five-issue miniseries called Thanos Rising. The story starts with his birth, and we quickly learn that the sight of a rough-skinned, misshapen Baby Thanos was too much for his mother to bear.

Interestingly, in Thanos Rising, a comic book issue that's part of Marvel NOW!, it is revealed that Death coerced Thanos into believing that she loved him. That explains why he loves death (not ...