Is cosmic baddie Thanos set for Avengers 2, Thor 2 or Guardians of the Galaxy?
21 Mei 2012
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FOR those of you who haven't yet had chance to see The Avengers - or Marvel Avengers Assemble as it's known in the UK - we are about to enter the world of spoilers so here's your one and only warning.
If you are among the masses who have watched the film - and propelled it to record-breaking heights at the box office - you will be aware that there is a teaser scene amid the credits that gives us the first onscreen look at the cosmic baddie Thanos.
We see The Other, leader of alien race the Chitauri (who Loki recruits as his otherworldly army), telling his shadowy master that attacking Earth "would be to court death". The master then turns and gives an evil smile.
With some rumors before the film's release claiming Captain America archenemy Red Skull was in The Avengers, the reveal of Thanos (see below) at least explains where that notion came from - although the comic book version is sometimes depicted as blue or purple.
Derived from the personification of death, Thanatos - a daemon from Greek mythology - Thanos was the diabolical child of writer-artist Jim Starlin. First appearing in Iron Man 55 in 1973, the god-like villain is a member of a race called the Eternals. He hails from Titan, a moon of Saturn, and strives to extinguish all life in the universe as tribute to his one true love, Death herself.
If you are among the masses who have watched the film - and propelled it to record-breaking heights at the box office - you will be aware that there is a teaser scene amid the credits that gives us the first onscreen look at the cosmic baddie Thanos.
We see The Other, leader of alien race the Chitauri (who Loki recruits as his otherworldly army), telling his shadowy master that attacking Earth "would be to court death". The master then turns and gives an evil smile.
With some rumors before the film's release claiming Captain America archenemy Red Skull was in The Avengers, the reveal of Thanos (see below) at least explains where that notion came from - although the comic book version is sometimes depicted as blue or purple.
Derived from the personification of death, Thanatos - a daemon from Greek mythology - Thanos was the diabolical child of writer-artist Jim Starlin. First appearing in Iron Man 55 in 1973, the god-like villain is a member of a race called the Eternals. He hails from Titan, a moon of Saturn, and strives to extinguish all life in the universe as tribute to his one true love, Death herself.
The character wields an Infinity Gauntlet, which was glimpsed in the Thor film among artefacts in a vault on Asgard and was then publicly displayed at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010.
Recently, Starlin spoke with the LA Times and explained just where the so-called Mad Titan came from creatively: "Thanos came to me while I was taking a psychology class in college after coming out of the service; the ol' Thanos/Eros concept," said Jim, adding: "I had him sort of roughed out before I ever started working at Marvel. When editor Roy Thomas asked me to do a fill-in Iron Man, I decided to add him to the mix. I showed some character sketches I had of the character to Roy, he asked if I could perhaps bulk up Thanos some and then let me run with it."
But just because a creator gives birth to an idea doesn't mean he gets to walk it down the aisle. "I was only alerted by friends to Thanos appearing in The Avengers a few weeks before the opening," Starlin told of his involvement, or lack thereof, in the film: "They'd come across rumors about it on the internet. So I had no problem at all about keeping that particular secret."
Recently, Starlin spoke with the LA Times and explained just where the so-called Mad Titan came from creatively: "Thanos came to me while I was taking a psychology class in college after coming out of the service; the ol' Thanos/Eros concept," said Jim, adding: "I had him sort of roughed out before I ever started working at Marvel. When editor Roy Thomas asked me to do a fill-in Iron Man, I decided to add him to the mix. I showed some character sketches I had of the character to Roy, he asked if I could perhaps bulk up Thanos some and then let me run with it."
But just because a creator gives birth to an idea doesn't mean he gets to walk it down the aisle. "I was only alerted by friends to Thanos appearing in The Avengers a few weeks before the opening," Starlin told of his involvement, or lack thereof, in the film: "They'd come across rumors about it on the internet. So I had no problem at all about keeping that particular secret."
Fathering an idea can also come from a dark place, even when creating for the funny papers: "Not sure where his loving Death came from. At the time I was recently out of the service and rather messed up. Hard to remember what was going through my head back then."
But for Jim it proved to be therapeutic as he channelled his and Thanos's macabre obsession onto the page: "I suppose the Mad Titan's doing a Pepe Le Pew on Death was an offshoot of the death wish that I was probably entertaining around then. If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today. But I got to vent and am still among the living and breathing."
His reaction to seeing his creation come to life in cinemas is "very mixed."
"It's nice to see my work recognized as being worth something beyond the printed page, and it was very cool seeing Thanos up on the big screen.
"Joss Whedon and his crew did an excellent job on The Avengers movie and I look forward to the sequel, for obvious reasons. But this is the second film that had something I created for Marvel in it - the Infinity Gauntlet in Thor being the other - and both films I had to pay for my own ticket to see them."
Though financial compensation (or even a complimentary theater ticket) might not be in Marvel's current plan, Starlin hopes, if nothing else, to gain awareness for his other projects in various stages of development for film: Dreadstar, Breed and the novel Thinning the Predators.
For now we can only hope that the trend continues and that Marvel Studios delivers a proper cosmic outlaw once Thanos finally takes center stage.
What remains for our speculation is just where the big purple monster will show up. Will it be Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor 2 or are we left waiting patiently for the next Avengers?
But for Jim it proved to be therapeutic as he channelled his and Thanos's macabre obsession onto the page: "I suppose the Mad Titan's doing a Pepe Le Pew on Death was an offshoot of the death wish that I was probably entertaining around then. If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today. But I got to vent and am still among the living and breathing."
His reaction to seeing his creation come to life in cinemas is "very mixed."
"It's nice to see my work recognized as being worth something beyond the printed page, and it was very cool seeing Thanos up on the big screen.
"Joss Whedon and his crew did an excellent job on The Avengers movie and I look forward to the sequel, for obvious reasons. But this is the second film that had something I created for Marvel in it - the Infinity Gauntlet in Thor being the other - and both films I had to pay for my own ticket to see them."
Though financial compensation (or even a complimentary theater ticket) might not be in Marvel's current plan, Starlin hopes, if nothing else, to gain awareness for his other projects in various stages of development for film: Dreadstar, Breed and the novel Thinning the Predators.
For now we can only hope that the trend continues and that Marvel Studios delivers a proper cosmic outlaw once Thanos finally takes center stage.
What remains for our speculation is just where the big purple monster will show up. Will it be Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor 2 or are we left waiting patiently for the next Avengers?
Source: (http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2012/05/is-cosmic-baddie-thanos-set-for-avengers-2-thor-2-or-guardians-of-the-galaxy.html)
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