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Thanos Rising
Thanos rises as the unrivaled rogue of wretchedness in this gripping tale of tragedy, deceit and destiny. Where did this demi-god of death and destruction come from and...more importantly what does he want?
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Jason Aaron
2,358 books1,676 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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April 1, 2014
This is a graphic novel about how the comic book character from Marvel Universe, Thanos, became what he is.
I got this miniseries on single comic book issues but I am doing the review on the TPB edition to make an overall review about the whole story.
I was really excited to read this since I wanted to know the past history of Thanos and being able to recognize his own unique personality apart from being basically the Marvel's response for DC Comics' Darkseid (that it could be a Marvel's character if they didn't let go Jack Kirby).
Honestly I wanted to have a deeper knowledge about this character, and well, honestly, I am still wanting that.
The original concept for the miniseries, the art and some dialogues were really good, but in an overall appreciation, it failed to give me something original to watch Thanos as something else than a pale shadow of DC Comics' Darkseid.
I don't want to start a war here. I am sure that Thanos must be something quite different than Darkseid, but here, in this particular miniseries, I didn't get it. Sorry.
And it's not like they wrote something equal to Darkseid's past. No, they didn't do that. However, they didn't do something so original neither. If you look for stories like Psycho, Star Wars' Darth Vader, some stuff from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, and the basic clichés of "I am bad because I kill a lot of living things", well, you will have the core of this miniseries.
Also, I think that the creative team didn't know how much effective pages they have per issue, since a very shocking big image which it could be a perfect cliffhanger on each issue, it's kinda diminished of its own impact when you have a couple of pages more on each issue.
If there is something to learn from this, maybe it's that some people born bad, they don't need awful experiences on their lives to get bad, some of them are bad since birth, they just didn't know it. And well, any excuse is as good as anything to unleash the inner monster.
Entertaining reading but it didn't fulfill my initial expectations.
I got this miniseries on single comic book issues but I am doing the review on the TPB edition to make an overall review about the whole story.
I was really excited to read this since I wanted to know the past history of Thanos and being able to recognize his own unique personality apart from being basically the Marvel's response for DC Comics' Darkseid (that it could be a Marvel's character if they didn't let go Jack Kirby).
Honestly I wanted to have a deeper knowledge about this character, and well, honestly, I am still wanting that.
The original concept for the miniseries, the art and some dialogues were really good, but in an overall appreciation, it failed to give me something original to watch Thanos as something else than a pale shadow of DC Comics' Darkseid.
I don't want to start a war here. I am sure that Thanos must be something quite different than Darkseid, but here, in this particular miniseries, I didn't get it. Sorry.
And it's not like they wrote something equal to Darkseid's past. No, they didn't do that. However, they didn't do something so original neither. If you look for stories like Psycho, Star Wars' Darth Vader, some stuff from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, and the basic clichés of "I am bad because I kill a lot of living things", well, you will have the core of this miniseries.
Also, I think that the creative team didn't know how much effective pages they have per issue, since a very shocking big image which it could be a perfect cliffhanger on each issue, it's kinda diminished of its own impact when you have a couple of pages more on each issue.
If there is something to learn from this, maybe it's that some people born bad, they don't need awful experiences on their lives to get bad, some of them are bad since birth, they just didn't know it. And well, any excuse is as good as anything to unleash the inner monster.
Entertaining reading but it didn't fulfill my initial expectations.
August 30, 2013
On the face of it, Thanos Rising should be awesome: great character paired with an awesome writer, Jason Aaron. But the miniseries is instead disappointing. Aaron seeks to introduce new readers to the great Marvel villain, Thanos, by retelling his origins and how he came to be the Mad Titan.
Thanos’ origins on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, becomes that of a serial killer’s. Unloved by parents, ostracised by his peers, his extremely high intelligence and social awkwardness manifested itself into isolation and, through being alone, Thanos began experimenting on killing small animals. Then larger animals. Then his mum.
He heads off, joins a cosmic pirate crew, fathers many children on many worlds, and is basically miserable the whole time. Until he meets Mistress Death, who it turns out has been with him the entire time. Readers of The Infinity Gauntlet, Jim Starlin’s 1991 masterpiece, will know Thanos will do anything for Death’s love, even doing that – destroying the universe. He basically goes nuts, starts killing everyone, all so Death will get off with him. And following the mass death on Titan, that’s basically the miniseries in a nutshell.
My problem with it is that the series lacks any kind of originality to it. Sure, we didn’t know about Thanos’ childhood before but Aaron’s take on it is so generic that we might as well not have and left it a mystery. Further, if you’ve read other Thanos books, you won’t learn anything new about the character, but if you’re a new reader, then your takeaway is likely to be that Thanos is an overly serious, rather dull character. That in itself is a pretty bad result, given that Thanos is an awesome character who’s a lot of fun in other stories.
There really isn’t much to this book besides a transparent cash grab by Marvel to exploit the character’s sudden popularity thanks to The Avengers movie. Jason Aaron is a great writer (check out Scalped to see just how good) but he’s basically on cruise control in this book, churning out forgettable dialogue and uninteresting scenarios, one after the other. I just plain don’t like Simone Bianchi’s art, it’s too dark, too drab, too flat – I didn’t like it in other books, I don’t like it in this one.
Thanos Rising is everything Thanos himself isn’t - boring and predictable.
Thanos’ origins on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, becomes that of a serial killer’s. Unloved by parents, ostracised by his peers, his extremely high intelligence and social awkwardness manifested itself into isolation and, through being alone, Thanos began experimenting on killing small animals. Then larger animals. Then his mum.
He heads off, joins a cosmic pirate crew, fathers many children on many worlds, and is basically miserable the whole time. Until he meets Mistress Death, who it turns out has been with him the entire time. Readers of The Infinity Gauntlet, Jim Starlin’s 1991 masterpiece, will know Thanos will do anything for Death’s love, even doing that – destroying the universe. He basically goes nuts, starts killing everyone, all so Death will get off with him. And following the mass death on Titan, that’s basically the miniseries in a nutshell.
My problem with it is that the series lacks any kind of originality to it. Sure, we didn’t know about Thanos’ childhood before but Aaron’s take on it is so generic that we might as well not have and left it a mystery. Further, if you’ve read other Thanos books, you won’t learn anything new about the character, but if you’re a new reader, then your takeaway is likely to be that Thanos is an overly serious, rather dull character. That in itself is a pretty bad result, given that Thanos is an awesome character who’s a lot of fun in other stories.
There really isn’t much to this book besides a transparent cash grab by Marvel to exploit the character’s sudden popularity thanks to The Avengers movie. Jason Aaron is a great writer (check out Scalped to see just how good) but he’s basically on cruise control in this book, churning out forgettable dialogue and uninteresting scenarios, one after the other. I just plain don’t like Simone Bianchi’s art, it’s too dark, too drab, too flat – I didn’t like it in other books, I don’t like it in this one.
Thanos Rising is everything Thanos himself isn’t - boring and predictable.
February 7, 2017
Vote: 3,5
Story: 2
Art: 5 Simone Bianchi rules!!!
This is a good thrilling story if you are a new Marvel reader wanting to know more about Thanos, the Mad Titan, before seeing him as the major villain in the Avengers MCU.
But if you are an old Marvel Zombie like me, you are going to enjoy much more Starlin's description and development of the character in an almost forty years old saga than this crazy serial-killer storyline.
And I liked not at all Aaron's big-mouth Death, so different by Starlin's silent (and better) one.
Meh.
October 23, 2021
Thanos Rising tells the history of The Mad Titan.
From birth Thanos's mother knew of his danger, but his father didn't believe her.
Thanos was a kind and intelligent youth who just didn't feel loved. His mother was locked away in an insane asylum, his father often ignored him, and his brother got the positive attention from peers. Thanos behavior became disturbing to say it nicely.
So the question remains is The Mad Titan truly mad or does he see death? It's all quite intriguing and terrifying to see Thanos life. He's a terrifying foe who does unspeakable things.
From birth Thanos's mother knew of his danger, but his father didn't believe her.
Thanos was a kind and intelligent youth who just didn't feel loved. His mother was locked away in an insane asylum, his father often ignored him, and his brother got the positive attention from peers. Thanos behavior became disturbing to say it nicely.
So the question remains is The Mad Titan truly mad or does he see death? It's all quite intriguing and terrifying to see Thanos life. He's a terrifying foe who does unspeakable things.
February 15, 2016
You'd think there's very little that could go wrong with this. Like, the backstory of an awesomely megalomaniac villain must be fun to read.
You'd be wrong.
Welcome to an interview with Thanos, folks.
Host: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the terror of the universe, the scourge of Titan and all round kicker of puppies. Please welcome THANOS!
Host: How are you today, Thanos?
Thanos: That's Lord Thanos to you, vermin.
Host: My apologies. Of course. So, duke of disaster, tell us a bit about your childhood.
Thanos: When I was born, the heavens celebrated my birth by having my mother almost stab me in the face. Luckily, my father being the blind bat he was, saved me.
Host: How delightful! I just adore villains with mommy issues! Of course, they're a dime a dozen these days, but who cares?
Thanos: Then you will enjoy the rest of this tale. I spent the rest of this idyllic time being a child genius, intelligent but socially awkward and naturally when I tried to interact with them, they either ostracized me or we almost got eaten by ravenous lizards in an abandoned cave.
Host: Sounds fun! Oh, the nostalgia. I would have thought that you'd be less cliched in your past, but it seems not. Did you have any youthful crushes?
Thanos: Such things are beneath me. I had a complex love-hate relationship with this young woman who turned out to be Death personifed and then turned out to be a figment of my deeply twisted mind.
Host: Fantastic! Just the sort of thing our readers want to see! You being schizophrenic makes everything so much better, king of catastrophes.
Thanos: Indeed, if I do say so myself. Over the course of my glorious life, I have killed my own children, my own wives (yes plural), my own parents, my own planet and possibly my own sanity along with a few million others. This not counting the initial 17 experiments of course.
Host: Ooh, how exciting! You were of a scientific bent? Tell me more.
Thanos: You see, I wanted to find out why I wasn't like the others. Why I wasn't loved. So I decided to cut people open alive, because as supremely intelligent as I am, I can't seem to even grasp the concept of emotion.
Host: Awww! You just wanted to be loved! That's...just about everyone's story, but I'll take it! So what are you doing now?
Thanos: Now? Nothing.
Host: Are you taking a break from slaughter then? I imagine it must get very tiring.
Thanos: No, I honestly have nothing to do except sit in my rotating chair and wait for Marvel movies to call. I pretty much conquered the universe.
Host: Ah well, that's the price of perfidy I guess. It's been wonderful having you with us, Lord Thanos! Happy...err...brooding!
Thanos: Hmph.
Host: And that's all for today folks! Stay tuned for sneak peeks from our next episode, featuring that random guy in a mask from Scooby Doo!
Honestly though, what a waste of time. It was just a copy of Perfume: Story of a Murderer with nice art. At least I get to be sarcastic for while.
January 4, 2023
This was actually pretty good like we get to see the origin of Thanos right from his birth to adolescent and how he met Death and became fascinated by it and how some called it delusions but Thanos called it love and seeing how messed up his life is and how he worshipped death basically and seeing his conquests and battles and how bloody it was, spilling blood of even his own children, that was some brutal writing and just shows how well the writer gets Thanos and showing him for the monster he is perfectly in this writing! I loved this book and the art for okayish for the most part but its the writing thats just brutal and worthy of Thanos!
July 11, 2025
This was such a waste of potential! Which makes it even worse in hindsight...
It started out good, but quickly fell down a chasm of no return... Overall, it's unpleasant, uncomfortable, and edgy for edgy' sake. Here you have the opportunity to revamp and rework thanos' backstory and you just make him a total serial killer stereotype?!
Huh?!
So if alien loving, mommy issues, and baby murder is for you, then by all means! Check it out.
July 17, 2019
Doesn’t include anything new I didn’t know and I did prefer the novelisation I read about Thanos’ backstory but nevertheless it was still well written and entertaining. If you know nothing of Thanos’ origin, this is something I’d recommend for you to understand his motivations and him as a character within the universe. It definitely adds some needed dimension.
May 28, 2018
A pitch black origin of textbook psychopathy, nihilism, and murder. I don’t really understand the fascination with this depressing, archetypical character.
February 11, 2020
If you’ve ever wondered what Thanos was like as a child and what drives him to do the things he does, this is the book for you.
I daresay, this is probably the the best origin story for the MCU’s most infamous purple-skinned Titan we could have hoped for. The art is gorgeous. The story is … not bad. I'm really not sure what it's lacking.
The problem, I think, is that Thanos really works better as a villain with an air of mystery. Sure, everything in this book has been mentioned or hinted at throughout all of the years of stories in which he’s been featured. But, somehow, seeing it all stitched together into one tale robs the character of a certain aura, renders him prosaic. Thanos has always been a mad god, and that concept really works better if we don't understand him.
Don't get me wrong. This is a GOOD story. I'm just not sure that it needed to be told.
I daresay, this is probably the the best origin story for the MCU’s most infamous purple-skinned Titan we could have hoped for. The art is gorgeous. The story is … not bad. I'm really not sure what it's lacking.
The problem, I think, is that Thanos really works better as a villain with an air of mystery. Sure, everything in this book has been mentioned or hinted at throughout all of the years of stories in which he’s been featured. But, somehow, seeing it all stitched together into one tale robs the character of a certain aura, renders him prosaic. Thanos has always been a mad god, and that concept really works better if we don't understand him.
Don't get me wrong. This is a GOOD story. I'm just not sure that it needed to be told.
July 10, 2018
A little bit predictable with the major league plot twist, I already could see it happening from issue 1. Interesting journeynof how Thanos became Thanos from childhood. Artwork was really cool and I still enjoyed the fun side of the story. Not something essential but if you want a solid background of who Thanos is this is pretty good with that aspect.
October 5, 2021
Jason Aaron has written some damn fine comics. I loved his "Thor" run and now he has written an excellent "origin" story for Thanos.
This story follows the birth and the development of Thanos. It is a great look at the psychological imperatives that motivate Thanos. The budding relationship between Thanos and his new love is well explained. I was also very impressed with the way Aaron explained Thanos' journey to becoming the Mad Titan that is feared by all.
A great story and really good artwork make for an wonderful volume. This is THE origin story for Thanos.
This story follows the birth and the development of Thanos. It is a great look at the psychological imperatives that motivate Thanos. The budding relationship between Thanos and his new love is well explained. I was also very impressed with the way Aaron explained Thanos' journey to becoming the Mad Titan that is feared by all.
A great story and really good artwork make for an wonderful volume. This is THE origin story for Thanos.
January 26, 2014
Most people who go to watch the Marvel Universe films know to sit through the end credits. In The Avengers, there are two such sequences. In the one not involving Shwama we are treated to the visage of a smiling purple alien. If you went "Who?" rather than "Whoa!", then this book is for you.
This graphic novel is the full origin and life story of Thanos the Destroyer, who has killed his way through more worlds than just about any other Marvel villain. We begin with his birth, one where his mother tries to murder her newborn child because she recognises the evil in him.
With an incarcerated mother and an absent father (he's a scientist, which of course we all know make for terrible parents - the fact that he also runs the entire planet seems something of a minor point here), you would think that this is the story of how an outcast who looks different from everyone else gradually descends into murder and madness. You would be wrong, because the other children embrace this strange boy with a genetic mutation that makes him look so different.
At this point he also meets a strange girl who urges him to take dangerous risks, something that leads to the tragic deaths of his friends. It is at this point that he begins to become the monster that his mother recognised. He begins to kill and torture, first animals then people, and finally
Fleeing his homeworld, Thanos goes out to the stars, where he discovers he has another talent. No matter how different the alien species is, he is not only a babe magnet, but is also able to impregnate every female he meets. For a while, he keeps a low profile on a pirate ship, but finally his killing ways begin again. Returning from exile to his home world, he meets again the beautiful strange girl of his childhood, who pledges to be his lover . There is one odd thing here - the text says that all his children look like their mothers, but the art clearly shows they look him him. I wondered if this was some clever attempt to show how Thanos's mental imagery is at odds with reality, but it is just as likely to be a simple mistake.
Finally, Thanos returns home, this time to destroy his world as the final act to win his love. It is at this point, in a final confrontation with his father that the truth is revealed - . He leaves, to continue his death mongering, forever alone.
This is a fascinating study of a psychopath and the paths that lead to such a being. You shouldn't let the comic book nature of this book get in the way of this. It is well written, mostly well drawn (just a few wobbles where the art is not as clear as it could be), and a well thought out book. A well deserved 4 stars
This graphic novel is the full origin and life story of Thanos the Destroyer, who has killed his way through more worlds than just about any other Marvel villain. We begin with his birth, one where his mother tries to murder her newborn child because she recognises the evil in him.
With an incarcerated mother and an absent father (he's a scientist, which of course we all know make for terrible parents - the fact that he also runs the entire planet seems something of a minor point here), you would think that this is the story of how an outcast who looks different from everyone else gradually descends into murder and madness. You would be wrong, because the other children embrace this strange boy with a genetic mutation that makes him look so different.
At this point he also meets a strange girl who urges him to take dangerous risks, something that leads to the tragic deaths of his friends. It is at this point that he begins to become the monster that his mother recognised. He begins to kill and torture, first animals then people, and finally
Fleeing his homeworld, Thanos goes out to the stars, where he discovers he has another talent. No matter how different the alien species is, he is not only a babe magnet, but is also able to impregnate every female he meets. For a while, he keeps a low profile on a pirate ship, but finally his killing ways begin again. Returning from exile to his home world, he meets again the beautiful strange girl of his childhood, who pledges to be his lover . There is one odd thing here - the text says that all his children look like their mothers, but the art clearly shows they look him him. I wondered if this was some clever attempt to show how Thanos's mental imagery is at odds with reality, but it is just as likely to be a simple mistake.
Finally, Thanos returns home, this time to destroy his world as the final act to win his love. It is at this point, in a final confrontation with his father that the truth is revealed - . He leaves, to continue his death mongering, forever alone.
This is a fascinating study of a psychopath and the paths that lead to such a being. You shouldn't let the comic book nature of this book get in the way of this. It is well written, mostly well drawn (just a few wobbles where the art is not as clear as it could be), and a well thought out book. A well deserved 4 stars
August 11, 2022
"Thanos The Destroyer has come to Titan, to remember that he once was a boy who loved. And that everything he has done since, every world he has conquered, every dark miracle he has conjured, every life he has taken, he has done so alone.
Thanos, the mad son of Titan, was born evil —or was he? He remembers the expression of fear all over her face when she first laid her eyes on him; the shine of the blade she intended to kill him with. The very first memory of the child of Titan.
He never asked to be born this way, as he would say, all he ever wanted was someone to love, and someone to love him back. He finds what he seeks, eventually, an eternal lover; THE DEATH HERSELF. She tells him this, the monster that he is, is what he was born to be —his heart though, if he has any, tells him otherwise.
This miniseries tells almost everything you need to know about Thanos; his childhood, past, families and history. But what stands out is his job: Killing. All the issues illustrate this fact clearly.
May 4, 2018
Re-read 2018: I liked this more this time. Could be Infinity War beer goggles, but I’ll bump this to a very effed up four stars.
2015: Jason Aaron is one of my favorite writers and he does the "What the eeeeffffff?!?" stuff as well as anyone in comics today. Believe me, you'll be what-the-effing plenty in this five-part miniseries but I certainly don't consider it essential reading. It’s very dark.
2015: Jason Aaron is one of my favorite writers and he does the "What the eeeeffffff?!?" stuff as well as anyone in comics today. Believe me, you'll be what-the-effing plenty in this five-part miniseries but I certainly don't consider it essential reading. It’s very dark.
November 27, 2013
What an origin story. I never expected to read a Thanos book, especially an origin story. This has a lot of heart and emotion, and there's plenty of self-discovery for Thanos. It's really strange how into his origin story you can get, because even though he's a bad guy you can almost feel his pain on these pages. The story between him and Death was amazing. Must read Marvel, and I don't say that often.
November 13, 2014
2.5 Stars.
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January 11, 2021
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I would wager that most people only know Thanos through the movies Infinity War and Endgame. Those movies tweak Thanos' motivations a bit and make his acts way more PG13 than his history in the comic books.
If you've followed Thanos in the comics you know that he has a long standing one sided love with Lady Death and his motivations for killing rest far more with trying to impress her than with some noble conservationist plan.
Thanos Rising gives us the least sympathetic profile I've yet seen of the great Titan. It starts all the way back at his birth and follows his development into a monster. If you're saying "Thanos was right" after this one you're a psychopath.
There is nothing redeemable about Thanos in Thanos Rising. He's truly despicable and does unforgivable things. It actually gets pretty dark for the average Marvel comic. But really that's what makes him such an interesting character that I keep coming back to. He's not a typical Marvel villain, he's almost too human in his motivations, it's scary and familiar.
In addition to being a good story the art is wonderful. It's nice to see the different jewel toned pallet that comes with celestial comics. So many great and unusual landscapes and scenery deep into space.
I think this is my favorite Thanos run that I've read so far. It adds a new depth to the character and takes away any doubt that he could ever be a hero. He's not a hero, he's always going to be on the wrong side and doing things the wrong way.
If you are a fan of Thanos comics this one is a must read. If you watched the movies and are curious to see more this one can be read as a standalone. You won't have to worry about not having read any of his previous runs in order to follow the story. An absolute rariety in comics!
I would like to see more complex dives into Marvel villains. Ones with depth, not some of the totally phoned in ones I've seen for a few others. Villains are fascinating characters and there's a whole universe of them to explore. Give them all their due! Let's see who the heroes are really up against!
I strongly recommend this run and hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I look forward to reading even more Thanos in the future as well.
I would wager that most people only know Thanos through the movies Infinity War and Endgame. Those movies tweak Thanos' motivations a bit and make his acts way more PG13 than his history in the comic books.
If you've followed Thanos in the comics you know that he has a long standing one sided love with Lady Death and his motivations for killing rest far more with trying to impress her than with some noble conservationist plan.
Thanos Rising gives us the least sympathetic profile I've yet seen of the great Titan. It starts all the way back at his birth and follows his development into a monster. If you're saying "Thanos was right" after this one you're a psychopath.
There is nothing redeemable about Thanos in Thanos Rising. He's truly despicable and does unforgivable things. It actually gets pretty dark for the average Marvel comic. But really that's what makes him such an interesting character that I keep coming back to. He's not a typical Marvel villain, he's almost too human in his motivations, it's scary and familiar.
In addition to being a good story the art is wonderful. It's nice to see the different jewel toned pallet that comes with celestial comics. So many great and unusual landscapes and scenery deep into space.
I think this is my favorite Thanos run that I've read so far. It adds a new depth to the character and takes away any doubt that he could ever be a hero. He's not a hero, he's always going to be on the wrong side and doing things the wrong way.
If you are a fan of Thanos comics this one is a must read. If you watched the movies and are curious to see more this one can be read as a standalone. You won't have to worry about not having read any of his previous runs in order to follow the story. An absolute rariety in comics!
I would like to see more complex dives into Marvel villains. Ones with depth, not some of the totally phoned in ones I've seen for a few others. Villains are fascinating characters and there's a whole universe of them to explore. Give them all their due! Let's see who the heroes are really up against!
I strongly recommend this run and hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I look forward to reading even more Thanos in the future as well.
August 20, 2025
The origin of Thanos - a character I know almost nothing about, I'm not very interested in the cosmic MU. It starts off rather sluggish and mundane before going in a direction that's supposedly predictable but dark and sinister enough to pique my interest.
March 28, 2020
Ah well being in India I wasn't too much familiar with the comics of DC or Marvel and came to know about most of the characters first through MCU movies and TV series moments. So after getting my heart broken in Infinity War, I finally read this graphic novel which is collection of 5 normal comics but I liked the art first of all, and then the story too because Death one I had just heard the story through different people. Also did you ever wonder how Thanos would look in underwear? Well wonder no more as Thanos is on full display here. We see Thanos's journey from a child to the mad titan everybody fears so much. Thanks to Prime Reading I am able to read all these wonderful graphic novels without any extra charge. I love you Amazon. :P
So yeah if you have Prime Member so just go ahead and borrow the book and finish it then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
So yeah if you have Prime Member so just go ahead and borrow the book and finish it then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
June 13, 2020
149/365
¿Cuál fue el origen de Thanos el Titán Loco y seguramente uno de los mayores villanos del cómic y de lo que llevamos de siglo en la gran pantalla? Jason Aaron responde en cinco números más cercanos a la biografía de un psicópata que a un ángel caído al estilo Darth Vader. Oscura y perturbadora como el propio Thanos.
¿Cuál fue el origen de Thanos el Titán Loco y seguramente uno de los mayores villanos del cómic y de lo que llevamos de siglo en la gran pantalla? Jason Aaron responde en cinco números más cercanos a la biografía de un psicópata que a un ángel caído al estilo Darth Vader. Oscura y perturbadora como el propio Thanos.
April 28, 2019
Me ha entretenido bastante.
Me ha encantado saber más sobre Thanos y su origen.
Se lee rápido, por que no se hace nada aburrido. Recomendado al 100%, si eres fan de los comics o de las películas de superhéroes.
Me ha encantado saber más sobre Thanos y su origen.
Se lee rápido, por que no se hace nada aburrido. Recomendado al 100%, si eres fan de los comics o de las películas de superhéroes.
August 4, 2019
4,5/5. Un paseo por la infancia de Thanos y sus orígenes alucinante. Ha sido increíble poder conocer de verdad a este villano cuyo interior es tan complejo. El personaje de La Muerte me ha fascinado 😍
May 26, 2018
4.5/5 El origen de uno de los mejores villanos de Marvel.
April 8, 2018
First I'm really glad about thanos's relationship with mistress death will not going to be in mcu,
He is one of the most powerful cosmic in marvel he is the only person who knows how to control the gems.
Second, I don't like the idea that thanos being a mad titan because of his love for death that she tells him what to do, Also when he destroys titan planet just because he never finds answers of his true self... like are you serious?
in infinity gauntlet 90s comics he snaps his finger to vanish half the people with the help of infinity gems I REALLY was surprised but then when he did it just to please mistress death she was sad about his behavior and what he's become, for me it was awkward.
He is one of the most powerful cosmic in marvel he is the only person who knows how to control the gems.
Second, I don't like the idea that thanos being a mad titan because of his love for death that she tells him what to do, Also when he destroys titan planet just because he never finds answers of his true self... like are you serious?
in infinity gauntlet 90s comics he snaps his finger to vanish half the people with the help of infinity gems I REALLY was surprised but then when he did it just to please mistress death she was sad about his behavior and what he's become, for me it was awkward.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 27, 2020
Adquirí “Thanos – Origen” aunque no he seguido especialmente la evolución y apariciones del personaje, por tres razones básicas: el trabajo de Aaron en La Patrulla-X, las ganas que le tenía al dibujo de Bianchi y el, impecable trabajo de edición de Panini en la línea Must Have.
El tomo no defrauda, aunque entiendo que después del trabajo de Jim Starlin pueda parecer un producto un poco forzado y superfluo, pero la evolución de psicópata de manual y asesino de masas (y mundos) que despliega el tándem Aaron-Bianchi tiene suficiente consistencia y el “in crescendo” necesario para mantenerte página a página. Grandilocuencia cósmica puesta al servicio del imperio del terror y el asesinato. La relación tortuosa y enfermiza de Thanos con Muerte y los lazos que se tejen entre ellos para que Thanos eclosione en el titán oscuro en que ha de convertirse llega a su clímax final con el desenlace frente a la figura del padre y la obsesión edípica con su madre que sobrevuelan los cinco capítulos que configuran el tomo.
Una buena entrada a la psique y las motivaciones del personaje y a un precio perfecto para picar el anzuelo.
El tomo no defrauda, aunque entiendo que después del trabajo de Jim Starlin pueda parecer un producto un poco forzado y superfluo, pero la evolución de psicópata de manual y asesino de masas (y mundos) que despliega el tándem Aaron-Bianchi tiene suficiente consistencia y el “in crescendo” necesario para mantenerte página a página. Grandilocuencia cósmica puesta al servicio del imperio del terror y el asesinato. La relación tortuosa y enfermiza de Thanos con Muerte y los lazos que se tejen entre ellos para que Thanos eclosione en el titán oscuro en que ha de convertirse llega a su clímax final con el desenlace frente a la figura del padre y la obsesión edípica con su madre que sobrevuelan los cinco capítulos que configuran el tomo.
Una buena entrada a la psique y las motivaciones del personaje y a un precio perfecto para picar el anzuelo.
May 17, 2024
عنوانیه که خیلی وقت پیش خوندم.
خیلی شوکه کننده بود نسبت به نسخه های قدیمی اوریجین تانوس روایت خیلی بهتری داره ولی با توجه به نظرات کسانی که خوندن برداشت های متفاوتی از پایان داستان هست.
توی این داستان ما سرگذشت تانوس و ارتباطش با مرگ رو میبینیم. قطعا برای علاقه مندان به آثار مارول توصیه اش میکنم.
خیلی شوکه کننده بود نسبت به نسخه های قدیمی اوریجین تانوس روایت خیلی بهتری داره ولی با توجه به نظرات کسانی که خوندن برداشت های متفاوتی از پایان داستان هست.
توی این داستان ما سرگذشت تانوس و ارتباطش با مرگ رو میبینیم. قطعا برای علاقه مندان به آثار مارول توصیه اش میکنم.
November 4, 2021
Another great Thanos mini series! More of an origin one here but that gave some depth to him, bringing empathy, trying to explain or put some light on what made him the man he will become. Good one!
July 17, 2022
Mad Titan indeed
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