Really the "Infinity Gauntlet" in Thor could have just been the glove only. The gems could be elsewhere, or Odin could do something like "spread them across the stars" in response to Thanos trying to take it. In fact I think I just devised the storyline:
-Thanos attacks Asgard for the Cosmic Cube (as he attacked Earth in the comics for the cube)
-Upon entering the trophy room he sees the gauntlet and goes for it and either a) he gets it and then is stopped by odin, or b) is stopped by Asgardian warriors
-Odin spreads the gems across the universe
-Thanos escapes Asgard
-Epicness
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