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Looks like Thanos is going to be after the Phoenix Force in his latest quest for power:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/thanos-sets-his-sights-fiery-marvel-power-from-lemire-deodato

Is it going to be to use it for destruction or is he going to try and kill it to end life?

Well, he's held true power a few times now, so I guess he's shooting for the bottom of the barrel this time around.

Nice change of pace for him. ermmhappy

heh

Bleh. Hopefully they find a decent twist. Having him chase random MacGuffins seems a little played out at this point, no?

Ka-Zar will stop him from obtaining the PF.

will read this

Lemire's a decent writer so I'm cautiously optimistic about this

Originally posted by Galan007
Well, he's held true power a few times now, so I guess he's shooting for the bottom of the barrel this time around.

Nice change of pace for him. ermmhappy


Love you to

Looking forward to this. Hopefully Lemire can dispel the pathetic writing of Bendis.

Also just a random bit to include but if he's going after the Phoenix then perhaps he might bump into Exitar and the Void if he finds the White Hot Room and more importantly the Sentry.

But all that beside I look forward to seeing a lot more of Thanos. Look forward to seeing Deodato doing the art. I know he seemingly traces Transformers for Beyonders but he is quite a good artist.

Yeah Deodato is a good artist compared to when he first started out.

Hope Lemire realizes whatever he accomplishes, Starlin will retcon next time he writes the character.

I hope the book sheds more light on the nature and purpose of the Force and how it complements the Abstracts. Similar fashion to how Thanos Quest revealed the true nature of the "soul gems."

Since Thanos has gotten his hands on pretty much every cosmic force and item I'm not sure whether this is for completions sake or if the author wants to play with the agent of death with the primordial power of life dynamic.

Originally posted by Astner
Since Thanos has gotten his hands on pretty much every cosmic force and item I'm not sure whether this is for completions sake or if the author wants to play with the agent of death with the primordial power of life dynamic.

Cosmic Entities: Gotta catch 'em all

Time to make up a new object of power, Infinity Gems been done to death same with the Phoenix.

I'd prefer not see any new cosmic forces or artifacts but rather have them expand on the ones that are around and tie together loose ends.

My main fear with this story is that this will be another retelling of the Infinity Gauntlet but with the Phoenix instead.

Originally posted by Astner
I'd prefer not see any new cosmic forces or artifacts but rather have them expand on the ones that are around and tie together loose ends.

My main fear with this story is that this will be another retelling of the Infinity Gauntlet but with the Phoenix instead.

Agreed. An exploration and expansion of existing characters would be much preferred.

I doubt we'll get a Thanos Quest retread with this being an ongoing.

Why can't it ever just be a 'normal' series that focuses on building Thanos' character, and giving him more depth? Why does he always have to be after some 'all powerful' trinket or w/e? It's just an overplayed and boring plot at this point, imo... But I suppose that is par for the course with Marvel nowadays.

Even though it didn't seem to be well-received, I actually enjoyed the Thanos Rising miniseries because it expanded on his character quite a bit. Gave us a decent backstory, and showed us how he evolved into the death-worshiping planet-conqueror we've come to know over the years... I'm probably in the minority with that one, though. Seems like a lot of people are all about "teh FEATS!!!!!1111!1!!!" these days, and don't give a rip about quality storytelling.

Meh. ermm

Originally posted by Endless Mike
Cosmic Entities: Gotta catch 'em all

Phoenix force, I choose you!

Use cosmic annihilation attack!

Originally posted by Galan007
Why can't it ever just be a 'normal' series that focuses on building Thanos' character, and giving him more depth? Why does he always have to be after some 'all powerful' trinket or w/e? It's just an overplayed and boring plot at this point, imo... But I suppose that is par for the course with Marvel nowadays.

Even though it didn't seem to be well-received, I actually enjoyed the Thanos Rising miniseries because it expanded on his character quite a bit. Gave us a decent backstory, and showed us how he evolved into the death-worshiping planet-conqueror we've come to know over the years... I'm probably in the minority with that one, though. Seems like a lot of people are all about "teh FEATS!!!!!1111!1!!!" these days, and don't give a rip about quality storytelling.

Meh. ermm

I enjoyed Thanos Rising, we found out Thanos was an emo and pussy whipped, it was excellent. I could just see young Thanos, performing a high school massacre, hang on, he sort of did!

Originally posted by Galan007
Why can't it ever just be a 'normal' series that focuses on building Thanos' character, and giving him more depth? Why does he always have to be after some 'all powerful' trinket or w/e? It's just an overplayed and boring plot at this point, imo... But I suppose that is par for the course with Marvel nowadays.

Even though it didn't seem to be well-received, I actually enjoyed the Thanos Rising miniseries because it expanded on his character quite a bit. Gave us a decent backstory, and showed us how he evolved into the death-worshiping planet-conqueror we've come to know over the years... I'm probably in the minority with that one, though. Seems like a lot of people are all about "teh FEATS!!!!!1111!1!!!" these days, and don't give a rip about quality storytelling.

Meh. ermm

Before that, I'd say the best Thanos story since Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade is Giffen's run, as it was about Thanos as a character just wandering around really and seeing how he acted in the weird situation he found at the Kyln.

The fact that Lemire said that run and Thanos Rising are big influences on this series gives me a bit of hope.

Eh, the Giffen run was good and didn't have Thanos searching for power. Albeit, it was only a six issue run but the way it just inserted Thanos as a dramatic agent into these situations made for a good story.

I think it's just super easy to fall into the trap of 'Thanos once again searches for power' which is dull and played out at this point. I mean, an example of a series which has done more with a character with simple motivations is the current Drax book. I mean it's not prestige comic writing or anything but it's a fun adventure book with a cool supporting cast based around Drax.

The problem with Thanos currently is (imo) writers are kinda forced to pen him into the ultimate villain role and as such just retread. It's pretty telling that the Starlin/Giffen series he had that was the best Thanos stuff since the Infinity saga was at a time when Marvel were happy to let the character have moved on from searching for power or pleasing Death.

Plus Lemire has talked about how the book will look at Thanos' relationship with some of his family like Starfox, Thane and Gamora, which could be good. Either way, it'll be different which is what a Thanos story needs to be right now

I would personally liked to have seen a few pages dedicated to his fight with the Ovin Mercs based on their reputation Thanos eluded too a good bloody massacre of the army.

I think this story could be good if it's a true Death vs Rebirth scenario and not gaining again story.

A Thanos book could be a good platform for cosmic stuff.

Like the pre-annihilation mini, Thanos could function as both an agent of change or simply an observer.

Interesting way to start the series...


http://i.imgur.com/i8oXzsVh.jpg




Sidenote:
Why were every character's arms/hands laughably massive in this book? ermm

That's pressure.

He's not dying, he's expressing shock at his shrimping head.

Originally posted by Galan007
Sidenote:
Why were every character's arms/hands laughably massive in this book? ermm

Something something...Trump...haven't pieced it all together yet duster