Death

Death
Real Name	Death
Species	Cosmic Entity
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	Dawn of Time
Appearances
Movies	The Avengers (mentioned) Guardians of the Galaxy (picture) Avengers: Endgame (picture) Thor: Love and Thunder (statue)
TV Series	Agatha All Along (mentioned)
Comics	The Avengers Adaptation (mentioned)

"Death embodies decay and can possess the soul of a living being. Often taking the form of a woman, Death can manipulate reality, time, and space, and came into existence at the same time as Entropy, Eternity, and Infinity. Immortals are immune to Death's ability."

―Description^[src]

Death is one of the Cosmic Entities in the universe.

Biography

"Humans. They are not the cowering wretches we were promised. They stand. They are unruly, and therefore cannot be ruled. To challenge them... is to court Death."

―The Other to Thanos^[src]

Death came into existence at the dawn of time along with Eternity, Infinity, and Entropy.

The walls of the Temple Vault on Morag displayed Entropy, Infinity, Death, and Eternity surrounding the Infinity Stones.

In 2012, after Loki's defeat in the Chitauri Invasion, The Other told Thanos that humanity was not as weak as they had predicted and battling them is "to court Death", at which Thanos smiled.

At the Gates of Eternity, Death has a statue alongside statues of Eternity, the Living Tribunal, The Watcher, Eon, the One Above All, and Infinity.

Appearances

In chronological order:

• The Avengers (mentioned)
  • The Avengers Adaptation, Issue 2 (mentioned)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (art)
• Avengers: Endgame (art; alternate universe)
• Thor: Love and Thunder (statue)
• Agatha All Along | Episode 1.02: Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate (mentioned)
• Agatha All Along | Episode 1.04: If I Can't Reach You / Let My Song Teach You (mentioned)
• Agatha All Along | Episode 1.05: Darkest Hour / Wake Thy Power (mentioned)

Trivia

• In the comics, Death is the personification of mortality with powers over death and the afterlife. Death appears in many forms, but most often a woman or a skeleton. Thanos is in "love" with Death, and during The Infinity Gauntlet storyline, he killed half of the universe to win her affection despite Death's disinterest in him. Death also developed an affection towards Deadpool due to his many near-death experiences, prompting a jealous Thanos to curse Deadpool with immortality in order to keep the two apart.

Behind the Scenes

• Death was initially meant to feature as Thanos' motivation for the Snap in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to being mentioned in The Avengers, Josh Brolin revealed following the release of Guardians of the Galaxy that Thanos' relationship with Death would be explored and that she would be portrayed as a woman in the MCU. In the interview, Brolin stated "His relationship with Death, who is actually the woman, I love that. You can take Sin City and pump it full of steroids, and then you have Thanos. I like that he's motivated by that — not just motivated by destruction or death or this or that. He's motivated by a very identifiable, human trait."
  • However, Death ended up being removed by Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of Avengers: Infinity War, with Joe Russo explaining that they felt the time needed to introduce the character would be better spent focusing on just Thanos and the film's already large cast, stating "It's our responsibility to carry forward the story as it's been set out. You're spending two-and-a-half hours with this many characters, so then adding in some character that the audience has no relationship to, having to explain the backstory of that character, making you care about that character, making Thanos care about that character, making that character interesting to the other characters."
  • Joss Whedon has stated that when he featured Thanos at the end of The Avengers, he didn't know what to do with him and "kind of hung [Thanos] out to dry," adding that "I love Thanos. I love his apocalyptic vision, his love affair with Death. I love his power. But, I don't really understand it," confirming that his tease was ambiguous when it was made and that the Death storyline was "not a concept that will necessarily translate". Despite Avengers: Infinity War ultimately diverting from Thanos' set-up in The Avengers, Whedon enjoyed the new approach the Russo Brothers took as they gave Thanos "an actual perspective and [making] him feel righteous to himself".
• Hive, a powerful Inhuman whom HYDRA revered, was referred to as "Death" due to its fearsome nature and reputation.

Gallery

External Links

• Death on Marvel Database
• Death on Wikipedia