Once Thanos had amassed his “raging horde of interstellar malcontents“ he led them to attack his home planet of Titan.
In desperation, his father Mentor sought help from Kronos, the disembodied entity.
Drax the Destroyer in search of Thanos
To
aid the plight of Mentor Kronos creates a being from the the earth of
the planets surface. And from this unnatural birth emerged Drax the
Destroyer, a being whose sole purpose was the destruction of Thanos.
Drax
located Thanos on a planet far from the our solar system. He clashed so
violently with Thanos that the planet exploded beneath their battle.
Thanos Defeats Drax
During
the planetary explosion, Drax became injured and Thanos was able to
capture him and brings him to Earth where he is held prisoner beneath
the surface.
From this Earth prison, Drax begins his telepathic
communication with Iron Man, who is then captured by the Blood Brothers
and brought to the same prison.
When Gamora discovers that Thanos is not dead, she discovers that five clones of Thanos exist called the Thanosi.
The
Thanosi are failed genetic experiments which share the DNA of Thanos
and characteristics of five superheroes: Professor X; Doctor Strange;
Gladiator; Iron Man and Galactus.
The Thanosi, named X; Mystic;
Warrior; Armor and Omega are a nihilistic group determined to destroy
Thanos with a black hole that they plot to create.
The original Guardians of the Galaxy team was created in 1969 by Arnold Drake, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee.
The
first GOTG comic was set in the year 3000 and was founded by Major
Victory and Yondu Udonta in response to the Badoon invasion of the Alpha
Centaurian system.
In 2008 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
brought together a group of previously unrelated characters within the
Annihilation: Conquest story arc.
This team included Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Phyla-Vell, Drax the Destroyer, and Adam Warlock.
In the Annihilation: Conquest
story, the unlikely heroes must defend our Galaxy from Ultron and the
Phalanx looking to assimilate all life into their cybernetic hive mind.
The original Guardians of the Galaxy team was created in 1969 by Arnold Drake, Roy Thomas and Stan Lee.
The
first GOTG comic was set in the year 3000 and was founded by Major
Victory and Yondu Udonta in response to the Badoon invasion of the Alpha
Centaurian system.
In 2008 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
brought together a group of previously unrelated characters within the
Annihilation: Conquest story arc.
This team included Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Phyla-Vell, Drax the Destroyer, and Adam Warlock.
In the Annihilation: Conquest
story, the unlikely heroes must defend our Galaxy from Ultron and the
Phalanx looking to assimilate all life into their cybernetic hive mind.
The relationship between Gamora and Thanos is a
complicated affair. So how did the Mad Tyrant become father to The
Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy?
In
the Marvel comic book story, Thanos selected Gamora purely as a
potential weapon to be trained up to become an assassin of the Magus.
Gamora was born into the alien humanoid race called the
Zen Whoberis. When her home planet was destroyed, Thanos took the young
Gamora into his care.
In her original timeline
(7528) Gamora’s race was wiped out by a zealous religious order called
the Universal Church of Truth which worshiped the Magus.
When comic fans talk about Jim Starlin, they usually refer to his Infinity Gauntlet mini-series or his Dreadstar series of books.
The Death of Captain Marvel deserves the same level of praise. It brought reality back into the medium. There are so many things in comics that force us to suspend belief. Most of them would never happen in the real world.
Having a major character die had never been done before. It was handled delicately by Starlin, and the story is a very fitting end to a rather underrated character.
The story has influenced other similar storylines at Marvel and other publishers. It still remains as relevant today as it did when it first hit newsstands.
Thanos is confident that he cannot be defeated after beating more of the Marvel Universe such as the Living Tribunal and Galactus. Such successes make him over confident.
Ironically the step he takes to end his vulnerability is the one that backfired in the end. He decides that becoming an astral entity would fit in better with his almost divine status. He will not be vulnerable to physical attack anymore.
He forgot that the gauntlet was still on his hand, so if his body was found it could be removed. Nebula is the one who defeats him.
She locates his body and removes the gauntlet and puts it on her own hand. She banishes her grandfather and then works out what she can do with such supreme power.