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Warning : contain SPOILERS for Thanos Annual # 1 - The Infinity Watch!Thanos ’ love of and fixation with Death has been his driving motive for the majority of his Marvel Comics calling . The Mad Titan undergo theThanos Questto retrieve the Infinity Stones in an attempt to solicit Death , and one of the first things he did with the Infinity Gauntlet was murder half the macrocosm as a ‘ giving ’ to his truthful love life . However , despite spending so much meter trying to acquire Death ’s nub , Thanos has finally abandoned his sexual love to become a literal god - the God of Death .
InThanos Annual#1 -The Infinity Watchby Derek Landy and Salvador Larroca , Thanos is once again on a seeking to obtain all the Infinity Stones , only this time , he ’s off to a much better start than when he embarked on the original Thanos Quest . In a previous storyline , Thanos trapped Lady Death in a newfangled Infinity Stone Thanos himself created : the Death Stone . And now , Thanos plans to practice the Death Stone to find the rest - though it ’s quickly give away that his destination are n’t incisively as they seem .
The Infinity Stones have physically bonded with their wielders , imbuing the on the face of it normal human members of the fresh Infinity Watch with cosmic might . Thanos gathers three of them - Time , Reality , and Space - in an attack to rip the Stones from their torso and exert them himself . At least , that ’s what it seems like he ’s doing , but once he ’s in their presence , it ’s reveal that Thanos did n’t want the Stones themselves . Thanos wanted to con how the Stones bonded with their hosts in guild to do the same with the Death Stone , which would make him the newfangled God of Death .
Thanos is a well - established cosmic baddie in Marvel Comics , but only because of the influence a scandalous A - list wedge had on him when he was a baby .
Thanos’ Obsession with Infinity Stones Merges with His Love of Death in a New Way
This storyline is far from the first time Thanos has been shown haunt over both Death and the Infinity Stones , though it presents these two crush unambiguously . Thanos is after the Infinity Stones not to turn away them to his will , but to learn from them to connect with the Death Stone .
Thanos ’ new obsession with destruction is n’t based in romantic love , but in the pursuit of god - level baron , as he need to become the very thing he once tried to court . That ’s what makes Thanos ’ chapter in the ongoing Infinity Watch story so interesting , as it bright takes element from his past to narrate an all - fresh narration . The Mad Titan ’s obsession remain the same , but his goal are completely unlike .
Thanos’ Latest Pursuit of Power Reaffirms His Humiliating Legacy
Even after Thanos abducts members of the Infinity Watch , and even succeeds in rive a Stone from one of their body to see incisively how they bind with their host , he still lose . Thanos does n’t just get defeat by the Infinity Watch , he also loses the Death Stone , as it vaporize away from him to find a host worthy of it - meaning Thanos will never become the God of Death . This is just the latest of Thanos ’ many nonstarter , which only reaffirms his humiliating legacy : Thanos is Marvel Comics ’ biggest loser , as testify time and again with every give story .
Thanos was denied his chance at godhood , as he ’s no longer in possession of the Death Stone , or any of the other Infinity Stones , for that thing . However , even though he failed ( which , again , is middling much a given for Thanos at this point ) , the change buff are picture in him seems permanent , as after 51 year , Thanosabandons his sexual love of Death in his pursuit of becoming a real immortal .
Thanos Annual # 1 - The Infinity Watchby Marvel Comics is usable now .
