MCU: Predicting How Thanos Will Gain The Infinity Stones (And How They Were Gained In The Comics)

Throughout the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we have seen Thanos trying to get his hands on the Infinity Stones. The Mad Titan has sent Loki after The Tesseract and Ronan after The Orb, neither with any success. However, it is hard to imagine Infinity War coming to a close without Thanos assembling all six stones within the gauntlet.

With The Black Order on his side, and any number of potential allies to call upon, will we see Thanos use more puppets, or will he live up to his promise made in the Age of Ultron post-credit scene and do it himself?

No matter how the stones come into his possession, as with any comic book adaptation, there will be comparisons to the source material. In 1990, Marvel released The Thanos Quest, a two issue mini-series following The Mad Titan on his journey to collect all six gems.

While at this point we can't guarantee how Thanos will achieve his goal, we can certainly predict and theorise, which for Marvel fans is almost as fun as actually seeing the movie itself. All we can say for certain right now, is that there will be very few similarities between the movie and the pages of the comics.

In the comics, after peering into the Infinity Well seeking the objects that would give him the ultimate power he desired, Thanos first sought the Soul Stone. This took The Mad Titan to outer space, where a cosmic being by the name of The In-Betweener sat, imprisoned by Lord Chaos and Master Order.

Thanos helps the prisoner escape his cell, only to defeat him in combat and simply pluck the gem from his forehead. This showed the incredible might of Thanos before even one of the gems was in his possession.

While the Soul Stone is the only Infinity Stone not yet officially revealed in the MCU, it is almost certainly in Wakanda, based on the trailer for Infinity War and the fact that Black Panther is the only movie left to be released before Thanos comes to Earth.

In the trailer we see a huge battle for Wakanda between Thanos' forces and that of Black Panther (including an Avenger or two). It is likely that Thanos will send his Black Order to T'Challa's home in his place, while he is away taking care of other business.

With The Avengers still fractured after the events of Civil War, and many heroes, including Thor, Spider-Man, and The Guardians seemingly absent from the battle, Thanos' forces will be able to overcome his adversaries and claim The Soul Stone for him.