By: Jim Starlin Publisher: Marvel Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Marvel Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 400 Publication Date: April 26, 2006 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: After Adam Warlock's return in Infinity Gauntlet, his worse half the Magus wasn't far behind! The struggle for ultimate power over the universe continues when a stockpile of evil twins overwhelm the Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men, New Warriors, Alpha Flight and more! Will the universe be saved, destroyed... or both? Collects Infinity War #1-6, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10 and Marvel Comics Presents #108-111.
The War of the Worlds The limited series had a six-issue run from June to November 1992, which is bolstered in this volume by Warlock and the Infinity Watch #'s 7-10 and Marvel Comics Presents #'s 108-111.
Written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Ron Lim, the story line focuses on the ultimate villain Magus and the plot to gain power in the Marvel Universe. The first to fall are Reed Richards and Iron Man, while the battles build on Earth and in outer space. Magus seems to have the perfect plot, as evil doubles appear to doom the heroes to a bitter defeat.
The plot is deftly composed and Lim's art is impressive. The series is an inventive means to have an all-star cast presented in a very unique scenario.
A lot of product for your money but bad arrangement First off, this book is PACKED! It will take you a while to read this complete collection of the 1990's Infinity War mini-series which was the follow up to the excellent Infinity Gauntlet series by Marvel.
In addition to the Infinity War series there are numerous extra issues included. The problem is they are included out of order. This book should have been sorted where you could read it front to back and have the story in chronological order, instead, you read the Infinity War series then you run into the individual issues with more of the back story.
Still, there is so much material here for the price it's almost like an omnibus. I just wish they would have put the issue in chronological order.
The story itself is much weaker than Infinity Gauntlet but stronger than the follow up Infinity Crusade, but I love the cosmic powered Marvel characters and they all play major roles in this book including: Eternity, The Living Tribunal, Galactus, Death, and many more.
This book also features dozens and dozens of Marvel characters in cameo roles. If you had a favorite character from the 1990's then odds are they make at least a brief appearance here.
A lot of content but the chronology makes no sense what so ever.
not bad its not a bad story actually,u just have to take time to read it and understand it..but its actually ok..they have a lot of characters in it and lots of people gettin tore up so its not bad...storyline could of been a little more in depth but hey its old give it a break..
Don't bother. I remember collecting these when i was a kid, and even when i was 14 i thought this was the dumbest most needless series ever written. I LOVED the Infinity Gauntlet and was excited to read this new tale of Adam Warlock, Silver Surfer, Thanos and such. So do me a favor and look at all those marvel superheros....they are all just scattered around the story adding no depth what so ever. As a matter of fact almost all of them could have been left out, its hard to sell books that way though. Better put Wolverine and Captain America on that cover, Adam Warlock doesn't ship enough units on his own. Do yourself and me a favor. Ignore this, and GOD HELP US if they ever put out "The Infinity Crusade" as a trade, its the only turd bigger than this train wreck. THIS is the kind of thing that killed comics in the nineties.
Nice Collection: Would Have Been Better if in Chronological Order... Don't get me wrong. I love the stories of Warlock written by Jim Starlin, illustrated by Ron Lim, Angel Medina et al; and I'm happy Marvel has collected these books under one cover. That's the good. The bad?
You sure do have to flip around a lot, back and forth, in the book, if you want to read the stories in chronological order! Marvel has grouped the "Infinity War" miniseries together, followed by the 4 tied-in issues of "Warlock and the Infinity Watch", followed by the Thanos back up features that ran in Marvel Comics Presents. BUT the issues of "Warlock..." occur concurrently with "Infinity War", chronologically "Infinity War" #1 should be followed by "Warlock..." #7, followed by IW #2, followed by W #8,and then IW #3, then the Marvel Comics Presents (Thanos Backup feature), the IW #4, W #9 and so on. The "I Thanos" feature from "Marvel Comics Presents" is problematic, as takes place within the time span of IW #3 (within a panel of that issue, even) and overlaps with W #8. The Thanos Christmas story at the TPB's end? I'm not even sure when or where that is.
Marvel has released their X-Men "Age of Apocalypse" Trade Paperbacks in chronological order. It's a shame they couldn't do the same for "Infinity War".
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