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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Thanos also known as The Mad Titan , Thanos of Titan . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Thanos is a mutant Eternal of Titan. As such he is powerful enough to be a threat on a galaxy level. It is his cunning and god-like intellect that makes him a universal threat.
Thanos was subjected to the Deviant gene at birth. As a mutant of Titan (a moon of Saturn) he had a purple, hide-like skin along with strength and other physical abilities surpassing that of other Titans. This mutation also augments the powers he possesses as an Eternals. The most powerful Titan, his skin is able to absorb cosmic energy and transfer it to his use. While never ostracized by his family or other Titans, Thanos distanced himself because for being different. He wondered why he was different, and as a youth he became obsessed with the occult and specifically the cosmic entity Death. In order to win her love he has trained to increase his power through meditation, mysticism and technology. His first step towards finding answers for himself and win the affection of Mistress Death was to detonate a nuclear bomb on Titan. This atrocity was only a distraction so he could kidnap and dissect his mother. He soon began detonating nuclear bombs through Titan, killing millions. He eventually became a tyrant to his people. His brother Eros (Starfox) and his father, also Eternal Titans, formed a resistance against him.
The Cosmic Cube
Thanos began his conquest and decimation of the galaxy by attempting to overtake Earth. He was able to acquire the Cosmic Cube, an artifact that grants the user the ability to mold reality. It took the combined forces of Adam Warlock and the heroes of Earth as well as the Resistance on Titan to thwart his plans.
Magus and the Star Destroyer
He realized Adam Warlock's powerful doppleganger, Magus, was a threat to his plans and aided Warlock in defeating him. It was during this alliance that Thanos was able to see the power of an Infinity Gem (Adam Warlock possessed the Soul Gem). He gathered the power of the Infinity Gems in an attempt to destroy all the stars in the universe. It again took the heroism and sacrifices of champions from across the stars to defeat him. In the end he was turned to stone, finally able to be with his beloved death.
The Infinity Gauntlet
Death though would find a certain use for the Mad Titan, and resurrected him with the goal of dealing with the universe's population by killing half of it. He realized the immensity of this request and gazed into Death's Infinity Well for answers. There he found the secret and true power of the Infinity Gems.
Each gem (Time, Space, Power, Soul, Mind, Reality) individually gives the user mastery over its dominion. Collectively, the wielder would possess the power to destroy and create universes and all beings in them.
He crafted a scheme to collect the Infinity Gems from those who currently held them. Each owner of a gem was themselves an Elder of The Universe, a sole survivor of one of the first intelligent races since the Big Bang. Each had attained near immortality. In an awesome display of cunning, power, speed and manipulation he was able to gather the gems from the Elders of the Universe and place them on a gauntlet. Even the Great Powers of the Universe (Eternity and sister Infinity, Lord Chaos and Master Order, Galactus, etc.) were unable to subdue him. Thanos' power also surpassed Mistress Death, herself a supreme power of the universe.
It was not that combined efforts of the universe's heroes that led to Thanos' downfall, but his own hubris. Recognizing the futility in obtaining the love of one such as death, as well as realizing the emptiness of his obsessions, Thanos was defeated.
Epiphany and Redemption
After some soul searching, Thanos realizes he has been a pawn of circumstance. Admitting that he had no reason to be so monstrous, he tried his hand at using his powers for good. While he was able to save all life itself from an entity known as The Hunger, he stopped those attempts at well.
Annihilation
Annihilus, ruler of the Negative Zone, has gathered his forces and has invaded the Positive Zone. His army have proven to be unstoppable, and resistance has been squelched at every turn. Terrifyingly and inexplicably, Thanos has offered his services to Annihilus to be one of his Generals. Thanos assisted Annihilus by helping to organize the capture of Galactus. With Galactus and the Silver Surfer in stasis, Thanos was able to develop technology to use Galactus to harvest cosmic energy to be stored and inevitably turning Galactus into a living weapon capable of destroying entire planets.
Moondragon (who was captured by Thanos) revealed to Thanos that Annihilus planned to use the Galactus weapon to destroy all life in both the positive and negative zones (and Annihilus' true feelings about Thanos), he decided to show Annihilus who he was dealing with by setting Galactus and his herald free (and quickly teleporting away as to avoid the wrath of Galactus). Thanos then revealed to Moondragon that his only reason for joining Annihilus' cause was to see how it would tip the scales, and that he had no real interest in Annihilus' goals. Thanos also revealed that he had built in a fail-safe configured to his own power level so that he and only he could rescue Galactus and the Surfer from their stasis. Before he was able to finish keying in the release sequence, he was killed by Drax the Destroyer with his heart being ripped out from behind. To this Thanos appeared to have more curiosity or annoyance for than fear or anger, and with his dying breath saw Death in the ship with him. Thanos appeared with Death in space to witness the final battle and death of Annihilus.
Heart of the Infinite
When Thanos learns of an immensely powerful artifact called the Heart of the Universe(or Heart of the Infinite). He immediately sets off to find the object. This powerful device was able to bestow powers surpassing the Living Tribunal. Thanos discovers that the device is on board Akhenaten's ship and attempts to take it from him. Akhenaten uses his cosmic powers and easily defeats all of the gods. Thanos and a group of superhumans successfully earned the Cosmic Order's trust and gave them access to the device's energies. Thanos eventually steals the device and uses it to conquer the entire universe and tried to earn Death's heart. The cosmic gods eventually battled Thanos but were easily defeated because of the device's power. Thanos soon discovers that the universe was about to die and that there was nothing he could do about it. Adam Warlock appears and tells Thanos the only way to stop the universe from dying is to sacrifice Thanos's own life. Thanos accepts his sacrifice and prevented the universe from dying.
Physical Build
Height: 6'7" Weight: 985 lbs. Hair: None Skin: Grey-purple
Strength: The exact extent of Thanos strength is unknown, but he can easily lift well over 100 tons.
Powers
Even before his resurrection by Death Thanos possessed incalculable superhuman power. He was virtually indestructible, and did not tire after any exertion. He was able to tap, transform and direct vast quantities of cosmic energy for destructive force (on par with Galactus most powerful herald the Silver Surfer). Death resurrected and increased all of his abilities giving him superior resilience and energy manipulating abilities than even Elders of the Universe. He is currently one of the most powerful beings in all the universe. Only Galactus, the Stranger, the Celestials, and the Watchers are known to equal or exceed his cosmic energy manipulative abilites.
Thanos was born with superhuman intelligence and has spent much of his life acquiring knowledge. While in the service of death he spent a great deal of time gazing into the Infinity Well and learning "secrets" of the galaxy. Aside from the Watchers, he is, perhaps, the most knowledgable being in the known univerese.
Alternate Versions
In the Earth X universe he was dead and in love with Death just as he was in the main universe. He wanted nothing to do with helping the people in the Realm of the Dead realize they were actually dead. He was at Death's side all the way.
When the revelation that Death was nothing Thanos took the Ultimate Nullifier that Marvel gave him and used it on Death killing her.
In the Earth-2149 universe, Thanos is one of the super beings that becomes infected by the virus. He succumbs to the need for food after he is bitten by one of the cosmic zombies, who were on a quest to search for food. As they search for food, they meet Thanos the Mad Titan and attempt to eat him. Thanos, with his divine power, tries to defend himself. But because of the cosmic power that the zombies and gained, they were successful in biting him and not consuming him. Thanos then joins the zombies on their quest for food and aids the zombies. However, as they feast on newly acquired food, he has a dispute with the cosmic zombie Hulk for food, and they fight each other. Due to Hulk's immense strength, durability, and Power Cosmic, Thanos is easily defeated by Hulk and killed in the process.
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