Silver Surfer #44-Thanos plays with a star 3000 times larger than our sun. He decides it's probably time to deal with Surfer, who his cosmic senses warned him is capable of being a problem. Thanos could simply blink his enemies: Silver Surfer, Drax, Mentor, and Starfox out of existance, but he doesn't want to ruin all his fun. So Thanos takes Drax and Silver Surfer first. Drax lunges for Thanos, but Thanos freezes Drax in midair by stopping the time around him. Thanos then sows off his powers to Silver Surfer. First Time and then Space. He alters the nature of Drax to kill Surfer displaying his mastery of the Soul. He then displays his power over mind, reality, and power. Thanos restores all and Surfer realizes what has really happened. Drax and Surfer lunge at Thanos only to have their souls taken from them
Infinity Gauntlet #4- As Thor, Firelord, Namor, and Iron Man charge at Thanos, Thanos stops time. Thanos looks around and Mephisto sees that Surfer and Warlock are not joining the fight. Now out of the way Thanos restarts time. Hulk and Drax grab and pound Thanos. Thanos sends Drax flying, and shrinks the Hulk. Namor and She-Hulk come next. Both are encased in some growing dirt prison. Thor nails Thanos in the chest, and Dr Doom grabs for the gauntlet. Thanos blasts Doom. Thor throws his hammer, but Thanos opens a portal and Thor's hammer disappears. Thor attacks but is thrown by the cape. Thanos bats away Firelord. Wolverine sinls his claws into Thanos' chest. Thanos turns his adamantium bones and claws into spongy rubber bones and claws. Doom returns and Thanos asks, "Doom, you return for another shot at my guantlet?". Doom replies, "Only death will stay my hand". Thanos responds, "That can be arranged". Thanos downs Scarlet Witch, boxes Cyclops head, and plummets his hand into Vision's chest. Cyclops suffocates. Cloak devours Thanos, but he explodes out. Thor's hammer returns and Eric Masterson retransforms. Thanos knocks Drax and Firelord into the prehistoric past. Terraxia brings Thanos Iron Man's head. Spidey webs Thanos face, but is tackled by Terraxia. Thor begins pounding on Thanos. Thanos turns him to glass. Thanos turns Nova into colored cubes. Afterwards he shatters Thor. Thanos causes Quasar's quantum bands to explode. Captain America stands alone. Thanos has the ground hold Cap's fet. He then shatters the shield. As Thanos goes in for the killing blow Surfer flies in an attempts to grab the gauntlet, but misses. Cap hits Thanos, but Thanos swats him away realizing the mistake he nearly made. Galactus, Stranger, the Celestials, and many other cosmic beings stand before Thanos.
Silver Surfer #57- As Surfer passes over Thanos' head missing the Infinity Gauntlet Thanos realizes how close he came to losing it all. Thanos blasts Silver Surfer. The blast completely destroys the Surfer's reality. Surfer is sent to a reality where he is forced to relive the horrors from his life.
Infinity Gauntlet #5- The galactic people ask Thanos to give up the gems which he, of course, refuses to do. The Celestials hurl worlds at Thanos. Thanos destroys them. Chronos tries to immerse him ion time, but since Thanos controls all time it is somewhat futile. Order and Chaos hope to dichotomize Thanos, but he refuses to surrender his individuality. Galactus, Stranger, and Eon are but wished aside. Love and Hate try to confuse him, but they are blasted away. Mephisto tries to grab the gauntlet, but Thanos grabs his neck. Death attacks Thanos as well. Thanos explodes with rage, and reforms with all the galactic entities held in place above his throne room. Finally Thanos defeats Eternity and gives up his physical body to become one with the cosmos. But then the disfigured Nebula manages to wrest the gauntlet from Thanos' now unoccupied body, and becomes the new god. Nebula banishes Thanos and Terraxia. Terraxia dies in deep space. Thanos falls through Strange's portal. Surfer attacks, but Strange calls in Hulk and four others to separate the two