Retro Comic Review: The Infinity Gauntlet

The Mad Titan Thanos has seized control of Infinity Gauntlet and with it near-omnipotent power! Who can stop this deadly new overlord? All of Marvel’s top heroes star in this epic of cosmic proportions!

“A solid classic worth checking out.”

The Mad Titan Thanos has seized control of Infinity Gauntlet and with it near-omnipotent power! Who can stop this deadly new overlord? All of Marvel’s top heroes star in this epic of cosmic proportions!

In 1991 Marvel released a mini series called The Infinity Gauntlet. This story introduced one of the most powerful weapons in the Marvel Universe; the Infinity Gauntlet. This ended up being one of the most popular events of the 90s.

This is a truly epic story in size and scope. If you happen to be a fan of Marvel’s Cosmic characters, this is a must-read. Not only does the majority of the story take place in space, but we get to see characters like Galactus, The Watcher, Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, and a whole slew of other space entity characters that I didn’t even know existed.

This book is just chock full of classic art from Legends George Pérez and Ron Lim. There’s a good chance one of your favorite characters are drawn amazingly here by one of these two. There are a lot of crazy things that happen in this story, and it’s captured so well. I mean, there’s a part where Thanos battles literally the forces of good and evil. How do you even draw that? Well, they figured out a way—and made it look amazing!

With this being my first time reading The Infinity Gauntlet, I was worried I might be a little confused on what’s going on. Especially since I haven’t read a lot of comics from that time period. But other than not really knowing much about Adam Warlock, I didn’t have too much trouble. And I did like that they spent a lot of the time with Thanos and we got to see his side of the story. Overall, this is a solid classic worth checking out.