Thanosi (Earth-616)

Thanosi
Name	Thanosi
Aliases	Thanos (individually)
Members
Former Member(s)	Armour, Higher-Powered Thanosi, Low-Level Thanosi, Mystic, Omega, Warrior, X, numerous unnamed others
Affiliation and Identity
Allies	Formerly Nihilistic Sect, Moondragon (brainwashed by X)
Enemies	Formerly Adam Warlock, Atlez, Atleza, Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell), Defenders, Gamora, Moondragon, Pip the Troll, Spider-Man, Thanos
Origin and Status
Origin	Originally clones of Thanos that were created to test the abilities of enemies or potential allies that later banded together to bring about oblivion
Status	Defunct
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jim Starlin
First	Ka-Zar (Vol. 3) #4 (June, 1997) (Retroactively) Infinity Abyss #1 (June, 2002) (Identified)
First	Ka-Zar (Vol. 3) #4 (June, 1997) (Retroactively) Infinity Abyss #1 (June, 2002) (Identified)
Last	Infinity Abyss #6 (August, 2002)
Last	Infinity Abyss #6 (August, 2002)

History

Modified clones created by Thanos to determine the strength of possible foes or the reliability of possible allies. He used cloning, sorcery, and technology for these Thanosi.

After tests involving Ka-Zar, Thor, and the Avengers proved the clones a failure due to them exhibiting nihilistic and destructive behaviors, Thanos scheduled them for recycling; however, a secret player blasted a hole in the roof of one of his hideouts' subterranean section, and consequently activated five of the replicants: Armour, Mystic, Omega, Warrior, and X.

These Thanosi then banded together to bring about the end of the universe and believed that they could do this by capturing Adam Warlock so he could direct them to the cosmic being Atlez, the Anchor of Reality, and his successor Atleza. By killing Atlez and his successor, the universe would come to end (this was actually a scheme created by Atlez to aid Adam in finding his successor Atleza).

X impersonated Thanos using a telepathic illusion and directed Pip the Troll to kidnap Adam Warlock as he was recovering from insanity on an alien planet.

X required information from Warlock, who previously made contact with Atlez. Gamora located the real Thanos, and with the aid of Warlock, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, and Moondragon, killed four of the the Thanosi.

However, the final clone, Omega, had gone to Earth to kill Atlez's successor Atleza and destroy the Earth. Omega was prevented from doing so after being teleported with the heroes to a barren planet where they battled. Thanos transported the heroes back to Earth and had a fleet of alien mercenaries destroy the planet, killing Omega. This allowed Atleza to take Atlez's place as the Anchor of Reality and thus sparing the universe from destruction.

Trivia

The Thanosi were introduced by Jim Starlin in Infinity Abyss in order to retcon the appearances of Thanos in Ka-Zar Vol.4, Thor Vol.2, X-Man Annual and Avengers: Celestial Quest, as those stories didn't follow Thanos character development at the end of "Infinity Gauntlet". Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens and Steve Englehart ignored that Thanos forsook nihilism at the end of Infinity Gauntlet #6 and helped Adam Warlock and other Heroes on more than one occasion. Hence the Thanosi-retcons in Infinity Abyss.

See Also

• 17 appearance(s) of Thanosi (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Thanosi (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Thanosi (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Thanosi (Earth-616)
• 4 quotation(s) by or about Thanosi (Earth-616)
• 7 member(s) of Thanosi (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Thanosi (Earth-616) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe