Thanos was born on Saturn's moon Titan, a world believed uninhabited but
actually the home to an advanced offshoot of humanity. Thanos was
dissatisfied by the peaceful world, and left to begin his mission of
conquest. In his travels, he met the entity known as Death and became
enamored with her. He soon devoted all of his energies to pleasing her, and
eventually became her servant. Desiring to be her equal, he sought the
Infinity Gems, six stones of great power that would give him control over
the universe. When he finally obtained the six gems and placed them on his
Infinity Gauntlet, he gained unlimited power. To impress Death, he
extinguished half the lives in the universe, and it took the combined might
of many superheroes to finally stop him. He was divested of the Gauntlet,
and placed on an uninhabited planet where he could cause no harm. He had
since escaped, and it is only a matter of time before he menaces the
universe in Death's name once again.
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