
Knowing Galactus was to devour Markus-Centauri at that point in time, Frank traveled to the planet to try and convince the Devourer of Worlds into helping him, but he refused to do so after accessing Frank's memories. Upon using his Penance Stare on baby Thanos, Frank realized he wasn't evil yet and decided to take him under his wing instead as to change his future. Frank chose to be sent back in the time to the day Thanos was born so he could kill him before he grew up to become a monster. Seeing that Frank didn't want to be there, Odin returned his powers to him and offered to send him to any time and place he wanted. Baby Thanos Must Dieįrank was retrieved from his dead timeline by a Odin of an alternate reality and rewarded with Valhalla, but he didn't fit in with the rest of its inhabitants. After the Fallen One used Mjolnir to smash the Rider to bits, the time-displaced Thanos realized his older self's true motivations and went on to prevent this future from ever happening. Unbeknownst to the Rider, King Thanos didn't need his younger self to kill the Fallen One he needed him to kill himself in order to finally be by Death's side. Īt the behest of King Thanos, the Rider used the Time Stone to drag a younger Thanos to the future so he could help his older self in winning the love of Death by killing the Fallen One, the one being who managed to elude him. The undying Rider was offered by Thanos the chance to see more evil than he could punish in a thousand lifetimes, and thus became his servant. Their story lasted centuries, but came to an end once they finally confronted Thanos, who beheaded Galactus as he approached to battle. Together they roamed the cosmos on a quest to halt Thanos' systematic annihilation of every living being in existence, which led them to become legends. When a badly injured Galactus arrived on Earth seeking help against Thanos, unaware that the population of Earth had already been killed by him, the Ghost Rider offered the dead planet to him in exchange for the chance of punishing the Mad Titan as his herald an offer that the Great Devourer accepted. After even Mephisto fell silent to his calls, he began to lose his mind. The Ghost Rider spent the next countless years alone, roaming endlessly and undying with no one to kill or love. When he returned to Earth, however, Thanos was already gone and everything on the planet was dead. Willing to give anything in order to punish Thanos for slaughtering his planet, the Punisher signed a demonic deal with Mephisto and became the latest Ghost Rider. Thanos Winsĭuring the heroes of Earth's last stand against Thanos, the Punisher was hit in the head by the debris of a building the Hulk was thrown into and died, his soul being subsequently sent to Hell. The centuries alone drove him mad, which actually caused Punisher to grow a sense of humor.This Frank Castle's earlier life seemingly mirrors that of the Frank Castle of the Prime Marvel Universe. In fact, he ran out of humanity altogether as he witnessed the end of mankind. A resurrected Punisher cruised the streets on a chopper equipped with a minigun, mowing down criminals all in the name of sweet vengeance.

It just so happened that Marvel’s own Satan was listening, and Mephisto struck a deal with Frank to become the Spirit of Vengeance. During the epic battle, the Punisher was killed, and his last thoughts were of getting even with the Mad Titan. This version happened to be a futuristic Frank Castle who went insane from loneliness.Īs the story goes, Thanos finally defeated the Avengers, and there’s a moment where he tears Iron Man in half.
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The same year we were introduced to the mammoth-riding Stone Age Spirit of Vengeance, writer Donny Cates created one of the more popular alternate-reality Riders.

It was a great time for Ghost Rider fans in 2017.
