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AsThanosbegins exploring the mightiness of the new seventh Infinity Stone , Marvel fans just learned that theDeath Stoneis the ultimate weapon against the original six . Thanos latterly contrive the Death Stone , create a seemingly inconceivable artifact with supreme control over death rate . However , he needs the other Infinity Stones to fully damp it to his will .
InThanos Annual 2024 # 1 , Thanos attacks Star , aka Ripley Ryan , who is the current wielder of the Reality Stone . headliner fights back using her realness - handling exponent , turning the floor to lava and Thanos ' weaponry into butterfly stroke . Thanos survive the attacks , then downs Star with asingle blastof the Death Stone , which currently is nowhere near its full office .
Thanos then proceeds to fight Star , Overtime and Quantum - the Reality , Time and Space Stone carrier . Despite their stone all powering each other up , the trio barely get away alive . Indeed , they technically did n’t - Overtime reveals that he ’s from the futurity and came back to do the fight over again , hinting thatthe first time they snarl with Thanos , Star was permanently killed .

Thanos Annual # 1(2024 )
The Marvel Universe is a self-aggrandizing , weird place , and when someone like Thanos obliterate half of all life , there are going to be some unintended consequences .
Thanos' Death Stone Immediately Took Down the Reality Stone Bearer
Thankfully, the Stone Is Now in the Hands of a Hero
In 2023’sThanosseries ( from Christopher Cantwell and Germán Peralta ) , Thanos discovered that Death had incarnated on Earth as a human , wanting to experience life story . feel that she ’d abandoned her cosmic purpose , Thanos trapped her in an artificial Infinity Stone , creating the Death Stone . Despite this move , Death is still resisting her captor , remind Thanos to seek out the other Stones to break her will . Thankfully , this issue pick up the Death Stone fly Thanos , finding anew host in the resurrected Phil Coulson .
The ORIGINAL Seventh Infinity Stone Explains the Death Stone’s Primacy
There Was Always Meant to Be a Binding Intelligence
While the Infinity Stones have always been powerful , it ’s never been apparent that one was wildly more powerful than the relaxation - indeed , they actually produce a circle where each draws its might from the next . However , Thanos downing the Reality Stone carrier with a individual shot of living death - then take out three bearers working together - suggests the Death Stone keep primacy over the other six . This is interesting in relation to Infinity Stone lore , as previous tarradiddle establish that theStones were controlled by the Ego Stone . The Ego Stone contained the trap consciousness of the godlike Nemesis - the primordial Supreme Being from which the original Stones were mold .
Marvel has n’t really acknowledged the Ego Stone since its 1995 crossover with the ' Ultraverse ' publishing railway line , fundamentally ignoring its place in the Stones ' traditional knowledge . However , the fib does survive , and it would suggest thatthe Stoneswerealways meant to be controlled by a fundamental Stone with its own awareness . This is something Nighthawk point out inSpider - Man Annual 2024 , speculating that perhaps there was always meant to be a seventh Infinity Stone .
One entity in the Marvel Universe hold the secrets to the Infinity Stones , and his knowledge is so all important , he ’s protected by powerful cosmic beings .

The Death Stone Gives the Infinity Watch a Real Leader
Thanos AnnualandSpider - ManAnnualare both part of the ' Infinity Watch ' issue taking place across Marvel ’s 2024 annuals , which the publishing house has promised will create anew adaptation of the cosmic Infinity Watch squad . presently , each Stone has a superhuman wielder hold fast to it on a strong-arm degree , with only the Mind Stone ’s bearer still to be officially introduced :
Current Infinity Stone Bearers in Marvel persistence
Infinity Stone

Current Wielder
Current power
tie-up

First Appearance
Reality Harlan F. Stone
Star ( Ripley Ryan )

curt - range reality manipulation
Former Thunderbolts phallus and Captain Marvel foe
Captain Marvel # 1by Kelly Thompson & Carmen Carnero

Space Stone
Quantum
Close - range teleportation and portals

Former collaborator for the Assessor and Miles Morales opposition
Miles Morales : Spider - Man # 7by Saladin Ahmed & Javier Garrón
Mind Stone

Worldmind
Not Yet sleep together
Soul Stone

hoi polloi ( aka Ward )
Can come up vivid vim conception
Solo operator

Avengers yearly # 1by Jed MacKay & Travel Foreman
Time Stone
extra time ( aka Hector Bautista )
depressed - power fourth dimension manipulation , including pausing consequence and very forgetful - range sentence locomotion
eternity warfare : Infinity # 1by Gerry Duggan & Mark Bagley
Power Stone
Prince of Power ( aka Otherone )
Enhanced physique and ability to enhance powers of others
Galactic mercenary and Guardians of the Galaxy Ally
Guardians of the Galaxy # 3by Al Ewing & Juan Cabal
Death Stone
Phil Coulson
resurrect from death , other powers not yet known
Former SHIELD PI who later turn against superheroes - close booster of Nick Fury .
Battle scar # 6by Chris Yost , Matt Fraction , Cullen Bunn and Scot Eaton
Given the Death Stone ’s business leader over the others , it ’s now very probable that this team will assemble under the leadership of Phil Coulson - the current wielder of theDeath Stone , and decease ’s chosen ally after escapingThanos ' influence .
The Amazing Spider - Man Annual # 1is out now from Marvel Comics !