With the reaching ofAvengers : Endgame(MOVIE SPOILERS AHEAD)comes the departure of Thanos and a talented carrying into action by Josh Brolin . First stick in as a ground threat inAvengersand theGuardians of the Galaxymovies , he became the overtop force of destructive malefic inAvengers : Infinity Warwhen his ultimate role come out : to wield the Infinity Gauntlet and use its Infinity Stones to pass over out half of Earth ’s universe ( and beyond ) . At first his plan follow , until the Avengers discovered a fashion to stop him utilizing time travel and Pym Particles .

For all his villainy , Thanos was a complex adversary , who lived by his own code of behavior and moral compass . This is in keeping with his funny book counterpart , who has been write as both compassionate and brutal ( and sometimes both at once ) . With Thanos ’ destruction inEndgame , there are many more stories that follow in the strip we ’ll never see told on pic , ten of which are described for you here .

Thanos Vs Deadpool

Admit it ; you on the QT wished that Deadpool would make a surprisal show inAvengers : Endgame . Whether he was eat up pizza pie and pwning noobz with Thor or just using the megaphone on an frosting - cream truck to catcall Captain America ’s behind , his presence would have been an already neat pic good .

But what if he was strike on the Mad Titan himself by steal his girlfriend ? InDeadpool vs. Thanos#1 , Deadpool attempts to romance Thanos ’s one straight honey , Lady Death , and hijinks ensue when Thanos ca n’t kill him . Not only was this a missed opportunity as far as great Thanos news report go , the premiss was something the Avengers never thought of .

The Death Of Captain Marvel

As we know fromAvengers : Endgame , Captain Marvel is very much alive and very muchfemale . In Marvel ’s first graphic novel , however , Mar - Vell of theKreewasn’t doing so live , with a surprising wellness scare truncate his year of combat Thanos . In a strange twisting of circumstances , an all - powerful superhero declaration one of Earth ’s deadliest illnesses : Cancer the Crab .

This was one of the first times the excited Titan was unwrap to be a compassionate character , equal to of understand with another person even if they were a mortal enemy . destruction features to a great extent , as both a form and a construct , humbling Thanos as he apportion second with one of his greatest opposition who now face up the unknown .

Infinity War

Though its title is confusing ( and irritating),Infinity Waris actually the name ofthe comic seriesaftertheInfinity Gauntletseries that the Infinity Saga of the MCU moving-picture show is based on . In it , Adam Warlock ( not Iron Man and the Avengers ) defeats Thanos , strip him of the Infinity Gauntlet and banishing the dark-skinned side of himself ( the Magus ) so that he can be a rational being wielding it .

Meanwhile , the Magus want the Infinity Gauntlet , and recruit a Thanos from yet another timeline to recover it . What does this intend ? That previous Big Bad of the Avengers , Thanos , has to team up and fightalongsidethem to defeat the Magus and himself !

Marvel Universe: The End

Though the MCU had Thanos only hunt the Infinity Stones , he ’s sought all sorts of cosmic arm . He encounters one inMarvel : The End , when he finds himself strangely on the side of the Avengers , aid them to defeat an Egyptian Pharaoh who has been award extraordinary powers .

Akhenaten is subvert by the mightiness of The Heart of the Universe , an ancient energy source impart upon him by the Celestial Order . He travel to the modern era to take over the macrocosm , but is stopped by Thanos , who absorbs the Heart ( take the full cosmos and every living being into himself).Adam Warlock , outside the continuum at the sentence , convinces Thanos to give himself for the good of mankind .

Thanos Vs Mephisto

Thanos andMephistoare two of the most formidable supervillains in the Marvel Universe , and who would n’t want to see these two go at it ? The story , check inThanos Annual#1 , is a reversion toCaptain Marvel#33 , where Thanos first run into the trickster ( he comes to him like a vulture to carrion when Thanos has been handed his first licking ) .

Both a draw - in toInfinity Gauntletand an investigation into Thanos ’s interior need , both villains are research by way of each other ’s contrasting personalities . Each one prey on the other ’s weaknesses , not take in that their vulnerabilities may be one and the same .

Thanos Rising

Thanos Risingis a controversialThanos origin account , comprised of 5 proceeds over a limited run . It begin with Thanos , a shy son on Titan , who has a prophetical encounter with a young girlfriend at school . She sends him to search some caves with friends . His companion give-up the ghost in a tragical cave - in , and Thanos is   blamed for their deaths .

Like chronicle a serial slayer ’s transformation , it keep up his enchantment with death from that moment on . He goes from analyze lizards to take apart his own mother , and in conclusion to taking lots of lovers and slaughtering worlds . Oh , and that daughter who narrate him to explore the cave ? She spring up up to be none other than Lady Death .

Annihilation

Featuring several of the most spectacular of the intergalactic organism in the Marvel Universe , Thanos play a cardinal role in one of the largest events of modernistic Marvel Comics . Initially , he acts as an advisor toAnnihilus , Ruler of the Negative Zone , who attempt to dilate his imperium by send an encroachment effect into the positive issue macrocosm .

In a return to form , Thanos leads wave of drones bent on destruction . He is the tempered , metrical free weight on Annihilus ’ scales of ferocity , counteracting their motor force with his philosophic morality and codification of behavior . He is more like his MCU self inAvengers : Infinity War , and then some .

The Thanos Imperative

InThe Thanos Imperative , the consequence that were start inAnnihilationnow make out to a conclusion . Thanos has been the philosophical and strategical advisor for Annihilus , Ruler of the Negative Zone , who has infest the positive zone with his forces of drones . A rupture in space has occurred in the din known as the Fault , and it has allowed the force-out of the Cancerverse to fathom the positive matter universe .

late rise from a slaying plot , Thanos has to halt them , except that everyone in the Cancerverse is fundamentally undead . He even takes on an evil interpretation of the Avengers call up The Revengers , which just feel so correct .

The Magus Saga

The Magus , the dark side of cosmic superhero Adam Warlock ( often ascribe to a future self that will cause bedlam and havoc ) , has execute amock in the form of the Universal Church of Truth . Adam must team up up with his former foe , Thanos , to stop the Magus from taking over the humans in the future tense .

Gamora , the deadliest woman in the population , is introduced here . Thanos does n’t exactly mentor her in the same way he does in the MCU version of their kinship , but hedoesprove that while villainous , he is capable of working well with others ( even those that have endeavor to obliterate him ) . Thiscements him as one of Marvel Comics ' most complex villains .

Thanos Wins

There have been many series affect Thanos that show his compassionate side , as well as his philosophical , empathic side . InThanos Wins , he puts a spotlight on his brutal side . The title explain the patch ; a future Thanos has gained everything he ever wanted , including the annihilation of the universe . However ,   King Thanos is lonely , and he longs for a challenge .

It materializes in the anatomy of his younger self , present twenty-four hours Thanos , who has make out to battle King Thanos for the hand of Lady Death . If one must pass away to be with Death , only Thanos can kill Thanos . Their “ Clash of the Titans ” is the clank of the imagined ego against the I d ; of what Thanos wants versus what he really require .

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