Infinity Gauntlet

After seeing the Infinity Wars movie (twice) and following the MCU storyline for the past 10 years, I was interested to read the original comic that inspired the movie. THE INFINITY GAUNTLET was a great read for a infrequent graphic novel reader; the story was exciting and unpredictable, it has some great artwork, and even with the balance of the universe on the line, there was some quick-witted and funny banter along the way. The premise that Thanos wants to wipe out half of the universe is the driving force at the beginning of the graphic novel, but by the end, several events have drastically altered plans and the heroes must adapt and refocus their efforts in order to save the day. The key heroes are Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, and Dr. Strange, but many others are in middle of the battle that most people know, like Iron Man, Hulk, Drax the Destroyer, and Wolverine, just to name a few. Many characters are in this graphic novel that are not a part of the movie, but there are enough familiar faces to help even someone who knows nothing about comics to enjoy the story. Really a pleasure to read, THE INFINITY GAUNTLET has rekindled my interest (at age 42) in comics and I'm looking forward to reading more about the Infinity Gauntlet and Thanos in future issues.

Wrath of the titan! The story is, still today, top notch. Godhood, with its cosmic and multiversal scales, is a theme hard to tell and harder to show. It must to be epic and beyond, and Marvel delivers. If you loved Secret Wars (the first one) you will love this one. I have not seen yet the Marvel movie "Avengers: Endgame." I am not sure how much the comic "Infinity Gauntlet" influencesthe plot of that movie. But just to avoid spoilers I decided to read once and for all this volume and... it was jawdropping. Thanos is a god and is interesting how he struggle with infinite power, he's born to be a tyrant. Different to Dr. Doom in Secret Wars. Usually these stories have weak endings but, as always without giving spoilers, I am happy with the ending. It is natural and doesn't rob the epic scale of the story. It was great to see Steve Rogers still as a great hero and a good man, lately I am afraid the comics have been unfair to Captain America. About the drawing: I have seen things I have never seen, but sadly I don't get to see them in the scale the writer thought it. George Perez is an extraordinary illustrator, but in my opinion his anatomy is very realistic, and superheroes and super villains should be gods among us, they cannot look like just healthy humans. Also the things that come from the mind of Thanos betray the lack of imagination of Perez: the architecture that Thanos imagine should be grandiose but is the same style that many of our mayors, fans of kitsch style, use to populate plazas and avenues (fake Greek style of columns and materials and statues set without proportions) There is a scene in which Thanos dissolves a character into little cubes... sounds amazing, but you see the panel and... well, there are just a bunch of cubes :/ Years later in House of M, another of my favorite Marvel sagas, Olivier Coipel would draw perfectly the image of a human being dissolving into little cubes, just with the godlike push of a foreign wish.

I love the movie more then this limited series because the film version changed the story from being about Thanos, Death, his love for her and to bring balance of life and death in the universe to instead only the hunt for the stones in order to even out 50% of all life and death. Also this series is quick to explain how and why Thanos is to possess the stones and wear the gauntlet which I think the story of it could have been told in more detail or just fleshed out more to cover the first issue. This way there is more weight to the reason for Thanos's resurrection by Death, his love for her and mission for the infinity stones. But then it may require to be longer then six issues. The change of the gauntlet from Thanos to Nebula was awesome in how it happened BUT then for Adam Warlock to have it was too much change of hands. It would have been better for Death to claim it from Nebula to return them to their original points of origins since it was her idea to balance death and life OR for the cosmic gods in this series (Eternity, Galactus, Cronos etc.) to do the same thing. This way the point would be that the stones should not belong to anyone and to never be located again either. I liked seeing all the characters and their classic traits in personality and most in look BUT I felt most of their super powers and abilities were thin and hardly produced to be executed with maximum potential. The art of George Perez for the first three-to-four issues was awesome! He is great with an ensemble cast and the colorists...were amazing! When Ron Lim took over for Perez, he didn't miss a beat on maintaining interest and quality to finish the series. I didn't care for Hulk's new look and Thor w/ a beard I've known prior to the series but everyone else was spot on especially for The Human Torch to be faceless like the original android from the golden age of Marvel when it was called Atlas Comics. There is great action and drama along with manipulation and dialogue but not at every turn of the page. The landscaping and background art is so eye-catching to me! It's definitely worth reading and to compare to the movie version too. I'm looking forward to the second and third series that continues from this one as well.

An amazing origin story that bred movies truly triumphant. I could read this book a million times. Truly this is worthy. Mmm

Dieser Comic ist ein echter hingucker. Super verarbeitet und auch die Zeichnugen machen was her. Die Story ist Spannend und wurde auch Ideal umgesetzt. Thanos ist nahezu allmächtig mit seinen Edelsteinen. Können ihn die Helden aufhalten? Das erfährt man hier auf sehr unterhaltsame Weise. Allerdings erfährt man hier nicht genau, wie er an dieses Objekt kam. Dafür muss man sich die vorherigen Ausgaben anschaffen. Super Comic!!

Diventato ormai un classico senza tempo e fonte d'ispirazione per due tra i più "grandi" cinecomics dei giorni d'oggi, "Infinity Gauntlet" ha come enorme punto di forza il fatto che funziona benissimo anche come stand alone, sebbene in realtà faccia parte della celeberrima "Saga dell'Infinito" di Jim Starlin. Arrivato con qualche giorno di ritardo (ritardo dovuto a me e non ad Amazon), si presenta in un formato davvero accattivante. La copertina flessibile e lucida credo le dia un tocco in più. Per quanto riguarda la versione in lingua originale, l'inglese utilizzato nella graphic novel è estremamente fluente e non ho mai riscontrato difficoltà nella comprensione della trama e dei dialoghi. Che dire di più: è un must have nel vero senso della parola.

Bought this for my grandson and he loved it

Ya había tenido la oportunidad de tener una de estas copias del comic en mis manos, pero por razones que no me interesa ni le interesa a usted como comprados saber, aquí me encuentro haciendo la reseña de lo que es una de las mejores sagas de comics que haya hecho MARVEL antes en su historia. OJO si eres nuevo en el mundo de los comics y te interesa ingresar a esto debes comprender dos reglas fundamentales, la primera: Este es el tercer comic de 18 que componen la colección, para comenzar de forma apropiada deberás adquirir: Avengers Vs. Thanos. Y en el mismo comic deberá mencionarte cual continua. Segundo, esta versión es Inglesa por lo que si lo tuyo no es el inglés no te recomiendo su compra, pero si no tienes problema con ello lo recomiendo más que nada porque no pierdes algunas cosas que pudieran mencionar los autores originales. Si te preguntas si lo recomiendo, la verdad es que si, pero ten en cuenta que dejan partes abiertas para dar trama al siguiente comic, recomendado perfectamente. Llego en un día por prime y estoy viendo si conseguir alguno otro que me falta para tener la saga completa en mis manos.