The Mad Titan Wants Revenge On The Illuminati In Marvel’s New ‘Thanos’ Series
by Tony Thornley
The Mad Titan Thanos is and probably always will be one of Marvel’s greatest villains. Destroying half the life in the universe will do that for a character. This November, he returns in a new limited series to face a new incarnation of the Illuminati.
Coming from Christopher Cantwell & Luca Pizzari, this new series has Thanos seeking out something he once lost. And where does the Marvel Universe’s heroic secret society come in? Well, they’re the ones that hid it from him!
Thanos versus the Illuminati was the conflict that drove some of the best stories in the publisher’s Marvel NOW! initiative. To see that dynamic return is a great twist for this story. Cantwell will also be switching up the membership of the group a little bit, including X-Men leader Emma Frost and powerful hero Blue Marvel to the group alongside Mister Fantastic, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and maybe (guessing from the Phil Noto cover) Bruce Banner!
THANOS VS. THE ILLUMINATI! The Mad Titan descends upon Earth to retrieve something he has lost. And the Illuminati must band together to stop him, because they’re the ones who hid it from him!
“I’ve had the honor and joy of writing some of Marvel’s greatest villains, so you can imagine how excited I am to not only tackle the Mad Titan himself, but pit him against some of the most powerful brains and fists out there—this latest lineup of the Illuminati,” Cantwell said. “But I think folks will find the backdrop of this story quite unexpected, mischievously funny, and heartbreakingly human, for what has drawn Thanos back screaming into the universe is a singular pain and desire for connection that he believes only one essence in existence (and non-existence) can give him… while this being is in turn grappling with some deeper questions about what they are, and what they want to be. Plus, Thanos hot-wires a pickup truck.”
“I could tell right from reading the first panel description that this book was gonna be something else,” Pizzari shared. “I never even met Chris before and yet it’s like he wrote this book reading my mind; there are a lot of characters I’ve always wanted to try my hand on. Thanos himself is, of course, unbelievably fun to draw, I’m constantly telling myself to make him bigger and bigger!”
Check out the covers for the debut issue from Leinil Yu and Noto, and be sure to pick up Thanos #1 from Marvel Comics this November!
