Thanos’ First Move

In the Infinity Gauntlet comic book arc, Thanos asserted himself in the most emphatic way possible when it came to showing what he was capable of with the six Infinity Gems – he wiped out half of the life in the universe.

That included making half of Earth’s population disappear – which, of course, included half of Earth’s superheroes – so it will be interesting to see if his opening move in the Avengers: Infinity War movies will be on the same scale.

With all six Infinity Stones at his disposal, he will be extremely powerful – perhaps not to the same extent as in the comic books, as the on-screen powers seem to be watered down somewhat – but if his opening gambit is even remotely as big as the one in the comic books, it will be awesome and devastating at the same time.

Now for a moment that everyone has been excited about since 2014.