The Thanos Quest

Infobox comic book title
title = The Thanos Quest


caption = Thanos as featured in #1
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format = Mini-series
limited = y
Superhero = y
SciFi = y
multigenre = y
publisher = Marvel Comics
date = August, November 1990
issues = 2
main_char_team = Thanos
writers = Jim Starlin
artists =
pencillers = Ron Lim
inkers = John Beatty
colorists = Tom Vincent
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TPB = Rebirth Of Thanos
ISBN = 0-7851-2046-7
subcat = Marvel Comics
sort = PAGENAME

"The Thanos Quest" was a two-issue American comic book mini-series published in 1990 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Jim Starlin, and drawn by Ron Lim. In 1991, Marvel Comics released a sequel, "The Infinity Gauntlet", a six-issue limited series also written by Jim Starlin and penciled by Ron Lim.

Plot summary

The Titan Thanos steals the six Infinity Gems from the cosmic entities the Elders of the Universe (the Gardener; Champion; Runner; Collector and Grandmaster respectively) and the concept being the In-Betweener. Thanos then mounts the gems on his left glove and creates The Infinity Gauntlet, with the intent of being the equal - and therefore consort - of Death. Ironically, the Gauntlet places Thanos above Death and she cannot acknowledge him now that he is her superior in every way. Thanos, now omnipotent, is left to ponder his next move. [The Thanos Quest #1 - 2 (1990).]

Collected editions

The series has been reprinted a number of times, first in a 2000 one-shot [gcdb series|id=7848|title="Thanos Quest"] [comicbookdb|type=issue|id=63164|title="Thanos Quest"] and then as part of the "Rebirth of Thanos" trade paperback which brought together all the pre-"Infinity Gauntlet" issues dealing with Thanos' return:

*"Silver Surfer: Rebirth Of Thanos" (collects "Silver Surfer" #34-38, "The Thanos Quest" mini-series, and "The Final Flower!" from "Logan's Run" #6, 224 pages, April 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2046-7)

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References

*gcdb series|id=10302|title="Thanos Quest"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=647|title="Thanos Quest"