Thanos is a villain who appears in the Marvel Comics animated series Avengers Assemble.
Thanos was created by Jim Starlin and Mike Friedrich.
Role in the series[]
At the end of Season one finale "The Final Showdown", Thanos is revealed to be Red Skull's master as Red Skull gives him the Tesseract. In the final moments of the episode "The Arsenal", Thanos comes to Earth in search of the Power Stone.
In Season two, Thanos is the overarching primary antagonist, sharing the role with Ultron and the Squadron Supreme.
In "Thanos Rising", after attacking the headquarters of Uatu, Thanos shoots down an Avengers Quinjet. After falling into a trap of the Avengers, Thanos confronts the Avengers, Thanos wins easily, but Arsenal hits him with the power of the Power Stone. However, Thanos reveals that is in possession of the Infinity Gauntlet and takes the stone from Arsenal.
The Avengers manage to belay Thanos, who is defeated when Arsenal unleashes the power absorbed by the stone, blasting Thanos halfway across the galaxy.
At the end of "Widow's Run", after a debacle with Dormammu and Black Widow with the Infinity Stones, Thanos finally returns to Earth at the last minute, and claims the Stones, assembling them into the Infinity Gauntlet. Retreating into space, the Avengers pursue him. In "Thanos Triumphant", Thanos begins to use the Stones to construct a shrine for himself above the Earth, and with a wave of his hand, wipes out dozens of stars. However, the Avengers, using Titan technology, charge towards him. While using Titan battle suits, the Avengers are no match for the Infinity Gauntlet's power. Thanos effortlessly trashes the mechs, and the Avengers take him head-on.
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