Thanos

An Eternal of Titan whose threat scales with what he is holding.

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Across continuities

One canonical record, many iterations. A version is this character in a different continuity; a variant is a separate in-fiction instance inside one. Everything below resolves back to this page.

Iteration	Type	Continuity	Performed by
Thanos (Earth-616)	Version		no performer on file

The feat ledger

Overpowers the Hulk in direct physical combat

Feat The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

With the Gauntlet, erases half of all life with a gesture

Feat The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Cannot age or die by ordinary means, a gift he treats as a curse

Statement The Infinity Gauntlet · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Directed cosmic-energy discharge without the Gauntlet

Feat The Infinity Gauntlet · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Rewrites the rules of the universe while holding all six stones

Statement The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Fights the assembled Marvel roster without the Gauntlet and survives

Feat The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Survives being unmade and returns, which the stories treat as routine

Statement The Infinity Gauntlet · Earth-616figure stated in the work

Force fields that hold against cosmic-level attack

Feat Silver Surfer Volume 3 · Earth-616shown, no figure stated

Continuities

Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.

Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity
MCU — Marvel Cinematic Universe films and series

Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version