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The Thanos Imperative
Cover of The Thanos Imperative 1 (July 2010), art by Aleksi Briclot
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Title(s)The Thanos Imperative: Ignition #1

The Thanos Imperative #1-6
The Thanos Imperative Devastation #1
Guardians of the Galaxy #25

Nova #36
FormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a set of limited series and one-shot comics.
Genre
Publication dateThe Thanos Imperative: Ignition:
May
ISBN 0-7851-5183-4

The Thanos Imperative is a six-issue

Cancerverse
(a universe where death itself is extinct) that lies beyond it.

Publication history

The story is the culmination of events starting with the "

many-angled ones and counterparts of the Earth-616 superheroes. The aftermath of those storylines was dealt with in Guardians of the Galaxy #25 and Nova
#36, after which both titles were cancelled.

Plot synopsis

While the

Celestials, and other cosmic beings. Among the invaders is their leader, Lord Mar-Vell, who is an alternate version of Captain Marvel. Mar-Vell kills the Magus for failing to locate Thanos.[9]
Mar-Vell is the de facto leader of the extradimensional Cancerverse—a metaphysically unbalanced dimension where Death itself has been completely banished and Life runs rampant, like a cancer—and seeks to spread his dimension's plague of "undeath" to all other universes.

Mar-Vell is the avatar of Life, and Thanos is the avatar of Death. Because of this, the battle will only be over when one of them destroys the other. While Star-Lord leads the Guardians and Thanos into the Fault hoping to locate Lord Mar-Vell, Lord Mar-Vell scours the Marvel Universe for Thanos. Nova leads Quasar, Beta Ray Bill, Gladiator, the Silver Surfer and Ronan the Accuser in an attack on Mar-Vell, but loses badly. When Thanos kills Drax the Destroyer, his death as the avatar of life alerts Mar-Vell to his presence and he returns to the Cancerverse.[10]

When Mar-Vell confronts Thanos and the Guardians, everyone is surprised when Thanos immediately surrenders.[11] As he willingly prepares to be sacrificed by Mar-Vell, he muses about how the Captain Marvel he knew never considered the consequences of his actions either. Mar-Vell realizes he has been tricked just as Death, summoned by Thanos's death, arrives to claim him. This causes a chain reaction that kills Mar-Vell's followers and triggers the collapse of the alternate universe and the Fault. Thanos, expecting Death to embrace him for his actions, becomes enraged when she once again spurns him. Teleporting the rest of their comrades to safety, Star Lord and Nova remain behind to contain Thanos, who blames the heroes for Death's manipulation of him and vows to make the entire universe suffer, by keeping him within the Cancerverse until its imminent destruction.[12]

A memorial service is held for those lost in the conflicts. Quasar informs

Spaceknights materializes in their midst, proclaiming urgency in her errand and asking where to find "this team [she is] supposed to lead".[13]

Critical reception

The crossover received critical acclaim. According to Comic Book Roundup, it received an average score of 8.3 out of 10 based on 42 reviews.[14]

Collected editions

The series was released in a collected edition.

  • The Thanos Imperative (collects The Thanos Imperative 1–6, The Thanos Imperative: Ignition, The Thanos Imperative: Devastation, and the Thanos Sourcebook, 208 pages, hardcover, February 2011,
    ISBN 0785149023
    )

It is also included in two omnibuses:

References

  1. Marvel.com
    . Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  2. ^ McGloin, Matt & Brewer, Byron (February 23, 2010). "DnA Crank Things Up: The Thanos Imperative: Ignition". Cosmic Book News. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  3. ^ Richards, Dave (March 4, 2010). "DnA Issue "The Thanos Imperative"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  4. ^ Brownfield, Troy (March 4, 2010). "DnA Bring Back the God of Death in "The Thanos Imperative"". Newsarama. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  5. ^ Tacopina, Robert (May 28, 2010). "Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning: A Cosmic Trip Through the Thanos Imperative". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  6. ^ Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 #24 (April 2010)
  7. ^ War of Kings #6
  8. ^ Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 #18; The Thanos Imperative: Ignition (July 2010)
  9. ^ The Thanos Imperative #1-3 (Aug. – Oct. 2010)
  10. ^ The Thanos Imperative #3-4 (Oct, Nov 2010)
  11. ^ The Thanos Imperative #5 (Dec 2010)
  12. ^ a b The Thanos Imperative #6 (Jan 2011)
  13. ^ The Thanos Imperative: Devastation (Feb 2011)
  14. ^ "Thanos Imperative Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06.

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