I'm wondering if this a way to plug him back into the marvel universe.
I heard somewhere that they are going to introduce the infinity gauntlet into the MU in the Avengers movie, which means there's actually something planned that is bigger, and involves even more characters than the Avengers.
Which means Thanos is coming! Baddest MFer to ever be Illustrated.
if you like, or ever liked comics, read the Infinity Gauntlet series.
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