# 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:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/21 "2018-05-17T23:28:05Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Easily.” The question is “_easily_ defeat.” Any plan that requires letting yourself (let alone half the universe) get disintegrated isn’t “easy.” Depends on whether time travel is going to undo a whole lot of stuff in short order, and whether that’s exactly what Doc figured was going to happen. If both of those are so, and I think they are, then — what? ---
**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 18, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025/22 "2018-05-18T00:39:46Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Depends on whether time travel is going to undo a whole lot of stuff in short order, and whether that’s exactly what Doc figured was going to happen. If both of those are so, and I think they are, then — what? Still sounds really difficult. To be clear, [this is what I think of when I hear, "beat Thanos easily.](https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0ffa242b5b363403b109f06a48065302) I’ve got no doubt that Thanos is going to be beaten in the next movie, and Dr. Strange is going to be a key part of that, but it’s by no means going to be an _easy_ victory. Because that would make a boring movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025.md?page=1)