Avengers: Infinity War
Of all the terrible thingsThanoshad to do to develop the Infinity Stones inAvengers : Infinity War , gaining the Soul Stone was easily the worst . inform by the Red Skull that he had to give up the thing he hump the most to receive the Soul Stone , Thanos sweep his beloved stone’s throw - girl Gamora to the bound of a drop and throw her to her death . The experience gave him the ability he look for , but caused even someone like him to repent his action . Later , Black Widow sacrifice her own life story to acquire the Soul Stone and wipe out Thanos ’ action at law , allow the saga ’s most traumatic scene .
So , it may be surprising to learn that , in the original comic book plot line thatAvengers : Infinity Warwas free-base on , Thanos did n’t have to make any vast sacrifice to larn the Soul Stone . In fact , theSoul Stoneturned out to not only be the first Harlan Stone Thanos evolve , but also his easiest conquest !
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Thanos gained this loot in the first issue of the two - issue miniseriesThe Thanos Quest , which follow his mission to gain all six Infinity Stones ( called “ Soul Gems ” or “ Infinity Gems ” in the comedian ) and make his Infinity Gauntlet . In the comic , Thanos does not have any minions to order around like in the movie , and is , in fact , a minion himself . Having been resurrected by Mistress Death , the Marvel Universe ’s embodiment of decease itself , Thanos has wassail to vote out half the universe for Death to correct a “ cosmic imbalance . ” The job is not simply a service for Thanos , however , as the Mad Titan is in love with Death and desires to become her equal .
To that end , Thanos seeks out the “ Soul Gems ” to give himself the power to slaughter half the universe and garner his beloved ’s love . After learning about the gem ’ whereabouts by gazing at Death ’s “ Infinity Well , ” Thanos decides to seek the Soul Gem ( aka Soul Stone ) first . His journeying consider him to “ The Nexus of Reality , ” a maddening realm that requires Thanos to pass through multiple dimensions just to reach it . In many ways , Thanos ’ journey mirrorsDoctor Strange ’s delirious trek through alternate realitiesin theDoctor StrangeMCU picture when the Ancient One send Stephen Strange careening through abstract dimension .
Where Stephen happen the experience maddening , Thanos remains stoical and unhesitating , even as different dimension cause his body to stop dead , shatter , run , and otherwise deform . finally , he arrives at the Nexus of Reality where theSoul Gem ’s keeper – a powerful cosmic being know as the “ In - Betweener ” – is immobilise in a sphere by his master Lord Chaos and Master Order for his disobedience . Thanos tells the In - Betweener that he want to leave Death ’s inspection and repair and gain the In - Betweener ’s auspices . inform the being that they can shatter his prison if they blast it from the inside and outside simultaneously , Thanos goads the In - Betweener into destroy the sphere . Once his target is freed , however , Thanos ’ nature changes completely . He snatches the Soul Gem from the In - Betweener ’s head , obtain the being ’s wrath . When the In - Betweener seek to attack Thanos , however , he encounter his power do n’t act upon in the Nexus of Reality .
Informing the In - Betweener that Lord Chaos and Master Order throw him the globose prison to protect his powers out of mercy , Thanos then casually leaves the realm even as Lord Chaos and Master Order appear – quick to give the In - Betweener a level-headed punishment for his up-to-the-minute rebelliousness . It ’s a radicallydifferent storythan the one portray inAvengers : Infinity War , but one that shows how much more scheme the comic playscript version of Thanos is .
MCU ’s Thanos learn himself as an overlord who can outsource his tasks to his tyke and minions – give them whenever he go out fit – but the funny bookThanosis more than willing to go into dangerous territory unaided to get what he wants .
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