Is Thanos an Eternal or a Titan?

Thanos' Eternals lineage
In the comics, Thanos is an Eternal, and one from a very important bloodline: His father, Al'ars, was the son of Kronos, who ruled the Eternals of Earth following a civil war that divided the original colony. Following his father's death, Al'ars traveled the universe as the Mentor.
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Is MCU Thanos an Eternal?

In the comics, Thanos and Eros are born on the Saturnian moon Titan to two Eternal parents, A'lars and Sui-San. Eros is born without the Deviant mutation, but Thanos is born with Deviant Syndrome. They're biological brothers, but they look wildly different. So, in the original comics, Thanos is an Eternal, full stop.
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What makes Thanos an Eternal?

In the comics, Thanos is the product of two Eternals conceiving a child, an act that isn't allowed among them. As a result, he becomes host to the Deviant Gene, which alters his appearance but still technically makes him an Eternal.
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Is Thanos a true Eternal?

In a new preview for Marvel Comics' upcoming issue of Eternals, Phastos confirms that Thanos is a true Eternal despite being born on Titan. In a new preview for Marvel Comics' Eternals, it's revealed that Thanos the Mad Titan is not actually a Titan, but an Eternal himself.
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Are Eternals from Titan?

The Titanians, also known as Titans, were later retconned as being an offshoot of the Eternals, which had been created separately by Jack Kirby. Titan appeared in the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War and 2019 film Avengers: Endgame as a ruined planet and the former home of Thanos.
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Is Thanos Titan Saturn's moon?

Thanos was born on the moon of Saturn named Titan. He, and all the other Titanians, grew up practically in a utopia. It was a moon populated by the Eternals, a species made to be intelligent and beautiful. They were made by The Celestials, cosmic entities with immense power and the ability to create life.
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Is Thanos a Celestial or Eternal?

Thanos' Eternals lineage

In the comics, Thanos is an Eternal, and one from a very important bloodline: His father, Al'ars, was the son of Kronos, who ruled the Eternals of Earth following a civil war that divided the original colony. Following his father's death, Al'ars traveled the universe as the Mentor.
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Who is the strongest Eternal?

In terms of raw physical strength, Gilgamesh (Don Lee) is easily the strongest Eternal.
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Why didn't Eternals stop Thanos?

The Eternals specifically state that they did not interfere with Thanos and his genocidal finger snap due to their sacred mission, which only allowed intervention when the Deviants were involved.
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Can Eternals beat Thanos?

The Eternals have many secrets, and one of them is the ability of the Prime Eternal to form a Uni-Mind, combining the power and knowledge of three or more Eternals into one powerful being. The Uni-Mind is capable of amazing things, and with enough Eternals, Zuras would be able to defeat Thanos.
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Is Thanos the strongest Eternal?

In the end, the Deviants are the counterparts of the Eternals. Thanos is easily the most powerful of Titan's Eternals who can manipulate cosmic energy and has increased powers due to Death resurrecting him.
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Who was the first Eternal?

But really, there are only three names you need to know. Ikaris was the first Eternal introduced, and sits neatly in the familiar superhero archetype of straight-arrow team leader.
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Is Starlord an Eternal?

Gunn clarified this to be Peter seeing "eternal life" rather than the actual being Eternity from Marvel Comics. "He was seeing eternal life, not Eternity the Marvel comics being. He turned that down to save earth & his fellow Guardians."
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Why didnt Celestials stop Thanos?

As it was revealed earlier, Celestials were dependent on the power of Infinity stones. So, the possibility of fighting against the Infinity Stones might make them afraid.
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Is Odin an Eternal?

Odin Borson the All-Father is King of Asgard and protector of the Ten Realms. He is a member of the race known as the Asgardians, a group of humanoid beings from the pocket dimension of Asgard, the Realm Eternal. During the ancient times, he was worshiped as the god of wisdom by the humans known as Vikings on Midgard.
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Why is Thanos purple but Eros isn t?

However, Thanos, on the other hand, was affected by the Deviant Syndrome, which transformed his body into a giant and gave him a purple look. The Syndrome gave Thanos something like Deviants and Deviants Skrulls. Eternal and Eros, Starfox in MCU have human looks but have different superpowers and cosmic beauty.
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Is Star Lord's dad a Celestial?

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ego the Living Planet, Peter Quill / Star-Lord's biological father, is a Celestial who controls a humanoid avatar to travel the universe. His planetary form is a living extension of his Celestial consciousness.
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Why didn't Avengers help Eternals?

More specifically, they don't interfere with humans because their priority is the Deviants, the main enemy of the Eternals since their creation. Feige and Moore say the movie will address why the Eternals didn't volunteer to help the Avengers both in defeating Thanos and in helping the world recover post-Endgame.
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Who is stronger Thor or Eternals?

The strongest Eternal purely strength wise is stronger than Thor (non Odin Force) and the others aren't too far behind Thor. But the Eternals all have special abilities which could help them beat Thor without brute strength.
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Who is the strongest celestial?

Top 10 Strongest Celestials of Marvel Universe- Ranked
  • Celestial Destructor. The Celestial Destructor was one of the Aspirants sent by the First Firmament to cause damage to Eternity. ...
  • Arishem The Judge. ...
  • Phoenix Force. ...
  • Zgreb The Aspirant. ...
  • Eson The Searcher. ...
  • Godhead. ...
  • Exitar The Executioner. ...
  • Tiamut.
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Are Eternals stronger than Avengers?

The Eternals on paper are certainly the stronger superhero group, but canonically to date, there is simply no beating the Avengers on a permanent basis within the MCU.
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Does Eternals prove Thanos was right?

Marvel's newest movie reveals a surprising twist to the Mad Titan's evil scheme. In the years since Avengers: Endgame, the words “Thanos was right” have become a meme on par with Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man and Batman slapping Robin.
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Is Star Lord a Celestial?

Portrayed by. Peter Jason Quill is a Celestial-Human hybrid who was abducted from Earth in 1988 by the Yondu Ravager Clan, and raised as one of their members, eventually building a reputation as the notorious intergalactic outlaw Star-Lord.
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Why does Thanos look different than other titans?

Turns out this one has a canon explanation coming out of Eternals lore — Thanos has a recessive gene from the shape-changing monsters called Deviants, which gives him “Deviant Syndrome,” a birth condition that makes him look different from most Eternals.
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