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Title: The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, Ron Lim, George Perez, Josef Rubinstein ISBN: 0-87135-944-8 Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Thanos vs. Warlock in Epic Showcase of Cosmic Entities
Comment: Marvel so rarely gets epic crossovers right. For every "Dark Phoenix"(Perfection!) there is one or more "Secret Wars" (sadly dissapointing). "Infinity Gauntlet" does a nice job of showcasing not just Earth's mightiest beings, but the Universe's as well. Galactus, Living Tribunal, Watcher, etc. all make appearances.
Anyone who enjoys a story on a cosmic-scale will certainly enjoy this one. It wasn't on par with "The Inhumans" but it brought together characters I hadn't seen since the Silver Surfer's solo comic in the late '80s and its worth the read. Recommended.
Also recommended: "Avengers Forever", another not-quite-perfect all-star hero fest.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Infinate Saga......
Comment: I wish that Jim Starlin had the oppertunity to illustrate this one. It brings all his former characters together. Warlock, Thanos,Pip the Troll. George Perez brings a new perspective to his characters.
This one has it all. The destruction of the universe as we know it. It doesn't get any better than this! Lady Death returns for a shock ending that should have stuck. If Marvel didn't revive Thanos, it would have been have a fitting end to the deadly character. He exists at the end of the story.....but there is a twist I won't tell you about.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful!
Comment: When the Infinity Gauntlet saga originally happened, I was in my comic collecting prime. I missed out on most the saga, sadly, because I was in an area where it was quite hard to get a good selection of comics. I bought a few tie-in issues from other series and sort of pieced together what was going on. The only thing I remember is knowing the Infinity Gauntlet was coming in advance, because an issue of Quasar (my favorite comic at the time. Please don't laugh at me about that.) showed Thanos with the Gauntlet, as he attempted (unsuccesfully) to destroy a super-powerful villian you've never heard of called Maelstrom. (If you care at all, the Quasar series was called Cosmos in Collision and ended with the universe nearly being destroyed. I really wish they'd reprint that one as well, but Quasar has never been, and likely never will be, popular enough to warrant something like that.)
This collection, though, is great. All of the original issues of Infinity Gauntlet in one. All the "intergalactic biggies" are there like Uatu (The Watcher), Galactus, Eternity, Death, Living Tribunal and a few more. (Noticeably absent are Infinity and Oblivion.)
I particularly enjoyed the scene where all the galactic biggies ganged up on Thanos and started beating him senseless. Or they tried to, anyway.
As far as I know, this is one of Marvel's earliest multi-comic title sagas. (Secret Wars came before it, though. And DC also had done Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985.) Whereas Secret Wars was kind of disappointing, Infinity Gauntlet showed how it should be done. Not bloated and taking well over a year to play out (as CoIE did) and not having a misuse of a good idea (as Secret Wars did), Infinity Gauntlet was nearly as perfect as a concept like this can be.
So, now all I'm waiting for is a graphic novel of it's followup story (happening a few years later on), Infinity Crisis. (Not nearly as good, but gives a certain closure and definitely ends the chance of anymore Infinity storylines. Well, as definite as you can get in the Marvelverse, anyway.)
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Title: Marvels by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross ISBN: 0785100490 Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman, George Perez ISBN: 1563897504 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons ISBN: 0930289234 Publisher: General Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Inhumans by Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee, Stan Lee ISBN: 0785107533 Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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