The Infinity Gauntlet Aftermath

Silver Surfer (1987) #60-66

by Ron Marz, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas

Jim Starlin's Infinity saga continues here! After defeating Thanos, Adam Warlock won the Infinity Gauntlet - and now has absolute power! Can the most powerful being in the universe be convinced to give up the Gauntlet? And who can be trusted with even a portion of its awesome abilities? Meanwhile, the Silver Surfer races to destroy Thanos' shrine to Death - but first he must contend with onetime Infinity Gem owner the Collector, and face his darkest fears! Plus: discover the fate of Thanos' daughter Nebula! Don't miss the stories bridging the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War events, guest-starring the original Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Thor, the Inhumans, and an army of cosmic forces! COLLECTING: Silver Surfer (1987) #60-66, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #36, Warlock & the Infinity Watch #1-6, material from Silver Surfer Annual #5

This edition released as part of the Infinity Gauntlet box set

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Superheroes, Fiction, Fantasy

344 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Marz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.

Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.

His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).

Photo by Luigi Novi.

Reviews

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Silver Surfer and Doctor Strange which start off this volume each contain good epilogues to the Infinity Gauntlet, but the real story starts afterward ...

Warlock & The Infinity Watch (1-6) forms the first half of this book, and it's rather delightful. It's great seeing Starlin play with the Cosmic side of the Marvel Universe, while also touching upon space civilizations. However the real story here goes to the heart of Warlock's background, and it's an interesting return to topics from a few decades ago. It's a bit slow at times, and the art wavers in the middle of the story, but otherwise this is a nice arc for getting the group together, that really takes its time in a way that group books of the '90s didn't [7+/10].

Silver Surfer (61-66) forms the back half of the book, and it's just not as good. One of my biggest problems is that Marz doesn't seem to understand much about Marvel's cosmic universe. Sure, he occasionally features a Collector or a Captain Marvel, but there's just too much time spent on generic characters and generic aliens. Meanwhile, the plot randomly bounces from one fight to the next, and some of it's quite muddled. Who is the disc rider (#60)? What's up with the changes in the Collector's form (#64)? I have no idea. And, I'm never going to find out because, there's no Silver Surfer in the next few Infinity collections. Which is just as well, I suppose. I dunno why it was even here because the connections are so minor [3/10].

So, combine a good Infinity Watch and a bad Silver Surfer and I suppose you have an average comic.

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cringiest scene was Silver Surfer making out with his doppleganger to merge as one.

[Malum · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Adam Warlock issues are the star of the show here. We see how Warlock forms the Infinity Watch and meets up with some old enemies. There is also some fantastic art here.
We get a bunch of Silver Surfer issues that are barely related to the Infinity Gauntlet Aftermath, but Silver Surfer is always fun so I can't complain.
Then we get to see what Nebula is up to at this point in the Marvel timeline.
Overall a pretty good time and certainly recommended if you are in for the long haul with the original Infinity Gauntlet saga and everything related to it.

[Drew · Rating 1 out of 5]

Skip this one.

[Zack! Empire · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half is much better than the second, but the second half doesn't feel that on point. At the start of the book, Adam Warlock has the Infinity gauntlet. The different cosmic beings come together to try and force it off him, but they can't really since he is so powerful. In the end, Adam yields and decides to entrust one Infinity Gem to six different people, The Infinity Watch. It takes some time for them together, but it's an interesting idea, and "origin" for a team. It certainly left me wanting to read more about them.
The second half deals with the Silver Surfer, and isn't that related to the events of Infinity Gauntlet. It's mostly forgettable if I'm being honest.

[gxvault · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me a while to read...but it was a good book, got some SS issues and that's a good thing also the infinity watch was a good read, but overall it's not something you really need to read after IG. I would recommend but more to completists.

[Tony · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok. This collection was bad. I'm talking "Force myself to finish it" bad.

The first two issues of Infinity Watch are ok. As far as dealing with the aftermath of Infinity Gauntlet these are really the only ones that directly address it. Adam Warlock is put on trial by Eternity. He claims that Warlock is no fit to wield the Gauntlet. There are some cool moments here. The Living Tribunal stopping Warlocks tantrum with a snap of his fingers, Warlocks mice drop when he leaves, the foreshadowing of the next infinity events, and the formation of the Watch make for some interesting reading. The art in these first two issues is decent as well. After that everything goes downhill fast. Warlock goes to visit his old mentor the High Evolutionary. Unfortunately good ole HE has gone insane. How insane? Well it's 90's era comics so he went full on reciting childhood nursery rimes insane while staring blankly into space. For those that don't know, in 90's comics that is the hallmark of going bat shit crazy. The fight against Man Beast and his guards is anticlimactic and the art looks like Liefeld drew it but got lazy and didn't even try to make it dynamic.

The Silver Surfer issues involve him trying to destroy Thanos's shrine to death. It takes 6 issues because he goes on a convoluted quest for the Collector (which makes no sense no mater how you look at it) fights this cosmic Kree warrior that for some reason wears a fedora, comes across a trio of generic cyborgs with very contrived (and drawn out ) back stories. He finally makes it to Thanos's shrine and has to fight a space dragon and hold off the advances of a woman that cant understand why he isn't smitten with her. His mission accomplished he flies away only to be pursued by that same woman who has made a deal with Mistress Love and Sire Hate (cosmic entities of Love and Hate dont you know) and is now powerful enough where she thinks she may be worthy. Of course the Silver Surfer doesn't have time for that and she pledges to pursue him forever. I am absolutely serious about this. It all happened. Funny thing is, these stories weren't horrible. Just not that interesting.
The Dr Strange issue though was completely horrible. It made no sense, had some of the worst writing of the bunch and the art was crap.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silver Surfer #60 - As the Surfer leaves earth he is beset by Midnight Sun. It’s an odd conflict that seems as pointless as it is one-sided. Nothing special.

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #36 - The less said here, the better. It feels completely contradictory to the ending of The Infinity Gauntlet and even what Doctor Strange had said in the earlier pages of this very book. Trivial and pointless posturing.

Warlock & the Infinity Watch #1-6 - Jim Starlin, with artist Ángela Medina and Rick Leonardi, delivers a wonderful follow-up to the events of The Infinity Gauntlet. This story follows through on a lot of the threads from the crossover and takes them in a more logical, less comic-bookie, progression. There’s still the usual superhero fisticuffs, of course, but Starlin has a firm on where he’s going with this and it shows.

Silver Surfer #61-66 - This a kind of bridge between The Infinity Gauntlet and the Infinity War story arcs. The Silver Surfer deals with some various threats that help wrap up some dangling threads and begin spinning some new ones. Nice stuff, but nothing particularly memorable.

with material from Silver Surfer Annual #5 - Just a couple of back up features from the annual that help add some insight, or levity, to the material from this volume.

[Judah Radd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Check out my interview with Ron Marz himself! https://youtu.be/BHYPDZ5FX2A

[J.M. Giovine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Infinity Gauntlet was a groundbreaking addition to the Marvel Comics mega events catalog, so inevitably, we couldn't keep ourselves from knowing what happened after such story. Adam Warlock now has the full power of the Infinity Gems, after defeating Thanos, so now he has to maintain that power to himself without any sorts of misuse of the same, so now he believes he isn't worthy to carry with all the power of the universe. In Aftermath, as well, we get to see an alternative subsequent story regarding the Silver Surfer after these events. For Adam, we get to see his first independent story in Warlock & the Infinity Watch, in which he gets to abandon the Gems and create the Watch, to which he'll give away the Infinity Gems to Gamora, Drax, Pip the Troll, Moondragon and keeping the Soul Gem to himself. There's also a Dr. Strange issue in which he and Warlock will collide in sort of a small fight and, for The Silver Surfer, he's get to travel a journey in which he'll fight Midnight Sun, princess Alaisa, The Collector and a surprising self-encounter that'll help him return to his crusade full powered. Alright, so, how can you come up with a worthy succession of Infinity Gauntlet? I guess the answer is a little ambiguous but, as an epilogue, this works just fine. Adam Warlock was an interesting choice for a resolution in IG, and in here we experience the struggle of almighty power, the same goes with Silver Surfer, although, he just gets a little interesting, unlike Warlock, considering how much of a resolution his character obtains when we get to approach some of his personal affinities and ambitions. It was an interesting journey for both, taken into consideration both characters started off as villains, finding the proper development to become the heroes we get to know. Overall, we receive a decent Marvel-cosmic adventure from Jim Starlin and Ron Marz, with the addition of Angel Medina and Ron Lim providing the art. Personally, I'm all for the classic science-average situation-Marvel stories, but when it comes to the cosmic perspective it is either hit or miss, but thankfully, Starlin is one of the few one that actually nails this aspect. Marz, on the other hand, is not as fluid or creative as Starlin, but he definitely gets closer. And for a story that serves as a direct continuation of one of Marvel's blasts, this one is just entertaining filling information, with some great character development and great art-quality. Is a fine lecture, for all the fans who fell in love with Starlin's mega-event, just as I did.

[Rolando Marono · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marvel México está editando una colleción "sobre" Thanos, a un precio un tanto elevado pero con mucho contenido y portadas metalizadas muy interesantes. Este libro es el volumen 4 de esa colección.
Adam Warlock es un personaje que se me hace muy interesante y en este cómic tiene muchas escenas muy importantes y momentos impresionantes. La escena de Warlock jugando malabares con el sistema solar y el enfrentamiento contra un personaje muy conocido me gustó mucho. No me consideraba fan del lado cósmico de Marvel pero tampoco había leído tanto, ahora que estoy leyendo casi todo lo cósmico creado por Starlin, me convence más y más.
La primera mitad de este volumen es muy interesante y aporta un poco a las tramas de Infinity gauntlet y Thanos (no mucho, si te quieres saltar este tomo, realmente no pierdes gran cosa). Vemos las consecuencias de esgrimir el poder cósmico e infinito sobre Adam Warlock. La escena de su juicio me gustó mucho, y también me encantó el papel casi mesiánico que juega para la contra tierra, y lo doloroso que es para el ver a las personas que salvó, corrompidas.
La segunda mitad, protagonizada por Silver Surfer, no tiene mucho que ver. Se mete en un embrollo cósmico y podemos ver mucho sobre la psique del personaje, siendo el número donde viaja al "mundo de los muertos" uno de mis favoritos del volumen por lo interesante que presentan su conflicto interno y la culpa que siente por ser un heraldo de Galactus. Pero lo único relevante a la trama del Infinito de esta mitad es que Surfer quiere destruir el monumento que Thanos erigió para la muerte en Infinity Gauntlet y que es el lugar principal de los enfrentamientos. Pero la realización de esa meta, aunque compleja, es lo único relevante para la historia en general.
Le di cuatro estrellas porque es entretenido y tiene escritura innovadora para la época, las escenas son coloridas e impresionantes y son buenas historias del lado cósmico de Marvel, pero no son impresionantes.

[Devero · Rating 3 out of 5]

IL volume raccoglie le storie immediatamente successive collegate ad Infinity Gauntlet, in particolare le due serie scritte da Starlin: Silver Surfer, che a fine crossover parte per andare a distruggere l'altare cosmico dedicato alla morte dove avvenne lo scontro con gli eroi della Terra e le potente dell'universo. Tra questi episodi spicca quello nell'oltretomba col surfista alleato a Capitan Mar-vell.

La serie della Infinity Watch è per i primi numeri nientaltro che il recap della storia di Warlock. Il personaggio mancava da quasi 15 anni, e tutto sommato ai giovani lettori poteva interessare. Poi ci sono un paio di storie con l'Alto Evoluzionario ed un altro paio con lo scontro con l'Uomo-Bestia, ossia il lupo evoluto che è stato il suo storico nemico. Disegni di Angel Medina e Rick Leonardi, quindi nel complesso buoni.

Poi altre cosette, ma il succo è questo.
Diciamo che siamo sulle 2 stelle e mezza.

[Crazed8J8 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although it has a tie in and connection between Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War, this definitely was NOT a must-read. The key aspects to it (if any) were the Warlock and the Infinity Watch issues, as those show how Adam Warlock handles the power of the Gauntlet and Infinity Stones as appearing at the end of Infinity Gauntlet. However, the Silver Surfer issues (while good) didn't really seem to be necessary reading for the overarching story, nor did the Dr. Strange story.
All said, you could get the same "bang for your buck" but just reading the first few issues of Warlock and The Infinity Watch.
That aside, great artwork and characters throughout. Nothing really tops Jim Starlin's writing nor Ron Lim's artwork. Honorable mention to the art of Angel Medina too (whom I was unfamiliar with).

[M · Rating 2 out of 5]

Worst Jim Starlin Infinity Stones story so far, possibly because Thanos is not in it. This deals with the aftermath of the defeat of Thanos, mainly with what to do with the six stones that together can grant godhood to an individual.

Adam Warlock, in his infallible omnipotence and knowledge, decides to scatter the gems among his friends. This story reintroduces old enemies but it feels really low stakes. We know Adam is going to win. And it is not very entertaining, it literally put me to sleep whenever I picked this up.

In the meantime, the Silver Surfer deals with a stalker who has made two opposing pacts with gods to make the Surfer fall in love with her. The plan unsurprisingly backfires, but it succeeds in making this the dullest Silver Surfer arc to date.

[LadySolitaire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great collection of comics detailing the aftermath of the Infinity Gauntlet event. I especially enjoyed the Doctor Strange part, because (1) it's Doctor Strange; (2) it shows his relationships with Clea, Wong, his brother (whom I met for the first time), and his other friends; and (3) of how he dissuaded Adam Warlock from abusing his infinite power and how he persuaded Warlock to preserve the cosmic balance in the universe. I think I also fell in love with the Silver Surfer. The Adam Warlock issues took me the longest to read, mostly because of the Counter-Earth flashbacks/references that made me really uncomfortable. The character stuff was great though.

[Albert Yates · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I started this I was pretty excited to read about Adam Warlock and how he dealt with his new powers. His choices for distributing the stones are interesting and are brave choices even by his own thoughts as the people chosen are weak.

But after that six or seven issues of silver Surfer are included which are also the same issues included in the Silver Surfer Epic Collection that is part of the suggested reading for the Infinity series.

Why suggest books that have duplicated issues? Especially one that contains so many.

[Alexander Rivas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am continuing down the path of reading all 18 books in the "Infinity Gauntlet" series and this is book #5. The first half off the book focuses on Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch but the second half was disappointing. The second half was just content taken from book #4 which is mostly about the Silver Surfer. I can see how all of it is starting to tie in but can't figure out why repeating the same stories from book #4 in book #5.

[Jamie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a great book. I just started swiping through the pages because nothing was really interesting me and it felt like it wasn’t adding to the Infinity storyline at all.
Just a few Adam Warlock issues and the finishes off with some boring Silver Surfer issues.
This is actually the first ebook I have ever read, and I didn’t enjoy it.
I am glad I didn’t actually buy the book and would definitely not recommend this one. I hope the next one: Infinity War, is better….

[Sean Korzinski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good epilogue to Infinity Gauntlet

Went straight into the cosmic side. Adam starts off with all six stones and quickly the heavy hitters of Marvel jump in to judge him. With this judgement he breaks up the stones. The sixth stone holder is unknown by the end of the read.

It looks like Infinity Wars is next as the next issue of Infinity Watch is within that volume.

Surfer's side quest to destroy the remains of Thano's monument was a nice space jaunt.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The aftermath, even longer than the event! This collection included 7.5 Silver Surfer issues, 6 Warlock and the Infinity Watch, and 1 Dr. Strange.
While they were all pretty good, the Silver Surfer issues didn't actually deal with Infinity Gauntlet that much. The Dr. Stange issue was insane and almost terrifying. And the Infinity Watch was great.

[Dilly Kong · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is what ever. 25% of it is Silver Surfer realizing he is a terrible person, 25% of it is politics and boring stuff, 25% of it is a fucking brat flirting with silver surfer, 24% of it is us wondering who the fuck Warlock gave his cool item to, which we don't even find out in this book, and 1% of it is Warlock realizing he is probably about to end the entire fucking world. 3 stars.

[Adam Spanos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the greatest collection. The Silver Surfer issues don't really belong in this collection. The Infinity Watch issues are nice but don't really add much to the story of the Infinity Gauntlet. This is really only for die-hard fans that MUST read the aftermath of the I.G. story.

[Ahdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I pushed through the Adam Warlock entries as they were not as engaging. However I loved the Silver Surfer issues. This obviously is not as good as the Infinity Gauntlet, but cool to see the aftermath.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good lull in a larger story.

The stuff where Warlock turns to his roots and battles some boring Wolfman? Snooze City.

The possibility (I think never realized) that Starlin woudl try out some different characters? Interesting.

[Virgil Betonie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright, half way through the book when the story veered off into the weird depths of space and back to the story of the aftermath of the battle with Thanos that's when it got interesting again.
The Infinity War book is up next.

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Aftermath" as in "let's milk it for all we can". Mediocre art work and stories. Lots of Silver Surfer issues thrown in as filler (nothing to do with Infinity Gauntlet or Thanos). Infinity Watch is practically a spoof.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5 actually.

aftermath of the Infinity Gauntlet. Not as good as that book. the Silver surfer part is a bit nicer then the Adam warlock part. But I did still enjoy it.

[Silas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't actually enjoy the Infinity Gauntlet book, and Infinity War left me a bit cold, but oddly, this book was quite good. I quite enjoyed the Silver Surfer portion, in particular, which might have improved my opinion overall. It features a lot of characters that I don't have a lot of history with, but tells some interesting stories along the way and sets up the Infinity Watch. I expected it to be slow-paced like its contemporary books, but it went relatively fast, and had interesting themes (I particularly liked the evil twin Silver Surfer story). Worth checking out.

[James Zanghi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and really trippy stuff. Strange ending, though.

The scene with Adam Warlock at Court with all the various Eternals and Celestials arguing about his power is amazing, by the way.

[Adam McCaulley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alot of repeat material from the omnibus. still good content it's just that I just had read most of that.