This article is about the Marvel Comics supervillain.

For people with the given name or surname,

see Thanos (name). For the dinosaur, see Thanos simonattoi.

Thanos

Variant cover of Infinity #4 (October 2013)

Art by Jerome Opeña and Dustin Weaver

Publication information

Publisher Marvel Comics

First appearance The Invincible Iron Man #55 (February 1973)

Created by Jim Starlin

In-story information

Species Eternal–Deviant hybrid

Place of origin Titan

 Team affiliations Infinity Watch

Black Order

Notable aliases The Mad Titan

 Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability,

Abilities
agility, and longevity

 Superhuman physiology of Eternals

 Skilled hand-to-hand combatant

 Genius-level tactician

 Plasma energy projection

Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The character was created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, and made his first appearance in The
Invincible Iron Man #55 (cover dated February 1973). Thanos is one of the most powerful villains in
the Marvel Universe and has clashed with many heroes including the Avengers, the Guardians of
the Galaxy, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men.
The character appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Damion Poitier in The
Avengers (2012) and by Josh Brolin in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of
Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019) through voice and
motion capture. The character has also appeared in various comic adaptations, including animated
television series and video games.

Contents

 1Origin
 2Publication history
 3Fictional character biography
o 3.1Cosmic Cube and Infinity Gems
o 3.2The Infinity saga
o 3.3Other adventures
o 3.4Annihilation
o 3.5The Thanos Imperative
o 3.6Infinity
o 3.7Ultimates and Civil War II
o 3.8Thanos Returns
o 3.9The Unworthy Thor
o 3.10Thanos Wins
o 3.11Infinity Wars
 4Powers and abilities
 5Other versions
 6In other media
o 6.1Television
 o 6.2Film
o 6.3Video games
o 6.4Novels
 7Collected editions
 8Reception
 9Notes
 10References
 11External links

Origin
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.[1]
Starlin has admitted the character's look was 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!"[2]

Publication history
Thanos's first appearance was in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (February 1973), featuring a story by
Jim Starlin that was co-scripted by Mike Friedrich. The storyline from that issue continued
through Captain Marvel #25–33 (bi-monthly: March 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 (March 1977), and the 1977 Annuals for Avengers and Marvel Two-in-
One (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 was revived in Silver Surfer vol. 3, #34 (Feb. 1990) and guest-starred until issue #59
(November 1991), while simultaneously appearing in The Thanos Quest #1–2 (Sept.–Oct. 1990)
and The Infinity Gauntlet #1–6 (July–Dec. 1991). 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). This was followed by crossover appearances in Infinity War #1–6 (June – Nov. 1992), Infinity
Crusade #1–6 (June – Nov. 1993), Silver Surfer vol. 3, #86–88 (Nov. 1993 – Jan. 1994), Warlock
Chronicles #6–8, Thor #468–471 (Nov. 1993 – Feb. 1994), Namor The Sub-Mariner #44 (Nov.
1993), Secret Defenders #11–14 (Jan.–April 1994), Cosmic Powers #1–6 (March–July 1994),
and Cosmic Powers Unlimited #1 (May 1995).
Thanos appeared in a connected storyline in Ka-Zar vol. 2, #4–11 (Aug. 1997 – March 1998), Ka-Zar
Annual (1997), and the X-Man and Hulk Annual (1998), before featuring in Thor vol. 2, #21–25
(March–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 (Nov. 2001 – June 2002), Infinity
Abyss #1–6 (Aug.–Oct. 2002) and Marvel: The End #1–6 (May–Aug 2003).
In 2004 Thanos received an eponymous title that ran for 12 issues. In 2006, the character played an
important role in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1–4 (June – Sept. 2006) and Annihilation #1–6 (Oct.
2006 – March 2007). The character was re-introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, #24–25
(April–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 (March 2012).[3] A mini-series titled Thanos: Son of
Titan by Joe Keatinge was planned for publication in August 2012, but was cancelled.[4]
The character's origin was expanded in the five-issue Thanos Rising miniseries by Jason
Aaron and Simone Bianchi which was published monthly beginning in April 2013.[5] Later that same
year, Thanos played a central role in the Infinity miniseries written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn
by Jim Cheung, Jerome Opeña, and Dustin Weaver.
In May 2014, Jim Starlin and Ron Lim worked together on the one-shot Thanos Annual, which is a
prelude to a new trilogy of original graphic novels. The first, Thanos: The Infinity Revelation, was
released the following August.[6][7] Beginning in February 2015, Starlin also penned a four-issue
miniseries titled Thanos vs. Hulk, which was set prior to the graphic novels. The second installment
in the trilogy, Thanos: The Infinity Relativity, was released in June, 2015.[8] The third graphic
novel, Thanos: The Infinity Finale, as well as the connected mini-series The Infinity Entity were
published in 2016.[9]
At the same time Starlin was writing these graphic novels and tie-ins, the character also appeared
in New Avengers #23–24 (Oct–Nov 2014),[10] Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, #18–20 (Oct–Dec
2014), Legendary Star-Lord #4 (Dec 2014), a six-issue miniseries titled Thanos: A God Up There
Listening (Dec 2014), Avengers vol. 5, #40–41 (Mar–Apr 2015), and Deadpool vol. 3, #45 ("#250")
(Jun 2015). Thanos also played a major role in the five-issue miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet vol. 2,
(July 2015 – Jan 2016), a tie-in of the cross-over Secret Wars (2015).
In 2017, as part of Marvel Now, Thanos received his own solo title written by Jeff Lemire and drawn
by Mike Deodato. After 11 issues Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw took over as the creative team. This
storyline crossed over with Donny Cates' Cosmis Ghost Rider storyline.

Fictional character biography

Thanos was born on Saturn's moon Titan as the son of Eternals A'lars and Sui-San; his brother
is Eros of Titan. Thanos carries the Deviants gene, and as such, shares the physical appearance of
the Eternals' cousin race. Shocked by his appearance and the belief that he would destroy all life in
the universe, Sui-San attempted to kill him, but she was stopped by A'lars. During his school years,
Thanos was a pacifist[11] and would only play with his brother Eros and pets. By adolescence, Thanos
had become fascinated with nihilism and death, worshipping and eventually falling in love with the
physical embodiment of death, Mistress Death.[12] As an adult, Thanos augmented his physical
strength and powers through his superior scientific knowledge. He also attempted to create a new
life for himself by siring many children as well as becoming a pirate. He finds no fulfillment in either
until he is visited again by Mistress Death, for whom he murders his offspring and his pirate
captain.[13]
Cosmic Cube and Infinity Gems
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.[14] Seeking universal power in the form of
the Cosmic Cube, Thanos travels to Earth. Prior to landing, his vessel destroys a nearby car as a
family witnesses his arrival.[15] Unbeknownst to Thanos, two of the family members in the vehicle
survive: the father's spirit is preserved by the Titanian cosmic entity Kronos and is given a new form
as Drax the Destroyer while the daughter is found by Thanos's father, Mentor, and is raised to
become the heroine Moondragon. Thanos eventually locates the Cube, and also attracts the
attention of Mistress Death. Willing the Cube to make him omnipotent, Thanos then discards the
Cube. He imprisons Kronos and taunts Kree hero Captain Marvel, who, with the aid of superhero
team the Avengers and ISAAC (a super-computer based on Titan), is eventually able to defeat
Thanos by destroying the Cube.[16]
Thanos later comes to the aid of Adam Warlock in a war against the Magus and his religious empire.
During the process, he ends up adopting Gamora in order to use her as his assassin and kill Adam
Warlock before becoming Magus.[17][18] During this alliance Thanos cultivates a plan to reunite with
Mistress Death, and secretly siphons off the energies of Warlock's Soul Gem, combining these with
the power of the other Infinity Gems to create a weapon capable of destroying a star. Warlock
summons the Avengers and Captain Marvel to stop Thanos, although the plan is foiled when Thanos
kills Warlock. The Titan regroups and captures the heroes, who are freed by Spider-Man and
the Thing. Thanos is finally stopped by Warlock, whose spirit emerges from the Soul Gem and turns
the Titan to stone.[14][19] Thanos's spirit eventually reappears to accompany a dying Captain Marvel's
soul into the realm of Death.[20]
The Infinity saga
Thanos is eventually resurrected,[21] and collects the Infinity Gems once again.[22] He uses the gems
to create the Infinity Gauntlet, making himself omnipotent, and erases half the living things in the
universe to prove his love to Death.[23] This act and several other acts are soon undone by Nebula
and Adam Warlock.[24] 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[25] and then good[26] personas, and cure Thor of
"warrior Madness".[27]
Other adventures
Thanos later recruits a team of Earth-bound super-villains and puts them under the field leadership
of Geatar in a mission to capture an ancient robot containing the obscure knowledge of a universal
library and extract its data.[28] Thanos uses information from the robot to plot against and
battle Tyrant, the first creation of Galactus turned destroyer.[29] When trapped in an alternate
dimension, Thanos employs the aid of the brother of Ka-Zar, Parnival Plunder[30] and later
the Hulk[31] to escape, although both attempts are unsuccessful. Thanos is eventually freed and
comes into conflict with Thor, aligning himself with Mangog in a scheme to obtain powerful mystical
and cosmic talismans which will allow him to destroy all life in the universe,[32] and during their battles
Thanos decimates the planet Rigel-3.[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.[34] Thanos then devises a plan to become the All-Father of a new pantheon of gods created
by himself. Thanos, however, finds himself opposed by the Avengers' former member Mantis and
her son Quoi, who apparently is destined to be the Celestial Messiah. Thanos abandons this plan
after having to unite with Mistress Death to destroy the "Rot", a cosmic aberration in deep space
caused by Thanos's incessant love for Death.[35] Thanos also once conducted extensive research on
genetics, studying many of the universe's heroes and villains before Cloning 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
in the past by Thor and Ka-Zar were actually 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.[36]
When the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten uses a source of cosmic power, the Heart of the
Universe, to seize power in present-day Earth (killing most of Earth's heroes in the process), Thanos
uses a time-travel stratagem to defeat him. Thanos then uses the Heart of the Universe to reverse
Akhenaten's actions and was also compelled to correct a flaw in the universe, for which Mistress
Death kisses him, and speaks to him for the first time. Changed by the experience, Thanos advises
confidant Adam Warlock he will no longer seek universal conquest.[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. During the course of this mission Thanos
learns Galactus is collecting the Infinity Gems in an effort to end his unyielding hunger. Thanos later
learns Galactus is being manipulated into releasing a multiversal threat called Hunger, which feeds
on entire universes. Despite opposition from Thanos, Galactus unwittingly frees the entity, and when
its intentions are revealed, the pair team up and attempt to destroy it.[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. Death claims to be worth wooing, but says Thanos must
offer something other than death. At the Kyln Thanos encounters Peter Quill, who has retired himself
from the role of Star-Lord, and the Strontian warrior Gladiator of the Shi'ar Empire, who are both
prisoners, as well as the Beyonder, who has been rendered amnesiac by its choice to assume
a humanoid female form. Thanos battles the Beyonder, causing its mind to shut down and leaving its
power trapped within a comatose physical form. Thanos then instructs the Kyln officers to keep the
Beyonder on life support indefinitely in order to prevent the entity from being reborn.[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. He discovers, however, that the
destruction wrought by the battle with the Beyonder has freed the last prisoner brought in by Peter
Quill before he gave up the title of Star-Lord: the Fallen One, revealed to be the true first Herald of
Galactus, who had been held in a container deep in the Kyln. Thanos defeats the former Herald and
places him under complete mental control.[40] He later appears in Wisconsin attempting to charge a
weapon called the Pyramatrix with the life force of everyone on Earth until he is defeated by Squirrel
Girl. After the battle, Uatu the Watcher appears and confirms to Squirrel Girl that she defeated the
real Thanos, not a clone or copy.[41]
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's ancient foes. 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's 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.[42] During a climactic
battle with Annihilus, Nova is near death and sees Thanos standing with Mistress Death.[43]
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.[44] Resurrected before his mind could be fully
formed, Thanos goes on a mindless rampage before being captured by the Guardians of the
Galaxy.[45] 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, and Nova sacrifices himself in an attempt to contain Thanos
inside the imploding reality.[46] Thanos escapes[47] and returns to Earth seeking an artificial cosmic
cube. 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.[48]
Infinity
Main article: Infinity (comic book)
Thanos soon invades Earth again after being informed that most of the Avengers have temporarily
left the planet.[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. Black Bolt later informs the Illuminati that the
true purpose of the invasion is to find and kill Thane, an Eternal/Inhuman hybrid that Thanos had
secretly fathered years earlier.[50] Thanos is trapped in a pocket limbo of stasis by his son.[51] Thanos
is freed by Namor and was among the villains that joined his Cabal to destroy other
worlds.[52] Thanos later meets his end on Battleworld, where he is easily killed by God Emperor
Doom during an attempted insurrection.[53]
Ultimates and Civil War II
Main article: Civil War II
Thanos is unintentionally brought back to life by Galactus.[54] When Thanos prepares to raid a Project
Pegasus facility to steal a Cosmic Cube, he is ambushed and defeated by a team of Avengers.
During their battle, he mortally wounds War Machine and critically injures She-Hulk.[55][56][57] After his
defeat, he is imprisoned in the Triskelion,[58] and manipulates Anti-Man into facilitating his
escape.[59] Thanos goes on a killing spree, but Black Panther, Blue Marvel and Monica Rambeau are
able to stop him by devising a device that blocks the electrical synapses in his brain.[60]
Thanos Returns
Thanos somehow later recovers and escapes captivity, and reclaims his Black Order forces from
Corvus Glaive. After retaking command of his Black Quadrant outpost, Thanos discovers that he is
dying.[61] Thanos tries to force Mentor to find a cure for his malady, but kills him when he is unable
to.[62] Soon after Thanos would be battered and detained by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard after he
invaded the very planet station of his father's facility sitting in their territory.[63] A quick jump into the
future shows Thanos's estranged son Thane having bested his mad father with the personification of
death at his side.[64]
Presently locked within a maximum security cosmic Alcatraz, Thanos sits alone within a cell as his
sickness ravages his body. All while being mocked by its prison warden whom he lured into a false
sense of security in order to escape; ripping off his arm for escape access and murdering half his
personal staff in a bid for freedom.[65] Having narrowly escaped his imprisonment before its self-
destruction, Thanos retreats to a hidden outpost where a roving mercenary colony loyal only to him
was once stationed. Only to find it decimated at the hand of the new lover of Mistress Death; who
reveals that she'd stricken her former avatar with his fatal sickness, being his son Thane, now
boasting the power of the Phoenix Force. Whom under her coaxing, had banished the mad titan
back to the decimated Moon of Titan now entirely stripped of his godlike powers.[66]
For the next few months, Thanos would survive alone and all but powerless in the ruins of his home
city. Surviving off the flesh of mutated vermin and being accosted by local scavengers who preyed
upon him in his weakened condition, he is soon picked up by the unlikely crew of Thane's betrayed
cohorts Tryco Slatterus, his adopted daughter Nebula and his brother Eros of Titan.[67] Having heard
of their plight, the three were dismayed to find Thanos stripped of all he was and had ever been; his
second daughter only agreeing to come along so she could kill her father, immediately assaulted
him.[volume & issue needed]
Starfox was able to preempt her attempt at patricide while inviting his wayward tyrant of a brother
aboard their vessel. Thanos mentioned the only way for him to be relieved of his mortality was to
seek out the God Quarry heralded by The Witches of Infinity. Starfox initially wrote this off as fable
and folklore. Now on the path to the cosmic coven set at the edge of the known universe, Thanos
and crew stop short of a black hole, knowing full well that it is where the witches make their home.
The Mad Titan jumps into the pinhole of nothingness alongside his brother, whom not trusting his
butcherous sibling with the supposed infinite power of said collective; having survived the crushing
force of the singularity they dove into, Thanos and Eros are greeted by the Coven at the godly
graveyard.[68]
Thanos demands the three that are one to return his godhood to him. Starfox tries his best to charm
the enchantresses only to be rebuked by them, much to Thanos's joy when they prematurely aged
him. Seeing as it was neither their place to destroy nor turn away those seeking them, The Witches
profess the only way for the warlord to be made whole again was to climb down into the God Quarry
and await a trial that would test his soul. Immediately after setting foot within the graveyard of old
gods, Thanos is subsumed into the bedrock within which they rest.[69]
As his journey of the core being commenced, Thanos's trial began with him as leader of earth and
the universes greatest champions, the Avengers. But he's unable to escape the nagging feeling he's
forgotten something, till the quarry itself wearing the guise of Falcon reminds him of who he used to
be; tempting him to live as a hero and a man at peace for the first time in his immortal life. 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. His cosmic might returned to him, Thanos
is freed from the God Quarry, wherein he immediately accosts his brother Eros and threatens the
coven to release him from their domain so that he might do away with Thane once and for all.[70]
The Unworthy Thor
Around the time of the New Thor's appearance, Thanos is approached by a mysterious hooded
woman, who proposes an alliance. He tasks her with bringing him the hammer of the
deceased Ultimate Thor.[71] The woman fails, but removes her disguise to reveal herself as Hela, the
Norse goddess of death. She tells Thanos that she needs his help to reclaim Hel, and in exchange,
offers to give him the one thing he has been searching for his entire life: death. After this, the two
kiss.[72]
Thanos Wins
Some time after his battle with Thane, Thanos travels to the Chitauri homeworld. However, upon
subjugating the planet, he is attacked by a being identified only as The Rider, who captures Thanos
and uses a piece of the fractured Time Stone to bring Thanos millions of years into the future, where
he encounters an elderly version of himself who has destroyed nearly all life in the universe.[73] 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.[74] King
Thanos reveals he needs his younger self's assistance to defeat the Fallen One, the last being left in
the Universe, so that he may finally reunite with Death.[75] The Fallen One soon arrives, revealed to
be a darkened Silver Surfer armed with the hordes of Annihilus and the deceased Thor's Mjolnir,
using the latter to swiftly kill the Rider. 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.[76] Upon
the Surfer's death, Death arrives, and Thanos realizes the true reason that King Thanos brought him
into the future: so that King Thanos can finally die, reasoning that if he must die, it can only be at the
hands of himself. At first, Thanos is more than happy to oblige his future counterpart's request, but
quickly stops, disappointed at how pathetic and submissive his older self has become. Resolving to
never become as pathetic and complacent as King Thanos has become, Thanos uses the fragment
of the Time Stone and the Power Cosmic left in the Surfer's corpse to return to the present day. As
the future begins to crumble around him, King Thanos realizes that his younger self has taken the
steps necessary to ensure that this timeline will never take place. As he fades into nothingness, King
Thanos asks Death what his younger self did, to which she simply responds "he won."[77]
Infinity Wars
During the "Infinity Wars" storyline, Thanos later discovers that the Infinity Stones are being collected
once again and begins plotting to reassemble his gauntlet. However, he is assaulted by Requiem,
whom he apparently recognizes, and is quickly killed. She then destroys the Infinity Gauntlet and
also commands the Chitauri loyal to Thanos to die.[78]

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 power bestowed by
the abstract entity, Death. Demonstrating enormous superhuman strength, speed, stamina,
immortality and invulnerability among other qualities, Thanos can absorb and project vast quantities
of cosmic energy, and is capable of telekinesis and telepathy. 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. Thanos is also an accomplished hand-to-hand combatant,
having been trained in the art of war on Titan.[citation needed]
Thanos has proven himself capable of briefly holding his own in battle against Odin,[79] and of
blasting Galactus off his feet.[80]
Thanos is a supergenius in virtually all known fields of advanced science and has created
technology far exceeding that which is found on contemporary Earth. 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 several space
vessels, at least three under the name "Sanctuary", as a base of operations.

Other versions
 In the 1996 Amalgam Comics books published jointly by DC
Comics and Marvel, Thanos merged with Darkseid to become
"Thanoseid".[81]
 In the alternate universe limited series Earth X, Thanos dwelled in
the Realm of the Dead with the entity Death.[82] It is revealed his
mother was a Skrull and Death used her secret to make him believe
that Death was his mother. When the deception is revealed, he
uses the Ultimate Nullifier on Death.[83]
 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[84]), a vast empire consisting of thousands of worlds
on another plane of existence.[85]
 Thanos features in the limited series Marvel Zombies 2, set in the
alternate universe of Earth-2149. Having been "zombified" and
recruited into the cosmically powered Galacti, the character is killed
by the cosmic-powered Hulk after an altercation over food.[86]
 In the end of Venomverse, a Thanos who got consumed by
the Poisons and was their first in command along with a Poison
Doctor Doom was confronted by Doom after Doom's defeat by
the Venom Army.[87] After that, he and Doom tried to invade Earth-
 616, but after the Poison Queen's death, most of the Poisons
including Thanos and Doctor Doom were destroyed.[88]
 In an alternate reality, the Rider is revived by Odin to dispose of
Thanos before he grows up to become a villain. When his Penance
Stare does not work since the baby Thanos has not committed any
sins yet, the Rider takes the Baby Thanos under his wing and plans
to change his future this way.[89]

In other media
Television

 Thanos was featured in the Silver Surfer animated television series,

voiced by Gary Krawford. Due to Fox's broadcast standards,
Thanos is depicted as a worshipper of Lady Chaos. Thanos talks to
a statue of Lady Chaos on his ship.[90]
 Thanos appears on The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Steven
Blum in his first appearance,[91] and by Jim Cummings in all other
appearances.[92]
 Thanos appears in the Avengers Assemble[93] and Guardians of the
Galaxy animated shows, voiced by Isaac C. Singleton Jr.[94]
 Thanos appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the
Galaxy: The Thanos Threat, voiced again by Isaac C. Singleton,
Jr.[citation needed] He sends Ronan the Accuser and Nebula to find the
Build Stone that he plans to wield in order to build a weapon that
will help him destroy Earth.
 Thanos appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther:
Trouble in Wakanda, voiced again by Isaac C. Singleton Jr.[95] After
being beaten by the Avengers, Thanos collaborates with Erik
Killmonger and Ulysses Klaue into raiding Wakanda for its
Vibranium that will help Thanos get stronger.
 The MCU version of Thanos will make an appearance in
the Disney+ animated series, What If...?, with Josh Brolin reprising
the role.[96]
Film
Thanos as portrayed by Damion Poitier in The Avengers (top) and Josh Brolin in Avengers: Infinity
War (bottom).

Thanos appears in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

 Thanos first appears during the end credits of The

Avengers as Loki's mysterious benefactor. He is portrayed
by Damion Poitier (credited as Man #1).[97][98] For his subsequent
appearances, he is portrayed by Josh Brolin via motion
capture.[99][100]
 Thanos makes an uncredited appearance in Guardians of the
Galaxy, which introduces him as the adoptive father
of Gamora and Nebula. Thanos makes a deal with Ronan the
Accuser to destroy Xandar in exchange for the Orb, only to be
betrayed when Ronan vows to come for Thanos once he's
destroyed Xandar himself using the Power Stone that had been
contained in the Orb. In addition to Brolin providing performance
capture, Sean Gunn stood in for Thanos on set.[101][102] Thanos was
originally going to have a larger role in Guardians of the Galaxy,
but Joss Whedon felt that the character needed to be threaded
more gently.[103]
 Thanos makes a cameo appearance during the credits of Avengers:
Age of Ultron, donning the Infinity Gauntlet and deciding to retrieve
the stones himself.[a]
 In Avengers: Infinity War,[106][107] Thanos begins his crusade to collect
all six Infinity Stones and bring balance to the universe by erasing
half of all life from existence after his people on Titan went extinct
as a result of overpopulation. He obtains the Power Stone off-
screen before taking the Space Stone from the Asgardians. He kills
Heimdall and Loki, and sends his children to Earth to retrieve the
Time and Mind Stones for him. Thanos goes to Knowhere to
retrieve the Reality Stone from the Collector. When Peter Quill,
Gamora, Drax, and Mantis try to stop him, he captures Gamora and
uses Nebula to make her reveal that the Soul Stone is on the planet
Vormir, where they subsequently encounter Red Skull, who tells
Thanos that he must sacrifice someone he loves. Thanos kills
Gamora to obtain the stone. On Titan, Thanos encounters Doctor
Strange, who engages him along with Tony Stark, Peter Parker,
Quill, Drax, Mantis and Nebula. Thanos overpowers them all and
Strange eventually gives him the Time Stone to save Stark's life.
Thanos heads to Wakanda to retrieve the Mind Stone in Vision's
head. To stop him, Wanda Maximoff destroys Vision to eliminate
the stone, but Thanos uses the Time Stone to undo Vision's
destruction and rips the Mind Stone out of his head to complete the
Gauntlet. He is then confronted and wounded by Thor, but manages
to snap his fingers, causing half of all life in the universe to vanish
before teleporting away to another planet.
 In Avengers: Endgame, three weeks after eliminating half of all life,
Thanos is ambushed by the surviving Avengers on his farm. They
learn he destroyed the stones to avoid temptation, and an enraged
Thor beheads him. Five years later (2023), the Avengers time travel
to various points and retrieve the stones from the past, hoping that
 their fallen allies and loved ones can be brought back. The 2014
version of Thanos becomes aware of their plan and tasks Nebula
with bringing him and his army to the future. Just as Bruce
Banner uses the gathered stones to restore those who were
decimated, Thanos attacks the Avengers with the intention of using
the stones to destroy the universe and create a new one. During the
final battle with the Avengers and their allies, he is finally defeated
when Stark uses the stones to destroy him and his army.
Video games

 Thanos appeared in the Capcom fighting games Marvel Super

Heroes[citation needed] and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 as a playable character,
voiced by Andrew Jackson.[92]
 Thanos appears as a downloadable content character in Lego
Marvel Super Heroes.[108]
 Thanos appears as a playable character of Lego Marvel's
Avengers, voiced by Isaac C. Singleton Jr.[citation needed]
 Thanos is a playable character in Marvel Future Fight.[109]
 Thanos is available to play with in Marvel: Contest of
Champions.[citation needed]
 There are two playable versions of Thanos ("Modern" and "The Mad
Titan") in the match-three mobile game Marvel Puzzle Quest.
Thanos was added to the game in December 2016.[110]
 Thanos appears in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series,
voiced by Jake Hart. In the first chapter, Thanos seeks the Eternity
Forge, an ancient artifact. He is killed in a battle with the Guardians
of the Galaxy.
 Thanos appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom:
Infinite,[111] voiced again by Isaac C. Singleton Jr.[112] In this game,
Thanos no longer has the Infinity Stone-based moves from the
previous Marvel vs. Capcom games. In the story mode, he was
originally captured by Ultron Sigma (a fusion between Ultron and
Sigma from Capcom's Mega Man X series), until he is rescued by
the remaining heroes and soon must aid the heroes to devise
another plan in combatting Ultron Sigma.
 Fortnite Battle Royale had an official Marvel-sponsored event tie-in
with Avengers: Infinity War, which featured the Infinity Gauntlet that
randomly spawned on the map; any player that equipped it became
Thanos and had additional abilities.[113] Brolin (who also voiced
Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War) also voiced Thanos via archive
footage from the film itself. He appeared again in the "Fortnite X
EndGame" Event, in which he was playable when the first Infinity
Stone was collected by the player.
 The MCU incarnation of Thanos (based on his appearance
in Avengers: Infinity War) appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes
2.[114] He is seen in the "Infinity War" DLC where he leads the Black
Order into invading Attilan.
 Thanos (based on Josh Brolin's performance in Avengers: Infinity
War) also appears in the Infinity War update of Spider-Man
Unlimited as a boss.[115][116]
  Thanos appears in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced by Isaac C.
Singleton Jr.[92]
 Thanos appears as the main antagonist in Marvel Ultimate Alliance
3: The Black Order, voiced by Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
Novels

 Thanos is the protagonist of the 2017 novel Thanos: Death

Sentence by Stuart Moore.[117] The book follows Thanos' last chance
to win Death's love after his defeat at the end of The Infinity
Gauntlet.
 Thanos: Titan Consumed (2018)

Collected editions
A number of the stories featuring Thanos have been republished into trade paperbacks and other
collected editions:

 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
 Avengers vs. Thanos (collects Iron-Man #55, Captain Marvel #25–
33, Marvel Feature #12, Daredevil #105–
107, Avengers #125, Warlock #9-11, 15, Avengers
Annual #7, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2, and material
from Logan's Run #6), 472 pages, March 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6850-
8
 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 (collects Captain
Marvel #22–33, Iron Man #55), 288 pages, hardcover, April
2008, ISBN 0-7851-3015-2
 Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel: Volume 6 (collects Captain
Marvel #58–62, Marvel Spotlight #1–4, 8, Marvel Super-
Heroes #3, Marvel Graphic Novel #1; Logan's Run #63), 296 pages,
hardcover, May 2016, ISBN 978-0785199946
 Marvel Masterworks Warlock: Volume 2 (collects Strange
Tales #178–181; Warlock #9–15; Avengers Annual #7; Marvel Two-
in-One Annual #2), hardcover, 320 pages, hardcover, 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
and Yule Memory from Marvel Holiday Special 1992 by Jim Starlin,
Ron Lim, Terry Austin), 128 pages, April 1993, ISBN 0-87135-968-5
 The Thanos Quest:
 o Volume 1 (The Thanos Quest miniseries #1-3, 1990-1991
(caution, later printings of this edition have poor quality) ISBN 0-
87135-681-3
o Volume 2 (The Thanos Quest miniseries #4-6, 1990-1991
(caution, later printings of this edition have poor quality) ISBN 0-
87135-682-1
 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)
 The Infinity Gauntlet (collects The 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:
o 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
o 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:
o Volume 1 (collects Ka-Zar #1–7, Tales of the Marvel
Universe #1), 208 pages, January 2011, ISBN 978-0-7851-
4353-6
o 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: Redemption (collects Thanos #1–12), 304 pages,
November 2013, ISBN 0-7851-8506-2
o Epiphany (collects Thanos Vol. 1 #1–6), 144 pages, June
2004, ISBN 0-7851-1355-X
 o Samaritan (collects Thanos Vol. 1 #7–12), 144 pages, October
2004, ISBN 0-7851-1540-4
 Annihilation:
o 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)
o 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)
o 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
 Infinity (collects Infinity #1–6, New Avengers vol. 3, #7–
12, Avengers vol 5, #14–23, Infinity: Against the Tide Infinite
Comic #1–2), 632 pages, hardcover, February 2014, ISBN 978-
0785184225
 Thanos Rising (collects Thanos Rising #1–5), 136 pages,
hardcover, July 2014, ISBN 978-0785190479
 Thanos: A God Up There Listening (collects Thanos: A God Up
There Listening #1–4 and Thanos Annual #1), 120 pages,
hardcover, December 2014, ISBN 978-0785191582
 Thanos vs. Hulk (collects Thanos vs. Hulk #1–4, Warlock (1972)
#12), 112 pages, June 2015, ISBN 978-0785197126
 Thanos: Cosmic Powers (collects Secret Defenders #12–
14, Cosmic Powers #1–6), 344 pages, November 2015, ISBN 978-
0785198178
 Deadpool vs. Thanos (collects Deadpool vs. Thanos #1–4), 112
pages, December 2015, ISBN 978-0785198451
 The Infinity Gauntlet: Warzones! (collects The Infinity Gauntlet #1–
5), 112 pages, December 2015, ISBN 978-0785198741
 Siege: Battleworld (collects Siege #1–4, Uncanny X-Men (2011)
#9–10), 144 pages, February 2016, ISBN 978-0785195498
 Secret Wars (collects Secret Wars #1–9 and material from Secret
Wars #0 FCBD), 312 pages, March 2016, ISBN 978-0785198840
 The Infinity Entity (collects: The Infinity Entity #1–4, Thanos
Annual #1), 116 pages, July 2016, ISBN 978-0785194217'
 Thanos The Infinity Revelation, Jim Starlin, 2014, ISBN 978-
0785184706
 Thanos The Infinity Relativity, Jim Starlin, 2015, ISBN 978-
0785193036
 Thanos The Infinity Finale, Jim Starlin, 2016, ISBN 978-
0785193050
 Thanos returns (collects Thanos Vol 2 #1-5), 136 pages, by Jeff
Lemire, 2017 ISBN 978-1302905576
  Thanos Vol. 2: The God Quarry (collects Thanos Vol 2 #7-11), Jeff
Lemire 2018, ISBN 978-1302905583
 Thanos Wins (collects THANOS Vol 2 #13-18, THANOS ANNUAL
1), Donny Cates 2018, ISBN 978-1302905590

Reception
Thanos was ranked number 47 on IGN's top 100 comic book villains of all time[118] and number 21
on Complex's 25 Greatest Comic Book Villains List.[119]
The Reddit forum /r/ThanosDidNothingWrong dedicated to sharing theories and memes about the
character became very popular in July 2018 when the anticipated 'biggest banning' in Reddit's
history became viral. The number of subscribers had risen from 100,000 users in June, to over
700,000 on July 9, leading to over 350,000 users being banned.[120][121][122]
A May 2019 Forbes column posited that "Thanos did nothing wrong" has become a popular internet
meme, and that the film Endgame provides some evidence in favor of this view, in particular when
Captain America says, "I saw a pod of whales when I was coming over the bridge . . . There's fewer
ships, cleaner water." The author notes that given the contemporary extinction crisis driven by
human actions, "you could indeed argue that Thanos did nothing wrong -- and in the long run, the
villain might have actually saved the world."[123]

Notes
1. ^ According to Kevin Feige, the Infinity Gauntlet seen at the end of the
film is not the same as the one seen in Odin's vault in Asgard in Thor,
revealing that two Gauntlets exist in the MCU.[104] The Asgard Gauntlet
is revealed to be a fake in Thor: Ragnarok.[105]

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