Thanos Vol 2 5

Alternate Covers: Textless Venomized Variant Venomized Variant Textless Thanos Vol 2 #5 Published Released May, 2017 March 29, 2017 Issue Details Rating Parental Advisory (15 and up) Original Price $3.99 Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso Cover Artist Mike Deodato Jr. Frank Martin Production Alan Fine Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada President Dan Buckley 1st story Writer Jeff Lemire Penciler Mike Deodato Jr. Inker Mike Deodato Jr. Colourist Frank Martin Jr. Letterer Clayton Cowles Editor Jordan D. White Kathleen Wisneski Darren Shan Previous Issue Next Issue Thanos Vol 2 #4 Thanos Vol 2 #6

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Thanos
• Thane

Supporting Characters:

• Starfox (Eros)
• Nebula
• Champion of the Universe (Tryco Slatterus)
• Lady Death

Antagonists:

• Unnamed space gulag's staff (First appearance)
  • Warden Daak (First appearance)
  • Officer Glyk (First appearance)
  • Numerous unnamed others
• Terrax's minions
• Terrax the Tamer

Other Characters:

• Shi'ar Empire
  • Shi'ar Imperial Guard (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Impulse (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Hardball (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Smasher (Izzy Kane) (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Nightside (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Manta (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Titan (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Fang (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Neutron (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Hobgoblin (Cameo) (Shadow only)
    • Unidentified members (Cameo) (Shadow only)
• Phoenix Force (Cameo)

Races and Species:

• Several unidentified alien species
• Humans (Cameo) (Shadow only)
• Lupak (Cameo) (Shadow only)
• Stygians (Cameo) (Shadow only)
• Chameloids (Cameo) (Shadow only)
• Titanians
• Landlaks
• Star Sharks (Mentioned)
• Eternal-Luphomoid Hybrids
• Eternal-Inhuman Hybrids
• Cosmic Beings
• Abstract Entities

Locations:

• Deep Space
  • Unnamed galactic gulag (undisclosed location) (First appearance)
• Titan, Solar System, Milky Way (Mentioned)
• Strillen-6 (Mentioned)

Items:

• Exospex (Cameo) (Shadow only)
• Phoenix Egg

Vehicles:

• Terrax's warship
• Champion's spaceship
  
  

Synopsis for 1st story

Thanos is held within a top secret Shi-Ar prison; the warden takens his helmet as a trophy and dismisses the Imperial Guard, saying they are no longer needed as Thanos is apparently near death.

Elsewhere, Starfox hails the ship of Terrax and boards. As he walks away with Terrax, Thane, Nebula, and Champion sneak out of the ship, aiming to break out one of Terrax’s prisoners. They don’t know, however, that Thane plans to betray them.

The Shi’Ar warden taunts the imprisoned and unconscious Thanos, even retracting the shield between him and Thanos to put his foot on his neck. Thanos, however, was only feigning unconsciousness. He rips off the warden’s arm and uses its hand print to open his cell. He walks directly through a powerful energy screen, kills two guards, retrieves his helmet, and calmly prepares to fight an entire squadron of defenders.

Starfox continues to chatter to Terrax, who soon grows impatient and demands to know why he is there. Finally Champion pummels through the vault of Terrax’s brig, Starfox admits he was only trying to distract Terrax and then blasts him. Champion and Nebula are astounded to discover, however, that the “prisoner” they were charged with abducting is actually an egg containing the Phoenix force.

Solicit Synopsis

• You can cage Thanos.

• You can lock Thanos away.

• But you won’t keep him long.

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