James Brolin is Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy and beyond. After a brief on-screen appearance in The Avengers and in Guardians the Mad God of Titan will become more important as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues.
Writer/Director James Gunn is working on a sequel now and is excited to share more of the super villain’s story. Continue reading JAMES GUNN on THANOS in GUARDIANS 2
With Josh Brolin proudly wearing the Infinity Gauntlet at San Diego Comic Con after the announcement he’s playing Thanos, is it only a matter of time before we discover the Marvel Cinematic endgame?
The clues are there.
Brolin will play the Mad God of Titan in Guardians of the Galaxy. The character was seen briefly in the post-credit scene of The Avengers. It looks like Thanos could be the Blofeld (as in the James Bond franchise) for Marvel. Continue reading AVENGERS & GUARDIANS Leading To INFINITY GAUNTLET?
As you reel from this week’s epic conclusion to Marvel’s Infinity event I’m inspired to have as our Friday Flashback an earlier classic clash between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Thanos.
Writer Jim Starling, artists George Perez and Ron Lim gave us The Infinity Gauntlet back in 1991 in which the entire Marvel Universe took on the Mad God of Titan.
Thanos seized the Infinity Gems (also known as the Soul Gems) and assembled them on a gauntlet – this cosmic weapon gave him the power of God. As a gift to Death (who Thanos worships) he wipes out half the lives in the universe with a snap of a finger including many Marvel heroes. Continue reading INFINITY GAUNTLET Flashback
The torch is passed and a new beginning launches in Ultimate Comics Ultimates #25 this week! Look what’s coming up in the pages of the Avengers of the Ultimate Universe: the INFINITY GAUNTLET!
Sam Humphries leaves and Joshua Hale Fialkov takes over. Humphries revealed at Emerald City Comicon that he’ll be introducing a West Coast Ultimates in the final issues of his run.
Fialkov told Marvel.com the storylines he’ll pick up from the Humphries run as Ultimates Disassembled begins:
“Well, the Infinity Gems Continue reading ULTIMATES Disassembled!