10 Thanos Moments That Deserved To Be In The MCU
4. That Time He Became The Punisher
Thanos has had a lot of titles in his day, but one title I don’t think anyone expected him to get was The Punisher.
Thanos is the end of all things and as they say, strange times lead to strange bedfellows. Towards the end of his life, Thanos finds himself with the Cosmic Ghost Rider as his right hand man, who just so happens to be Frank Castle, the original Punisher.
After Castle and Galactus failed to defeat Thanos, Cosmic Ghost Rider was spared so he could serve Thanos and provide him with a penance stare each morning. Eventually Castle is killed and thanks to some antics from Odin gets the opportunity to go back in time to rehabilitate Thanos, something that is described as the worst decision ever made in all living history.
In the pages of Cosmic Ghost Rider we see this plan in action and it of course goes badly, and only ends up turning Thanos into a version of The Punisher.
Terrible for the universe, but great for us, a gritty Netflix drama about The Punisher already exists and it's great. A gritty Netflix drama about Thanos The Punisher should exist and would (probably) be even better.