The Marvel Cinematic Universe has a lot of great villains, such as Loki and Killmonger. However, few compare to The Infinity Saga’s main antagonist, Thanos.
Thanos was the main threat in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and also played an important role in films like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers. These are the worst things that Thanos has done, proving that he is the best villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
10 He Killed The Zehoberei
Thanos’ goal had always been to let life across the universe thrive, but had incredibly horrible methods to achieve this. Feeling that there were too many living creatures, which resulted in starvation and poverty, Thanos would go to planets and kill half of their inhabitants.
One of the first planets he went to was Zen-Whoberi, where he murdered thousands of Zehoberei and considered himself a hero for it, despite being nothing more than a delusional mass murderer.
9 He Took Gamora Away From Her Home
When Thanos was in Zen-Whoberi, he came across a young Zehoberei, Gamora. As he killed her people, including her mother, he distracted her by having her balance a blade with her finger. He then took her away from her home and adopted her.
Thanos treated her horribly, making her, as well as his other daughter, Nebula, work for him after they were trained to become killers. Though he claimed to love Gamora, he never would have done so many terrible things to her if this was true.
8 He Sent Loki To Earth
Loki originally seemed to be the main villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being the antagonist in both Thor and The Avengers. However, when he and his army of Chitauri invaded New York City, where they fought the Avengers, he was actually working for Thanos at the time, despite having plans of his own.
Thanos was partially responsible for everything that Loki did while he was on Earth, and he didn’t even need to lift a finger to terrorize thousands of people.
7 He Attacked The Asgardians
When the Asgardians left Asgard, Thanos and the Black Order found them. No longer caring to have Loki around, Thanos tortured Thor into making him give up the Tesseract. Thanos even killed Loki at the very beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, shocking a lot of fans.
However, some of the heroes tried to fight him, with Hulk being the one dealing the most damage. After Thanos beat him up, Heimdall sent Hulk to Earth to warn his comrades of what was going on.
6 He Sent The Black Order To Earth
As Bruce informed Tony, Wong, and Doctor Strange about Thanos, the Black Order arrived to take the Time Stone, leading them to fight the heroes. Throughout Avengers: Infinity War, the superheroes from all around the universe, but mostly Earth, fought members of the Black Order.
Though they weren’t as strong as Thanos, characters like Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian proved to be great threats to the Avengers, especially in the battle at Wakanda.
5 He Killed Gamora To Obtain The Soul Stone
In order to retrieve the Soul Stone, one would have to sacrifice something or someone they love. Thanos decided to kill Gamora in order to obtain it. Not only was he terrible to her as a child but even at the end of her life.
This devastated Gamora’s actual loved ones, and even though Thanos mourned her loss, he still proved that he would rather be a mass murderer than a caring father at the end of the day.
4 He Almost Killed Iron Man
When Thanos fought some of the heroes on Titan, he intended to kill Iron Man. He first stabbed Tony with a blade, but before he went through with killing him, Doctor Strange offered him the Time Stone.
While Thanos accepted the deal, this was actually all part of Doctor Strange’s plan as he knew that there was only one way the heroes would be able to defeat him in the endgame, and keeping Tony alive at the time was the most important part in achieving their victory.
3 He Got Rid Of Half Of Life
Once Thanos went to Wakanda and destroyed Vision in order to obtain the Mind Stone, he used the Infinity Gauntlet to make half of all living creatures throughout the universe disappear. While he saw this as a way to better the world, people around the world were all devastated by losing those they cared about.
Five years later, the superheroes that were still around traveled back in time to retrieve the Infinity Stones before Thanos could.
2 He Planned To Destroy The Universe
Once a past version of Thanos learned about the heroes’ plan, he went to the future with a new plan of his own. He wanted to use the Infinity Stones again, but in order to destroy the universe this time to avoid people being ungrateful to him.
In the old universe’s place, Thanos wanted to make a new one where nobody would know what he did. Luckily, those that faded away came back and all of the heroes assembled for their greatest battle ever.
1 He Attacked Earth Again
As Thanos fought Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and many other superheroes, he tried to get the Infinity Gauntlet, which was being passed around by his enemies. He eventually got it on his hand, but Iron Man sneakily removed the Infinity Stones from it.
Once Thanos realized this, he knew that it was too late and that he had been defeated. In order to stop Thanos and keep the entire universe safe, Iron Man sacrificed his life. With the Infinity Stones, he was able to make Thanos, the Black Order, and his army disappear.
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