Aliens are descending on Earth. The Avengers must go into space to stop them. That’s when Thanos launches a sneak attack on the planet.
It’s all part of the cosmic showdown: Infinity! Jonathan Hickman has been building up to this war with Thanos since he took over Avengers and New Avengers.
As the the forces of Thanos attack Earth – the Inhumans will rise! One of my all-time favorite characters is Black Bolt. The King of the Inhumans has played a huge role in the Illuminati in New Avengers as Marvel’s biggest brains attempted to save Earth with the Infinity Gauntlet.
In this Infinity preview Hickman makes a big revelation and talks about the Inhumans role in the upcoming event with Marvel.com.
“The Infinity Gauntlet has been destroyed,” explains Hickman. “Obviously, that is a relic of interest to Thanos.”
“The Avengers have left the Earth and Tony [Stark] has managed to remain behind under the auspices of preparing the planet for a worst-case-scenario,” says Hickman, “Tony knows that another one of these incursions could happen at any point in time, regardless of the massive, calamitous things going on in the Marvel Universe, an alternate reality Earth could come crashing into ours. It’d be game over no matter what. With the surprise invasion from Thanos and his forces, things go from bad to worse very quickly.”
The Infinity Gauntlet was the weapon Thanos used and the title of the epic by Jim Starlin. The Mad God of Titan wiped out half the universe as a gift to Death. The gauntlet appeared in the THOR film (in Odin’s vaults) and could be seen in upcoming Avengers sequels.
Infinity begins in August.
By Editor