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Thanos
ThanosAvengersAssemble.jpg
Promotional cover art by Mark Bagley for Avengers Assemble #7 (September 2012).
Publication information
Publisher
Marvel Comics
First appearance
Iron Man #55 (February 1973)
Created by
Jim Starlin
In-story information
Species Titanian Eternal/Deviant Hybrid
Place of origin Titan
Team affiliations
Infinity Watch
Secret Defenders
Annihilation Wave
Cull Obsidian (The Black Order)
Cabal
Notable aliases The Mad Titan, Avatar of Death
Abilities
Superhuman strength, durability, and endurance
Energy manipulation
Telekinesis
Teleportation
Longevity
Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published b
y Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Iron Man #55 (Feb. 1973) and wa
s created by writer-artist Jim Starlin. Debuting in the Bronze Age of Comic Book
s, the character has been featured in over four decades of Marvel continuity and
a self-titled series.
Thanos appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's various films; a cameo during
the mid-credits of The Avengers (2012), Josh Brolin portrays the character in Gu
ardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and will reprise
the role in both parts of Avengers: Infinity War (2018/2019). The character has
appeared in other Marvel-endorsed products, including animated television serie
s, arcade and video games. Thanos was ranked number 47 on IGN's top 100 comic bo
ok villains of all time.[1]
Contents [hide]
1
Origin
2
Publication history
3
Fictional character biography
3.1
Cosmic Cube and Infinity Gems
3.2
The Infinity Saga
3.3
Other adventures
3.4
Annihilation
3.5
The Thanos Imperative
3.6
Infinity and the Cabal
3.7
Civil War II
4
Powers and abilities
5
Other versions
6
In other media
6.1
Television

6.2
Film
6.3
Video games
7
Collected editions
8
References
9
External links
Origin[edit]
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 Destroy
er, but I'm not sure how he fit into it, just anger management probably. So I ca
me up to Marvel and [editor] Roy [Thomas] asked if I wanted to do an issue of Ir
on Man. I felt that this may be my only chance ever to do a character, not havin
g the confidence that my career was going to last anything longer than a few wee
ks. So they got jammed into it. Thanos was a much thinner character and Roy sugg
ested 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
.[2]
Starlin has admitted the character is 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 tha
t Thanos was inspired by Darkseid, but that was not the case when I showed up. I
n 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 Tita
ns. 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 r
eally good one!"[3]
Publication history[edit]
Thanos's first appearance was in an extended storyline that spanned Iron Man #55
(Feb. 1973), Captain Marvel #25 33 (bi-monthly: March 1973
Jan. 1974), Marvel Fea
ture #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. Au
g. 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 actuall
y appear until the end of Warlock #9). He was also featured in a short backup st
ory in Logan's Run #6 (June 1977) and had a small role in the Death of Captain M
arvel graphic novel (April 1982).
The character was revived in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #34 (Feb. 1990) and guest-star
red until issue #50 (June 1991), while simultaneously appearing in The Thanos Qu
est #1 2 (Sept. Oct. 1990) and Infinity Gauntlet #1-6 (July Dec. 1991). After an appea
rance 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 a
ppearances 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), Se
cret Defenders #11-14 (Jan. April 1994), Cosmic Powers #1 6 (March July 1994), and Cos
mic Powers Unlimited #1 (May 1995).
Thanos appeared in a connected storyline in Ka-Zar vol. 2 #4 11 (Aug. 1997 March 1
998), Ka-Zar Annual (1997), and the X-Man and Hulk Annual (1998), before featuri
ng in Thor vol. 2 #21 25 (March July 2000) and the 2000 Annual. The character was ne
xt used in Captain Marvel vol. 4 #17 19 (June Aug. 2001), Avengers: Celestial Quest
#1-8 (Nov. 2001
June 2002), and the Infinity Abyss #1-6 (Aug. Oct. 2002).
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

Sep
t. 2006) and Annihilation #1-6 (Oct. 2006
March 2007). The character was re-intr
oduced in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 #24-25 (April May 2010) and played a majo
r 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).[4] A mini-series ti
tled Thanos: Son of Titan by Joe Keatinge was planned for publication in August
2012, but was cancelled.[5]
The character's origin was expanded in the five-issue Thanos Rising miniseries b
y Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi which was published monthly beginning in April
2013.[6] Later that same year, Thanos played a central role in the Infinity mini
series written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Jim Cheung, Jerome Opea, and Dust
in Weaver.
In May 2014, Jim Starlin and Ron Lim worked together on the one-shot Thanos Annu
al, which is a prelude to a new trilogy of original graphic novels. The first, T
hanos: The Infinity Revelation, was released the following August.[7][8] Beginni
ng in February 2015, Starlin also penned a four-issue miniseries titled Thanos v
s. Hulk, which was set prior to the graphic novels. The second installment in th
e trilogy, Thanos: The Infinity Relativity, was released in June, 2015.[9] The t
hird graphic novel, Thanos: The Infinity Finale, as well as the connected mini-s
eries The Infinity Entity are announced for Spring 2016.[10]
At the same time Starlin was writing these graphic novels and tie-ins, the chara
cter also appeared in New Avengers #23-24 (Oct-Nov 2014),[11] Guardians of the G
alaxy vol. 3 #18-20 (Oct-Dec 2014), Legendary Star-Lord #4 (Dec 2014), a six-iss
ue 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 als
o played a major role in the five-issue miniseries The Infinity Gauntlet vol. 2
(Jul 2015 - Jan 2016), a tie-in of the cross-over Secret Wars (2015).
Fictional character biography[edit]
Thanos was born on Saturn's moon Titan, and is the child of Eternals Mentor and
Sui-San. Thanos carries the Deviants gene, and as such shares the physical appea
rance of the Eternals' cousin race. At birth, his mother attempted to kill him.
During his school years, Thanos was a pacifist[12] and would only play with his
brother Eros (Starfox) and pets. By adolescence, Thanos had become fascinated wi
th nihilism and death, worshiping and eventually falling in love with the physic
al embodiment of death, Mistress Death.[13] As an adult, Thanos attempts to crea
te a new life for himself by starting a family. He is visited again by Mistress
Death, for whom he murders his family.[14]
Cosmic Cube and Infinity Gems[edit]
Wishing to impress Mistress Death, Thanos gathers an army of villainous aliens a
nd begins a nuclear bombardment of Titan that kills millions of his race.[15] Se
eking universal power in the form of the Cosmic Cube, Thanos travels to Earth. P
rior to landing, his vessel destroys a nearby car as a family witnesses his arri
val.[16] 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 g
iven a new form as Drax the Destroyer while the daughter is found by Thanos' fat
her, Mentor, and is raised to become the heroine Moondragon. Thanos eventually l
ocates 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 Aven
gers and ISAAC (a super-computer based on Titan), is eventually able to defeat T
hanos by destroying the Cube.[17]
Thanos later comes to the aid of Adam Warlock in a war against the Magus and his

religious empire.[18][19] During this alliance Thanos cultivates a plan to reun

ite with Mistress Death, and secretly siphons off the energies of Warlock's Soul
Gem, and combines these with the power of the other Infinity Gems to create a w
eapon capable of destroying a star. Warlock summons the Avengers and Captain Mar
vel to stop Thanos, although the plan is foiled when Thanos kills Warlock. The T
itan 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 a
nd turns the Titan to stone.[15][20] Thanos's spirit eventually reappears to acc
ompany a dying Captain Marvel's soul into the realm of Death.[21]
The Infinity Saga[edit]
Thanos is eventually resurrected,[22] and collects the Infinity Gems once again.
[23] He uses the gems to create the Infinity Gauntlet, making him nigh-omnipoten
t, and erases half the living things in the universe to prove his love to Death.
[24] This act and several other acts are soon undone by Adam Warlock.[25] Warloc
k reveals that Thanos has always allowed himself to be defeated because the Tita
n secretly knows he is not worthy of ultimate power. Thanos joins Warlock as par
t of the Infinity Watch and helps him to defeat first his evil[26] and then good
[27] personas, and cure Thor of "warrior Madness".[28]
Other adventures[edit]
Thanos later recruits a team of Earth-bound super-villains and puts them under t
he field leadership of Geatar in a mission to extract a robot containing the kno
wledge of a universal library.[29] Thanos uses information from the robot to bat
tle Tyrant, a failed creation of Galactus.[30] When trapped in an alternate dime
nsion, Thanos employs the aid of the brother of Ka-Zar, Parnival Plunder[31] and
later the Hulk[32] to escape, although both attempts are unsuccessful. Thanos i
s eventually freed and comes into conflict with Thor, aligning himself with Mang
og in a scheme to obtain powerful talismans which will allow him to destroy all
life in the universe,[33] and during their battles Thanos decimates the planet R
igel-3.[34]
Thanos then uses the heroes Thor and Genis-Vell (Captain Marvel's son) against t
he death god Walker, who attempts to woo Mistress Death and then destroy the ent
ity after being rejected.[35] Thanos then devises a plan to become the All-Fathe
r of a new race of gods created by himself. Thanos, however, finds himself oppos
ed by the Avengers' former member Mantis and her son Quoi, apparently destined t
o be the Celestial Messiah. Thanos abandons this plan after having to unite with
Mistress Death to destroy the "Rot", an aberration in deep space caused by Than
os's love for Death.[36] Thanos also once conducted extensive research on geneti
cs, and after studying many of the universe's heroes and villains cloned them an
d gene-spliced his own DNA into the subjects. Although he later abandons the pro
ject, five clones survive, being versions of Professor X, Iron Man, Gladiator, D
octor Strange, and Galactus respectively. A sixth and unnamed version of Thanos
also appears, and it is revealed the incarnations of Thanos encountered by Thor
with the aid of Adam Warlock, Gamora
and Ka-Zar were his clones. The true Thanos
, Pip the Troll, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, and Dr. Strange destroys the remain
ing clones.[37]
When an ancient Egyptian pharaoh called Akhenaten uses a source of cosmic power
to seize power in present-day Earth (killing most of Earth's heroes in the proce
ss), Thanos uses a time-travel stratagem to defeat him. Thanos then uses the art
ifact to reverse Akhenaten's actions and also correct a flaw in the universe. Ch
anged by the experience, Thanos advises confidant Adam Warlock he will no longer
seek universal conquest.[38] However, Marvel's Executive Editor Tom Brevoort ha
s stated on his Tumblr blog that this story is not in any way a part of official
Marvel continuity.[39][40]
Thanos decides to atone for the destruction of Rigel-3, and agrees to aid a colo
ny of Rigellians in evacuating their planet before Galactus can consume it. Duri

ng the course of this mission Thanos learns Galactus is collecting the Infinity
Gems in an effort to end his universal hunger. Thanos later learns Galactus is b
eing manipulated into releasing a cosmic threat known as Hunger, which feeds on
entire universes. Despite opposition from Thanos, Galactus frees the entity, alt
hough when the entity's intentions are revealed the pair team to destroy it.[41]
En route to the Kyln, an intergalactic prison, Thanos meets Death, who for the f
irst time speaks to the Titan. Death claims it is worth wooing, but that he must
offer something other than death. At the Kyln Thanos encounters Star-Lord and t
he Shi'ar warrior Gladiator, who are both prisoners, and the Beyonder, who has b
een rendered amnesiac by its choice to assume a mortal female form. Thanos battl
es the Beyonder and causes its mind to shut down, leaving its power trapped with
in a comatose mortal body. Thanos then instructs the Kyln officers to keep the B
eyonder on life support indefinitely in order to prevent the entity from being r
eborn.[42] Thanos departs the Kyln in the company of Skreet, a chaos-mite freed
from the prison. Thanos then meets the Fallen, a former Herald of Galactus. Than
os defeats the former Herald and places him under complete mental control.[43] H
e 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 s
he defeated the real Thanos, not a clone or copy.[44]
Annihilation[edit]
Main article: Annihilation (comics)
During the Annihilation War Thanos allies himself with the genocidal villain Ann
ihilus. 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. B
efore the Fallen can report back to Thanos it encounters Tenebrous and Aegis: tw
o of Galactus's ancient foes. Thanos convinces Tenebrous and Aegis to join the A
nnihilation Wave in order to get revenge on Galactus, and they subsequently defe
at 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 sur
vivor, he decides to free Galactus. Drax the Destroyer kills Thanos before he ca
n do so but discovers that Thanos had placed a failsafe device to allow Silver S
urfer to free Galactus in the event that Annihilus betrayed him.[45] During a cl
imactic battle with Annihilus, Nova is near death and sees Thanos standing with
Mistress Death.[46]
The Thanos Imperative[edit]
Main article: The Thanos Imperative
A cocoon protected by the Universal Church of Truth is revealed to be hiding Tha
nos, who has been chosen by Oblivion to be the new Avatar of Death.[47] Resurrec
ted before his mind could be fully formed, Thanos goes on a mindless rampage bef
ore being captured by the Guardians of the Galaxy.[48] Thanos pretends to aid th
e Guardians against the invading Cancerverse, and after discovering its origin k
ills 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 attemp
t to contain Thanos inside the imploding reality.[49] Thanos escapes[50] and ret
urns 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 Univer
se.[51]
Infinity and the Cabal[edit]
Main article: Infinity (comic book)
Thanos soon invades Earth again after being informed that most of the Avengers h
ave temporarily left the planet.[52] 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 se
cretly fathered years earlier.[53] Thanos is trapped in a pocket limbo of stasis
by his son.[54] Thanos is freed by Namor and was among the villains that joined
his Cabal to destroy other worlds.[55] Thanos later meets his end on Battleworl
d, where he is easily killed by God Doom during an attempted insurrection.[56]
Civil War II[edit]
Thanos' destruction on Battleworld results in his essence being locked outside o
f the new Multiverse created by Reed Richards, trapped in a state between life a
nd death. He manages to regain his corporeal form and return to the known univer
se after following a hole made by Galactus.[57]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Etern
als. The character possesses abilities common to the Eternals, but amplified to
a higher degree through a combination of his mutant Eternal heritage, bionic amp
lification, mysticism, and power bestowed by the abstract entity, Death. Demonst
rating enormous superhuman strength, stamina, and durability, Thanos can absorb
and project vast quantities of cosmic energy and is capable of telekinesis, tele
pathy and matter manipulation. Thanos is an accomplished hand-to-hand combatant,
having been trained in the art of war on Titan.
Thanos is a genius in virtually all known fields of advanced science and has cre
ated technology far exceeding contemporary Earth science. He often employs a tra
nsportation 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 3 under the name of Sanctuar
y, as a base of operations.
Other versions[edit]
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 Ron
an the Accuser, who is in possession of a Cosmic Cube[58]), a vast empire consis
ting of thousands of worlds that exist in another plane of existence.[59]
In the alternate universe limited series Earth X, Thanos dwelled in the Realm of
the Dead with the entity Death.[60] It is revealed his mother was a Skrull and
Death used her secret to make him believe that Death was his mother. When the de
ception is revealed, he uses the Ultimate Nullifier on Death.[61]
Thanos features in the limited series Marvel Zombies 2, set in the alternate uni
verse of Earth-2149. Having been "zombified", the character is killed by the cos
mic-powered Hulk after an altercation over food.[62]
During the 1996 Amalgam Comics crossover between DC Comics and Marvel, Thanos me
rged with Darkseid to become "Thanoseid".[63]
In other media[edit]
Television[edit]
Thanos features in the animated television series Silver Surfer, voiced by Gary
Krawford. Due to Fox's broadcast standards, Thanos is depicted as a worshiper of
a female personification of chaos (referred to as Lady Chaos) rather than Death
where Thanos is seen with a statue of Lady Chaos on his ship.[64]
Thanos appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Steven Blum (in Season On
e) and by Jim Cummings (in Season Two).
Thanos appears in Avengers Assemble,[65] voiced by Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.[66] A
t the end of season one's finale, Thanos is revealed to be the Red Skull's maste
r. Thanos then appears in season two, first coming to Earth in pursuit of the Re
d Skull while searching for the Power Stone before being blasted to the other si
de of the galaxy by Arsenal's self-sacrifice. Thanos later returns in "Widow's R

un" and claims the remaining Infinity Stones from the Black Widow, preparing to
use the Infinity Gauntlet to rule the universe before he is defeated by the Aven
gers in "Thanos Triumphant" prior to Ultron to siphoning the Infinite Stones' en
ergies. Though Thanos is taken away by the Guardians of the Galaxy and placed in
Nova Corps custody, he is freed by the Black Order in season two's two-part fin
ale before he is defeated and rendered incorporeal.
Thanos appears as a recurring villain in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again b
y Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
Film[edit]
Damion Poitier (top) as Thanos in the end credits of The Avengers and Josh Broli
n (bottom) as Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Damion Poitier makes a cameo appearance as Thanos (credited as Man #1) during th
e mid-credits of the 2012 film The Avengers as Loki's mysterious benefactor.[67]
[68]
Josh Brolin appears as Thanos (albeit uncredited) in the 2014 film Guardians of
the Galaxy.[69] He tries to use Ronan the Accuser to obtain an Infinity Stone. T
he film also introduces him as the adopted father of Gamora and Nebula. Sean Gun
n stood in for Thanos on set,[70][71] while Brolin provided the performance capt
ure of the character.[72] Thanos was originally to have a larger role in Guardia
ns of the Galaxy, but Joss Whedon felt that the character needed to be threaded
more gently.[73]
Josh Brolin reprises his role (again uncredited) in the mid-credits scene of the
2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron. Thanos is seen retrieving an Infinity Gauntl
et without stones saying "Fine, I'll do it myself."
Josh Brolin will reprise the role of Thanos in the upcoming films Avengers: Infi
Part 1 and Avengers: Infinity War
Part 2.[74][75]
nity War
Video games[edit]
Thanos appears in Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Andrew Jackson.
Thanos appears in Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems, voiced again by Andrew J
ackson.
Thanos appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
, with Andrew Jackson reprising the role.
Thanos has a cameo appearance in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Uatu the Watcher men
tions in the future part of the ending that Thanos will plot to invade Earth in
the near future when it comes to the player's choice of freeing Odin from a dark
magic confinement. If Odin is freed, Odin's intervention will prevent Thanos fr
om enslaving Earth. If the player doesn't free Odin, the Earth will pay a heavy
price as Odin will refuse to aid Thor in battling Thanos, and Earth ends up ensl
aved for centuries before it's liberated from Thanos's tyranny.
Thanos appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, voiced by Jim
Cummings.
Thanos appears in Marvel: Avengers Alliance. He is featured in the 13th Spec-Ops
mission that is based on the Infinity storyline. In the 20th Spec-Op mission ca
lled Guardians of the Galaxy (which is officially placed right after the Infinit
y comic series), it is said Thanos is still trapped in Thane's amber field.
Thanos appears in the Marvel Pinball table "The Infinity Gauntlet", voiced by Is
aac C. Singleton Jr..
Thanos appeared as a downloadable content character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes,
[76] voiced by John DiMaggio.
Thanos is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
Thanos appears as a character in the free-to-play mobile fighting game Marvel Co
ntest of Champions released by Kabam and available for download on both iOS and
Android devices.
Thanos appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers.[citation neede
d]
Collected editions[edit]
A number of the stories featuring Thanos have been collected into trade paperbac
ks:

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, 13
5), 576 pages, February 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3058-6
The Greatest Battles of the Avengers (includes Avengers Annual #7), 156 pages, D
ecember 1993, ISBN 0-87135-981-2
Essential Marvel Two-in-One: Volume 2 (includes Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2), 56
8 pages, July 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2698-8
Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel: Volume 3 (includes Captain Marvel #22 33, Iron
Man #55), 288 pages, April 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3015-2
Marvel Masterworks Warlock: Volume 2 (includes Strange Tales #178-181; Warlock #
9 15; Avengers Annual #7; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2), hardcover, 320 pages, June
2009, ISBN 0-7851-3511-1
The Death of Captain Marvel (collects Captain Marvel #34, Marvel Spotlight #1 2, M
arvel Graphic Novel #1), 128 pages, hardcover, June 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4627-X
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, ISB
N 0-7851-2046-7 (hardcover, August 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4478-1)
Infinity Gauntlet (collects Infinity Gauntlet limited series), 256 pages, March
2000, ISBN 0-87135-944-8 (December 2004, ISBN 0-7851-0892-0; July 2006, ISBN 0-7
851-2349-0; hardcover, August 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4549-4)
Infinity War (collects Infinity War limited series; Warlock and the Infinity Wat
ch #7 10; Marvel Comics Presents #108 111), 400 pages, April 2006, ISBN 0-7851-21056
Infinity Crusade:
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
Volume 2 (collects Infinity Crusade #4 6, Warlock Chronicles #4 5, Warlock and the I
nfinity 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 Chron
icles #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:
Volume 1 (collects Ka-Zar #1 7, Tales of the Marvel Universe #1), 208 pages, Janua
ry 2011, ISBN 978-0-7851-4353-6
Volume 2 (collects Ka-Zar #8 14, Annual '97), 216 pages, March 2011, ISBN 978-0-78
51-5992-6
Deadpool Classic: Volume 5 (collects Deadpool #26 33, Baby's First Deadpool, Deadp
ool 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:
Epiphany (collects Thanos #1 6), 144 pages, June 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1355-X
Samaritan (collects Thanos #7 12), 144 pages, October 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1540-4
Annihilation:
Volume 1 (collects Drax the Destroyer miniseries, Annihilation: Prologue one-sho
t, Annihilation: Nova miniseries), 256 pages, October 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2901-4 (
hardcover, March 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2511-6)
Volume 2 (collects Annihilation: Ronan miniseries, Annihilation: Silver Surfer m
iniseries, Annihilation: Super-Skrull miniseries), 320 pages, November 2007, ISB
N 0-7851-2902-2 (hardcover, May 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2512-4)
Volume 3 (collects Annihilation: The Nova Corps Files one-shot/handbook, Annihil
ation 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, ha
rdcover, 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, Febr
uary 2014, ISBN 978-0785184225
Thanos Rising (collects Thanos Rising #1-5), 136 pages, hardcover, July 2014, IS
BN 978-0785190479
Thanos: The Infinity Revelation, 112 pages, hardcover, August 2014, ISBN 978-078
5184706
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: The Infinity Relativity, 112 pages, hardcover, June 2015, ISBN 978-07851
93036
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), 34
4 pages, November 2015, ISBN 978-0785198178
Deadpool vs. Thanos (collects Deadpool vs. Thanos #1-4), 112 pages, December 201
5, ISBN 978-0785198451
The Infinity Gauntlet: Warzones! (collects The Infinity Gauntlet #1-5), 112 page
s, December 2015, ISBN 978-0785198741
Siege: Battleworld (collects Siege #1-4, Uncanny X-Men (2011) #9-10), 144 pages,
Februar 2016, ISBN 978-0785195498
Secret Wars (collects Secret Wars #1-9 and material from Secret Wars #0 FCBD), 3
12 pages, March 2016, ISBN 978-0785198840
Thanos: The Infinity Finale, 116 pages, hardcover, April 2016, ISBN 978-07851930
50
The Infinity Entity (collects: The Infinity Entity #1-4, Marvel Premiere #1), 11
6 pages, Juni 2016, ISBN 978-0785194217
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