Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude

Marvel Cinematic Universe

by Will Corona Pilgrim, Jonathan Hickman, Jim Starlin

Collects Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude #1-2, Infinity #1 And Thanos Annual #1.

When a terrorist puts the Avengers at odds, Captain America and the Winter Soldier go rogue to find him — but Iron Man isn't far behind. Will the Avengers survive the fallout? Then, find out where Captain America, Falcon and Black Widow are headed next — because the world needs heroes, whether it wants them or not. Get a sneak peek at Tony Stark's brand-new armor! Get ready for 2018's biggest blockbuster with this special prelude! Plus, with the Avengers distracted, see Thanos seize his opportunity to strike at Earth in the first chapter of Jonathan Hickman's epic Infinity! Delve into the Mad Titan's past as he joins himself on a time-bending journey of discovery — one that sets the stage for his next cosmic odyssey!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

133 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 3, 2018

Reviews

[Sr3yas · Rating 2 out of 5]

One of my friends fell for the classic prank Marvel comics pulls every time MCU release one of their big movies. What's the prank? It's the publication of totally useless movie tie-in prelude comics which adds next to nothing to the story of MCU.



The first issue of Infinity War prelude mostly replays the ending of MCU's Civil War and its aftermath. The extra scenes the readers get feel like deleted scenes from the movie, like Cap talking to Panther outside Siberian Hydra base, and Cap riding to underwater prison to free the gang. The new stuff is Cap's Nomad look and his little missions after Civil War.

The second Issue focuses on Doc Strange. We get to revisit that scene from Thor: Ragnarok.



.... and then we get to listen Wong's detailed lecture on the importance of Infinity stones, complete with a guided recap of the entire MCU appearance of Infinity stones.

That ends the Infinity war tie-ins. But Marvel goes one step further to waste your time by adding the first issue of Infinity, a new Marvel comic event, and Thanos annual from 2014 to this collected edition. These two entries have absolutely nothing to do with the upcoming movie, and nor does they make an ounce of sense to fellows who are not a regular Marvel comic reader.

Like my poor friend.

Don't fall for the hype, Kids. Invest in better comic books.

[Michael Finocchiaro · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am also reading the original Avengers vs Thanos by Jim Starlin. So, I bought the comic book to see if it would bring me insight into the movie as well. Prelude was well-drawn and brings in as vast a number of characters as the original Starlin story. I thought the plot was interesting but that it lacked some of the humor that made the movie enjoyable. The pseudo origin story at the end about Thanos was out there - like the Mar-Vell wackiness in the Starlin one - and not easy to follow. I think the artist could have drawn a more attractive Black Widow honestly, but Mephisto and Thanos looked really cool. With all the characters they brought in, many were rather obscure - I think I prefer the Starlin version where I get some of the Fantastic Four (and a Skrull with F4 powers) and Daredevil. That being said, the Agl-Agullo character in this version was super cool looking and absent in the film version (not sure I understood what the tribute was that he brought Thanos..)
Anyway, it was entertaining, but maybe not $16 of entertaining. Especially since the Infinity Gauntlet on the back cover is not actually mentioned in the text, unless I missed something.

[Tina➹ lives in Fandoms · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like it, only till page 45 (33%)
because it was like Marvel movies.

2 Stars

(P: Poor)

I expected the rest would based on the movies too, like events before the movie or something like that, because the series called: Marvel Cinematic Universe .
(I'm looking for something like that, according to the movies, I like the media based books.)
but then, there were too many characters I didn't know because I just entered the comic universe & read just a few comics.
so I am disappointed by that.
& this one was just okay, I don't hate it like my other 2-stars. but sorry I can't give it more.
the art was so good though.

I really want to find those comics the marvel movies are mostly based on & READ them in the right order! there are many minor characters I just want to know more, like QuickSilver or (not in Marvel but) Robin(s), Nightwing, Red Hood. I want to know their backstories! I want to know their future! I want to know everything!
I'm pretty sure they have comics (I saw random pictures of them) but I don't know where I can find the right order, from their first appearances into these world. (I searched, but it's really confusing.)
I'm so sad :(
I'd be glad if anyone, comic professionals, can help?

[Jesús De la Jara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este cómic que es preludio a la película (que ya vi) resume un poco los últimos eventos de Civil War y nos da un vistazo a algunas partes que no se verán que ocurren en la película como la llegada de Bucky y Capitán América a Wakanda, el proceso que tuvo que pasar gracias a la hermana del rey T'Challa y algunos vistazos breves a la vida que llevan los Avengers antes de la película y la aparición de Thanos. Lo interesante viene al final donde Wong explica al Dr. Strange y resume las gemas del Infinito que han sido vistas a lo largo de todas las películas y que ahora se comprende el origen de cada pieza.

[Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 🌟

Liked seeing what the Avengers we're doing before Infinity War. The recap was very good. Nice to have more information and stories with Thanos. Hope everyone will be able to stop Thanos.

[SpookySoto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating:Good
Emotional rating: Disappointment.
Recommended: If you haven’t watched the last marvel movies, specifically Captain America Civil war and Avengers age of Ultron and want to be up to date to Avengers Infinity wars.


I expected more from this, since I’ve watched all 18 Mavel cinematic universe movies I didn’t learn anything new here, so I was disappointed. I don’t think this is bad, in fact it’s a great way to catch up before the movie. If that’s your case I recommend you read this, if not I’d skip it.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Avengers: Infinity War ist der nächste Comic aus der Prelude-Reihe. Perfekt für die Lektüre vor dem Film, um einige Zusammenhänge ebsser zu verstehen aber auch sonst sind die Hefte eine ziemliche Bereicherung um noch einmal das eine oder andere Detail zu kennen oder erneut daran erinnert zu werden. Besonders dieser Comic erklärt noch einmal, wie Bucky nach Wakanda kam und wie die anderen Helden sich auf den Krieg vorbereiten.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay but didn't really tell us anything we didn't know. It was good to see how all of the various Infinity Gems fit into the different Marvel movies as the various stones have played parts in almost all of the movies in some way. Other than that there's not much in the way of new story here. Art is okay but nothing special. Overall if you're a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe this may be worth a read, otherwise pass on it. The two additional issues included really add nothing to the movies and taken on their own don't make much sense anyway.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved seeing what they were doing before the infinity war!

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice little "prelude" of the movie, if you can call a prelude the stuff that happens on Cap: Civil War movie and the stuff that's happening on Thor Ragnarok the movie and the rest of the movies pretty much, a few scenes from each picked and transformed into a comic... but yeah, it was ok. I liked the artwork!

\o/

[Mayank Agarwal · Rating 2 out of 5]

It didn’t have anything new to offer. It is more like a refresher course on where all we saw the infinity stones in the MCU movies, that’s about it. Then they start off with some new comic story which I have no idea about and don’t care for, a waste of time, at least for me.

[Nau · Rating 3 out of 5]

tbh, I read this comic only to make me more understand about what was going on in Infinity War (yes I have watched it, it's really emotional and confusing in the same way). With the existence of this book, it's kinda helpful and clear up the air about the pre-events of Infinity War, which explained here in a simple way. nothing emotional here and honestly, it's kinda plain. but still, I'm happy with some parts, especially the Clint and Scott's part (I LOVE MY BABIES DON'T MIND ME).

[Samuel Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gives a great context to the character of Thanos and is worth a read as he didn’t get too much depth in the film.

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

an overview of the infinity stones in the MCU...would have been nice to read right before infinity war came out,

[Kim · Rating 1 out of 5]

To be honest, I only picked this up because I read it would give insight on how Shuri cured Bucky. That was all of a few pages so I just read the rest of the first half which was a capable refresher of where the infinity stones are located and DNF’d the rest.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read a few of the preludes to MCU films and most have been less than great comic book adaptions of the previous films. Whilst this doesn't give anything away about Infinity War and is certainly not an essential purchase, it's better than previous preludes.

The first issue included here adapts the end of Captain America: Civil War and it's post-credit scenes but also adds a few extra scenes. Basically it shows us what Cap, Falcon and Black Widow were doing between Civil War and Infinity War and explains what Bucky was doing in Wakanda. It's a nice addition.

The second issue sees Wong talk Doctor Strange through the MCU's history of the infinity stones, re-capping the events of all the films they appeared in whilst taking in the Doctor Strange scene from Thor: Ragnarok too. There's nothing new here but I found it a pleasing recap which sets up Infinity War well and shows us just how long Marvel has been setting up this film.

As usual, there are some past Marvel comics bundled in here too. The first is issue #1 of Jonathan Hickman's Infinity event which is a decent first issue of a pretty rubbish event series. I've never liked Hickman's writing and can't help but feel he over-complicates decent stories and makes them overly pretentious.

The other inclusion is much better, a standalone Thanos Annual by Infinity Gauntlet writer Jim Starlin. It sees a down-trodden Thanos visited by an avatar of his future self and we basically get a history of the character of Thanos in Marvel comics. It therefore works as a great introduction to Thanos as well as being a genuinely good story too.

Nothing to get too excited over but lots to enjoy nonetheless.

[Silverscarf · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have always seen these Marvel movie preludes at the comic book store, but I never bought any because I figured they would just essentially be cash grabs. But I bought this one because, well I'll be honest, the kindle edition was dirt cheap at $0.99, and Infinity War is a bit of a special circumstance, so I figured I'd give it try. This is basically split into two parts, the first part being the actual issues that tie into the MCU, and the second half which contains some past comics about Thanos. The tie-in to Infinity War is the whole reason anyone would buy this collection, and it wasn't great, it's basically a previously on segment. The first issue copies the entire end of Civil War including the mid and end credit scenes, with only a few new inclusions, most notably more stuff about Black Panther, I did really like how T'Challa's sister was included though, that was one of my favorite parts of this comic. And the second issue just info dumps the locations of the infinity stones from every other Marvel movie. So I guess if you haven't watched most of the MCU movies in a while and don't want to re-watch some 11 out of 18 movies to get all the relevant information, this would probably be a somewhat helpful shortcut, but that's not really enough to carry this comic to being something that people really need to buy. The other two issues are the first issue of “Infinity” one of, if not the most recent “Thanos is attempting to conquer the universe big team up events” and a far more interesting annual issue from a recent time when Thanos had his own title. The Infinity issue was okay, I was actually somewhat interested in what would have happened next, but that is a read for another day. The annual issue goes into a lot of background on Thanos' history within the Marvel universe, all within the context of a future version of Thanos coming to talk to a past version of himself. I thought that was kind of cool and several past events from a lot of the big Infinity titles are covered, and I actually really liked this issue, it gives a good amount of background to the character and it would probably be a good read for people who don't really know much about the character.
Overall this was a semi-decent comic, there were some good enjoyable moments, but really unless you get an amazing deal on it, like I said $0.99, there isn't a whole lot of value to this, and unless you get it specifically for the recap of the MCU until this point, and more background for Thanos, it doesn't add anything worth much more than that.

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this had only been 45 pages long, I would have rated it higher. The first two collected issues are basically a synopsis of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, setting up Infinity War for people who would be interested in watching the movie without seeing the previous films, and are likely to want to read it in comic book form (I'm guessing that's a fairly niche audience). There are some scenes that flesh out the post-credits scenes from a couple of movies, in an art style that is weirdly flat and under-detailed.
But the book is more than 45 pages - Marvel appears to want to utterly confuse their target audience by throwing them into the first issue of the Infinity Crossover, where many of the known characters (and a huge cast of completely new aliens and villains) are in a completely different situation that really doesn't provide enough context clues to get the whole story. And then, there's a Thanos annual, where a moment after the first major Thanos story gets expanded into a time-travelling self-reflection between multi-dimensional versions of Thanos. It's pretty deep into Marvel history and has little relevance to Infinity War, and the art style wanders a bit (connecting the different eras it straddles), making it really just seem like extra filler.
This book covers multiple eras and universes of Marvel in one book without really demarcating their separation. For something that is advertised as a Prelude to Infinity War, that seems like a very poor decision.

[Bernie Gourley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This two issue comic book was released in advance of “Avengers: Infinity War.” It revisits the events of previous movies adding a few snippets of new material here and there. Of the new material, much of it elaborates upon events that are known to have happened behind the scenes of earlier movies. Not surprisingly, given Marvel’s penchant for secrecy, there are only a few frames that offer insight into activities that a fan who’d seen all the preceding films would be in the dark about.

I’m assuming that anyone considering reading a prelude to “Infinity War,” by this point, has already seen that movie and relevant preceding films such as “Captain America: Civil War,” the first two “Avengers” movies, “Guardians of the Galaxy 1,” and “Doctor Strange.” If that’s not the case, and you want to avoid potential spoilers, stop now.

The first issue recaps “Captain America: Civil War” while providing insight into what happens with Captain America’s team in the wake of that film, at the end of which they find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Much of the issue is verbatim repetition of the events of that movie. There’s also elaboration about the Black Panther’s assistance to Winter Soldier (Sgt. Barnes) via his genius sister Shuri, as well as a scene showing what Captain America, Black Widow, and other team members are up to in the aftermath of the breakup of the Avengers.

The second issue consists largely of Wong schooling Doctor Strange on the powers of the infinity stones and their current whereabouts. Those who’ve seen all the films know that five of the six stones were accounted for before the third Avengers movie. Only the whereabouts of the soul stone remains in doubt. This book doesn’t solve that mystery and merely offers a cryptic comment about the soul stone’s power. As Wong is describing events, the reader is shown flashback scenes from the movies and post-credit scenes that explain where each stone is and how they were used in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1,” “Thor: The Dark World,” “Avengers 1 & 2,” “Doctor Strange,” etc.

If you are an intense fan who craves every new bit of information, you may enjoy combing through this comic book. Otherwise, it’s mostly of use for those who are planning on seeing “Infinity War” but who haven’t seen “Captain America: Civil War,” “Guardians of the Galaxy 1” (which contains a brief piece of exposition that clarifies the nature of the stones), or the previous “Avengers” films. I don’t know how big that demographic is, but I suppose new fans are coming along all the time. I wouldn’t recommend you purchase the prelude expecting anything new and earth-shattering. The art and dialogue are all well done and inline with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films.

[C.J. Edmunds · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this without seeing the movie may help for those who are in need of some supplementary information about the movie of the year for me.

But while this may prove promising at the first issue, the second actual prelude is merely Wong recapping to our favorite, Sorcerer Supreme, the history of the Infinity Stones and thus a quick recap of the happenings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

While most would not appreciate this little trip back memory lane and would prefer an actual prelude, some may appreciate a depiction of some of the events following Civil War and how it leads to the current crisis in Infinity War

This trade paperback edition collects the 2 Preludes, plus Infinity #1 and the Thanos Annual #1.

The last remaining parts of the this collected edition may appeal to comic book readers more than those who are familiar with ONLY the events and characters depicted so far in the MCU.

But if this collected edition does fuel your curiosity for the other stories involving Thanos and his quest for power and validation, then this graphic novel has certainly done its part.

[alexander shay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I might have liked this better than the movie itself. The art of the Prelude is really neat, and Wong gives a very nice background summary of what's happened with all the Infinity Stones up until this point, and Doctor Strange's reason for abducting the Odinson brothers in Thor 3. I never really knew much about Thanos as a villain beyond what was hinted at in the MCU bonus scenes, so between the movie and the two comics about him they include in here, it's a more rounded perspective and you can't exactly treat him as a straight up villain. In one of the comics, Thanos actually refers to himself as mad--the insane kind. Which makes it a little more interesting as to why he pursues/desires the power in the first place and why it takes consumes him so wholeheartedly. I didn't really feel that in the movie; might have helped invest interest in him as a character and the consequences of his actions more.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

These MCU tie-in comics continue to be such an odd bag. It opens with some chapters recapping the MCU events leading up to the Infinity War film, but also including a tiny bit of new content and fleshing out missing scenes; before then going into a few comicsverse Thanos/Infinity War issues, as a little taster sampling of how this played out in Marvel comics instead.

I guess I can kinda see what it’s going for — preparing you for the movie and whetting some curiosity about the comics — but in the end I just don’t think these comics succeed on either front. They don’t get to dig deep enough into the MCU to flesh out those characters or do anything new or interesting with them; and the comics issues they include are borderline incoherent because they’re just the tiniest sample from a broader storyline, and we don’t get to see what happened with any of it.

[Jalen Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book its based on a movie. The super heros such as black panther,spiderman,iron man. This book genre is action and adventure. This book is bascially about how the advengers are trying to destroy thanos but they cant because thanos have the stones that control the world. I like how stan lee put it together and made a good book. People can be believable in this book and movie because its alot going on and its alot of conflict . The antagonist is thanos. The protagonist is iron man who started the advengers. This book is written well. It inspire me by it you keep trying when you accomplish your goals. Their goal was to kill thanos. I expect this book to be great. I recommend this book to any one that interest in comics.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Prelude by Will Pilgrim. This book talks about the events that lead up to the huge movie Infinity War. A video is played and Iron Man sees Winter Soldier kill his parents. But Winter Soldier was being controlled by someone, but Iron Man didn’t care he still wanted to kill him. Iron rips off Winter Soldier's metal arm but Winter soldier get away with Captain America. Captain America then breaks people out of prison that have special abilities. All of a sudden something forms out of nowhere and then it ends.
I would recommend this book to anyone how is unclear of the events leading up to the movie. It is a great book to read if you say the movie as well.

[Garrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the back half of this might confuse people who are solely invested in Marvel by the path of the MCU, I would highly recommend the first half to anyone. The first half literally picks up where Civil War & Dr. Strange leave off AND has Wong walking you through which stone is which and what does what - it's a handy guide to Marvel's most ominous hand-covering! The second part is WAY out of continuity even with the MU at present, but does provide a lot of Thanos background. So, yeah. Useful, but not required, supplemental material.

[Crystal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't waste your time reading this. Its the usually Marvel/Disney scam to cash in on the movies more. Basically, watch the ending of Civil War, Age of Ultron and Thor Ragnarok when he meets Dr. Strange. There are some extended scenes, but nothing to brag about (and a couple of editing mistakes). After, you get mini-stories from the newer Infinity, followed by Thanos Annual 1 (which I enjoyed, kind of). This book may help as a refresher before the Inifinty War movie, and maybe so intro bits to the Inhumans and Captain Marvel.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collects Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude issues #1-2, Infinity (by Jonathan Hickman) issue #1, and Thanos Annual #1 (by Jim Starlin)

This small collection includes two issues that help set up the movie "Avengers: Infinity War," and two issues that give the reader some background into the character of Thanos.

The best issue in the collection is the Starlin-written issue, but I remember liking the Hickman-written Marvel event called "Infinity."

As these often-lame MCU-related collections go, this wasn't the worst one that I've read.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was not 136 pages of prelude like I thought. This was 30ish pages of prelude and then about a hundred pages of other comics that I’ve never read so that was very disappointing.

I would have liked to have seen more about what everyone got up to in the two years between Civil War and Infinity War.

The prelude itself was good as I liked to see the parts of Civil War that happened off camera and the art style is one of my favourites so far from the comics.

So overall, I ideally wanted less comic I’ve never heard of and more prelude.

[Chris Vermeulen · Rating 1 out of 5]

What rubbish. Can't believe I paid money for this. Definitely the last time I buy a movie tie-in book. Was excited to see if there was anything in it to tie the threads between all the other movies and Infinity War.

Imagine my disappointment to find that the first quarter of the book was a recap of all the movies, literally just the movies, and the rest was an excerpt from Marvel Comics' Infinity event.

[Duncan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's okay. I mean, probably because I'd seen the movies, I knew a little bit more about what was going on but even then . . . I liked the Jim Starlin story about a future Thanos visiting his former self through time travel because of the INFINITY GOBLET . . . GAUNTLET, sorry, anyway that was kinda groovy full of funky comix nonsense. Time and space travel w/all kinds of goofy characters will always bring a smile to my face.