Thanos is the title of several Marvel Comics series starring the supervillain Thanos.
Thanos provides examples of:
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In General
- Character Title: Thanos' name is the title for almost all of his solo series. In most cases it doesn't get a subtitle and acts as a Recycled Title as well.
- Recycled Title: As with many other Marvel comics, Thanos's solo series use his name as a Character Title. They don't tend to add a subtitle to disambiguate.
- Villain Protagonist: In the series that has him as a protagonist, including both his own self-titled series as well as, arguably, Infinity Gauntlet with Adam Warlock as the other main character.
Thanos (2003)
Comprised of 12 issues, this series consisted of two 6-issue story arcs.
- Epiphany - Written and drawn by Jim Starlin. Thanos is in a self-imposed exile when he is found by his old adversary, Adam Warlock. With Warlock's help, Thanos undertakes a quest for redemption, which sends the two former enemies on a cosmos-spanning adventure that pits them against Galactus and a new adversary known as Hunger.
- Samaritan - Written by Keith Giffen with art by Ron Lim. Six months after Epiphany, Thanos begins to question his quest for redemption after he is faced with the return of Mistress Death and a co-op of former victims who still have a bone to pick with him.
Thanos (2017)
- Alternate Company Equivalent: The series introduces the God Quarry; a place at the edge of the universe that offers god-like power but petrifies those who fail to achieve it, with all the failures on display. It's largely comparable to the Source Wall.
- Bad Future: There is a possible future where Thanos succeeds in wiping out all live in the universe and crowns himself as King Thanos, the ruler of nothing. The few living survivors are Silver Surfer (now dubbed the Fallen One), an elder Incredible Hulk that has been enslaved and abused by Thanos, and Frank Castle who has been turned into a Ghost Rider and later a Herald of Galactus. When present-day Thanos is brought into this world and forced to kill his elder counterpart, he becomes disgusted with the way he begs to be killed so he can be united with his beloved Death that Thanos goes back in time and vows to never allow this future coming to pass, erasing King Thanos out of existence.
- Remember the New Guy?: The series introduces the Black Quadrant, Thanos' moon stronghold. It's treated like it was always there, even though it'd never been seen or mentioned before this.
- Self-Made Orphan: Thanos kills his father with a single blow in issue 2.
Thanos (2019)
Thanos (2024)
Written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Luca Pizzari. Mistress Death has returned to Earth tethered to a mortal woman named Roberta Marshall, and Thanos is obsessed with reclaiming her. It's up to a new incarnation of the Illuminati, comprised of Iron Man, Blue Marvel, Mr. Fantastic, Dr. Strange, and White Queen, to protect the Earth from the Mad Titan's rampage.
- Godzilla Threshold: Blue Marvel and the Hulk are not fans of the Illuminati - Adam thinks their secrecy and ruthlessness does more harm than good (especially during the Incursions) and Bruce is still holding a grudge over how badly they screwed him over during Planet Hulk. But Thanos threatening to destroy the West Coast, and demonstrating that he has the power to actually do it, is enough to get both heroes to put their differences aside and ally with the group.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Blue Marvel is mistrustful of the Illuminati but agrees to work with them given the circumstances. And there is still some bad blood between the Hulk and Dr. Strange.
