Thanos Rising

Graphic novel Comic Fiction Dark Fantasy

Pages: 120
Published: 2013
Language: English

Thanos Rising is a five-issue origin miniseries set before the main Marvel timeline, tracing the Mad Titan's descent from a brilliant, pacifistic student on the moon Titan into the ruthless conqueror he became. Told largely through flashback, the story follows a young Thanos as he grapples with a violent past and a growing darkness he cannot escape.

Prose complexity: 4/10

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Comic Fiction Dark Fantasy Graphic Novels

Jason Aaron

Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973, in Jasper, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is known for the creator-owned Image series Scalped and Southern Bastards (the latter co-created with Jason Latour), and for long Marvel runs on Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Wolverine and the X-Men, Thor: God of Thunder, The Avengers and Star Wars. He won the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Writer.