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human
[Marvel] Why did the collector trade any part of the Infinity Gauntlet away? What could he possibly uptrade for?
gpt
The Collector has been known to trade things away to get other things...in *Thanos Quest*, the prequel that led in to *The Infinity Gauntlet* series in the comics, he traded his Infinity Gem (which, as far as he could tell, didn't do anything) in exchange for The Runner, a fellow Elder of the Universe who had been reduced to a baby by Thanos' use of the Time Gem. In this case, the Collector did screw up - but as Thanos demonstrated, it's because the gem he held was the Reality Gem, and you need a degree of imagination to use it.