S1E8 - Issue 8 - Thanos

The Avengers: Infinity War special - THANOS! Anthony compares Infinity Gauntlet to Beauty & the Beast, Dr. Issues talks God's Debris, and the most far out couch skit yet! SHOW NOTES: IntroductionBackground (07:48) Created by Jim Starlin in Iron Man #53 (1973), originally an Iron Man villainMoved on to become adversary of Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)Killed by Adam Warlock, but resurrected by Mistress DeathThanos Quest - On the search for Soul Gems (later renamed Infinity Gems) to please Death, who is his obsession (12:18)Infinity Gauntlet - Acquisition of ultimate power over all facets of reality, defeated by own hubris and NebulaInfinity Gauntlet = Beauty and the Beast (17:15)Infinity War - Allies with Warlock and Avengers against Magus and his own dopplegangerInfinity Crusade - Once again allies with Warlock, this time against GoddessInfinity Abyss - Created five clones/experiments, but they attack him and he is forced to destroy themAnnihilation - Allies with Annihilus until he realizes Annihilus wants to destroy universe, gets killed by DraxThanos Imperative - Becomes the new avatar of Death, fights Guardians of the Galaxy, and is imprisoned within the Cancerverse by Nova (Richard Rider)Thanos Rising - a backstory prequel that explains his mother tried to kill him at birth, his obsession with Death, and ultimately him killing his motherInfinity - Thanos has a son who is half-Inhuman (Thane), goes all Creeping Death on Inhuman boys between 16 and 22Secret Wars - Killed by God Emperor DoomCivil War II - Resurrected by Galactus, discovers he is dying, and kills his father Mentor after he is unable to provide a cureIssues (35:49) Obsession with Death - done out of loveIsolation (42:48)Petulance (43:26)Destructive relationship with family (45:23)Nihilism (48:25)Greed and ego (51:32)Betrayed by subconsciousness - unworthy of power (54:42)Treatment (60:39) In-universe - dare God to do better Dr. Issues discusses God's Debris (61:04)Anthony mentions "The Egg" (65:10)Out-of-universe (66:51) - Existential therapy Understand the connections between people (72:15)Thanos on the Couch (79:20)Ending - Next week's episode - LOKI! (84:48) Special links: "The Egg" - Mentioned by Anthony at 65:10God's Debris - Mentioned by Dr. Issues at 61:04 iTunes: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: hereTwitter FacebookE-mail