The Silver Surfer #35

[cyberghostface]

"I consider [Thanos] to be an anti-hero…because he’s been the good guy as often as he’s been the bad guy in the stories. So I don’t consider him a villain. But because he’s not in that hero category I always found him more fascinating to write. I didn’t have to get restricted on where he would go and how he would react to things. I could make him not as appealing as I would have to make him if he were a hero. He could go off on his own little dark ways and it would still make perfect sense." -- Jim Starlin

Comments

[arilou_skiff]

To be honest, I like the weird mixing of metaphor and literalness, it's quirky and weird and kind of interesting. Thanos loves Death because on some level he is suicidial (and intends to take people down with him as well) but Death is also a person that he loves. Is it incoherent? Hell yes, but it's interesting and quirky and weird in a way that I like.

It's like an Ikuhara anime, where bears are lesbians but also literally bears.

[crinos]

Well I like it too, but I think its the kind of weird concept that's hard to sell to a movie going audience that may not be familiar with Thanos' backstory.

And for the record, I actually kind of like Movie Thanos. I watched Infinity War last Saturday, and I was prepared to hate the guy, but I didn't. He wasn't smug or gloating like Comic Thanos can be, he was just tired and kind of sad. I mean he couldn't even muster a smile after he had gotten what he wanted.

Of course, I think they're saving the gloating smugness for Endgame if the voiceovers from the trailer are any indication.

[arilou_skiff]

Oh, I don't mind comics Thanos per se, but he's just not *Thanos* if you know what I mean...

Thanos particular brand of pompous snarkiness is kind of distinct.