Avengers: Infinity War
Audiences love they were in for a colored movie when they sawThanosmurder fan - best-loved villain / anti - grinder Loki in the first few minutes ofAvengers : eternity Warshortly after the trickster gave the brainsick Titan theTesseract cube(secretly the hiding piazza of the Space Stone ) . The Stone gave Thanos the power to journey anywhere in the existence instantaneously , which proved utile in his seeking for the other Infinity Stones .
In the comics , however , Thanos acquire the Space Stone ( called the “ Soul Gem ” or “ Infinity Gem ” ) through unlike means . Moreover , Loki was n’t the steward of the Space Stone in this version – rather it was Marvel ’s version of DC ’s celebrated speedsterThe Flash !
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Thanos acquired the Space Gem in the second issue of his miniseriesThe Thanos Quest , which saw him travel the universe toacquire all six Infinity Gems and form his Infinity Gauntlet . In the first issue of the miniseries , Thanos acquired the Soul Gem ( from the cosmic being the In - Betweener ) , the Power Gem ( from the infinitely muscular fighter The Champion ) , and the Time Gem ( from the Elder of the Universe , the Gardener ) .
Notably , Thanos did not get these gem through beastly force or determent , but guile and subterfuge . He continued using such strategy to realise the remain Infinity Gems – but also began using the top executive he had already accumulated to his advantage . This proved peculiarly useful when he cover down the Keeper of the fourth Infinity Gem , another senior of the Universe call The Runner .
Like all Elders of the Universe , the Runner commit his integral cosmos in pursuit of a single obsession – in his shell , speed . Much likeDC ’s Flash , the Runner was fixated on becoming quicker than he already was , although unlike Barry Allen , the Runner saw speed as an close to itself , not a hobby of justice . And now that he was the owner of the Space Gem , the Runner felt he had finally attained his not bad desireas the gem made him so tight that he sometimes hit his destination before he had barely begin .
The Runner ’s speed was so great that he plainly overmaster Thanos before the demented Titan even had the hazard to pose his hand on the Infinity Gem . Thanos even apparently conceded licking and told the Runner the stock of the Infinity Gems – how they were birthed from the first and only living being in reality . ineffectual to see a purpose for its world , the being commit felo-de-se , and its limitless power was reincarnated as the Infinity Gems . Thanos admit that he sought the gems so that he could become the adequate of Mistress Death and sit at her side .
As the Runner crow over his triumph , however , Thanos revealed he had just been telling his story to keep the Runner in one place long enough for him to use one of his own gems – the Time Gem – to age the Runner a million years . As even Elders of the Universe age ( albeit very slowly ) , this turn the Runner into an ancient being too frail to move or find out . In this state , Thanos easily use up the Space Gem from the Runner , note that the Gem did n’t actually make the Runner faster but take into account him to heave space around him to give him the illusion of greater speed .
Thanos ’ final act against the Runner was even more humiliating – using the Time Gem once again , he regressed the Runner to a near - foetal state . Promising the Runner that he still had a use for him , he took the now - infant Elder of the Universe with him to the next occlusive on his quest . His scheme was not unlike the way his MCU opposite number reversed time around the Vision to resurrect and slip the Mind Stone and show once again thatThanosis often at his most severe when he appear defenseless . Even against abeing who ’s much quicker than theFlash .
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