Avengers vs. Thanos

Jim Starlin's marvelous, over four decades long Thanos/Warlock/Infinity saga begins here, with Captain Marvel. To fully understand this magnificent cosmic-proge-scifi-superhero-space-opera saga, here's the reading order: 1973-1976: - Captain Marvel #25-34 (collected in Avenger versus Thanos) - Warlock #9-15 (collected in Marvel Masterworks: Warlock 2; also Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection) 1982: - Death of Captain Marvel 1990-1994: - Silver Surfer #34-38 (collected in Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos) - Thanos Quest #1-2 (also in Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos) - Silver Surfer #44-50 (collected in Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus, and in Silver Surfer Epic Collection: Thanos Quest) - Infinity Gauntlet - Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1-6 - Infinity War + Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10 - Warlock and the Infinity Watch #11-16 - Silver Surfer Homecoming - The Silver Surfer Warlock: Resurrection #1-4 - Warlock and the Infinity Watch #17 - Infinity Crusade + Warlock and the Infinity Watch #18-22 + Warlock Chronichles #1-5 - Warlock and the Infinity Watch #23-31 - Warlock Chronichles #6-8 (A little pause here for summa summarum: The Infinity Watch Vol. 1 (TPB) collects Warlock and the Infity Watch #1-22. The Infinity Watch Vol.2 (TPB) collects WatIW #26-42 and Warlock Chronicles #6. Missing issues of #23-25, and Warlock Chronichles #6-8, are part of Thor: Blood and Thunder saga, collected in it's own TPB) 2002-2004: - Infinity Abyss - Marvel Universe - The End - Thanos #1-6 (collected in Thanos Redemption) 2014-: - Thanos Annual #1 - Thanos vs. Hulk - Thanos: The Infinity Revelation - Thanos: The Infinity Relativity - The Infinity Entity #1-4 (TBP collects also Thanos Annual #1) - Thanos: The Infinity Finale - Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entrophy - Thanos: The Infinity Siblins - Thanos: The Infinity Conflict - Thanos: The Infinity Ending

Starlin is astonishingly inventive, fitting time-travel, doppelgangers, classic mythology, and insane ethical quandaries in a single story. jIm Starlin as dynamic eye for composing a scene and a softer, more organic approach to figures, with realistic faces whitin psycadelic space backgrounds. this is a great collection of the early appearances of Thanos and his first confrontations with Captain Marvel, Adam Warlock and the Avengers. An epic story with great complexity, and great art to follow. Unmissible.

I am a DC comics fan. So I knew nothing of Thanos before MCU film universe. This was my first graphic novel about him, the first graphic novel about him. Really interesting to see the original creation. And also to see th 1960s 70s cultural influence on the art. Liked the graphic novel. Expands my knowledge and understanding and introduced some marvel characters I never knew. Was part of the Prime kindle library.

This is a fun book, collecting all of Thanos' original run of stories (pre- resurrection ), mostly written by his original creator, Jim Stalin. Be warned, however, that they are very, very old, and it shows. This was written during a time when the target audience for comics were children, who wouldn't have had the disposable income to purchase every consecutive issue of their favourite series, or every tie-in issue of this early example of a Marvel "crossover" event. Likewise, this was way before the advent of recap pages and TPB collections of complete story arcs. As such, in-story recaps abound, with characters going out of their way to explain the same things over and over again in every single issue. The dialogue too, while awesome in a purely nostalgic/retro kind of way, is extremely overblown and melodramatic. The fact that stories weren't written to eventually be collected, as comic book story arcs almost always are now, also means that this is a very disjointed read, where plot threads from one title are never resolved, and another series begins in the middle of a story that seems totally unrelated. These may seem like minor quibbles to some, especially those who are used to the style of old comics, but many people will be drawn to this book from seeing the post-credits sequence of `Avengers Assemble', or in the run-up to the next Avengers movie, and those people may not quite be prepared for what this book actually is. Be warned! That said, if you can get through the often tedious dialogue, and abundance of repetition, you'll find that this is good dumb fun, with some absolutely stunning, weird and sometimes almost psychedelic artwork from the likes of comics legend, Jim Stalin. The story is also surprisingly deep and philosophical for such an old comic (relatively so, at least), which was basically, in those days, disposable children's reading. My only other problem (and this one really is a "minor quibble") is that this isn't really an Avengers book, despite the title. The main protagonist is mostly Captain Marvel, followed by Adam Warlock, and neither of these two were ever official Avengers. The Avengers themselves only star in one or two issues. The title, `The Avengers vs. Thanos', was blatantly used to lure fans of the movie. In the end, I was conflicted as to whether I should rate this book a three or a four. As an item of curious retro nostalgia, it's pretty awesome, and excellent value for money as it contains high quality reprints of many rare and important (in the Marvel continuity) comics. The incredible art in itself is almost enough to make me want to give it a four. But, considering that this book was basically put together to lure fans of the movies to the comics, I have to be pragmatic and stand it up to today's standards. And, on that note, I yawned a lot, I struggled to get through many pages, and the age is crystal clear for anyone to see, so I have to give it a three. But it's still great fun.

Missed some of these stories first time round, so ncie to have in one sturdy volume. This (to my mind ) was Marvel's most creative period, and some of the stories, concepts, Art was brilliant !! Much better then most of the far currently being served up. This is Jim Stalin (finding his feet ) in writing grand sweeping cosmic osyssey's, some of it is dated and later stories have more polish & style, this is still a great ride !! Can reccomend to anyone who wants to get a head start on Avengers 2, where it seems THANOS is set to take centre stage.

Brilliant book. Highly recommend it. Love the Adam warlock story and captain Mar-vell story. Thanos is brilliant in this. Of to read the next installment and on to infinity stones.

Essential reading for all Avengers/Thanos fans! This trade is a great collection of silver age stories.

Lots of cosmic comic book chaos in this series. All your fave heroes and villains do battle for the fate of Earth. Lots of action, cliff hangers and super powered punch ups will keep you entertained for hours.

Excelente colección de historias , incluye la primera aparicion y muerte de thanos , asi como las primeras apariciones de drax y la primera mención de las gemas del infinito , asi como la saga de thanos war , con apariciones principalmente de captain mar vell y adam warlock , imperdible para fanáticos del universo cósmico de marvel y excelente prologo para infinity gaunlet

Los Vengadores, Spidey y la Cosa tratarán de detener al poderoso Thanos. Un cómic largo que se hace corto. Estupendo.

Sempre interessante seguire la vera saga di Thanos, gli intrecci stile Marvel mai banali ed i personaggi che non sempre trovano spazio nei film

la qualité du TPB est parfaite. Il est arrivé rapidement et était très bien emballé. Si vous voulez connaitre les origines de Thanos, ce recueil est a lire impérativement! Il raconte les premiers conflits de Thanos avec les Avengers, Warlok et Captain Marvel.

Este encadernado reúne as duas primeiras sagas importantes em que Thanos apareceu. É bem completo, inclusive incluindo histórias que não seriam tão necessárias para o arco principal, mas que são interessantes para entender um ou outro plot paralelo. A arte é muito boa, e os conceitos que Starlin nos apresenta aqui são fantásticos. Não é de se surpreender que a Marvel use e vá usar muitos destes conceitos como base para seus filmes. No entanto, temos que levar em conta que estas histórias são de 1968. E sim, são histórias datatas, com muito texto e muita, muita exposição. Isso entrava a leitura e faz com que ela seja um tanto quanto chata. Comparando as histórias do encadernado "Rebirth of Thanos" com estas, as primeiras fluem muito melhor e são melhor escritas, não tratando o leitor como alguém que precisa de explicações sobre o que está acontecendo a cada página. Apesar disso, muitas das histórias aqui são fundamentais para entender o que acontece em Infinity Gauntlet. Recomendo pra quem gostaria de conhecer e entender as motivações e as origens de Thanos e do lado cósmico da Marvel.