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Thanos
Thanos in the comics is in love with the personification of Death, and everything he does is an attempt to impress her — a premise so strange that the films discarded it entirely and substituted a Malthusian argument about resources. The two versions are worth distinguishing, because they produce different characters: the comics version is a suitor performing atrocities for attention, and the film version is a genuine ideologue who believes he is doing something necessary and hard.
- First appearance
- The Invincible Iron Man #55 (1973), Marvel Comics
- Created by
- Jim Starlin
- Also known as
- The Mad Titan
- Universe
- Marvel Universe
- Appears in
- comics, film, animation, games
Who is Thanos?
Thanos in the comics is in love with the personification of Death, and everything he does is an attempt to impress her — a premise so strange that the films discarded it entirely and substituted a Malthusian argument about resources. The two versions are worth distinguishing, because they produce different characters: the comics version is a suitor performing atrocities for attention, and the film version is a genuine ideologue who believes he is doing something necessary and hard. Jim Starlin has said the character came partly out of a psychology course, and that an editor's note to make him bigger produced the final scale. What both versions share is the detail that makes him work: he is convinced he is right, he is patient, and he does not enjoy it. Very few franchise antagonists are written as tired.
Thanos: the details
- First appearance
- The Invincible Iron Man #55, February 1973
- Created by
- Jim Starlin
- The comics motive
- In love with the personification of Death and acting to win her favour — a premise the films replaced entirely
- The film motive
- A resource-scarcity ideology, which produces a considerably more conventional and more arguable villain
- Made bigger by an editor
- Starlin has said an editor told him to increase the character's scale, producing the final design
- The Infinity Gauntlet
- The 1991 miniseries by Starlin that supplied the framework for the films' central arc
- Named for Thanatos
- Taken from the Greek personification of death, in keeping with his original motivation
Why Thanos endures
The antagonist of the highest-grossing film crossover ever assembled, and an unusual case of a screen adaptation replacing a character's core motivation outright — and being widely judged to have improved him.
What Thanos looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: Purple skin, the ridged chin, and the golden Infinity Gauntlet
The Gauntlet is the graphic and it is unusually good — a golden armoured glove set with six coloured stones, recognisable at any size and to anyone who has seen the films. It carries a design entirely without the character present.
The Infinity Gauntlet is one of the best villain props in the category — gold with six coloured stones, legible at any size and recognisable with no character attached. Purple and gold on black. Teen and adult sizing.
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Who has played Thanos
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Brolin | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | Live action |
Thanos T-shirts: common questions
Who created Thanos?
Thanos was created by Jim Starlin, first appearing in The Invincible Iron Man #55 in 1973 (Marvel Comics).
What does a Thanos T-shirt usually look like?
Purple skin, the ridged chin, and the golden Infinity Gauntlet. The Infinity Gauntlet is one of the best villain props in the category — gold with six coloured stones, legible at any size and recognisable with no character attached. Purple and gold on black. Teen and adult sizing.
Are Thanos T-shirts made for children?
No. Thanos comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Thanos?
Thanos has been played on screen by Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War, 2018).
How much does a Thanos T-shirt cost?
Thanos shirts we currently track start from around $17.99 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
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