Originally posted by quanchi112
Again in terms of intelligence and manipulation Thanos has him beaten badly here.
I don't know...Galactus gathered all the infinity gems pretty effortlessly compared to how long it took the mad titan. What I'm saying is....galactus doesn't "scheme" anywhere near as much as thanos, for obvious reasons. But as you saw, once he has a specific plan, it usually comes to fruition. Thanos tried to his best to counter Galactus' plans to come to fruition....and failed.
True Thanos was instrumental in defeating Hunger, but keep in mind thanos' original objective was to prevent hunger from being released, which really meant preventing G from activating the Gems. G's intent, of course, was to activate the gems. So, Thanos schemed directly in opposition to Galactus, and thanos lost
(1. thanos couldn't act swiftly enough to prevent G from gaining the infinity gem from Rune,
2. thanos, with moondragon's help, was defeated on the astral plane, when thanos wanted to tentacle rape Galactus and rape secrets out of him
3. G's punisher cyborgs boarded sanctuary, attacked thanos, and stripped the soul gem from warlock's person, and ultimately blew up sanctuary, all while thanos was expecting it would happen,
4. Thanos went to confront G directly, and failed)