Thanos Annual#1is filled with some of Marvel's best colorists, writers, and artists. It delivers a variety of visual and tones of humor that still pale in contrast to how evil some of the tales get. This is a stellar moment in Thanos' comic book history and it's a great way to kick off theAvengers: Infinity Warseason. Read Full Review

THANOS ANNUAL #1 is a phenomenal issue. Packed to the gills with world-class writers and artists, it's an issue that can't be missed by Thanos fans. It comes out just in time for AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR too, for all you MCU fans out there. Read Full Review

Stealthily,Thanos Annual#1is just a great collection of intelligent and darkly humorous sci-fi shorts that just happen to take place in the Marvel Universe. It features some of its most clever writers and artists that have an eye for both humor and violence on a large and small scale and makes you realize that reading stories about Thanos is like staring into the abyss or being one of those dumbasses that looked at the solar eclipse without those special glasses. Read Full Review

Pick it up and read it. You don't need any prior knowledge to read the issue and if you don't, Thanos will come and wish you a happy birthday until your dead! Read Full Review

Plus there is a teaser at the end of the book for Donny Cates' Cosmic Ghost Rider. So you should definitely buy this book.  Read Full Review

"Thanos Annual" #1 is a mixed bag of short stories, but one that has a couple of great highlights. Read Full Review

In the end, I didnt hate the experience, but I cant quite recommend it either. Its just that much of a mismatched product. Read Full Review

Pretty entertaining stuff. It's not needed but it sure did put a smile on my face, make me laugh or freaked me out by the darkness of it. Very good mix of stories with matching sets of artists. You don't need to buy it but the Cosmic Ghost Rider should be on your list.

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

Guess whose late to the party? You!... unless you’ve been reading Thanos for the past year because it’s been the best book out for months now. I’m sorry your just figuring this out now with the last issue... the annual... but you know what; get the trades. You won’t be disappointed.

Now, this annual is a bit different than most.. yet also kind of the same. You see; most annuals have stories that don’t tie into the main story. They’re just a side story, or stories, about the character but they don’t need to be read to continue through the book. Well, Thanos is done! So, this was it! However, this story is told by the Cosmic Ghost Rider..... kind of as a prelude to his own title!

We find out that throughout the many stories of Thanos, that the Cosmic Ghost Rider is in fact dead and standing around talking to us. But by the end of the story, we find out that he was actually talking to Odin the entire time at the gates of Valhalla and Odin is welcoming him in as the story ends.

It’s going to be continued in Cosmic Ghost Rider number 1, which is going to be like a spin off. Let’s see if I can prepare you for your SAT: Cosmic Ghost Rider is to the TV Show Angel as Thanos is to..... if you said Buffy, you are totally right!

Throughout the annual, the stories of Thanos were just funny stories for the most part with some dark twists. They were all honestly pretty good. None of them tie together other than the fact that Thanos is basically an evil bag of goat testicles, but we all knew that anyway.

But, we had some killer art, even some amazing little kid cartoon art, as well as hilarious morbid stories about wishing people happy birthdays every year of their life and helping old women cross streets to ruin the future of the world... all for his love of death. Pick i more

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Dispatchdcu - Apr 25, 2018

Pick it up and read it. You don’t need any prior knowledge to read the issue and if you don’t, Thanos will come and wish you a happy birthday until your dead! If you like what you heard, love talking all types of comics, and are interested in joining a comic chat group, hit me up at dispatchdcu@gmail.com or @dispatchdcu on twitter. Catch you all later! Peace

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This was a lot of fun! All of the stories clicked for me except the kid-Thanos cute thing, which I had to quit reading and skip, because I was not feeling it. The other stories are all quiet little tales of Thanos' destruction of entire worlds and individual lives, bound together by narration from Cosmic Ghost Rider. Marvel has long served up lame, inconsequential, and bland annuals--this, while not earth-shaking, was a great read, and not some superfluous junk they just needed to publish. Highly recommended!

I really enjoyed this Thanos annual. Obviously a little biased as Cates is my favorite writer I really enjoyed his story and Shaw's excellent art! Also the lead up to Cosmic Ghost Rider is gonna be great and also looking forward to his upcoming Venom run.

Thank god this annual wasnt completely pointless. Midway through reading this, i thought i was just wasting my time, but then no, this book actually sets up something. That alone was worth the read.

This annual contains SIX independent stories and Cosmic Ghost Rider narrates those stories.

STORY #1

Probably my favourite of them all. Written by Donny Cates and art by Geoff Shaw. I loved the twist in this story. The art by Geoff Shaw is neat as well but the colours by Antonio Fabela felt rushed at some panels.

STORY #2

By Chris Hastings. Its ok. I really hope this story isnt canon. I mean Thanos texting using a smartphone and wearing an apron? Yikes! Its a typical Hastings story. The art by Flaviano is a generic goofy art. Federico Blee's colours too werent oustanding but it does its job. Overall its a fun story.

STORY #3

By Kieron Gillen. Probably my second favourite. It explored some cool and unique new worlds that i wish we could see more off in the future. The art by Andre Araujo is good but the colours by Chris O'Halloran is very very good.

STORY #4

By Katie Cook. Its a fun and a cute little story. I also wish this isnt canon but i still really liked it. I really liked the cartoony art as well which i think is by Heather Breckle. Not sure who did the colours but it fit the cartoony and the Skottie Young-type art.

STORY #5

By Ryan North. Its ok too. I liked this one too but this is also another story that i wish is not canon. Thanos coming down to Earth to help an old lady to cross a road infront of the public?? Oh Boy... The art by Will Robson and colours by Rachelle Rosenberg are ok, nothing great.

STORY #6

By Al Ewing. Another fun little story. The art by Frazer Irving and the colours were very good until at one point where it got creepy. The way those alien species express their feelings without moving their faces was freaking creepy.

Overall, SIX fun little one shot stories. Two to three of them were memorable to me but the rest were passable. The art was good throughout. The only art i disliked was the one done by Flaviano. All the arts fit the tone of their respective stories pretty well. At the last page of this book, it sets up a series. Cant wait for that.
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An entertaining read for sure. Multiple stories make up this book, like most annuals. Most of them are pretty entertaining and show how messed up Thanos can be. The only thing I didn't really get but found funny at the same time was the whole birthday haunting of that guy. I initially hated that story, but after I read everything I found it pretty humorous. Overall, a pretty cool book for Thanos fans.

It was a typical Marvel Annual really with a bunch of inconsequential stories, most of which were boring if I’m brutally honest. I only bought this comic because I enjoyed Donny Cates’ run on Thanos, but this just served as a disappointment, especially since Cates only wrote one short story within the book. As for the art it was mixed,some of the art was really good (Geoff Shaw) some of it really sucked. I don’t recommend this book as it’s certainly not worth $4.99 and if you’re looking for a good Thanos story you could definitely one elsewhere with more value for money