premise: Mike Friedrich is a writer.
hypothesis: The Champions of Angor ( also known as the Justifiers , the Assemblers and the Meta Militia ) are a fictional superhero team in the DC Comics universe . Mike Friedrich ( born March 27 , 1949 ) is an American comic book writer and publisher best known for his work at Marvel and DC Comics , and for publishing the anthology series Star * Reach , one of the first independent comics . His notable works include runs as the regular writer of DC 's Justice League of America and Marvel 's Iron Man . Thanos ( [ ˈθænɒs ] , [ ˈθænoʊs ] ) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in Iron Man # 55 ( February 1973 ) and was created by writer Mike Friedrich and writer-artist Jim Starlin .