Thanos is a fictional Marvel Comics villain, the Mad Titan, an Eternal-Deviant warlord born on Titan, a moon of Saturn. He is the son of A'Lars and Sui-San and the grandson of Kronos, and he carries the Deviant gene that gives him his purple, rugged appearance. He first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 in 1973, created by Jim Starlin.

He is best known for The Infinity Gauntlet, where he gathers six Infinity Gems to win the favor of Mistress Death and wipes out half the universe in the process. He rules the Endless Resurgence through force and fear, and he is also a playable character in the Marvel vs. Capcom games. What drives him is an ob