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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 (February 1973). The character has been adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including feature films, television series and video games. Thanos has been portrayed by actors Damion Poitier and Josh Brolin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In the films, he is an intergalactic warlord from Titan who seeks to collect the Infinity Stones in order to wipe out half of the universe's population. In the comics, Thanos is one of the most powerful villains in the Marvel universe and is often featured as the main antagonist in stories. He is the adopted son of the Titanian Eternals Mentor and Sui-San, and is an Eternal himself, born with superhuman strength, endurance, intelligence, and the ability to manipulate cosmic energy for the purpose of creating a variety of effects. He is also a master strategist, often using Machiavellian tactics to achieve
Remember how Thanos got turned to stone and Jim Starlin never really dealt with that when he brought the Mad Titan back? Well, turns out he was waiting for Silver Surfer's 50th issue. The above was the last page of #49. Then in #50... We find out Thanos' statue is…
The Infinity Gems had been around since 1972, and Thanos even longer. But they didn't become part of a blinged out accessory until 1990 when the creator of just about everything cosmic, Jim Starlin, wrote The Thanos Quest #2. That comic hit the stands on August 7, 1990.
In the last arc of this series, Thanos had an epiphany and decided he wanted to do good in the universe. Jim Starlin had an epiphany, too, I guess, and left this character behind for a while. Keith Giffen steps in. Giffen is probably best known for either creating Ambush…
Thanos owns a private helicopter. This is wonderful. Even better: It was created decades before Thanos became a movie star, so it was a story about a villain only hardcore fans had heard of. It made my list of the best Thanos stories of all time.