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Comic Book: Thanos Rising

What This Book is About:
A 5-issue mini-series covering the early life of Thanos up to his destructive invasion of Titan.

Data Sheet:
Dates
Apr 2013 to Aug 2013
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Plus: Mentor (A'Lars), Kronos (Chronos), Sui-San.
Thanos Rising #1
Thanos Rising #1

(Apr 2013)

Comics Index

Total Indexed Comics: 5

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Thanos Rising #1
4 stars

Thanos Rising #1

April 2013
"(no title given)"
Script: Jason Aaron
In the current time Thanos is making a yearly pilgrimage to the ruins of Titan, not to celebrate his destructive victory but to visit his mother's grave and remember his past.In that past the Eternal Sui-San is giving birth to a baby who looks more like a Deviant. [...]
Thanos Rising #2
4 stars

Thanos Rising #2

May 2013
"(no title given)"
Script: Jason Aaron
This whole issue is a flashback to Thanos' remembered past.Thanos is now a teen (15 or more). His aversion to dissecting specimens in biology class has long gone and he is now an expert and quits the class. He's outpaced all his other teachers as well. [...]
Thanos Rising #3
4 stars

Thanos Rising #3

June 2013
"(no title given)"
Script: Jason Aaron
This issue continues directly from the end of the previous 1 where Thanos prepared to dissect his mother Sui-San (alive) trying to discover what made him different from the other Titanians. Now he's finished and he's no wiser. [...]
Thanos Rising #4
4 stars

Thanos Rising #4

July 2013
"(no title given)"
Script: Jason Aaron
We've skipped forward more years in Thanos' early life. Now his single pirate ship has expanded to a fleet which travels from world to world committing genocide. Along the way the Mad Titan has given himself energy projection powers. [...]
Thanos Rising #5
4 stars

Thanos Rising #5

August 2013
"(no title given)"
Script: Jason Aaron
Thanos and his war fleet bomb Titan. Thanos sits on the throne he was building last issue as Death (invisible to everyone else) applauds him. He descends with his consort (in the form of a living woman again) to the surface and personally despatches the survivors. Then he claims Death's love. [...]