Name the ones or beings from their pantheons around their level more impressive than Thanos. Hell you could include Death Gods for that matter.
Just because Thanos isn't Odin or Zeus level that doesn't make him not in the Skyfather range of power. Hell, Odin is outright the most powerful one and that doesn't make him above the range. The only real reason Zeus is above Thanos is because he was stated to be equal to Odin for that matter. Though Zeus does have impressive things going for him.
The only real being from a Pantheon with feats above Thanos besides Odin is Ibis/Thoth. Including Death Gods, Seth is always amped against Odin and Odin always weakened, and even then Seth does... not very good (though the galaxy busting is a thing), hell, Seth does worse than Thanos did. Mephisto is probably the next guy with feats above Thanos, but Mephisto has been portrayed as something entirely beatable by Thanos. Pluto would get raped, Hela would get raped.
And so on like that. If you take Skyfather to mean "Odin/Zeus level" then no, Thanos isn't one. If you take Skyfather like you do for heralds (Nova to Surfer), then Thanos is mid-ish.
I will admit when I think of skyfathers I do indeed think of people Odin/Zeus level. I feel if you want to say someone like Thanos is a skyfather then it just makes the term less impressive.
Since, if Thanos is a mid-ish skyfather, Odin is high end. But then Odin is so above Thanos that does Thanos really belong just one tier below?
1) No.
2) He doesn't rank.
I'm basing this mainly on Odin & Zeus too but that's only fair because we see very little of the other skyfathers. But if they are close to Odin & Zeus they are above Thanos. Yes, it's quite possible he's close to some of the weaker pantheons but we just don't know so I'm not giving it to him by speculation.
And not only is Thanos less powerful in a straight up fight but he lacks other wide ranging abilities that IMO come with being a Skyfather - things like matter transmutation, time warping, limited reality warping, prophecy etc. We've seen Odin stop, time, put the entire population of earth into stasis, and move them to another dimension, and various other things that are just far beyond Thanos's capabilities. That stuff comes with the position - there is more to being a skyfather than just being a physically powerful thug.
That's why people generally have him in a trans category, he's certainly at a high level but just not quite that high.
Originally posted by Branlor SwiftI think Death Gods get a pass because they're generally omnipotent in their realms... and sometimes their realms appear to be largely dependent on their existence. Which I don't think is an unfair way of looking at it. I don't speak for everyone but it's crossed my mind several times.
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/5/54353/2209975-zeus___meeting_of_sky_fathers_keith_pollard_panel_color_4x_lrg.jpgName the ones or beings from their pantheons around their level more impressive than Thanos. Hell you could include Death Gods for that matter.
If Thanos created/sustained/ruled a realm that he was omnipotent in, I'd place him much higher than I currently would.
