Thanosi



The Thanosi are the villains of the Marvel comic mini-series Infinity Abyss by Jim Starlin.

They are a group of rogue hybrid clones created by the original Thanos.

After the events of Infinity Gauntlet, the original Thanos gave up on his nihilistic views and genocidal plans and created in his laboratory the Thanosi clones, combining his DNA with the genes of various heroes and villains, in order to test the abilities of possible allies in his Battle against the death god Walker.

Allegedly, Thanos sent four clones to fight Ka-Zar, Thor, Hulk and X-Man (Nate Grey) and help the Avengers fight the Rot entity during the Celestial Quest. Eventually Thanos decided that the Thanosi were a failure due to their destructive and nihilistic behaviour and closed them in a storage in his laboratory.

Later, the remaining, Armour, X, Warrior, Mystic and Omega were set free by Atlez, who planted into them the purpose of rescuing Adam Warlock from an insane asylum. But the five Thanosi reached an Agreement to find and kill Warlock in order to bring Oblivion to the universe. Omega went to feed upon planets, while the Others decided to kill the original Thanos, and Armour estabilished a nihilist sect on the planet Baligiest.

They were eventually defeated and destroyed by the combined efforts of Thanos, Adam Warlock, Doctor Strange, Gamora, Spider-man, Moondragon, Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell) and Pip the Troll.

​Trivia

 * The Thanosi were made by Jim Starlin in order to retcon the appearances of Thanos in Ka-Zar, Thor, Hulk/X-Man Annual and Avengers: Celestial Quest, as he thought those stories didn't follow Thanos character development at the end of "Infinity Gauntlet".
 * Thanosi was originally a fan-made name by the website Marvunapp, but it eventally became official.