Thanos Rising

The story of Thanos' rise to power would make Shakespeare shudder," said Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Axel Alonso. "The epic saga of a young boy, born in blood on a planet far, far away, who grows to become one of the most powerful and terrifying forces in the Marvel Universe, Thanos Risingtakes a cold, hard look at the eternal question: Are some people just born evil?'

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/16/thanos-rising-at-marvel

Nobody cares.

Originally posted by abhilegend
Nobody cares.

lol @ the shakespeare crack.

Might be a good read, though...

This is either going to be very good or very bad.

Originally posted by HueyFreeman
This is either going to be very good or very bad.

Never read anything by Aaron?

Originally posted by Kazenji
Never read anything by Aaron?

From what I could tell, its basically just the retitling of Thanos : Son of Titan.

They did change the writer and artist. Jason Aaron's Thor is really good, so I have high hopes for this.

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
From what I could tell, its basically just the retitling of [b]Thanos : Son of Titan. [/B]

Unfortunately not everyone has read that such as myself

so this origin retelling might be a good starting point for some people.

I just hope Starfox gets the spotlight.

First issue was decent enough.

I'm assuming that the girl thats influencing Thanos in his childhood is Death?

^Probably.

Edit: I wonder whether Hickman will make references to this in Infinity or not.

If this mini is just supposed to chronicle Thanos' childhood/rise to power, then Hickman probably doesn't need to give it much consideration at all.

Originally posted by Galan007
If this mini is just supposed to chronicle Thanos' childhood/rise to power, then Hickman probably doesn't need to give it much consideration at all.

It's speculation though, so take that for what it's worth.

I want the Skottie Young variant cover for the lulz.

Originally posted by quanchi112
The story of Thanos' rise to power would make Shakespeare shudder," said Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Axel Alonso. "The epic saga of a young boy, born in blood on a planet far, far away, who grows to become one of the most powerful and terrifying forces in the Marvel Universe, Thanos Risingtakes a cold, hard look at the eternal question: Are some people just born evil?'

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/16/thanos-rising-at-marvel

Joking aside, it was a decent start. It was interesting to see Thanos' early history.

Originally posted by quanchi112
The story of Thanos' rise to power would make Shakespeare shudder," said Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Axel Alonso.

That's got to be the most overblown statement in the history of comic book pitches.

Originally posted by quanchi112
The story of Thanos' rise to power would make Shakespeare shudder," said Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Axel Alonso.

Shakespeare was just a writer. Alonso should have compared Thanos to some historical world dictator, to make his statement have the correct impact. Or, he should have said the origin of Thanos has Shakespearean echoes to it.