Forget Kid Loki, Kid Thanos is Back in The Marvel Comics Spotlight

Contains spoilers for Avengers #750!

While Kid Loki was just recently introduced to the MCU in the Disney+ Loki series, Thanos also has a variant of himself known as Kid Thanos, and he’s stepping into the comic book spotlight. Avengers is about to have its 750th legacy issue, and Earth Mightiest Heroes will be facing a Multiversal Masters of Evil. Among their ranks will be Kid Thanos himself, a variant of the Mad Titan who may just be more enthusiastic about conquest than his older counterpart. While Kid Thanos is a newer character to Marvel Comics, he could likely stick around as long as Kid Loki did.

While Kid Loki’s debut in the MCU was as a time-displaced variant, he’s actually based on a version of Loki from the comics. After Loki’s plans to manipulate Norman Osborn and HAMMER went too far and led to Asgard’s destruction, he was remorseful and decided to help the Avengers fight back against the Sentry’s darker personality known as the Void – with the God of Mischief seemingly dying in the process. However, Loki had manipulated Hela into writing his name out of the Book of Hel which meant that he was reborn as a boy instead of meeting his ultimate end. Despite facing harsh resentment from the rest of the Asgardians other than his brother Thor, Kid Loki tried to better himself. This version of the character existed for a couple of years before his adult and more villainous self was reborn.

Now, Kid Thanos is ready to debut in the comics with Avengers #750, coming from Jason Aaron, Christopher Ruocchio, Carlos Pacheco, Aaron Kuder, Ed McGuinness, and Javier Garrón. While he was briefly seen in the recent Avengers #38, batting the Ancient Avengers of 1,000,000 B.C, this upcoming issue will see Kid Thanos as a multiversal variant of the Mad Titans, just like the Kid Loki of the MCU.

From what’s been seen so far, it seems as though Kid Thanos has more of a youthful enthusiasm for conquest than the traditional adult Thanos, who’s more somber while chasing his goals (such as his desire to woo the living embodiment of Death. In Kid Thanos’ case, it looks like he just wants to rule and is excited about the prospect of killing any who stand in his way. It should be interesting to see him joining the Multiversal Masters of Evil, especially considering the fact that the adult Thanos has never been much of a team player.

Should Kid Thanos prove to be a popular character, it’s possible that he could have a more consistent role in Marvel Comics just like Kid Loki did. And it would certainly be exciting to see a younger Thanos in some form in the MCU as well. Time will tell after Avengers #750 comes to comic book stores on November 17th.

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