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Chapter Eight: Nova and Star-Lord Defeat Thanos

After that death, the Universal Church of Life found Thanos and forcibly resurrected him, which made him very angry.

At the same time, the Cancerverse – a dimension without death – was encroaching upon all of reality. The Guardians struck an uneasy alliance with Thanos to stop this invasion, and Thanos played along. Mostly. He did have to kill Drax after Drax tried to kill him. But nobody's perfect.

Thanos lured Death to the Cancerverse and destroyed the whole thing. But Death still rebuffed Thanos's advances, and that made him angry. He decided that he’d just have to kill another universe to get Death to love him.

With the universe falling apart around them, Star-Lord ordered the Guardians to teleport out while he and Nova stayed behind. Their goal was to keep Thanos occupied for 60 seconds, the time it would take for the universe to collapse and kill all three of them. So, Star-Lord and Nova sacrificed themselves to save the universe.

Lesson Thanos Should Have Learned: Don’t get distracted. Focus on your goals.