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Post by BackinBlack on Feb 5, 2013 10:27:06 GMT -5
www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43585The biggest super heroes in comics today – the Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four, Inhumans, Superior Spider-Man & more!
The most dangerous threat in the Marvel Universe – Thanos!
The grandest Marvel Comics event of all time - INFINITY!
This May for Free Comic Book Day, prepare yourselves for the greatest battle for survival ever waged in the Marvel Universe as Marvel marches towards Infinity! In this all-new story by the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung, witness the opening shots of the war that will be heard around the galaxy. Plus, get a sneak peek behind a major Marvel release that hasn’t been announced yet and relive Thanos’ first solo story.
With the entire Marvel Universe on the brink of intergalactic war, no fan can miss this year’s Free Comic Book Day!
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2013: INFINITY Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Pencils & Cover by JIM CHUENG ON SALE – MAY 4th, 2013!Seriously Marvel? 2 events in 1 year? They're starting to go overboard on this kind of thing.
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Post by BackinBlack on Mar 31, 2013 22:38:32 GMT -5
www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/03/31/marvel-comics-infinity-comic-book-event/2021287/Fail in their latest mission, and the Avengers may find that space is their — and everyone else's — final frontier.
An expanded roster of Marvel Comics' signature superhero team heads off on a galactic journey to rally the universe in the six-issue event series Infinity, launching in August from writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Jim Cheung, Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver.
Fans will get their first taste of what's to come on May 4 when Marvel issues a special Infinity preview on Free Comic Book Day in comic shops. The preview will look at what nefarious business the cosmic villain Thanos (the purple baddie movie fans saw last spring during the end credits of The Avengers) is planning to do to Earth, since the Avengers' departure has left the planet vulnerable.
"The universe's greatest serial killer is cut loose to do bad things to our most precious world," Hickman says.
The writer has been planting seeds for Infinity in his two series, Avengers and New Avengers, which also will act as tie-in books.
In the flagship Avengers, the "space opera" tale of Infinity teams the likes of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor with outer-space heroes Nova and the Guardians of the Galaxy on a mission to bring together shape-shifting Skrulls, warriors of the Kree, the Alien-like Brood and other intergalactic folks against a common foe.
And the Avengers will need all the help they can muster. Their new enemy, the Builders, are an ancient race of universe-building beings targeting Earth for destruction, who "can raze worlds and have basically seeded life through the galaxy," Hickman says.
Issues of New Avengers as well as Infinity focus on Thanos' secret agenda and the superheroes who are left to deal with him and his army running roughshod over Earth.
"Somebody like Daredevil, who's used to dealing with more street-level problems, has to suddenly face foes and situations that are a little bit out of his ordinary weight class," says Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort.
Cavalry shows up in the form of the Inhumans, a society of super-beings led by the silent but extremely powerful Black Bolt, who have always straddled the line between heroes and villains since their first appearance in 1965 in Fantastic Four.
"They're not like a team of superheroes. They're a demographic — being an Inhuman is like being Cuban, like being Irish," Brevoort says. "Within that strata, there are good guys and bad guys and bystanders and guys who just want to do their job and go home and drink an Inhuman Löwenbräu and kick back."
Infinity begins a push to make them a much more important part of the Marvel Universe than they have been recently, Hickman says. "There are huge plans for the Inhumans. They're such great characters, and this will be a pretty good example of why."The Inhumans part intrigues me; makes me think Marvel's starting to prep them up for a movie now. I mean, this whole story does scream "movie tie-in" with Avengers, GotG, and Thanos. It sounds like Hickman's Avengers and New Avengers will help build more on this story and probably be the only "necessary" tie-ins compared to anything else they may put out for it. I'm intrigued, but I wouldn't say I'm that excited yet. I'm still a little irked Marvel's doing 2 events in one year, especially since it doesn't look like Age of Ultron will have that much of an impact. Still, I'm hoping Hickman does good with Infinity and makes it matter.
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Post by BackinBlack on May 16, 2013 13:23:39 GMT -5
INFINITY #1 (of 6) JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JIM CHEUNG (A) Cover by ADAM KUBERT Blank Variant Also Available Design Variant by JEROME OPEÑA Generals Variant by IN-HYUK LEE Hero Variant by ARTHUR ADAMS Hero Sketch Variant by ARTHUR ADAMS Variant by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG The oversized kickoff to the year’s most anticipate Blockbuster summer event, changing the way you view the Marvel Universe! • The outbreak of war on two fronts: Earth and Space, with our heroes torn between them. • The world-shattering return of Thanos! • Includes material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: INFINITY 56 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99 Retailers: Check the Marvel Mailer for news on Infinity Launch Parties! AVENGERS #18 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • LEINIL YU (A/C) 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY DANIEL ACUÑA “AVENGERS UNIVERSE” • Deep in space, the Avengers join the Council of Worlds as they declare war on their cosmic invaders. • The rebirth of the Skrull Empire. • The first encounter with the Builders. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99 NEW AVENGERS #9 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) MIKE DEODATO (A/C) “CULL OBSIDIAN” • The Illuminati on the front line as the Earth is invaded. • The House of Black Bolt cracks. • Earth falls. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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Post by BackinBlack on Jun 13, 2013 12:12:43 GMT -5
INFINITY #2 (of 6) JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JEROME OPENA & DUSTIN WEAVER (A) COVER BY ADAM KUBERT Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG Design Variant by JEROME OPENA Generals Variant by IN-HYUK LEE Hero Variant by STEVE MCNIVEN • The Inhumans pay the tribute. • Victory in deep space. • The secrets of Thanos. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 INFINITY #3 (of 6) JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JEROME OPENA & DUSTIN WEAVER (A) COVER BY ADAM KUBERT Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG Design Variant by JEROME OPEña Generals Variant Also Available Hero Variant by SIMONE BIANCHI Lego Variant by LEONELL CASTELLAN SKETCH Lego Variant Also Available • Prison break. • Stealing a worldkiller. • The fall of Attilan. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 NEW AVENGERS #10 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A/C) • Inhuman secrets reveal the desires of Thanos. • The machinations of Maximus the Mad. • The battle for Earth continues…what an awful time for an incursion. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 AVENGERS #19 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • LEINIL YU (A/C) Decade variants by John Cassaday INFINITY TIE-IN – “AVENGERS UNIVERSE: II” • The Avengers, prisoners of war! • One last desperate plan. • Betrayal in the Galactic Council. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99 Decade Variants will be sold as a set – check the Marvel Mailer for details AVENGERS #20 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • LEINIL YU (A/C) 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY DANIEL ACUÑA INFINITY TIE-IN – “AVENGERS UNIVERSE: III” • Unexpected overtures from the Builders. • A meeting of Ex Nihilos. • Total, unconditional surrender. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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Post by BackinBlack on Jul 11, 2013 12:40:29 GMT -5
INFINITY #4 (of 6) JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JEROME OPEñA & DUSTIN WEAVER (A) COVER BY ADAM KUBERT Design Variant by JEROME OPENA Generals Variant by IN-HYUK LEE Hero Variant by RYAN STEGMAN Young Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG • Negotiating the fall of worlds. • The Illuminati versus Thanos. • Thor, God of War. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 INFINITY #5 (of 6) JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JEROME OPEñA & DUSTIN WEAVER (A) COVER BY ADAM KUBERT Design Variant by JEROME OPENA Generals Variant by IN-HYUK LEE Hero Variant by SARA PICHELLI Young Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG • The Avengers Universe. • The Heroes of Earth rally to defeat Thanos. • The war for Earth begins. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 AVENGERS #21 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • LEINIL YU (A/C) LEGO Variant Cover by Leonel Castellani INFINITY TIE-IN – “AVENGERS UNIVERSE: IV” • The final battle for the Marvel universe begins. • The fall of a Galactic empire. • The rise of a new one. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99 AVENGERS #22 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • LEINIL YU (A/C) AVENGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY Daniel Acuna INFINITY TIE-IN – “AVENGERS UNIVERSE: V” • The Avengers return to our Solar System. • The battle for Earth starts in the heavens. • The Black Order makes their move. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99 NEW AVENGERS #11 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) •MIKE DEODATO (A/C) LEGO Variant Cover by Leo Castellani INFINITY TIE-IN – “BUILDING WORLDS” • The Illuminati travel to another Earth during an incursion. • Thanos in Necropolis. • The Builders on Earth. 32 PGS./Rated T+…$3.99
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