss

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.[27] Thanos then devises a plan to become the All-Father of a new race of Gods created by himself. Thanos, however, finds himself opposed by the Avengers, former member Mantis, and her son Quoi, apparently destined to be the Celestial Messiah. Thanos abandons this plan after having to unite with Mistress Death to destroy the "Rot", an aberration in deep space caused by Thanos' love for Death.[28] Thanos once conducted extensive research on genetics, and after studying many of the universe's heroes and villains cloned them and gene-spliced his own DNA into the subjects. Although he later abandons the project, five clones survive, being versions of Professor X, Iron Man, Gladiator, Doctor Strange, and Galactus respectively. A sixth and unnamed version of Thanos also appears, and it is revealed the incarnations of Thanos encountered by Thor and Ka-Zar were his clones. The true Thanos — with the aid of Adam Warlock, Gamora, Pip the Troll, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, and Dr. Strange — destroys the remaining clones.[29]

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. During the course of this mission Thanos learns Galactus is collecting the Infinity Gems in an effort to end his universal hunger. Thanos later learns Galactus is being manipulated into releasing a cosmic threat known as Hunger, which feeds on entire universes. Despite opposition from Thanos, Galactus frees the entity, although when the entity's intentions are revealed the pair team to destroy it.[30]

En route to the Kyln, an intergalactic prison, Thanos meets Death, who for the first time speaks to the Titan. Death claims it is worth wooing, but that he must offer something other than death. At the Kyln Thanos encounters Star-Lord and the Shi'ar warrior Gladiator, who are both prisoners, and the Beyonder, who has been rendered amnesiac by its choice to assume a mortal female form. Thanos battles the Beyonder and causes its mind to shut down, leaving its power trapped within a comatose mortal body. Thanos then instructs the Kyln officers to keep the Beyonder on life support indefinitely in order to prevent the entity from being reborn.[31] Thanos departs the Kyln in the company of Skreet, a chaos-mite freed from the prison. Thanos then meets the Fallen, a former Herald of Galactus. Thanos defeats the former Herald and places him under complete mental control.[32]

Annihilation

Main article: Annihilation (comics)

During the Annihilation War Thanos allies himself with the genocidal villain Annihilus. When the Annihilation Wave destroys the Kyln, Thanos sends the Fallen to check on the status of the Beyonder, whose mortal form he finds has perished. Before the Fallen can report back to Thanos it encounters Tenebrous and Aegis—two of Galactus' ancient enemies. Thanos convinces Tenebrous and Aegis to join the Annihilation Wave in order to get revenge on Galactus, and they subsequently defeat the World Devourer and the Silver Surfer. Annihilus desires the secret of the Power Cosmic and asks Thanos to study Galactus. Once Thanos learns Annihilus' true goal is to use the Power Cosmic to destroy all life and remain the sole survivor, he decides to free Galactus. Drax the Destroyer kills Thanos before he can do so but discovers that Thanos had placed a failsafe device to allow Silver Surfer to free Galactus in the event that Annihilus betrayed him.[33] During a climactic battle with Annihilus, Nova is near death and sees Thanos standing with Mistress Death.[34]

The Thanos Imperative

Main article: The Thanos Imperative

A cocoon protected by the Universal Church of Truth is revealed to be hiding Thanos, who has been chosen by Oblivion to be the new Avatar of Death.[35] Resurrected before his mind could be fully formed, Thanos goes on a mindless rampage before being captured by the Guardians of the Galaxy[36] Thanos pretends to aid the Guardians against the invading Cancerverse, and after discovering its origin kills an alternate version of Mar-Vell, the self-proclaimed Avatar of Life. This causes the collapse of the Cancerverse, with Guardians Nova and Star-Lord sacrificing themselves to contain Thanos inside the imploding reality.[37]

Powers and abilities

Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Eternals. The character possesses abilities common to the Eternals, but amplified to a higher degree through a combination of his mutant Eternal heritage, bionic amplification, mysticism, and the entity Death. Demonstrating enormous superhuman strength, stamina, and durability, Thanos can absorb and project vast quantities of cosmic energy and is capable of telekinesis, telepathy and matter manipulation. Thanos is an accomplished hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained in the art 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. He often employs a transportation chair capable of space flight, force field projection, teleportation, time travel and movement through alternate universes. Thanos is also a master strategist and uses a space vessel called Sanctuary II as a base of operations.

Other versions

Ultimate

The Ultimate Marvel imprint title Ultimate Fantastic Four features an alternate universe version of Thanos who is the ruler of Acheron (and has a son called Ronan the Accuser, who is in possession of a Cosmic Cube[38]), a vast empire consisting of thousands of worlds that exist in another plane of existence.[39]

Earth X

In the alternate universe limited series Earth X, Thanos dwells in the Realm of the Dead with the entity Death.[40]

Marvel: The End

When an ancient Egyptian pharaoh stumbles upon a source of cosmic power tied into the dawn and end of time and subsequently returns to Earth centuries later, Thanos recruits the Defenders to seek out the source of the pharaoh's power and eventually wrests control of it from him. Thanos uses the power to fix any damage done by the pharaoh (which had included the deaths of most of Earth's major hero teams such as the X-Men, Avengers and Fantastic Four) and then once again gives up his physical form to take control of the universe. Adam Warlock convinces Thanos to voluntarily relinquish the power, but as a result of its origins with the dawn and end of time, Thanos emerges having experienced the entire history of the universe and claims he will no longer seek universal conquest.[41]

Marvel Zombies

Thanos features in the limited series Marvel Zombies 2, set in the alternate universe of Earth-2149. Having been "zombified", the character is killed by the cosmic-powered Hulk after an altercation over food.[42]

Amalgam

When the clashing DC and Marvel universes merged into the Amalgam Comics Universe, Thanos merged with Darkseid to become Thanoseid.[43]

Avengers Assemble

Thanos empowers a new Zodiac to locate various alien artifacts of power from Earth.[44]

In other media

Television

  • Thanos features in the animated television series Silver Surfer, voiced by Gary Krawford. Owing to the Fox's broadcast standards, Thanos is depicted as a worshipper of a female personification of chaos (referred to as Lady Chaos) rather than Death.[45] In the last (and cliff-hanging) episode, he causes a universal explosion.
  • Thanos is featured in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Steven Blum in season one, and by Jim Cummings in season two. He appears as the main antagonist of season 2 (next to the Dark Surfer, who is on a hunt to retrieve all of the Infinity Gems).

Film

  • Thanos makes a brief appearance during the closing credits of the 2012 film The Avengers,[46] and is portrayed by actor Damion Poitier.[47] He is revealed to have been Loki's benefactor, having provided the Chitauri army used by Loki in his attempted invasion of Earth.

Video games

Toys

  • Toy Biz, Diamond Select Toys, Bowen Designs, and Eaglemoss have released mini-busts and statues of the character.
  • Thanos is included as a collectible figure from the board game Heroscape featured in the Marvel crossover set.
  • Thanos has had five figures made for the Heroclix miniatures game, the first in the Infinity Challenge set, the second in the Supernova set, the third and fourth in the Galactic Guardians set, and the fifth in the Infinity Gauntlet Limited Edition set.
  • Hasbro produced a Thanos in the Mighty Muggs line as an exclusive.
  • Hasbro added a Thanos figure to its Marvel Super Hero Squad line in Fall 2010.
  • Hasbro released a Thanos figure in the Marvel Universe line as a single figure in Fall 2010. It was repainted for a two-pack with Adam Warlock in Fall 2011.

Collected editions

A number of the stories featuring Thanos have been collected into trade paperbacks:

  • The Life of Captain Marvel (collects Iron Man #55, Captain Marvel #25-34, Marvel Feature #12), 1991, ISBN 0-87135-635-X
  • Essential Avengers: Volume 6 (includes Captain Marvel #33; The Avengers #125, 135), 576 pages, February 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3058-6
  • The Greatest Battles of the Avengers (includes Avengers Annual #7), 156 pages, December 1993, ISBN 0-87135-981-2
  • Essential Marvel Two-in-One: Volume 2 (includes Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2), 568 pages, July 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2698-8
  • Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel: Volume 3 (includes Captain Marvel #22-33, Iron Man #55), 288 pages, April 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3015-2
  • Marvel Masterworks Warlock: Volume 2 (includes Warlock #9-11, 15; Avengers Annual #7; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2), hardcover, 320 pages, June 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3511-1
  • The Death of Captain Marvel (collects Captain Marvel #34, Marvel Spotlight #1-2, Marvel Graphic Novel #1), 128 pages, hardcover, June 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4627-X
  • Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos (collects Silver Surfer #34-38; The Thanos Quest miniseries; "The Final Flower!" from Logan's Run #6), 224 pages, April 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2046-7 (hardcover, August 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4478-1)
  • Infinity Gauntlet (collects Infinity Gauntlet limited series), 256 pages, March 2000, ISBN 0-87135-944-8 (December 2004, ISBN 0-7851-0892-0; July 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2349-0; hardcover, August 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4549-4)
  • Infinity War (collects Infinity War limited series; Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10; Marvel Comics Presents #108-111), 400 pages, April 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2105-6
  • Infinity Crusade:
    • Volume 1 (collects Infinity Crusade #1-3, Warlock Chronicles #1-3, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #18-19), 248 pages, December 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3127-2
    • Volume 2 (collects Infinity Crusade #4-6, Warlock Chronicles #4-5, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #20-22), 248 pages, February 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3128-0
  • Thor: Blood and Thunder (collects Thor #468-471, Silver Surfer #86-88, Warlock Chronicles #6-8, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #23-25), 336 pages, July 2011, ISBN 978-0-7851-5094-7
  • DC versus Marvel Comics (collects DC vs. Marvel mini-series, Doctor Strangefate #1), 163 pages, September 1996, ISBN 1-56389-294-4
  • Ka-Zar by Mark Waid and Andy Kubert:
    • Volume 1 (collects Ka-Zar #1-7, Tales of the Marvel Universe #1), 208 pages, January 2011, ISBN 978-0-7851-4353-6
    • Volume 2 (collects Ka-Zar #8-14, Annual '97), 216 pages, March 2011, ISBN 978-0-7851-5992-6
  • Deadpool Classic: Volume 5 (collects Deadpool #26-33, Baby's First Deadpool, Deadpool Team-Up #1), 272 pages, June 2011, ISBN 978-0-7851-5519-5
  • The Mighty Thor by Dan Jurgens and John Romita, Jr.: Volume 4 (collects Thor vol. 2 #18-25, Annual 2000), 256 pages, November 2010, ISBN 978-0-7851-4927-9
  • Infinity Abyss (collects Infinity Abyss limited series), 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-0985-4
  • Thanos: The End (collects Marvel: The End limited series), 160 pages, May 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1116-6
  • Thanos:
    • Epiphany (collects Thanos #1-6), 144 pages, June 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1355-X
    • Samaritan (collects Thanos #7-12), 144 pages, October 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1540-4
  • Annihilation:
    • Volume 1 (collects Drax the Destroyer miniseries, Annihilation: Prologue one-shot, Annihilation: Nova miniseries), 256 pages, October 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2901-4 (hardcover, March 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2511-6)
    • Volume 2 (collects Annihilation: Ronan miniseries, Annihilation: Silver Surfer miniseries, Annihilation: Super-Skrull miniseries), 320 pages, November 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2902-2 (hardcover, May 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2512-4)
    • Volume 3 (collects Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files one-shot/handbook, Annihilation limited series, Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus miniseries), 304 pages, December 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2903-0 (hardcover, July 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2513-2)
  • The Thanos Imperative (collects The Thanos Imperative #1-6, The Thanos Imperative: Ignition, The Thanos Imperative: Devastation, Thanos Sourcebook), 248 pages, hardcover, February 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5183-4

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  7. ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #67 (July 1992)
  8. ^ Captain Marvel #30
  9. ^ Captain Marvel #33 (July 1974)
  10. ^ Strange Tales #178-181 (Feb.–Aug. 1975)
  11. ^ Warlock #9-11 (Oct. 1975 – Jan. 1976)
  12. ^ Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 (1977)
  13. ^ Death of Captain Marvel (1982)
  14. ^ Silver Surfer vol. 3 #34 (Feb. 1990)
  15. ^ The Thanos Quest (1990)
  16. ^ The Infinity Gauntlet #1 (July 1991)
  17. ^ The Infinity Gauntlet #6 (Dec. 1991)
  18. ^ The Infinity War #1-6 (1992)
  19. ^ The Infinity Crusade #1-6 (1993)
  20. ^ Thor #470-471 (Jan.–Feb. 1994); Silver Surfer vol. 3 #88 (Jan. 1994); Warlock Chronicles #8 (Feb. 1994); Warlock and the Infinity Watch #25 (Feb. 1994)
  21. ^ Secret Defenders #11-14
  22. ^ Cosmic Powers #1–6 (1994)
  23. ^ Ka-Zar vol. 2 #4–10, Annual 1997
  24. ^ X-Man and Hulk Annual 1998
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  26. ^ Thor Annual (2000)
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  31. ^ Thanos #7-9
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  39. ^ Ultimate Fantastic Four #35 (Dec. 2006)
  40. ^ Earth X #0-12, X (Mar. 1999 – June 2000)
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