The Infinity Gauntlet #2 [Direct]

(August 1991)

From Bad to Worse (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Starlin (credited)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited as Max Scheele)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All is right in the heavens for Thanos possesses the six infinity gems.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers West Coast: Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hank Pym; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
The Avengers: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Eric Masterson]; Vision
Council of Godheads: Itzamna; Manitou; Nuada; Odin; Osiris; Svarog; Tezcatipoca; Zeus
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon] (cameo); Gorgon (cameo); Karnak (cameo); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon] (cameo)
ALF (cameo); Archangel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo); Black Cat [Felicia Hardy] (cameo); The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (cameo); Black Panther [T'Challa] (cameo); Box [Madison Jeffries] (cameo); Cloak [Tyrone Johnson]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo); Crimson Dynamo (cameo); Dagger [Tandy Bowen] (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Diamond Lil (cameo); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Drax the Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]; Epoch (first appearance); Eros; Firelord; Firestar [Angelica Jones] (cameo); Forge (cameo); Nick Fury; Galactus [Galan] (villain); Ghost Rider [Daniel Ketch] (cameo); Guardian [Heather Hudson] (cameo); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (cameo); Hercules (cameo); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (cameo); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (cameo); ISAAC (cameo); Jubilee [Jubilation Lee] (cameo); Luke Cage (cameo); Makarri (cameo); Marvel Boy [Vance Astrovik] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); Mephisto (villain); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Mistress Death (villain); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namorita; Nebula (villain); Night Thrasher [Dwayne Taylor] (cameo); Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier] (cameo); Pip the Troll; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (cameo); Puck [Eugene Judd] (cameo); Punisher [Frank Castle] (cameo); Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (cameo); Rintrah; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski] (cameo); Sersi [Circe] (cameo); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (cameo); Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (cameo); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo); Thanos (villain); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); U.S.Agent [Johnny Walker] (cameo); Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson] (cameo); Adam Warlock; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo); Windshear [Colin Hume] (cameo); Wolverine [Logan]; Captain Dea-Sea; Kree

Synopsis

Half of all of life has been snuffed out by Thanos. The Kree and Skrull empires begin another war. Odin calls a council of the gods to fight this cosmic threat. Adam Warlock asks to lead Earth's forces. Thanos pulls Starfox to his citadel for family reunion. The Avengers begin to marshal their forces. Dr. Doom arrives in Strange's sanctum looking for answers but Warlock and Pip make a grand entrance. Finding that Death is still not impressed with his efforts, Thanos causes a shockwave to ripple through the universe destroying parts of earth and causing more trouble.

Reprints

• in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #33 - Le défi de Thanos - 1ère partie (février 1992)
• in Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel, 1992 series) ([September] 1992)
• in Marvel Comics Presenta: Zona M (Play Press, 1993 series) #2 (Maggio 1993)
• in Marvel Exklusiv (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #20 - The Infinity Gauntlet - Die ewige Fehde (1999)
• in Marvel Exklusiv (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #20 - The Infinity Gauntlet - Die ewige Fehde! (1999)
• in Best of Marvel : le gant de l'infini - Le défi de Thanos (Panini France, 2005 series) (juin 2005)
• in Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel, 2010 series) [premiere edition] (2010)
• in Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel, 2011 series) ([September] 2011)
• in Marvel Gold : le Gant de l'infini (Panini France, 2012 series) (janvier 2012)
• in Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #68 - Перчатка Бесконечности
• in Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)