Thanos Rising #1-5

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THANOS RISING #1 (June, 2013)
By Jason Aaron & Simone Bianchi

APPEARANCES:
Thanos (also in -FB), Sui-San (in -FB), Mentor (in -FB) Death (in -FB), Eros (-BTS in -FB)

FLASHBACK:
When Thanos is born his mother immediately tries to murder him. His father stops her and puts her in an asylum. Thanos makes friends at school while growing up, and despite wanting to be a scientists, can’t bring himself to perform dissections. A girl tells Thanos to check out some cool gems in a cave, so Thanos and his friends do so. Unfortunately, a cave-in kills all of his friends. When Thanos wakes up he finds the bodies of his friends being eaten by lizards. Later, the girl convinces Thanos to take his rage out on the lizards. Thanos, who earlier couldn’t dissect a dead lizard, now slaughters a bunch of them.
Thanos visits the ruins of Titan and recalls his origins.

NOTE:
The girl who tells Thanos about the cave is revealed in issue #4 to be Death. Issue #5 heavily implies that Death is only a hallucination of Thanos’, but of course we know that Death is a real character in the Marvel Universe.

THANOS RISING #2 (July, 2013)
By Jason Aaron & Simone Bianchi

APPEARANCES:
Thanos (-BTS, also in -FB), Death (in -FB), Mentor (in -FB), Sui-San (in -FB), Kronos (in -FB), Eros (-VO in -FB)

FLASHBACK:
As a teenager, Thanos is bored in school because he’s already learned everything they teach. He continues to experiment on animals in his house, but is disappointed when he doesn’t learn anything new. Death (as the unnamed girl) taunts Thanos that he’s looking for knowledge in the wrong places. Thanos kidnaps and murders two of his classmates. Later, he eats dinner with his parents; when his father leaves his mother (home from the asylum) says she knows Thanos is a monster. Later, Thanos tries to get the girl (Death) to run away with him, but she rejects his advances. Later, Thanos prepares to murder his mother.
SYNOPSIS:
Thanos recalls his origins.

THANOS RISING #3 (August, 2013)
By Jason Aaron & Simone Bianchi

APPEARANCES:
Thanos (-BTS, also in -FB & -FB-FB), Sui-San (in -FB-FB), Death (in -FB)

FLASHBACK:
Thanos stabs his mother in the face (-FB-FB). Thanos leaves his mother’s corpse behind and leave Titan. Years later, Thanos works as a navigator on a space pirate ship (refusing to kill when they plunder), fathering children with several different alien women across the galaxy. Eventually, the pirate captain tries to kill Thanos for being a coward, but Thanos kills him in self-defense and becomes the new pirate captain. He returns home to Titan where Death tells him that if he wants to be with her, he must kill all of his children so he’ll belong only to her. He kills the first child and its mother as Death watches.
SYNOPSIS:
Thanos recalls his origins.

THANOS RISING #4 (September, 2013)
By Jason Aaron & Simone Bianchi

APPEARANCES:
Thanos (-BTS & in -FB), Death (in -FB), Mentor (in -FB), Kronos (in -FB)

FLASHBACK:
Having killed all of his children, Thanos continues to pillage and destroy worlds. Meanwhile on Titan, Mentor continues to mourn for his dead wife, refusing to believe that Thanos killed her. Kronos tries to talk some sense into Mentor, but he won’t listen. One day he finally asks Death when it will all be enough. She reveals that no one can see her but Thanos, and that everyone thinks he’s insane. She reveals that she’s Death, and tells him to destroy his home world. Thanos tries to kill himself, but can’t bring himself to do it. Vowing to win Death’s love, he sets a course for Titan.
SYNOPSIS:
Thanos recalls his origins.

THANOS RISING #5 (October, 2013)
By Jason Aaron & Simone Bianchi

APPEARANCES:
Thanos (also in -FB & -FB-FB), Death (also in -FB), Mentor (in -FB & -FB-FB)

FLASHBACK:
Mentor presents his newborn son Thanos to the Eternals of Titan (-FB-FB). Thanos attacks Titan, killing everyone but Mentor. Mentor tries to show Thanos that he’s insane; there is no personification of Death, and he tries to prove it using his scientific instruments. Thanis doesn’t believe him, but he lets Mentor live. Thanos kisses Death and leaves Titan.
SYNOPSIS:
Thanos recalls his origins, then rejects Death’s advances.

NOTE:
The current portion of this series happens “now” according to intro captions. So right before the recent Infinity crossover, then.

Placement suggestions:

DEATH
*A:CQ 5-FB (move from here)
KULL3 2
AF 8-FB
DL 9/4
WIH 9
WIH 10
WIH 11
WIH 12
WIH 13
WIH 14
WIH 15
MISS FURY 6
*TR 1 (1 - 13)-FB
*A:CQ 5-FB (move to here)
*TR 1 (14 - 22)-FB
*TR 2-FB
*TR 3-FB
*TR 4-FB
A@ 7-FB
*TR 5-FB
{CM 26}
…
ANNI 6
*TR 5

EROS [ETERNAL]
*TR 1-FB-BTS
DD 105-FB
*TR 2-FB-VO
{IM 55-FB-FB}
CM 27
…

*KRONOS [ETERNAL]
CM 29-FB
*TR 2-FB
*TR 4-FB
*IM 55-FB-FB
CM 31
…

MENTOR/ALARS [ETERNAL]
CM 29-FB
*TR 1-FB
DD 105-FB
*TR 2-FB
DEF 143-FB
*{IM 55 (8:5 - 8:6)-FB-FB}
*A:CQ 5-FB-FB
*TR 4-FB
*TR 5-FB
*IM 55 (9:2 - 11:2)-FB-FB
IM 55
…

SUI-SAN [ETERNAL]
CM 29-FB
TR 1-FB
TR 2-FB
TR 3-FB-FB
TR 3-FB
A:CQ 5-FB-FB

THANOS [ETERNAL]
*TR 1 (5 - 7)-FB
*TR 5-FB-FB
*TR 1 (8 - 13)-FB
A:CQ 5-FB
*TR 1 (14 - 22)-FB
DD 105 (12:6 - 12:9)-FB
*TR 2 (1 - 17)-FB
CM 32-FB
A 135-FB
*{IM 55 (8:5 - 8:6)-FB-FB}
*TR 2 (18 - 20)-FB
*TR 3-FB-FB
*TR 3 (1)-FB
*IM 55 (8:7)-FB-FB
*TR 3 (2 - 20)-FB
*TR 4-FB
A@ 7 (9:3 - 9:5)-FB
*TR 5 (1)-FB
IM 55 (9:1)-FB-FB
DD 107 (13:5 - 13:6)-FB
*TR 5 (2 - 20)-FB
IM 55 (9:2 - 11:2)-FB-FB
DD 105 (14:1 - 14:7)-FB
M/HOL 1992/6-FB
A 118
…
ANNI 6
*[AVA 8] (Avengers Assemble)
*TR 1
*TR 2-BTS
*TR 3-BTS
*TR 4-BTS
*TR 5
*[INFINITY 1] (the 2013 Infinity crossover)