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[[File:Thanos_8445.jpg|frame| Are you really certain you want to stop me? What makes you think you ''can''?]]
{{quote|''Am I not Thanos?! Did I not butcher the woman who gave me birth, who forced me into this hell called life? Is not the wake of my passing crimson with the blood of my enemies and allies alike?! Death is with me every second of the day!''|'''Thanos''', [[The Infinity Gauntlet]] #2}}
{{quote|''Going out the week of San Diego Comic-Con and telling a bunch of [[Superhero]] aficionados that Thanos is [[Badass]] is kind of like walking into a [[Star Trek]] convention and announcing that [[Captain Obvious|Vulcans have pointy ears]]. No shit, [[X-Men|Professor X]], why don’t you tell us something we didn’t already infer telepathically just by looking at a comic book panel depicting a giant, beady-eyed muscle-bound behemoth backhanding [[Captain America (comics)]] to the turn with one hand while simultaneously head-butting a structural tear in the fabric of the universe with his wrinkly purple forehead?''|'''Ben Thompson''', [[Badass of the Week]]}}
Greetings, Terran.
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For many years I traveled through the Universe, claiming all power within my reach. I had finally returned to Titan after my exile, and let it taste [[Nuke'Em|my nuclear revenge]], claiming the lives of all but a bare few Titans; my mother was not one of the survivors.
When I had built a base on the [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]] called Earth, my ship was possibly spotted by a human family, which I killed. But my father saved the still living human child and asked the god of time, Chronos, (also our ancestor) to create a weapon to fight me. The girl grew up to become known as Moondragon, and Chronos has reanimated her father into Drax The Destroyer, both of whom became my sworn enemies.
It was because of Drax that I encountered heroes of planet Earth for the first time – when I imprisoned him in my hideout on Earth, [[Iron Man]] has answered his calls for rescue. That was when [[Jim Starlin]] introduced me to the fans of [[Marvel Comics]]. In the pages of ''[[Iron Man]]'' vol. 1 #55 (February, 1973). Since then the name of Thanos, The Mad Titan, has been known and feared among Terran superheroes. It was also Earth that had created [[Adam Warlock]], [[Friendly Enemy|one of my greatest enemies and yet perhaps my only true friend]], and had acted as a sanctuary for the [[Silver Surfer]] and [[Captain Mar-Vell|Captain Marvel]] ([[Name's the Same|not]] [[Captain Marvel|that one]], mind you). It was Mar-Vell who stopped me from claiming the power of the [[McGuffin|Cosmic Cube]] and it was he and the [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] who stopped me from using six the Soul Gems to destroy all of the stars in the galaxy, as a gift to Mistress Death. And it was Warlock who briefly returned from the death. I granted him to slay me in return.
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== Thanos provides examples of: ==
* [[Above Good and Evil]]: Those who impede my plans or endanger my universe will feel my wrath, be they hero, villain, or even cosmic entity.
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: The only weakness I could ever possess... is myself. Try as I might, I cannot seem to overcome my streak of self-defeatism...
* [[Actually a Doombot]]: Every time Thanos has tasted defeat, it was really just one of my clones. Including that time when [[Squirrel Girl]] defeated one and The Watcher has appeared to confirm it's the real Thanos. My clones are good enough to fool even him. And [[Dan Slott|that writer]] who claims I'm lying and it was real me who tasted the defeat at her hands does not know what he is talking about. Of course, even he goes [[Flip-Flop of God|back and forth on this...]]]
* [[A God Am I]]: When I had took the power of the Cosmic Cube, and then later the Infinity Gauntlet. it was what I had become. And once again, when I tried to become All-Father of my own pantheon.
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* [[Energy Absorption]]: A trait common to all the Eternals of Titan, placing us above the Eternals of other worlds. I, however, have masterd this power to a level beyond that of even my kin.
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: My father has had a [[Retcon|slight mental breakdown]], and believes that as a child I slaughtered and dissected my mother, although this in no way fits into my previously established life history (though this has not stopped me from boasting of it).
* [[Evil Genius]]: I have mastered every science in the universe from an early age, and have centuries of experience dabbling in the occult. In addition, I am a strategist on a level that not even the Grandmaster, an immortal Elder of the Universe who devoted his life to strategy and games, can compete with (as he learned to his cost), to say nothing of my mastery of the combat. One of my lesser achievement was unlocking the DNA of Galactus, a cosmic entity, and making a hybrid clone of he and myself, just to show that I could. What mind can compare to the mind of ''Thanos?''
* [[Evil Plan]]: I only seek to impress Mistress Death and earn her affection. This has lead me to plot wide spread destruction on many an occasion.
* [[Eye Beams]]: One of the most potent ways I channel cosmic energy; not even [[Fantastic Four|The Thing]] or [[The Mighty Thor]] can withstand them.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: No other mind can match my intelligence, nor can any other body match my strength.
* [[Fairy Companion]]: For some time I have been tolerating the presence of Skreet The Chaos Mite, who has been serving me as this. We parted ways once I had been killed by Drax.
* [[For the Evulz]]: I had once orchestrated a situation where my brother has been held for trial, and sent my clone with modified memories to convince everybody it was he who made me fall in love with Death, thus making him responsible for all my crimes. [[She Hulk]] traveled into the clone's mind to discover it was a lie and that I did all of it not because of revenge, but for pure entertainment.
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** They decided to make a card of me in their "Heroes and Heralds" mode which grants the players to ability to parry. Parrying infantile attacks? I am much more capable than that. If I was truly in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, I would show that fool [[Resident Evil|Wesker]] the true meaning of godhood and its costs.
* [[Mighty Glacier]] / [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: I am not the fastest or most agile combatant in the cosmos...but few can hit as hard, and even fewer can withstand blows as well. Thor's own father, Odin, was unable to keep me down in our battle.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: My name is Greek for 'death'.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: For years I was a nihilist, until abandoning this philosophy.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: On my days as wielder of [[The Infinity Gauntlet]] and prior to them.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: I must confess to some fondness for my adopted daughter, Gamora.
* [[Super Strength]]: I have faced [[The Mighty Thor]], [[The Incredible Hulk]], [[Fantastic Four|The Thing]] and the [[Incredible Hercules]] in a battle of strength ''at the same time''. And my reaction to their feeble efforts was only rage for the insult that ''they dared call themselves strong!''
* [[Thanatos Gambit]]:
* [[Ubermensch]]: No creature in the universe can compare to me.
* [[Villain Ball]] / [[Idiot Ball]]: Several times I had suffered from this at the verge of absolute victory. As Adam Warlock theorized, I had let myself be defeated, because subconsciously I had not found myself worthy of the absolute power I tried to claim.
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