I know Thanos' creator Jim Starlin still writes for Thanos, and is probably the best writer for him in comics, but who else writes Thanos good? Other writers that i know that have written for Thanos are Jonathan Hickman, Keith Giffen, Ron Marz, Dan Abnett, Brain Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Jeff Lemire, and Donny Cates.

Ron Marz does a good Thanos.

@dcandmarvelcomicfan: I actually liked Donny Cate's little run and Jeff Lemire was pretty good too I thought. Stay away from Bendis Thanos though.

Ron Marz

Marz is great, PAD didn't write a lot of Thanos but I liked his as well. I would say the best writer for Thanos is probably Giffen, who I might like more then Starlin(I would put Marz on the same level as Starlin).

The thing with Starlin is while he has the highest highs with the original Infinity trilogy, his Thanos has become less interesting over the years and since Infinity Crusade, I think the most interesting stuff that happened to Thanos was in Giffen's Thanos run and Annihilation.

Abnett wasn't the best or anything, but his was pretty good as well.

Bendis

What is the Thanos reading order? I’ve read the original Infinity Gauntlet storyline and that’s it.

@the_hajduk:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-thanos-reading-order-guide/amp/

This list seems up to date.

I enjoyed Hickman’s thanos even if he wrote him out of character and pretty brutish.

Best: Ron Marz, Keith Giffen and Dan Abnett.

Great: Jonathan Hickman, Jeff Lemire and Peter David.

Worst: Bendis.

Everyone else is average to decent. Starlin was great once upon a time, but his writing has taken a steep nosedive.

@the_hajduk: He has appeared in a lot of stories and many big events. Personally, I would recommend:

- The Thanos Quest

- Cosmic Powers

- Thanos (2003)

- The Thanos Imperative

He was a joy to behold in big time crossovers like Annihilation, Infinity Crusade and Infinity War.

@dcandmarvelcomicfan: Well Starlin has actually just wrote his last ever Thanos story this week, Thanos infinity ending ogn

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My faves would be Starlin(God),Ron Marz, peter david, Donny Cates Keith Giffin, Jonathan Hickman and DnA

Keith Giffen or Abnett were the ones who did something actually significant over the last few years imo.

It doesn't answers the question. This lists all the arcs that include Thanos. But there are no ways of knowing (with that list), wich ones are worthy.

This list on the contrary lists the must reads only: Thanos - Recommanded reading

So to sum it up the best writters are:

1. 1973 - Jim Starling - The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin
2. 1975 - Jim Starling - The Power of Warlock
3. 1978 - Doug Moench - The Death of Captain Marvel
4. 1985 - Roger Stern - Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos
5. 1990 - Jim Starling - Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos + The Thanos Quest
6. 1991 - Jim Starling - The Infinity Gauntlet
7. 1992 - Jim Starling - Infinity War
8. 1993 - Jim Starling - The Infinity Crusade
9. 1994 - Ron Marz - Thanos: Cosmic Powers
10. 1999 - Dan Jurgens - Thor vs. Thanos
11. 2002 - Jim Starling - Infinity Abyss
12. 2003 - Jim Starling - Marvel Universe: The End
13. 2004 - Jim Starling - Thanos: Redemption
14. 2006 - Keith Giffen - Annihilation
15. 2010 - Dan Abnet - The Thanos Imperative
16. 2013 - Jason Aaron - Thanos Rising
17. 2013 - Jonathan Hickman - Infinity
18. 2014 - Jim Starling - Thanos: The Infinity Revelation
19. 2015 - Jim Starling - Thanos vs. Hulk
20. 2015 - Jim Starling - Thanos: The Infinity Relativity
21. 2016 - Jim Starling - Thanos: The Infinity Finale
22. 2016 - Jim Starling - The Infinity Entity
23. 2018 - Jim Starling / Alan Davis - Thanos: The Infinity Siblings
24. 2018 - Jim Starling / Alan Davis - Thanos: The Infinity Conflict
25. 2019 - Jim Starling / Alan Davis - Thanos: The Infinity Ending

@jb681131: THANK YOU

Look at my post just above

@the_hajduk: You're welcome (I've updated a bit the list, I posted it too fast)

@cull_obsidian: Is Jim Starlin retiring?

@the_hajduk: You should get this one Amazon.com: Infinity War (9780785121053): Jim Starlin, Ron Lim: Books

I don't know but it's been almost 50 years that he's doing comics.

@jb681131: well @cull_obsidian said this is Starlin's last Thanos run/story

@dcandmarvelcomicfan: From Thanos at least

Btw if you want to read that, I'd say that Thanos Rising sucks and is the worst characterization of Thanos I've ever seen(as well as completely unecessary), but to that list, Thanos vs Hulk comes after the Infinity Revelation and you'll be confused if you read it before.

There was also his recent solo which was meh

@jb681131: Starlin got booted by Marvel because they kept wanting to change his stuff, so I doubt he's going to actually be able to write for Thanos again.

That being said, Marz is likely the best consistently

Keith Giffen

@professorrespect: what do you think of Hickman's, Giffen's, and Abnett's Thanos? How do they compare to Starlin?

@dcandmarvelcomicfan: I ain't read a lot of Thanos so I can't be like mega critical of them but I can say most of them are decent

Starlin seems to really self-wank his own creation but that's to be expected

Really comes down to taste tbh.

I can be quite open minded and just enjoy certain arcs for what they are for example i enjoyed Cates Thanos wins arc as you can see from my name lol. Same goes for Hickman but I also appreciate the older stuff.

Giffen

@jb681131: Jurgens Thanos is a clone, not the real one.