The Mad Titan Thanos may have met his demise in the MCU, but you can bet we haven’t seen the last of him in the pages of Marve comics. Case in point, today the publisher announced a new Thanos 4-issue miniseries this November from acclaimed writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Luca Pizzari. . The first issue of the series sports a cover by Leinil Francis Yu. as well as a variant cover by Phil Noto that pays homage to George Pérez’s iconic Infinity Gauntlet #1. No other members of the creative team were named in the announcement.
Here’s how Marvel describes the new Thanos miniseries:
The saga will follow Thanos as he rockets to Earth from the darkest depths of the cosmos to undertake his most ambitious conquest yet. The only ones that can quell his passionate fury is a new Illuminati. Mr. Fantastic, Doctor Strange, and Iron Man have reunited to guide the superhuman world from the shadows and joining this new incarnation are Emma Frost and Blue Marvel. This cabal composed of Marvel’s greatest minds have wasted no time in sharing a secret that will shatter the heavens and provoke Thanos’ deadly wrath like never before!
In a statement announcing the series, writer Christopher Cantwell expressed great excitement about writing yet another iconic Marvel villain and teased what’s to come:
“I’ve had the honor and joy of writing some of Marvel’s greatest villains, so you can imagine how excited I am to not only tackle the Mad Titan himself, but pit him against some of the most powerful brains and fists out there—this latest lineup of the Illuminati. But I think folks will find the backdrop of this story quite unexpected, mischievously funny, and heartbreakingly human, for what has drawn Thanos back screaming into the universe is a singular pain and desire for connection that he believes only one essence in existence (and non-existence) can give him… while this being is in turn grappling with some deeper questions about what they are, and what they want to be. Plus, Thanos hot-wires a pickup truck.”
Artist Luca Pizzari added:
“I could tell right from reading the first panel description that this book was gonna be something else. I never even met Chris before and yet it’s like he wrote this book reading my mind; there are a lot of characters I’ve always wanted to try my hand on. Thanos himself is, of course, unbelievably fun to draw, I’m constantly telling myself to make him bigger and bigger!”
Look for Thanos#1 (of 4) to arrive in stores and digitally on Wednesday, November 8th.
