Originally posted by KuRuPT ThanosiThey've only "gone at each other" once when Thanos had already acquired his artifact in the Infinity Gauntlet. Context. With THOTU, Akhenaten prepped against Doom and didn't do anything to prep against Thanos and the Defenders. Doom and Thanos never went at each other in Marvel: The End. Convenient. As it was convenient that TOAA meant for Thanos to have it anyway.
What is this based on exactly that Doom is greater than Thanos in prep? In Fact, they have both gone against eachother to acquire artifacts and Thanos has always come out on top. They are relative equals when it comes to prep... difference is.. Thanos is clearly and by a wide margin more powerful than Doom or Loki. That means, Thanos takes this.
Doom's accomplished more with his prep and in less time. No question.