WhiteWitchKing
Senior Member
Originally posted by illadelph12
[B]Simple, actually.Thanos has been cut and impaled. Apocalypse has a means to cut and/or impale him.
That's true. What does impaling Thanos or cutting into him matter when he's going to shrug it off?
There's no evidence whatsoever that Drax is the only character capable of impaling him, additionally, on panel evidence clearly shows other characters besides Drax being capable of bludgeoning and cutting him.
But Drax has been the only one to kill in that manner and has been stated throughout that comic of Drax's purpose and power. Cutting him is one thing, negating Thanos' regeneration is another, which Drax's new powers allowed him to do it. Heck, it even states by Drax himself that he's Thanos' silver bullet.
Moreover, Apocalypse has, on panel, impaled another Eternal, Ikaris, through the chest via a spike applied during a bear hug.
Ikaris is nowhere comparable to Thanos. Wolverine shoved his claws into Thanos and it didn't do a thing. Ikaris was on his knees when Apocalypse punctured him.
Furthermore, regardless of whether it's Drax removing his heart or another character is inconsequential, the on panel evidence would clearly suggest that characters other than Drax can harm him by these means due to his prior injuries. Impalement is simply a puncture wound, and Thanos's body has been compromised by these means priorly by other characters.
Err, there's evidence that they've cut into him, but no evidence any of it harmed him. They cut into him and what happens? They got a beat down.
There is no evidence that would suggest that if any character other than Drax impaled him he would shrug it off because they are not his "kryptonite", and alternately, there is evidence that clearly depicts other characters without Drax's properties have harmed Thanos, and heart removal is a fatal wound, regardless of the source.
Other characters without Drax's properties have cut him. Wolverine stabbed him in the chest. Nothing happened.
So, as I'll state again, it's not the most popular outcome, but it's feasible, and the evidence to support it exists, regardless of popular opinion.
So we can assume that Apocalypse can just stick his claws into Thanos and pull out his heart and ignore where states that Drax is his silver bullet. People have cut him and he's healed from it. There's been three incarnation of Drax and the only one that managed to do so has been the last one. If it's as easy as sticking your hand into Thanos' body and pulling out his heart - the first two would have succeeded. Drax's first incarnation (the dumb one was the second incarnation) ripped apart a star. His most recent is the most physically weakest. Even assuming all versions are physically equal, the last one possesed powers the others don't have to kill Thanos. Everytime he's reborn, Drax's becomes equipped different to destroy Thanos. Hell, that's his purpose in life.
What does Apocalypse have that the first Drax didn't? Physically the first one ripped apart a star and in a fight with Thanos destroyed a planet. That Drax got beaten up numerous times against Thanos (prepower up Thanos). Did the first Drax lack the appendages that the current Drax have?
Apocalypse isn't doing anything to Thanos. Cutting him? Sure. But how affectively will it be before Thanos' body regenerates? As to date, current Drax has been the only person and only version of Drax capable of killing him in that manner.