Powers: Superhuman intelligence, strength, speed, stamina, near invulnerability, immortality, reflexes and abilities of healing and energy manipulation / control.
Born on Titan, Thanos was one of the last sons of A’Lars. Born with purple, hid-like skin and a massive body due to his Deviant Syndrome, his mother was driven mad and tried to kill him upon laying eyes on the baby.
As a teenager, Thanos excelled academically and began to dissect creatures in secret to gain knowledge, whilst also searching for answers to his abnormal genetic make up. Spurred on by a mysterious girl, his search for answers escalated into killing fellow Titanians, the first murders in the history of Titan. After murdering seventeen people he killed his Mother in the hopes of finding the key to who he was.
After leaving Titan he travelled the Universe mating with many partners and leaving them before the child was born. After embracing his murderous nature Thanos returned to Titan. Approached by the mysterious girl who had become a confidante, he tried to court her when she demanded that Thanos prove that he only belonged to her. Embarking on a journey to kill all of his offspring he razed every planet they stumbled upon. Revealing herself to be the physical manifestation of Death, the confidante drove Thanos mad as he gave into Death’s promise of romance. he then destroyed Titan, murdering all survivors, including his father, A’Lars.
In his quest for power Thanos was turned to stone by Warlock. After being resurrected by Death Thanos began a hunt for the Infinity Gems, having gazed into the Infinity well and discovered their true power. He retrieved the green soul gem from the In-Betweener, the red power gem from the Champion, the orange time gem from the Gardener, the purple space gem from the Runner, the yellow reality gem from the Collector and the blue mind gem from the Grandmaster. Putting them all together Thanos created the Infinity Gauntlet granting him mastery over all that is.
To appease Death, Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half of the Universe’s population. As many heroes assembled to stop Thanos he overlooked Nebula who was able to wrestled the Infinity Gauntlet off his hand. Her first act was to reverse what had been done and return all of the heroes who had been trapped in the soul gem. The battle resumed until Adam Warlock ended up with the Gauntlet and ended the conflict.
