Marvel's Thanos is one of the company's most feared villains, capable of supreme destruction — but the Mad Titan's true power is rarely seen. Even without the Infinity Gauntlet and the accompanying six Infinity Stones, Thanos is a formidable opponent, far stronger than his incarnation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe played by actor Josh Brolin. A classic Thanos tale, told in Marvel Universe: The End, chronicles how Thanos met an entire race of beings with power that rivaled Galactus himself...and killed them.
Thanos destroying beings with power stronger than Galactus is no mean feat, considering that Galactus is one of the most powerful forces in the Marvel Universe. The heroes of Earth are ants to the Devourer of Worlds, who could easily wipe them out in seconds, along with entire armadas and even planets. Only with the power of the Infinity Stones does Thanos stand a chance of beating Galactus in a fight; it's fortunate for him (and for the universe) that Galactus considers himself above such moral concepts as good and evil, choosing instead to eat planets out of a desire to satiate his hunger rather than a desire to kill billions.
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In the epic Marvel Universe: The End, Thanos is the star in a story chronicling the final days of the Marvel Universe. The Earth is threatened by the omnipotent villain, Pharaoh Akhenaten, who derives his phenomenal power from a cosmic artifact known as the Heart of the Universe. The artifact is guarded by the Celestial Order (not the Celestials of Eternals fame), who are orders of magnitude more powerful than Galactus. Since Thanos cannot defeat Akhenaten without the Heart of the Universe, he vows to take it from the
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