Thanos has just conquered Chitauri Prime, the homeworld of the Chitauri. He smashes the head of the Chitauri King with a foot, and then sits on his new throne, hailed by his new army. From behind the throne, a Chitauri counselor (who Thanos decides to rename "No One") informs him that a creature resembling the Phoenix is approaching and, since it tears apart their defenses even more easily than Thanos himself did, he assumes it is Thanos's god. Thanos hurts the counselor for bothering him, and then smiles at the reek of death this mysterious thing is bringing along.

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