10 Unbelievable Marvel Plot Twists That Shocked The World

Mistress Death is an unhappy lady. Noticing that the number of living things outweighs the number of dead, she decides something needs to done about it and tells Thanos that he must wipe out half the universe.

Being a lovesick puppy, he eagerly agrees. But when the Silver Surfer confronts him, he fakes his own death so he can carry out the plan unopposed.

Trying everything in the emo handbook to grab Mistress Death's attention, like building a shrine to her and trapping Nebula in a state of permanent agony, nothing works as she continues to ignore his advances.

This drives the giant purple one out of his mind and in his anger, he unleashes a wave of force so powerful it wipes out a ton of nearby stars. But as this is still not enough, and with Mephisto whispering in his ear he needs to do more, he snaps his fingers and straight up murders half the universe, thus giving his paramore exactly what she wants.

Up until this point, this sort of mass destruction had rarely been touched upon in comic books, but in one swoop Marvel changed the game completely.