I must admit that Jim Starlin's writing was a bit beyond me at the time, but Ron Lim and George Perez’s art fascinated me nonetheless.Īs I grew older, I began to see how different Thanos was from all the other comic book villains I had read. Then, the Infinity Gauntlet saga happened and Thanos was forever imprinted on my mind as Marvel’s big baddie. Any character able to mop the floor with the Surfer demanded further attention. I was quite young and impressionable at the time and discovering the world of Marvel Comics. Then, I saw Thanos slapping Surfer around as if he were a child. Few heroes even come close to matching his power. One of my all-time favorite comic book characters has long been the Silver Surfer. My experiences with Thanos go back to the early 1990’s. The Thanos Imperative: Ignition #1, The Thanos Imperative #1-6, and The Thanos Imperative: Devastation #1

Today, they’re ComiConversing about The Thanos Imperative. Over the years they’ve shared some of their favorite stories with one another. Mitch was a Marvel guy through and through when Sam came along with his Batman and the rest of the Justice League. Reading comics and watching movies were the foundation of their friendship that has lasted all these years, despite the fact they haven’t lived near one another for years. ComiConverse Contributors Mitch Nissen and Sam McCoy have been friends since the late 90’s, when they used to work in the cornfields of the midwest together.

The Thanos Imperative by Dan Abnett