Marvel Comics

Jim Starlin created Thanos in 1973 and spent two decades building the character into one of Marvel's greatest cosmic villains. This omnibus collects Starlin's Infinity Gauntlet-era Thanos work — the stories that transformed a B-list villain who worshipped Death into the existential threat that defined an entire era of Marvel cosmic storytelling.

Before Infinity Gauntlet, Jim Starlin spent years establishing who Thanos was and why he worshipped Death. This omnibus collects the origin material and early cosmic battles that made Thanos something other than a standard villain — a true believer whose nihilism has theological roots. It covers the foundational Starlin Thanos material that Infinity Gauntlet was built upon. Essential pre-Infinity Gauntlet Why it's worth it.

Jim Starlin's Infinity Gauntlet is the defining Marvel cosmic event — the story in which Thanos assembles all six Infinity Gems, wipes out half of all life in the universe, and forces Earth's remaining heroes into a desperate, seemingly impossible counterattack.