It’s becoming clear that Thanos the Mad Titan is the bullet in the chamber of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, ready to fire at any moment. He’s been lurking in the background since The Avengers, doing his best to acquire the Infinity Stones, and we can only assume that sooner or later he’ll succeed.

If our hunch is correct, it will be up to the combined might of The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and whoever else is in the picture at that point to save the day.

But what’s Thanos’ motivation for all of this? Sure, he wants power. But in the comics, there’s another reason… he’s trying to impress a woman (aren’t we all?). Death is the physical representation of the end of life within the Marvel Universe, and is typically depicted as one of two things: a cloaked bag of bones, or an attractive humanoid female.

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