Avengers creator ‘violated’ by Trump campaign ad featuring ‘mass murderer’ character Thanos

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Jim Starlin, a comic book artist and writer responsible for several Marvel Universe story lines, condemned President Trump’s campaign for using his character Thanos in a recent ad.

On Tuesday evening, Trump’s campaign war room tweeted out a video from the climax of the Avengers film when the villain snapped his fingers and vaporized half of the population, including several heroes. The clip featured Trump as Thanos and claimed his reelection was “inevitable.” It also showed top Democrats vaporized while delivering their announcement of the articles of impeachment on Tuesday morning.

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