Monday, July 2, 2012

Managing Marvel's Myths...

Calling out all purple skinned guys...








It appears that cameo at the end of "Avengers" is a very potent seed...

Not only did it introduce Thanos to an unsuspecting comic-naive public, but it set the literary arm up to reprint some of his most famous stories.  And now, Marvel's answer to DC's Darkseid has his own new miniseries coming out later this year.

Thanos: Son of Titan.

It tells the origin of the mighty nemesis of many Marvel superheros.  It's not the first series about him, and certainly won't be the last.  If you haven't read them before, "The Infinity Gauntlet" and "The Thanos Imperative" are great ways to brush up on purple bad guys.  Will he be the villain in "Avengers 2" or another film?  We'll most likely find out a piece of the answer next week at Comic-Con.  Will Latino Review be correct or will The Hollywood Reporter be right?  Or will we see both?

Either way, he's come a long way since his introduction in Iron Man #55...

1 comment:

Mr. Roboto said...

Thanos looks like Eddie from Iron Maiden.