Jim StarlinInfinity Gauntlet

It’s a classic worth the read

Awesome story!! Can’t go wrong with this one.

I love The Infinity gauntlet series. That's why I bought this compendium. It came in very good condition. Just like buying it at a comic book store. It's quite a read. If you like comics I suggest you read it. If you like the movies I would suggest you read the comic book because it's so much better. And at the price I got it at well worth it.

I thought it best to re-read this collection prior to what Marvel Studios does with the final outcome of the anticipated release of The Infinity Gems movies. Although I enjoy what Marvel has done, I do not like changing the original storyline. One of my biggest peeves thus far is not having Hank Pym active in the new Marvel Universe and giving credit to Stark for the creation of Ultron. I thought at first Marvel was going to create the Kree-Skrull war but it may be too big for a cinematic series. With a few bits of straying from the original scripts, the story of the Infinity Stones is doing just fine.I've collected comics since they were a nickel and only stopped when in 1985, The Dark Knight & The Watchmen were published. At that point I felt the industry had peaked and nothing has shown me otherwise; everything was rebooted, some of which was wise, others curious, the rest just tiresome.In the early '90s at the beginning of the Web, I spoke with Stan Lee to bring a few in his library to life on the Web from my position at Real Networks. It seemed we were going to do a project but I couldn't stay with the company any longer however the experience was well worth it.Starlin did a serious amount of great work, I cannot think of a project of his that fell short. About ten years ago I gave away my entire collection as I've been doing with all possessions ever since but giving away nearly 50 years of wonderful collections was the beginning, a very difficult choice. Now I'm able to easily relive many of those collections in an easy and enjoyable manner by simple having my new library available in digital form and easily accessed from my cloud. I've collected books, movies, music, etc... now all digitized in over 50 TBs for easy/immediate access anywhere/anytime.Many argue the tactile feel of a book, the sound of vinyl or the quality of Blue ray cannot be overcome in a digital product, I simply say that ease of use for me overcomes all those barriers. I love the ability to instantly search and access my libraries without the necessity of carrying thousands of pounds of products with me. As long as I keep the highest quality when digitizing, I don't believe there is much loss in quality. I may not have the feel of a book or the pop and depth of vinyl but I do have "ease of use".

Wrath of the titan! The story is, still today, top notch. Godhood, with its cosmic and multiversal scales, is a theme hard to tell and harder to show. It must to be epic and beyond, and Marvel delivers. If you loved Secret Wars (the first one) you will love this one.I have not seen yet the Marvel movie "Avengers: Endgame." I am not sure how much the comic "Infinity Gauntlet" influencesthe plot of that movie. But just to avoid spoilers I decided to read once and for all this volume and... it was jawdropping. Thanos is a god and is interesting how he struggle with infinite power, he's born to be a tyrant. Different to Dr. Doom in Secret Wars. Usually these stories have weak endings but, as always without giving spoilers, I am happy with the ending. It is natural and doesn't rob the epic scale of the story. It was great to see Steve Rogers still as a great hero and a good man, lately I am afraid the comics have been unfair to Captain America.About the drawing: I have seen things I have never seen, but sadly I don't get to see them in the scale the writer thought it. George Perez is an extraordinary illustrator, but in my opinion his anatomy is very realistic, and superheroes and super villains should be gods among us, they cannot look like just healthy humans. Also the things that come from the mind of Thanos betray the lack of imagination of Perez: the architecture that Thanos imagine should be grandiose but is the same style that many of our mayors, fans of kitsch style, use to populate plazas and avenues (fake Greek style of columns and materials and statues set without proportions) There is a scene in which Thanos dissolves a character into little cubes... sounds amazing, but you see the panel and... well, there are just a bunch of cubes :/ Years later in House of M, another of my favorite Marvel sagas, Olivier Coipel would draw perfectly the image of a human being dissolving into little cubes, just with the godlike push of a foreign wish.

You all probably would be shocked to know that I've NEVER read this epic story until now. It was during my 'comic book collecting hiatus' period, and sometimes when you have multiple hobbies that create an expense within your budget, something has to give. I was more concerned with my deejaying & keeping up with my music collection around this time. Since I had made some connections with comic book shop owners through my community radio show, I was able to get some free stuff every now and then but mostly promotional stuff. Totally 'missed the boat' gathering this story back then. I see many comparisons & contrasts from the MCU film, but you'll find much more enjoyment reading 'The Infinity Gauntlet'!