I think I just saw the Secret Wars for sale on Amazon.com. You'd have to do a search for it, though, I was looking for something else.

Does anyone know what "The End" is about?

I wouldn't say Spiderman was a marketing tool. He was part of the Super-Hero team who survived Thanos wiping out of half the universes population. He went with them and fought, and had many good lines, and like everyone else, died. He gets as much time in the book as the other heroes, save for Warlock and the Silver Surfer, really.

"The End" is another world-shattering mini-series. An ancient Egyptian Pharaoh who disappeared out of history returns with phenominal power and takes over the planet for this "Celestial Order" that he works for. He blew up the X Mansion (with all of the X teams gathered there) and wiped out the Avengers and FF. Basically it is down to the standard crew of heros/villains to figure out how to stop it. People remaining include Doom, Thanos, Adam Warlock, Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Spiderman and Daredevil (although by issue #2 Doom is working on his own and Spidey and Daredevil were pretty much cameos). Pretty standard stuff.

It occurs to me that you may have sen the trade for the infinity ABYSS not gauntlet. That story involves moondragon, warlock, captian marvel, and spiderman. He is actuall involved in that one. PLus the trade just came out so you are more likly to have seen that out on a shelf than the gauntlet trade.

I recomend reading them all. I sill have my orignal signed gountlet seires. it was the only thing I saved after I sold all my books.

I believe that WaldenBooks will have the Infinity Gauntlet & Secret Wars TPB's.

to green lantern 73.

Thanks for the corrections to my list. I was just going off of my memory.

But, then again... 1/2 of earth, 1/2 of universe...6 of one, 1/2 dozen of another.... point of it was - a lot of people died. He just asked for a quick sum up of the story, I didn't think that the little details were that important.

The fact that Thanos killed off 1/2 the freaking universe was an important point that he was willing to do ANYTHING, including widespread murder to get what he wanted: the favor of Mistress Death.

Well the Infinity Gauntlet in my opinion was the best of the 3 ( Gauntlet, War, Crusade ), I also think it was the best mini series ever its what made me a Thanos fan for life.

Was Spider Man a marketing tool? Naw like someone said he was along for the fight. I think the reason I loved this series was because the deaths were a part of the real time line of Marvel. Some of my favorite deaths were,

When Thanos turned Wolverines bones to sponge
Thanos turning Thor into glass and shattering him
Turning Nova into toy blocks

I liked how he didn't even mess around with Hulk and Drax and just sent them to another world. Watching Captain America standing toe to toe with Thanos was awesome as well.


The outcome was of course the best part of the story. I have always loved Adam Warlock and was glad he got the gaunlet.

to green lantern 73.

whatever... I'm not going to debate it. All I wanted to do was emphasise that a lot of people died. If it was just on earth or the entire universe...whatever...who cares. The idea was brought across, and that's the main thing (right?).

My favorite death was how Thanos killed cyclops. Suffocation is the way to go!

PS: CCcenter_stage, it is a pretty big difference that Thanos killed half the universe and not just half the Earth. Galactus could destroy the whole earth by himself. Just admit u made a mistake, don't try to justify it.

thanks for all this... kinda excessive... clarification. i will now begin to look for the infinity stuff in my local comics shops. so, it's gauntlet, war, crusade, abyss, and "the end" in that order, right?

Don't forget Thanos Quest! It comes before Gauntlet. And honestly, only get War and Crusade if you absolutely have to have them all... those two aren't really good reads... more or less just another excuse for massive cross-overs between all of Marvel's titles at the time.

The end issue #3 Best. Cover. Ever!

..Too bad the cover doesn't exaclty live up to what's inside.

Its a fun What if story thought.

I got to find a copy of Infity Gauntet as well..