Infinity by Starlin & Hickman Omnibus

The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1-6 + Extras

by Jim Starlin, Jonathan Hickman (Writer)

From the epic that began it all - to the blockbuster event to end all blockbuster events! For Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet is the ultimate prize. With it comes omnipotence: absolute control of time, space, power, reality, the mind and the soul. On the edge of Armageddon and led by the mysterious Adam Warlock, Earth's super heroes join in a desperate attempt to thwart one nihilistic god's insane plunge into galactic self-destruction. Years later, Thanos makes a world-shattering return, seeking to claim Earth while the Avengers are caught in a war in deep space! Galactic empires will fall as his crazed plans come to fruition! From the cosmic minds of Jim Starlin and Jonathan Hickman come the bookend chapters of the Mad Titan's quest for infinity! COLLECTING: INFINITY GAUNTLET 1-6, INFINITY 1-6, NEW AVENGERS 7-12, AVENGERS 14-23

Genres: Comics

848 pages, Hardcover

Published April 2, 2019

About the author

James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine.

In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).

When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. (

In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.

Reviews

[Matthew Ledrew]

The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) (#1): 5 stars.
The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) (#2): 5 stars.
The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) (#3): 5 stars.
The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) (#4): 5 stars.
The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) (#5): 5 stars.
The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) (#6): 5 stars.
Infinity, New Avengers (2013) (Single Issues) (#7),
Infinity, New Avengers (2013) (Single Issues) (#8),
Infinity, New Avengers (2013) (Single Issues) (#9),
Infinity, New Avengers (2013) (Single Issues) (#10),
Infinity, New Avengers (2013) (Single Issues) (#11),
Infinity, New Avengers (2013) (Single Issues) (#12),
Avengers (2012) (Single Issues) (#14)
Avengers (2012) (Single Issues) (#15)
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[Kris Deters · Rating 3 out of 5]

Motives of the Black Order are deeply silly. Watching Black Panther and Namor duke it out and Blackagar Boltagon yell were both hella fun. Really wish the Cull Obsidian had more motivation than to become worthy enough to die. That's foolish.