Interestingly, despite being regarded by many as an incredibly cruel and cunning being, Thanos did not take his genocidal motives as a pretext to eliminate potential foes who could be able to exact revenge on him. He enlists the Kree radical Ronan the Accuser and his forces to collect it from him, in return offering assistance in destroying the planet Xandar. As he was about to perform the snap, however, he was restrained by Captain Marvel, who grabbed the gauntlet. These three warriors, all of whom were devoted to Thanos' command, had comprised the Black Order. Thanos is repeatedly attacked by Spider-Man. Eventually, the Guardians made their presence known, as Drax the Destroyer was knocked out by Mantis to keep him from attacking first, as Thanos instead allowed Gamora to charge forward to attack his duplicate, which proceeded to break Godslayer before Gamora had used her other sword to stab Thanos' illusion directly in the throat, before finishing the job by using the Switchblade he once gave her to stab Thanos in the heart. Back on the Sanctuary II, Thanos gave Gamora food, believing that she was hungry, but Gamora had tossed it at his throne, saying bitterly that she always hated the throne, which Thanos then simply retorted by saying he always hoped that she would sit on it. When he saw what seemed like a betrayal in the 2014 Nebula, rather than immediately kill her, he brought her to his ship to thoroughly investigate her memory. Thanos being slowly beaten down by Iron Man. With only Captain America left, he furiously took on Thanos alone, striking him with the Wakandan Shields. Just as Thanos' army of Outriders, Chitauri, Sakaarans, and the Black Order arrived on the planet, he witnessed Captain America getting up and planning to take them on. [33][35] Those banned then gathered in the new subreddit, /r/inthesoulstone. Thanos gleefully choking Loki to his death. Having obtained the Time Stone, Thanos proceeded to use the Space Stone and arrived onto Wakanda to retrieve the Mind Stone. Date of Death With the fifth stone in the Gauntlet, Thanos had only the Mind Stone left to collect before he finally had the power to complete his ultimate goal. Refusing to accept that his girlfriend was gone, Star-Lord ignored Iron Man's advice as he then furiously questioned Thanos to tell her that Nebula was lying and Thanos emotionally said he had to. Getting back to the fight, Iron Man turned part of his suit into a heavy claim, which had held down Thanos' arm, before using a jet-powered battering ram to strike Thanos right across the face. The force of this blow was enough to cut Thanos, causing him to bleed slightly; however, this only served to amuse him as he noted that all of Iron Man's greatest efforts and weaponry could do nothing more than causing a small cut to his face with a single drop of blood. With Iron Man defeated, Thanos was kicked by Captain America in the face and responded with a powerful punch that threw him through stones and away from the battle while he was protecting himself with his Shield. Tiring of this fight, Thanos tried to push Captain America down with the Gauntlet, as he was impressed by Captain America's strength and ability to stop the force of the gauntlet, before knocking him down with a brutal punch to the ground. Thanos stops Star-Lord from killing Gamora. Even Thor acknowledged that he needed Stormbreaker if he was to face Thanos, as fighting him without it would have been suicidal. Thanos wiping out half the entire universe, Nigh-Omnipotence: With all six Infinity Stones in the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos gained nearly omnipotent levels of power, with control over all six aspects of existence, making him the most powerful being in the entire universe and wielding such near-limitless levels of power that allows him to do almost anything he desired. However, before being killed as well, Heimdall is able to send the Hulk to Earth to warn its heroes about Thanos, who then destroys the ship, leaving any survivors, including Thor, to die. As their conversation ended, Thanos explained his belief that the hardest choices required the strongest wills, to which Strange then insisted that "their" wills are equal to his. Thanos was somewhat delusional, believing the universe would be grateful for having people they care about killed, even if they would have more for themselves; such as food. [2], Thanos attempts to offer Gamora some food. Thanos then instructed Nebula to take up Gamora's place.[1]. They succeed in doing so, but both Ronan and Nebula later betray Thanos, with the former intending to destroy Xandar himself using the Power Stone, and then kill Thanos as well. Before he could even react, Thanos was then attacked relentlessly by all of Iron Man's advanced technology from his Iron Man Armor, as Iron Man smashed Thanos into some rocks and hit him with jet-powered battering rams. Gamora found Quill first, cornering him on Xandar where he was attempting to sell the Orb. He was extremely intimidating and often unforgiving of failures. Thanos pursued Hawkeye until he passed the Gauntlet to Black Panther. He desired to use the Tesseract to look beyond the known worlds to find greater ones that it would unveil. Thanos becoming entrapped by all the heroes. After Maw had accessed Nebula's memory files in the future, Thanos watched the Avengers planning where they were heading and told Maw to stop the video. [10] Despite leading the cast in screen time in Infinity War[11] and being considered the main character of the film by many, Thanos had a secondary role in Avengers: Endgame (2019). [2] Thanos had earned a fearful reputation as a galactic warlord, due to his immense power and even ruling over a region of space,[1] and gaining control of the deadly armies of the Chitauri,[5] the Sakaarans,[4] and the Outriders. [32] Notice of the impending ban made the subreddit's subscribers increase to over 700,000, including both of the Russos who subscribed. Once the administrators agreed to the random ban of half the subscribers, it was set to occur on July 9, 2018. Thanos witnesses the Avengers' Time Heist. [4], After Thanos had completed his goal in killing half of life in the universe, Thanos' actions had become common knowledge on Earth. In early 2018, Thanos decimates Xandar, claiming the Power Stone. Titan After both of these failures to claim the stones, Thanos forces the Dwarves of Nidavellir to build the Infinity Gauntlet for him, capable of channeling all six Infinity Stones. The Mad Titan, as he became known, amassed an army and began conquering planets, building a reputation that quickly spread throughout the galaxy. Thanos soon found himself challenged by the alliances of the entire universe's greatest heroes, which included the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. However, it suffered from overpopulation.Thanos suggested that half the population be wiped out at random. Before his mission, Thanos personally trained Loki in mind control. The energy surged from the Gauntlet, which then caused the blinding light flooding the battlefield as Thanos briefly passed out. Thanos attempts to comfort the Scarlet Witch. To his surprise, Thanos then awoke within the Soulworld, without the wound in his chest or the Infinity Gauntlet. Affiliation Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! With the bats attacking Iron Man, forcing him to flee, Spider-Man swung into the fight and used his Synthetic Webbing to blind Thanos, before Drax the Destroyer quickly slashed him with his Knives while Strange conjured a sword made of Eldritch Magic to engage Thanos in close combat.