The Infinity War

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This article is about the 1992 comic book storyline. For other uses, see Infinity War (disambiguation).
"The Infinity War"
Cover of Infinity War 1 (Jun 1992), art by Ron Lim
PublisherMarvel Comics
Publication dateJune – November 1992
GenreSuperhero
Title(s)
Infinity War #1-6

Marvel Comics Presents #108-111

Warlock and the Infinity Watch
 #7-10
Main character(s)
ISBN 0-7851-2105-6

The Infinity War is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in 1992. The series was written by Jim Starlin and penciled by Ron Lim, Ian Laughlin, Al Milgrom, Jack Morelli and Christie Scheele.

The storyline is a direct sequel to the 1991 The Infinity Gauntlet and was followed by The Infinity Crusade in 1993.

Publication history

The story had additional tie-ins including

Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10, and Wonder Man #13-14. All of these were published between July and November 1992. What The--?!
#20 featured a parody story about various comedic superheroes struggle against the "Infinity Wart".

Plot summary

When hero

Magus, who desires universal conquest and revenge against Warlock and the Titan Thanos. Meanwhile, the effectively emotionless Adam is brought before a "jury" of the cosmic powers and voluntarily surrenders his godhood once he is found to be "guilty" of being unworthy.[1] The Magus collects five cosmic containment units (another name for the Cosmic Cubes), and with the power gained incapacitates the cosmic entity Eternity; creates an interdimensional realm and an army of doppelgängers
—evil "mirror" images of Earth's superheroes.

After investigating the energy of the containment units, Thanos discovers the Magus and retreats to warn Warlock.

Mister Fantastic detonates a gamma bomb when the heroes assemble at Four Freedoms Plaza. However, the Invisible Woman contains the blast while Thunder God Thor
directs the radiation into space, and a surprise attack by the Magus and the doppelgänger of Thanos has the heroes believing the two characters are now allied.

The story climaxes at the Magus' base: a group of heroes free those who were replaced by doppelgängers; cosmic adventurer Quasar arrives with the Ultimate Nullifier (with Thanos goading Quasar to use it against the Magus knowing that Quasar would also be destroyed) and villains Kang the Conqueror and Doctor Doom appear, hoping to harness the source of the powerful energies detected.

Warlock and the still inactive Gauntlet are captured by the Magus, and both attacked by Doom and Kang. Warlock is defeated and the Magus is severely weakened in the battle and attempts to use the containment units but discovers they have been stolen. Doom betrays and stops Kang, and then demands the Gauntlet from the Magus. Eternity, however, has just been revived and has requested the Gauntlet be reactivated, which the Living Tribunal agrees to. An apparently

Soul Gem. The experience places Warlock in a coma
.

Thanos reveals to the assembled heroes that the Magus was tricked and never gained omnipotence as the

Goddess. In addition to these developments, Eternity—who is apparently 'deputized' by the Living Tribunal to make such a decree—thereafter declares that the Gems on the Gauntlet will never be able to be used again as a single unit, no matter what future crisis befalls the universe.[2]

Collected editions

Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Infinity War The Infinity War #1-6, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10, Marvel Comics Presents #108-111 April 2006 0-7851-2105-6
Infinity War Aftermath Warlock & The Infinity Watch #11-17, Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection #1-4, Quasar #41-43, material from Marvel Comics Presents #112, Marvel Holiday Special #2, Marvel Swimsuit Special #2 October 2015 978-0785198147
Infinity War Omnibus Infinity War #1-6; Fantastic Four #366-370; Spider-Man #24; Deathlok (vol. 2) #16; Daredevil #310; Warlock And The Infinity Watch #7-10; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #42-47; Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #67-69; Wonder Man (vol. 2) #13-15; Alpha Flight #110-112; Silver Sable & The Wild Pack #4-5; Guardians Of The Galaxy #27-29; Quasar #37-40; New Warriors #27; Marc Spector: Moon Knight #41-44; Nomad (vol. 2) #7; Sleepwalker #18; material from Captain America #408; Alpha Flight #109; Marvel Comics Presents #108-112 April 2019 978-1302915964

In other media

Film

In October 2014, Marvel announced a two-part film titled

Stephen McFeely[5] and directed by the Russo brothers.[6] In August 2016, Marvel made an interim announcement that Infinity War might be one film, which it later dropped in preference to its original two-part film plans, Part 2 being renamed Avengers: Endgame.[7] The Russos also explained that despite its title, the film wasn't an adaptation of this storyline, rather primarily based on its predecessor The Infinity Gauntlet.[8] Avengers: Infinity War was released on April 27, 2018.[4]

Video games

References

  1. ^ Jim Starlin (w), Angel Medina (p), Terry Austin (i), Ian Laughlin (col), Jack Morelli (let), Craig Anderson (ed). Warlock and the Infinity Watch, vol. 1, no. 1 (February 10, 1992). Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ Infinity War #1 - 6 (July - Nov. 1992)
  3. ^ Lang, Derrik J. (October 28, 2014). "Marvel unveils slate of films through 2019". SFGate. Hearst. AP. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Siegel, Lucas (October 28, 2014). "Marvel Announces Black Panther, Captain Marvel, luis Flores, Inhumans, Avengers: Infinity War Films, Cap & Thor 3 Subtitles". Newsarama. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely to Write Marvel's 2-Part 'Avengers: Infinity War' Event More on Marvel.com". Marvel.com. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  6. Marvel.com. Archived
    from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  7. ^ (August 1, 2016), "Marvel's 'Avengers: Infinity War' Will be One Movie, Not one split into two but there have been many reports suggesting a sequel to the film," Variety. Retrieved August 1, 2016
  8. ^ "Avengers, the makers' story". The Telegraph India. April 10, 2018. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  9. AllGame. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link
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