Thanos (Astral Regulator) — power rating and matchups

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Feat / note

Future self dominates present self; control established (reported)Infinity Conflict, possession / internal conflict sequence

Future Thanos directs his earlier self.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComiConverse: A Multiverse Imperiled Turnaround: The Infinity Conflict review

Feat / note

Death acquisition; absorption succeeds (reported)Infinity Conflict, Death sequence

Death is reported absorbed into the developing state.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComiConverse: A Multiverse Imperiled Turnaround: The Infinity Ending review

Feat / note

Other abstract acquisitions; progression (reported)Infinity Conflict, acquisition progression

Reviews and the issue index describe an accumulation of cosmic powers: Mistress Death, Galactus, the Stranger, Master Order, Lord Chaos, Kronos, Master Hate, Mistress Love and the Infinity Gems (kept separate from the 1991 Gauntlet form).

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Turnaround: The Infinity Ending review Turnaround: The Infinity Conflict review Looper: Five powerful weapons

Win

v Eternity and InfinityInfinity Conflict, confrontation with Eternity and Infinity

Encounter and absorption are reported; detailed exchange mechanics unverified.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Turnaround: The Infinity Conflict review Looper: Five powerful weapons

Win

v Living Tribunal and Above-All-OthersInfinity Ending, opening sequence

Both are absorbed at the opening; the issue index marks both absorptions as temporary.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked AIPT: The Infinity Ending review Turnaround: The Infinity Ending review Marvel Database: Thanos: The Infinity Ending #1

Loss

v Adam Warlock, Kang, Eros and PipInfinity Ending, time-hopping opposition – Infinity Ending

As the future Thanos is about to end everything, Warlock has Kang stop Eros’s plan and Eros escapes; the present Thanos regains control of his powers and resets events, and the future self ceases to exist. Kang rescues Warlock. AIPT: Thanos is "ultimately defeated by himself".

Special condition: Removed when his present self regained control and reset events

7 logged exchanges

Infinity Ending, time-hopping oppositionThey operate without immediate detection in the review account. other secondary source checked AIPT: The Infinity Ending review Turnaround: The Infinity Ending review
Infinity Ending, initial Warlock confrontationAfter the future Thanos absorbs the Living Tribunal and the Above-All-Others, Warlock confronts him and is banished by the omnipresent being within him. Warlock then goes to Kang’s ship. other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock Wikipedia: Adam Warlock
Infinity Ending, Warlock reaches KangWarlock wakes Kang from the stasis Thanos had put him in, hoping Kang’s time travel can turn the tables. other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock Wikipedia: Adam Warlock
Infinity Ending, psyche / memory traversalWarlock decides to enter Thanos’s psyche. His past selves try to stop him and he kills them using the Soul Stone of one of the Adams; he then enters the psyche and travels through Thanos’s memories. other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock Wikipedia: Adam Warlock
Infinity Ending, final causal intervention and resetAs the future Thanos is about to end everything, Warlock has Kang stop Eros’s plan and Eros escapes; the present Thanos regains control of his powers and resets events, and the future self ceases to exist. Kang rescues Warlock. AIPT: Thanos is "ultimately defeated by himself". other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock Wikipedia: Adam Warlock
Infinity Ending, pre-resolution destructive intentThe future Thanos is about to end everything when the present self resets events; the destruction is not completed. other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock Wikipedia: Adam Warlock
Infinity EndingWarlock manipulates Hunger into attacking the future Thanos; Kang rescues Warlock from outside everything. other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Wikipedia: Adam Warlock AIPT: The Infinity Ending review Turnaround: The Infinity Ending review

Feat / note

Internal present-self captivity; ongoing controlInfinity Ending, imprisoned present Thanos

The present self is held by the future self.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Turnaround: The Infinity Ending review AIPT: The Infinity Ending review

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