Infinity # 6 Spoilers - Thanos' Final Fate

Infinity # 6 was nice but still not-that quite satisfying. But for something that was built to be this big, it shined brightly.

What's really interesting here was the ending to the Thanos plot thread. This was the big fight and it doesn't get any bigger with Captain America leading a handful of the most powerful members of his team against Thanos and what's left of his Order including Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive.

In the final pages of the Thanos chapter, we see Thor go head to head against Thanos...

Oh and Thane is also here watching his pappy's fight against the Avengers. That's when the whole face-turn-heel moment comes about...

So what exactly happened to Thanos after that flashing light?

Turned into amber no less by Thane. Same goes for Proxima Midnight.

It's living death for the organisms that gets Thane pissed off. The Avengers win, the Earth is saved and the galactic alliance return to their lives to rebuild. Meanwhile, the Illuminati adds in a new prize to their secret stash.

Thank you Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung and Dustin Weaver for this wonderful tale. It's on the upper echelons of good Marvel stories that have come out in the past two years or so. 

INFINITY # 2 Preview

Check out the preview for Marvel Comics' INFINITY # 2 by Jonathan Hickman, Dustin Weaver and Jerome Opena.

• The Inhumans pay the tribute.

• Victory in deep space.

• The secrets of Thanos.

Looks like the rest of the Illuminati are screwed while the Avengers are off planet... And that's also the reason why Doctor Strange has been absent lately.

Full version of the cover (which looks like it was done by Adam Kubert)

New Avengers # 3 Spoilers - Infinity Officially Begins

The seeds for the Marvel's cosmic crossover Infinity has been sown in New Avengers # 3 by Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting.

There are massive spoilers here so if you haven't read the book, you might want to skip this. 

In this issue Beast officially joins Marvel's Illuminati and it's just in time witness the team's efforts to stop the incursion from happening. This plan is enacted by Captain America and involves the use of the Infinity Gauntlets and the Infinity gems as well.

With the gems all together in one place, it automatically summons the Infinity Gauntlet. The summoning does not go unnoticed as we see a panel wherein three of Marvel's big cosmic characters notice this disturbance in 'The Force'. Unluckily for the Illuminati, one of three beings that notices the appearance of the gauntlet is it's former master Thanos.

To stop the imminent death of two Earths, Captain America reluctantly wears the gauntlet and uses it to push away the other Earth...

He manages to push away the errant Earth but it came with an ultimate sacrifice...

FUCK!!!!! The most powerful items in the Marvel Universe suddenly breaks apart like they were nothing... 
:(

Later as the team reconvenes in Wakanda's Necropolis, the rest of the Illuminati ponder the fate of Captain America whom they ultimately blame for the dismantling of the gems and the loss of their biggest secret weapon. 

It's Tony Stark who actually asks Doctor Strange to pull the magical 'trigger' and mindwipe Steve Rogers about his time as a member of the Illuminati. 

For a superhero book with clandestine activities, this has got to be one of the more ruthless moments for these supposed 'leaders'. Still its a pretty good read and I'm still wondering why Hank is still drawn in his cat mutation. Should the events here be placed chronologically as happening before All New X-Men # 1?