Quote Originally Posted by M1982 View Post
IMHO they had no consistent level that Thanos was at. Like so many comic characters he was always "as strong as the story needs him to be right now, no matter how much that clashed with previous portrayals".

Gamora found it totally plausible that her spear stab would kill him. Nebula believed her mission to kill Thanos not only to be possible, by his own words she indeed nearly succeeded before being overwhelmed and captured.

So he's either some godlike titan or just a tough big mortal guy, whatever the story needs him to be right now.
Wouldn't you just know it. He was far from being an impressive force in What if. Just a tougher than usual regular guy, not even able to hold his own against just two of the Black Order in good old fashioned melee.