Thanos Vol 3 1

Part of the Zero Sanctuary arc
Thanos Vol 3 #1
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Art by: Jeff Dekal
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 2 - Scorpion Comics / Den of the Damned Comics Exclusive Variant 3 - Scorpion Comics / Den of the Damned Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant 4 - Hidden Gem Wraparound Variant 5 - Lim Variant 6 - Olivetti Variant 7 - Second Printing Variant 8 - Zaffino Variant Textless
Art by: Jeff Dekal
Art by: Clayton Crain
Art by: Clayton Crain
Art by: Alan Weiss and Josef Rubinstein
Art by: Ron Lim
Art by: Ariel Olivetti
Art by: Ariel Olivetti
Art by: Gerardo Zaffino
Release Date	April 24, 2019
Cover Date	June, 2019
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	C.B. Cebulski
Rating	Parental Advisory (15 and up)
Original Price	$4.99
Pages	40

1. "Zero Sanctuary: Part 1 of 6"
Writer(s)	Tini Howard
Penciler(s)	Ariel Olivetti
Inker(s)	Ariel Olivetti
Colorist(s)	Antonio Fabela
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Darren Shan Lauren Amaro Jordan D. White

 I was a little girl, the last person alive on the only planet I'd ever known. Even if he'd let me live, it was only a matter of time before I would have starved, or fell down a well. Of course I could see the face of Death. 

—Gamora

Appearing in "Zero Sanctuary: Part 1 of 6"

Featured Characters:

• Thanos (Ghost behind the scenes in main story and appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Gamora (Main story and flashback)
• Thanos' crew (Only in flashback)
  • Butcher Squadron (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
    • Ballista Grim (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
    • Proxima Midnight (First appearance chronologically) (Only in flashback)
    • Ferox (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
    • Ebony Maw (First appearance chronologically) (Only in flashback)
    • Infesti Macera (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Snare (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Aphaxia Squadron (First appearance; behind the scenes in flashback)
  • Crypt Squadron (First appearance; behind the scenes in flashback)
  • Numerous unnamed others (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Universal Church of Truth (Only in flashback)
  • Magus (Behind the scenes in main story and appears in flashback)
  • Black Knights (Death of several in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Death (Only in flashback)
• Gamora's mother (Only appearance; death on-screen in flashback)
• Gamora's father (Only appearance; death on-screen in flashback)
• Gamora's brother (Only appearance; death on-screen in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Zen-Whoberis (Main story and flashback)
• Titanians (Ghost behind the scenes in main story and appear in flashback)
• Cosmic Beings (Behind the scenes in main story and appear in flashback)
• Numerous unidentified alien species (Only in flashback)
• Abstract Entities (FlashOnly)
• Dorcaernir (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Cockroaches (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Lazareens (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Flarks (Invoked) (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Deep Space
• Milky Way (Only in flashback)
  • Dorcaernir's unnamed planet (Only in flashback)
  • Zen-Whoberi (Only in flashback)
• Lazareen (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Hell (Invoked) (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

• The Starship Lachesis (First appearance)
• Zero Sanctuary (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• The Sepulcher (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "Zero Sanctuary: Part 1 of 6"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

THANOS IS DEAD!

Executed by the deadliest assassin in the galaxy…his daughter, Gamora. But before their relationship came to a bloody end, how did it begin? Find out in this all new miniseries by Tini Howard (MARVEL KNIGHTS 20TH and AGE OF CONAN: BELIT) and Ariel Olivetti (DEATH OF THE INHUMANS)!

Notes

• A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this issue:

THANOS 1 Trailer Marvel Comics

See Also

• 13 image(s) from Thanos Vol 3 1

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