USA Today have spoken to writer Joe Keatinge about his upcoming series,
Thanos: Son of Titan. It will retell the origin story of the Mad Titan as Marvel continue to reintroduce the villain to old and new fans alike following his appearance in the mid-credits scene of
Marvel's The Avengers.
"It is about how Thanos came to be," Keatinge tells the site about the series he will work on with artist Richard Elson.
"I don't go Forrest Gump on it, but aspects of the Marvel Universe have been born that directly turn Thanos into who he is."
Son of Titan will apparently kick off with a much younger version of the villain (before he began his courtship of Death) ahead of the events of
Fantastic Four #1 (1961).
"He ends up at the point where he's worshiping Death and destroying universes. How do you get to that head space where you're like, 'This is what I want to do with the rest of my life?'" asks the writer. As for what he believes fans find so appealing about the character, he adds:
"You don't know anything about this guy. He just looks cool."