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I mean he definitely started off as nothing more than a Darkseid rip-off, but Jim Starlin fleshed him out throughout the years, and between his obsession with death and his subconscious giving up the omnipotence he always achieved, he became a very complex and interesting character.
The other reason I like Thanos is that he is more human than Darkseid. Thanos still has that presence and feel of a cosmic power, but at the same time being at least somewhat relatable, thanks to his personality. That's not an easy task to accomplish. It also makes the evil things he does more hard hitting to me. Because Darkseid is typically very cold, and emotionless. Like he is above things like a concience or humanity, and is more like a force of evil nature. Thanos does what he does, because he chooses to. He isn't a god, and he has a concience and some shred of humanity. He just chooses to ignore it most of the time.
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