# What characters in the marvel universe could easily defeat Thanos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025 "2018-05-12T01:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/1 "2018-05-12T01:28:23Z")
Both with and without the infinity gauntlet. I assume Galactus. Anyone else? Vulcan? Eternity? The Celestials? Beyonder? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/2 "2018-05-12T01:43:22Z")
Squirrel Girl. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/3 "2018-05-12T02:16:11Z")
Ha. It didn’t even take two minutes… ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/4 "2018-05-12T02:20:44Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Squirrel Girl. That goes without saying :). Sans gauntlet/infinity gems, I imagine any of the so-called [cosmic entities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_entity_(Marvel_Comics)) could take him out. When Thanos was retrieving early infinity gems from those that possessed them, I believe he either stole them( The Stranger )or collected discarded ones( The Gardener ), rather than try and confront them directly. He was even careful not to engage Adam Warlock directly, but rather manipulated him as the soul gem was to big a threat to confront head-on. He’s basically a souped-up Eternal on his own. Very powerful, but nowhere near Celestial-level. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/5 "2018-05-12T03:00:19Z")
The One Above, if she wanted to. Also Franklin Richards. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/6 "2018-05-12T03:11:52Z")
Legion’s powers in the comics seem to basically make him a walking Infinity Gauntlet himself — no extra hardware required. But then, for Legion … it’s always been a matter of controlling those powers. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/7 "2018-05-12T04:53:16Z")
I don’t know the characters well, but I’ve heard that if Antman could crawl up Thanos’ butt, and then expand to his normal size, Thanos would be torn apart from within. Is this feasible? What defense does Thanos have against such an attack? ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/8 "2018-05-12T04:58:44Z")
Fruit of the Loom ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/9 "2018-05-12T05:46:32Z")
I’m curious as to just how _you-wanna-go-nuts-c’mon-let’s-go-nuts_ Professor X can go. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/10 "2018-05-12T07:29:21Z")
Those undead Vikings in that terrible Thor Max comic took on the Avengers and every single superhero who lived in New York City at the same time and easily won without a scratch, mainly because they literally were explicitly made to be unbeatable except with a very specific combination of heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/11 "2018-05-12T08:10:52Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > I don’t know the characters well, but I’ve heard that if Antman could crawl up Thanos’ butt, and then expand to his normal size, Thanos would be torn apart from within. Is this feasible? What defense does Thanos have against such an attack? I think that it would be along these lines: > [@OK, so the Avengers are morons - ways to defeat Thanos. SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-the-avengers-are-morons-ways-to-defeat-thanos-spoilers/813384/12): > > If his exterior can take a severe beating, who is to say his interior can’t? Thanos might just wind up shooting a stream of liquefied Ant-Man out of his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/12 "2018-05-12T09:10:01Z")
Also Thanos is pretty easily zombified in Marvel Zombies and seems very vulnerable afterward in his zombie state so there’s that route. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/13 "2018-05-12T21:45:57Z")
Uh, spoilers, I guess. Yeah, figure I’m doing spoilers. Well, _speculative_ spoilers: Doctor Strange, right? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/14 "2018-05-17T16:07:31Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …Doctor Strange, right? Not according to the latest movie. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/15 "2018-05-17T16:32:38Z")
But in the regular Marvel Universe, definitely Doctor Strange, when he has his mojo working. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/16 "2018-05-17T16:50:40Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > I don’t know the characters well, but I’ve heard that if Antman could crawl up Thanos’ butt, and then expand to his normal size, Thanos would be torn apart from within. Is this feasible? What defense does Thanos have against such an attack? Why not his ears or nose? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/17 "2018-05-17T16:57:59Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Both with and without the infinity gauntlet. > > I assume Galactus. Anyone else? Vulcan? Eternity? The Celestials? Beyonder? Scarlet Witch appeared to be holding off Thanos with one hand, while destroying an Infinity stone with the other. If she had used her full powers on Thanos, I think he’s in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/18 "2018-05-17T19:47:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not according to the latest movie. The way I figure it, he looked into the future and saw the way to beat Thanos; and he also saw various other ways it could go down that wouldn’t, y’know, work; so, with a shrug and an It Was The Only Way and a We’re In The Endgame Now, he took the action that I’d bet you’d bet will work out how he planned: I’d guess it’ll pay off in the next film, which (a) is just speculation on my part but which (b) I figure needs current-film spoilers, since _it’s pretty much what he flatly said_. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/19 "2018-05-17T20:33:56Z")
If we are talking comic universe, no one after he gets the Infinity Gauntlet. He defeated all the Celestials, Galactus, the Living Tribunal, and other super cosmic powers, all at the same time. He was only defeated by his own hubris. The Silver Surfer almost stole the gauntlet, but that was only because Thanos turned off his all seeing power to make the fight with all the Earth heros more entertaining (spoiler, he still beat them). I could see an argument for Franklin Richards or the Molecule Man. Depending on the writer and the needs of the story, their powers come out as near infinite. In either of those cases, it would be a matter of who could think faster and plan better. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/20 "2018-05-17T23:14:35Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The way I figure it, he looked into the future and saw the way to beat Thanos; and he also saw various other ways it could go down that wouldn’t, y’know, work; so, with a shrug and an It Was The Only Way and a We’re In The Endgame Now, he took the action that I’d bet you’d bet will work out how he planned: I’d guess it’ll pay off in the next film, which (a) is just speculation on my part but which (b) I figure needs current-film spoilers, since _it’s pretty much what he flatly said_. “Easily.” The question is “_easily_ defeat.” Any plan that requires letting yourself (let alone half the universe) get disintegrated isn’t “easy.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025.md?page=2)