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: Introduction Background (07:48) Created by Jim Starlin in Iron Man #53 (1973), originally an Iron Man villain Moved on to become adversary of Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) Killed by Adam Warlock, but resurrected by Mistress Death Thanos 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 Nebula Infinity Gauntlet = Beauty and the Beast (17:15) Infinity War - Allies with Warlock and Avengers against Magus and his own doppleganger Infinity Crusade - Once again allies with Warlock, this time against Goddess Infinity Abyss - Created five clones/experiments, but they attack him and he is forced to destroy them Annihilation - Allies with Annihilus until he realizes Annihilus wants to destroy universe, gets killed by Drax Thanos 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 mother Infinity - Thanos has a son who is half-Inhuman (Thane), goes all Creeping Death on Inhuman boys between 16 and 22 Secret Wars - Killed by God Emperor Doom Civil War II - Resurrected by Galactus, discovers he is dying, and kills his father Mentor after he is unable to provide a cure Issues (35:49) Obsession with Death - done out of love Isolation (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 65:10 God's Debris - Mentioned by Dr. Issues at 61:04 iTunes: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: hereTwitter FacebookE-mail