Thanos is arguably one of the most over powered villains in the history of comics.
And hey, we’re not complaining; the Infinity Gauntlet is perhaps one of the greatest story
arcs from Marvel, with Thanos being one of the most complex and fascinating characters
to ever grace their panels.
Now that his big screen adaptation has wiped out half of all living things in the MCU,
we can’t help but wonder what other kinds of villains are capable of doing far worse.
In the past, many have.
So today, we’re counting down the top 10 super villains who are stronger than Thanos.
We’re talking Thanos at his base level, without the Infinity Gauntlet, although a
few of these villains could possibly rival him with a few of the stones on his fist.
And some of these villains are on par with the mad titan.
So with that in mind, let’s get to it!
10 Galactus Without the Infinity Gauntlet on his wrist,
Galactus would completely smash Thanos.
He is an entity that operates without regard to the morality or judgements of mortals,
and drains living planets of their energy, feeding his insatiable hunger.
A literal living force of nature, Galactus has a mastery over the power cosmic, which
means he has universal cosmic awareness, is capable of telepathy and telekinesis, the
transmutation of matter, the creation of force fields, energy projection, size alteration,
the creation of life, resurrections, creation of interdimensional portals, the ability to
manipulate souls, memories and emotions, and can even cause mass scale events like recreating
dead worlds or destroy multiple solar systems.
All in all, Galactus is wickedly strong.
Galactus has proven to have very few weaknesses, one of which is the ultimate nullifer, an
object that is capable of destroying and remaking the multiverse.
9 Molecule Man Owen Reece aka Molecule Man has two incredibly
strong powers; reality warping and molecular manipulation.
While sometimes he’s a bit of a reluctant hero, the character, including during his
introduction story arc, was a villain.
First appearing in Fantastic Four issue 20 in 1963, Molecule Man, according to Doctor
Doom and Reed Richards, is a multiversal composite entity, a single creature that manifests fractions
of its entire being in each universe that’s a part of the Marvel multiverse.
In the Ultimates universe, Galactus believes that Reece is capable of destroying him with
a single thought.
He is a living bomb, capable of destroy the entire universe that he’s inhabiting if
he dies.
That’s just something Thanos, sans infinity gauntlet, would have a real tough time trying
to take on.
8 Akhenaten Akhenaten is one of several god like deities
that appear on our list.
And his defeat of Thanos takes a slightly different turn than most; while he may not
win the battle, he wins in the long run.
Let’s jump back a sec though.
For starters, Akhenaten from Earth 4321, in which he enlisted into the aid of the Celestial
Order.
Thanos is all like, damn, I want his power, and manages to reach the source of it, the
Heart of the Universe.
He claims the power for himself, which ends up writing Akhenaten and the Order out of
history.
BUT it severely backfires on him, and he ends up sacrificing himself to set the universe
right, with no one ever knowing he was responsible for doing so.
But if we look at this from purely a versus perspective, Akhenaten and Thanos, who have
fought in the past, are pretty much evenly matched, but only when Thanos has the power
from the Heart of the Universe.
Were he to face off against 616 Thanos, that might be a different story.
Plus, it was Doctor Doom who eventually managed to erase Akhenaten from history, although
arguably, that was all part of Thanos’ master plan.
Dude has this ex-pharaoh beat intellectually, that’s for sure.
7 Amatsu-Mikaboshi Amatsu-Mikaboshi, also known as the Chaos
King, is a demonic god of evil whose best known for fighting Thor and Hercules in the
panels of Marvel comics.
Based off of gods from Japanese mythology, the character first appeared in Thor Blood
Oath issue 6 in 2006, Mikaboshi existed billions of years ago before Earth had formed, reigning
the dark, primordial void that existed before it.
When Shinto gods populated this space, Mikaboshi was enraged, and was forced to live in the
netherworld, remaining there for centuries.
What can the Chaos King do?
He’s got demonic mystical powers, he can shapeshift, he can travel through dimensions,
he is immortal, he can absorb and enslave anything and anyone into void, which also
includes other immortals.
He’s telepathic.
He can manipulate matter and souls.
He can control the undead, and resurrect the dead, and to top it all off, he has the ability
to destroy and absorb universes.
Joy.
Mikaboshi is actually one aspect of Oblivion.
But more on that fellow later.
6 The Beyonder The Beyonder first appeared in the comics
in Secret Wars issue 1 back in 1984, orchestrating the events of that story arc, having captured
the heroes and villians of the marvel universe forcing them to duke it out on a planet called
Battleworld.
The character was initially an unseen self declared omnipotent entity, but later would
take the form of a Caucasian human male.
So, what can the Beyonder do?
For starters, he’s an infinite dimensional entity that has near omniscience, near omnipotence,
and is omnipresence in the beyond realm.
He’s super OP, and often, much like thanos, his one weakness is himself, often being portrayed
as emotionally fragile.
Over time, in the comics, after his initial appearances, he was downgraded somewhat, with
other cosmic entities having gotten a bit of an upgrade to make them higher up on the
power chain than he was.
But regardless, he’s still capable of warping reality, manipulating and controlling matter,
energy and reality at a cosmic level that is at minimum on par with some of the strongest
cosmic entities out there in the Marvel universe.
5 The Phoenix Force Ah another powerful entity.
The Phoenix force is a cosmic entity that first appeared in Uncanny X-Men issue 101
back in October of 1976.
It’s an entity that has vast abilities when it comes to manipulating matter and energy,
along with powerful psionic abilities that include telepathy and telekinesis.
It has cosmic awareness and prescience.
In addition to that, perhaps the deadliest of it’s powers is the fact that it can manipulate
life force; something it can tap into reserves of for future generations, ultimately denying
those generations their existence.
It migrates through time and space by collapsing itself into somewhat of a black hole then
reforming upon its destination.
And, with powers to that variation, the exact extent of them is unknown.
If it’s avatar or host is harmed or killed, it will form an egg of cosmic power, incubate
and then hatch, completely healed.
So yeah, pretty darn powerful.
4 The Goblin Entity Also known as the Goblin Force, this entity
exists on Earth 1298, and was born at the beginning of reality during the Big Bang.
On it’s earth, it’s stronger than the Phoenix Force, and has limitless power, along
with an insatiable hunger, which allows it to absorb massive amounts of energy from cosmic
level entities including the Celestials, the Beyonder, and Galactus, too.
The extent of the Goblin Entity’s powers are unknown.
But we do know it is the nexus of all psionic energy, it’s telekinetic, telepathic, is
considered one of the greatest spell casters in the universe, it’s immortal, can manipulate
on a cosmic level to destroy planets and galaxies, it can transmigrate through time and space,
it can manipulate matter on a sub atomic level, it can teleport, and it has complete control
over time.
So yeah, Thanos has got a run for his money there.
3 Oblivion Oblivion is often considered to be one of
the foremost powerful beings in Marvel comics.
A cosmic entity who came into existence with the creation of the universe, Oblivion hasn’t
made to much of a fuss in the comics to date, so to be fair, we’ve yet to see the true
range of his abilities in action.
But needless to say, his power reaches awesome levels.
Oblivion represents the inevitable end of all things, hence the name.
He is capable of manifesting wherever he desires, and can empower others with his abilities
if he so chooses.
He is omnipotent.
He has infinite cosmic powers.
He’s also Death’s brother of sorts, not that Thanos would feel any familial obligations
to him, really.
2 Magus Magus is one of Adam Warlock’s most dreadful
foes.
That’s because he is Warlock; he’s a version of the character from a corrupted version
of the future, in which Magus is the leader of an oppressive religious empire called the
Universal Church of Truth, and is treated as a god.
Warlock manages to alter his timeline so that he’ll never become Magus, but the character
has still made multiple appearances over the years.
According to Quasar, Magus is the universal counterbalance to Warlock, existing as his
negative dark half, capable of all of the things Warlock is able to do.
He can manipulate energy, absorb life force, he’s a cosmic sorcerer, his most recent
resurrection allows him to use quantum magic with his energy being rejuvenated by raw magic
energy and souls.
This means he can manipulate time, and transmute reality.
All that and much much more.
Considering Warlock’s history with Thanos, and the fact that he’s even worked together
with the mad titan when Magus threatens both of them, Magus is a threat not to be taken
lightly.
Plus, he’s managed to defeat Thanos in the past in personal combat.
1 Death Death tops this list for VERY obvious reasons.
Aside from being one of the most powerful entities in the entire Marvel multiverse,
Thanos has a particular weakness when it comes to Death.
Arguably, Death even has an advantage over the mad titan when he’s donning the infinity
gauntlet because of this.
Thanos is in love with Death.
Thanos’ motivation in many of his storylines in the comics is to prove himself worthy of
Death’s affections.
Thanos rarely manages to win Death’s love.
Death is often at the core of Thanos’ self doubt, or at least a catalyst to him feeling
wildly insecure, which has proven to be his downfall on occasion, even when he had the
gauntlet in his possession.
Nothing like love to f*ck you right up, right Thanos?
There we have it friends!
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