So I came up to Marvel, and editor Roy Thomas asked if I wanted to do an issue of Iron Man. military service and getting work in comics, and there was a psych class and I came up with Thanos, (inspired by Sigmund Freud's concept of human Death drive, or Thanatos), but I'm not sure how he fit into it, just anger management probably. Writer-artist Jim Starlin conceived of Thanos of Titan during college psychology classes. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character was first played by Damion Poitier in the film The Avengers (2012) and then by Josh Brolin in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and the first season of the animated series What If.? (2021). Although these events were later undone, the storyline has remained one of the most popular published by Marvel.ĭebuting in the Bronze Age of comic books, the character has appeared in almost five decades of Marvel publications, as well as many media adaptations, including animated television series and video games. Perhaps the character's best-known storyline is The Infinity Gauntlet (1991), the culmination of several story arcs that see him gather the six Infinity Gems and use them to kill half of the universe's population, including many of its heroes, to woo Mistress Death, the living embodiment of death in the Marvel Universe. Thanos is usually portrayed as a villain, although many stories depict him as believing his actions to be justified. In creating Thanos, Starlin drew inspiration from Jack Kirby's New Gods series for DC Comics, particularly the character of Darkseid. He has clashed with many heroes including the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Fantastic Four, the Eternals, and the X-Men. An Eternal– Deviant warlord from the moon Titan, Thanos is regarded as one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 ( cover date February 1973). Thanos is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Access to nearly all powerful mystical artifacts and weapons.
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