Thanos (Marvel)
Real Name: Thanos
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Bio: Son of Mentor and San-Sui, brother of Eros, Thanos is an Eternal, a resident of Titan. At a young age, Thanos became obsessed with death. Expelled from Titan because of crimes he committed, Thanos would eventually return to Titan, unleashing a nuclear attack which killed his own mother.
Eventually, Thanos became aware of the object known as the Cosmic Cube, which Thanos hoped to use to raise his status from Demigod to God. Foiled by Captain Marvel, Thanos seemingly died in combat.
Not dying so easily, Thanos reincorporated his body and offered his services to Adam Warlock in battle against the Magus and the Universal Church of Truth. It was in these battles that Thanos learned of the Infinity Gems for the first time which would become his obsession for the majority of his life.
Eventually Thanos would be turned into a statue by Adam Warlock, only to be returned to life years later by Death herself.
Thanos then set out to create the Infinity Gauntlet in order to wipe out half of the population of the universe.
In later years, Thanos has seemingly reformed his evil ways, it remains to be seen if these changes are permanent.
Notes: Although Iron Man (1968) #55 is traditionally considered to be the first appearance of Thanos, he does not appear in this issue; a robot duplicate of Thanos appears, other appearances are in flashback. The first full appearance of Thanos is Captain Mavel (1968) #27.
First Appearance: Iron Man (1968) #55 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006)
#11 - 'Stranger to Ultimo' Alpha Flight (1983)
#111 - 'Bare Bones Part 2' Annihilation (2006)
#1 - 'Blood And Thunder' #2#3 - 'Desperate Measures' #4 - 'Revelation' #5 - 'Ascension' #6 - 'Finale' Annihilation Classic (2008)
HC - 'Annihilation Classic' TPB - 'Annihilation Classic' Annihilation Prologue (2006)
Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files (2006)
Annihilation: Saga (2007)
Annihilation: Silver Surfer (2006)
#1 - 'Opposing Force' #2 - 'The Culling' #3#4 - 'Resurrection' Avengers & the Infinity Gauntlet (2010)
Avengers Assemble (2012)
Avengers Finale (2005)
Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001)
#1 - 'I Die Unknown!' #2 - 'Madonna Reborn!' #3 - 'What Goes Around...' #4 - 'War!' #5 - 'Love!' #6 - 'The Chase!' #7 - 'Doom!' #8 - 'Death Itself!' Black Panther (2005)
Captain America (1968)
Captain Marvel (1968)
#25 - 'A Taste of Madness!' #26 - 'Betrayal!' #27 - 'Trapped on Titan!' #28 - 'When Titans Collide!' #29 - 'Metamorphosis!' #30 - '...To Be Free From Control!' #31 - 'The Beginning of the End!' #32 - 'Thanos the Insane God!' #33 - 'The God Himself' #57 - 'Star Burst' #58 - 'A Destroyer--Denied!' Captain Marvel (1995)
#5 - 'In the Name of God?' Captain Marvel (1999)
#6 - 'It's a Small Universe After All' #11 - 'Together Again For the First Time!' #14 - 'Truth or Dare' #17 - 'Cheating Death' #18 - 'Who Let the Gods Out?' #19 - 'And Then I Woke Up...' Cloak and Dagger (1990)
#18 - 'The Heat is On...' Cosmic Powers (1994)
Cosmic Powers Unlimited (1995)
Daredevil (1964)
#105 - 'Menace From The Moons Of Saturn!' #107 - 'Blind Man's Bluff!' DC gegen Marvel (1996)
DC Versus Marvel/Marvel Versus DC (1996)
#2 - 'Marvel Versus DC/DC Versus Marvel: Round Two' #3 - 'Marvel Versus DC/DC Versus Marvel: Round Three' #4 - 'DC Versus Marvel/Marvel Versus DC: Round Four' DC/Marvel (1996)
#14 - 'Green Lantern - Silver Surfer' Deadpool (1997)
#33 - 'The End of the End or Happy Entrails to You...' #64 - 'Funeral for a Freak, Part 4 of 4: Deadpoolalooza!' Deadpool (2008)
#15 - 'Want You To Want Me: Part 1: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Metaphors' Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2012)
Die Spinne Comic-Taschenbuch (1979)
Die Spinne Taschenbuch Extra Sammler-Ausgabe (1985)
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988)
#33 - 'The Alexandria Quatrain' Drax the Destroyer (2005)
Eternals (2008)
Fear Itself: Youth In Revolt (2011)
#2 - 'Youth in Revolt Part Two' Free Comic Book Day 2013 (Infinity) (2013)
GLX-Mas Special (2006)
Green Lantern/Silver Surfer: Unholy Alliances (1995)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
Hercules (1984)
Heroic Age: Villains (2011)
#1 - 'Heroic Age Villains' Infinity Abyss (2002)
#1 - 'A Mad Calling!' #2 - 'Paranoids and Nihilists' #3 - 'Memory Disorders' #4 - 'Breakdown!' #5 - 'Errors in Judgment' #6 - 'Rewards & Punishment' Infinity Crusade (1993)
#1 - 'Epiphany' #3 - 'The Damned' #4 - 'Mortal Sins' #5 - 'Holy War!' #6 - 'Rapture' Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
#1 - 'God' #2 - 'From Bad to Worse' #3 - 'Preparations for War' #4 - 'Cosmic Battle on the Edge of the Universe!' #5 - 'Astral Conflagration' #6 - 'The Final Confrontation' Infinity War (1992)
#1 - 'Chthonic Maneuvers' #2 - 'Ethereal Revisionism' #3 - 'Nefarious Rhapsodies' #4 - 'Mortiferous Artifice' #5 - 'Psychomachia!' #6 - 'The Animus Engagement' Iron Man (1968)
#55 - 'Beware -- Beware -- Beware the... Blood Brothers!' Ka-Zar (1997)
'97 Annual#4 - 'The Concrete Jungle' #7 - 'The Savage Land' #8 - 'Urban Jungle, Chapter One' #9 - 'It's a Jungle Out There' #10 - 'Outgrowth' #11 - 'Garden of Evil!' L`invincible Iron Man (1972)
#10 - 'Prends garde aux freres sanguinaires!' Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (2009)
Logan's Run (1977)
Lunatik (1995)
Marvel (1988)
Marvel Age (1983)
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
Marvel Exklusiv (1998)
#20 - 'The Infinity Gauntlet - Die Ewige Fehde!' Marvel Feature (1971)
#12 - 'Bite of the Blood Brothers!' Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
#1 - 'The Death of Captain Marvel' Marvel Graphic Novels (2002)
#4 - 'Silver Surfer: Gefährliche Artefakte' Marvel Holiday Magazine (2010)
Marvel Holiday Special (1991)
Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
Marvel Universe: The End (2003)
#1 - 'Predestination' #2 - 'Evolution' #3 - 'Extinction' #4 - 'Contamination' #5 - 'Omnipotence' #6 - 'The Cure' Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works (2012)
Maximum Security Dangerous Planet (2000)
#1 - 'Maximum Security: A Very Dangerous Planet' Namor, The Sub-Mariner (1990)
#44 - 'The Rime of the Ancient Sub-Mariner with Apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge' New Avengers (2013)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
Quasar (1989)
#2 - 'Destiny Amidst the Ruins' #24 - 'Prolog VI: Maelstrom Manifest' #26 - 'The Eight Billion Year Funeral' #30 - 'Calling All Lasers' #38 - 'Whose War Is this Anyway?' #39 - 'To Be or Not To Be' #40 - 'Null and Void' #42 - 'The White Room' #53 - 'To the Fifth Power' #59 - 'Brothers In Arms' Rune (1995)
Rune/Silver Surfer (1995)
Secret Defenders (1993)
#11 - 'Speed-Lines' #12 - 'Pawns' #13 - 'Holy War' Shame Itself (2012)
She-Hulk (2005)
#12 - 'Remember The Titans' #13 - 'Mind Field' Silver Sable and the Wild Pack (1992)
Silver Surfer (1987)
Annual 05 - 'The Return of the Defenders Part 3' HC (Direct Market Edition) - 'Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos' #34 - '... Even Demi-Gods Must Dream' #35 - 'The Name Is Thanos' #38 - 'The Answer' #40 - 'Welcome to Dynamo City' #44 - 'Epiphany' #45 - 'Thanos vs. Mephisto' #47 - 'Adam Warlock Protector of the Soulworld!' #48 - 'Confronting One's Maker' #49 - 'Detour' #50 - 'Deeply Buried Secret' #52 - 'The Hero in Absence' #57 - 'Inquisition' #59 - 'Field of Honor' #83 - 'Burning' #84 - 'The Station' #88 - 'Common Enemy' #92 - 'Warlord of Zenn-La' #98 - 'Temptation: Power' Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts (1996)
#1 - 'Dangerous Artifacts' Sleepwalker (1991)
#7 - 'The Ties That Bind!' Space: Punisher (2012)
Spider-Man (1990)
#17 - 'No One Gets Outta Here Alive!' Spider-Man (French edition) (1991)
Spider-Man Team-Up (1995)
Spidey Super Stories (1974)
Super-Villain Team-Up (1975)
Superheroes: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (2000)
Tails of the Pet Avengers (2009)
#1 - 'Beginnings and Endings' Thanos (2003)
#1 - 'Epiphany!' #2 - 'Rebellion!' #3 - 'Alone!' #4 - 'Hunger!' #5 - 'Entry!' #6 - 'Endgame' #7 - 'Samaritan, Part 1' #8 - 'Samaritan, Part 2: Dark Alliances' #9 - 'Samaritan, Part 3: Divine Madness' #10 - 'Samaritan, Part 4' #11 - 'Samaritan, Part 5: The Fallen' #12 - 'Samaritan, Part 6: Crescendo' Thanos Rising (2013)
Thanos Sourcebook (2010)
The 3-Minute Sketchbook (2007)
The Avengers (1963)
Annual 07 - 'The Final Threat' TPB - 'The Greatest Battles of the Avengers' #118 - 'To the Death!' #125 - 'The Power of Babel!' #135 - 'The Torch is Passed!' #174 - 'Captives of the Collector!' #220 - 'War Against the Gods!' #247 - 'The Ties That Bind!' The Impossible Man Summer Vacation Spectacular (1990)
The Marvel Encyclopedia (2006)
HC - 'The Marvel Encyclopedia' The Marvel Masterpieces Collection (1993)
The Mighty World of Marvel (2003)
#82 - 'Attack of the Punisher!' The Mighty World of Marvel (UK) (Vol. 1) (1972)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
#14 - 'Book of the Dead and Inactive 2 : Marvel Boy to Zuras' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
The Super-Heroes (1975)
The Thanos Imperative (2010)
The Thanos Imperative: Devastation (2011)
The Thanos Imperative: Ignition (2010)
The Thanos Quest (1990)
#1 - 'Schemes and Dreams' #2 - 'Games and Prizes' Thor (1966)
#314 - 'Acts of Destruction' #470 - 'Ruins' #471 - 'Fathers and Sons' Thor (1998)
Annual 2000#20 - 'Empty Vessels' #21 - 'As Turneth the Tide' #22 - 'Tears of the Gods' #23 - 'Beyond Reason's Edge' #24 - 'Tears For the Fallen' #25 - 'The Final Morning' Warlock (1972)
#9 - 'The Infinity Effect' #10 - 'How Strange My Destiny! Part 1: The Rice! / Who is Thanos? / Enter the Redemption Principle!' #11 - 'How Strange My Destiny! Part 2: Escape Into the Inner Prison! / The Strange Death of Adam Warlock!' #15 - 'Just a Series of Events' Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992)
#7 - 'The Island!' #8 - 'Interlude' #9 - 'Old Wounds' #10 - 'Self-Desructive Tendencies' #11 - 'The Appeal' #12 - 'Distant Memories' #19 - 'True Believers' #20 - 'Pip, King of the Universe' #25 - 'Raid on Asgard' #42 - 'Win, Lose, Draw!' Warlock Chronicles (1993)
#2 - 'Rescue' #3 - 'Dealing with the Devil' #8 - 'Reunion' Web of Spider-Man (1985)
What If? Annihilation (2008)
What If? Newer Fantastic Four (2009)
What If...? (1989)
#22 - 'What If the Silver Surfer Had Not Escaped Earth?' #34 - 'What If... No One Was Watching The Watcher?' #104 - 'Finders Keepers' What The--?! (1988)
#25 - 'All Mutant Parody Issue' Wonder Man (1991)
#13 - 'Into Infinity' #14 - 'Infinite Memory' X-Factor (1986)
X-Man (1995)
Video Game Appearances: Marvel Super Heroes (1995) Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996) Marvel vs. Capcom 2 : New Age of Heroes (2000) Group Affiliation(s): Eternals (Marvel) Eternals of Titan (Marvel) Infinity Watch Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote "Am I not Thanos?! Did I not butcher the woman who gave me birth, who force-fed me into this hell called life?! Is not the wake of my passing crimson with the blood of my enemies and allies alike?! Death is with me every second of the day! My every moment is spent in either dealing out death or worshipping it! So tell me, who under the stars is better suited than I to be Death's consort?"
"My name is Thanos, and my name means Death."
"Who would have thought that becoming God would be such a hollow victory?"
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