Infinity is an apt name for this Marvel event since it seemingly goes on forever.Seriously, I know when it comes to these big crossover events that ‘big’ is the key word, but this collection contains the 6 issues of Infinity itself as well as about 18 issues of Avengers and New Avengers. That’s not even including the roughly 30 other tie-in books that are part of it, too. How many comic books must I read to get one story?!?An alien race called the Builders that were supposedly the architects of

I'll be the 500th person to say it, but it really is called Infinity because it really does go on forever. Or at least it feels like it when you're reading page after page and getting no closer to the end of this giant book. In total, we have the six issue Infinity miniseries, six issues of New Avengers (collected elsewhere as New Avengers, Vol. 2: Infinity), twelve issues of Avengers (collected elsewhere as Avengers, Vol. 3: Prelude to Infinity and Avengers, Vol. 4: Infinity), and the two issue...

I have a new favourite Marvel event, and it's this. There's two story lines happening at the same time: The Builders are attacking the Galaxy and heading for Earth, so the Avengers decide to round up before they make it and while they're off planet, Thanos decides to invade the Earth. So there's cosmic space battles and the usual NYC warfare stuff.This hardcover collects the Avengers and New Avengers tie-ins, which you do actually need to read to get the whole story. The Avengers title follows t...

A modern take on the Infinity Gauntlet, perfectly structurized by Jonathan Hickman, its everything you want from a Marvel book, and then some... the sheer epic scale of the war, either on Earth or in space, is the culmination of everything the Marvel universe is all about, and the stakes are high, essential read for fans of the superhero genre.

It’s the conclusion to the Infinity series with a lot of answers. If you’re like me you haven’t read the whole spread of graphic novels and therefore have to piece a few things together.All said this is a wonderful series with big artistic presentations by a variety of artists (two pages of credits in the big hardcover). Hickman wields the many stories within and sometimes they get unruly. Arguably there is too much going on and moreover a whole saving of the galaxy/galaxies with the same old cr...

The most ambitious of Jonathan Hickman ambitiousness--until of course Secret Wars and then Dawn of X--it is an incomprehensible Marvel epic for absolutely everyone but the most dedicated of readers. I enjoyed that. It also seems to disregard Marvel cosmic continuity with the Celestials seeding humanity (and how does this version of Thanos work with established history?), yet the new mythology has worked well enough to have an impact of the MCU with Thanos's whole squad. Not a bad idea to explore...

I feel like Hickman has been held back here by the amount of produce he has had to get out the door for Marvel. I've read better stories from Hickman, but this is a great event and a good avengers story. However, the pace at which all the avengers stories run and the fact that they are split into different comics which run side my side, but at different times, makes it difficult to enjoy whole-heartedly. There's too much going on and you don't really get a chance to take it all in. Having said t...

Settle in folks, this is gonna be a bumpy ride. Marvel... I just want to talk. I just want to have a conversation about why these events are so "necessary". Every few months, Marvel picks a writer (a white man. I've yet to see them give an event to a female writer or writer of color. Imagine them giving one to a woman of color? Not in my lifetime) and basically gives them free reign to decide the next three months of material. This event ran its way through 2 Avengers books, a Spidey book and a

Ahhhh, no wonder those Avengers books were so vague, and though enjoyable, it felt like we were missing so much of the story. Well here it all is, and it is So much more enjoyable all together!And get this, ... brace yourself dear reader, ... there was no Filler Crap!Excellent writing,and absolutely excellent artwork!

Man, I really hated this.And maybe that's because I'm reading it after having already trudged through Secret Wars? Which I did with the hope that there was a light at the end of the tunnel - only to find that the light was actually coming from the dumpster fire, Secret Empire. And now we know why they were keeping it SECRET.Ok, I desperately want to like Hickman, but this is an example of what it is about his writing that puts me to sleep:"The message came from the Shi'ar Strontian subspecies w...

Um...what was that? To be fair I should have read the synopsis for Infinity rather than getting hyped about an Inhumans vs. Thanos showdown I heard about in the story. If I had done that I would've been far less disturbed by the other depressing storyline. Anyway Infinity is book of at least two tales. The first being that some ancient aliens are destroying life they created and appear to be headed to Earth. The second storyline invovles The Mad Titan coming to raze the Earth and having a run in...

Man, what a journey. This book is massive. I think they clock it at 600 something pages. Anyway, I had a blast with this. This book is big, bold, expansive, a lot of moving parts, lots of characters old and new and very high science fiction. First, stemming from the beginning of the Avengers/New Avengers, there’s the worlds in the multiverse colliding. So our heroes, well the Illuminati, are still dealing with that. But now there is another major threat on top of that. The Builders are a million...

This is a bit too long and a little too bloated with characters and side-plots, and yet it's still a lot of fun. If you have read any of the other Marvel cosmic events you already know what to expect here: lots of spaceships blowing up, lots of pew-pewing with lasers and super powers, and lots of nasty aliens wrecking and getting wrecked.

Man, this was a hell of a book. Big, busy, and long but completely worth it. Well done.

Quite possibly the best Avengers event ever. Hickman has done a masterful job of merging together his story lines from Avengers and New Avengers while also detailing the return of Thanos. The result is a magnificent Space Opera, that's unlike any other Avengers story and wonderful in its scope.This collection is also organized in an intriguing way, with constant chapter divisions hiding the edges of the original issues and instead producing a story that's a coherent whole, as if this mammoth vol...

4.5 stars. Although because of this panel, I am actually giving it a 5.I mean really - Thor laying the beat-down on Thanos...!? I swear if I wasn't a manly man I would have squealed when I saw that panel.*spoiler*I squealed like a bitch!*spoiler*The big Marvel events scare me. I hate buying into the hype only to be let down on the execution. I hate cash grabs and lackluster storylines. Really...I just hate water downed, redundant, empty bullshit! Thankfully, Infinity not only delivered a good re...

Holy fuck what in the world was happening in here? That was my mindset the entire time reading this. However, I really had a good time. Also might not be the best idea to read New Avengers/Avengers a year and a half ago and then read this...might confuse you...just a bit. So this story is really like a two parter. There's these aliens, new gods, whatever want to call them who are ready to fuck up the world. Coming after earth. Taking it for themselves but not without destroying all the other pla...

Is this book bad? No.Is it good? Ehh...What’s it about?Aliens try to take over the world and kill people but superheroes are gonna fight aggressively to stop them.Pros:The story is pretty good. There is more to it than what I described, I just don’t want to give spoilers. It is fairly typical superhero stuff so don’t expect anything groundbreaking but it’s fun and interesting enough to keep the reader entertained.This book has a fantastic cast. We have the typical Avengers that you’d expect. Tha...

Welcome to Marvel Event #403: Infinity. Space, multiverses, inter-world wars, and not one crisis but multiple end-times threats to keep us busy. Lorded over by the king of Big Politics, Jonathan Hickman, the three main books were written contiguously by him so I just wrote my effusive review of all three as one.This event in big strokes is cold, masculine, destructive, but also intriguing, political and big-thinking. High concept doesn't begin to describe it - why have one concept and ultimate s...

I thought it was awesome. Yes, the story has its problems, yes, it is very long, but you should take it for what it is — a huge and epic war story. Without the length, without the scale it would not have the real feel of a big event. Anyway, I enjoyed this book quite a lot.