The character's spirit survives, continuing to exist in astral form with amplified powers and abilities.

[8] Kronos saves the soul of Arthur Douglas, killed by a barrage from the ship of the Titan, Thanos.

He subsequently uses Douglas' soul to create Drax the Destroyer, a being intended to kill Thanos, his own grandson.

[13] Alongside the combined cosmic pantheon of the Marvel universe, he attempts to stop Thanos, who at the time wields the Infinity Gems.

[14] Kronos listens to the entreaties of the heroine Moondragon, and restores Drax – her father when Arthur Douglas – to his original, thinking state.