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grilledcheesesamurai's review
5.0
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 reading experience, but it more or less gave me a cosmic smack upside my head and filled me up on my sci-fi, epic, spacey, goodness fix!
However, to be fair, to properly enjoy this event you really do need to read Avengers and The New Avengers alongside it to get the full scope of things. I normally harp and whine about how the 'Big Two' always make us buy multiple books to fully enjoy a story, but in the case of Infinity, well, both of those Avengers titles were freaking awesome so I am willing to overlook this.
It doesn't get a heck of a lot more dire than what is going on with Infinity! Earth is being threatened on so many fronts that it's kind of hard to see any way out of its predicament(s). Big, bad-ass, invincible(nearly) scary dudes are in space trying to stir up shit. Thanos is on Earth being a dick and trashing everything he can, and alternate universes are colliding threatening the end of...well...everything.
The destruction of entire planets, desperate space battles, sinister team-ups, wicked villains, political machinations, and some seriously kick-ass battle theaters! This book delivered in spades. Not even to mention the cast of characters rolled into all of this! I loved how eclectic the amalgamation of heroes and villains were. I mean really - how cool is Ebony Maw? Love that character and that's just one example of many.
Anyways...YAY MARVEL. You have given me the exact kind of Superhero story I was hoping for with this one and you have accomplished your goal in making me a regular reader of both of your Avengers books, as well as hooking me in for the Secret Wars event coming this summer.
Well played.
moonn1949's review
4.0
É muito difícil julgar essa HQ porque é um mega evento da Marvel que é parte de uma história ainda maior do Hickman.
Essa edição foi cansativa por ter todas as edições e tie-ins importantes para a história, mas no geral foi uma experiência bem legal.
Essa edição foi cansativa por ter todas as edições e tie-ins importantes para a história, mas no geral foi uma experiência bem legal.
mcholodewitsch's review
3.0
If you read the title, and saw the cover, and got excited for an epic story about Thanos then be ready to be disappointed as he is only a minor threat, and plot point, in this arc. But if you read this as a culmination of Hickman's Avengers run then you'll find a fairly entertaining and interesting arc about Builders, certainly with enough big space action to fill anyone's desire. Though it does make you wonder how effective hawkeye really is a space suit when trying to take down the enemies fleet.
ryter89's review
4.0
The art is great. The story was confusing for me. Did Thanos send the Builders? Did Thanos use the appearance of the Builders to wreak havok? We're they not really connected at all? At any rate, the characters were done well and I got the general gist of it. "Everything dies."
runawayfromdababy's review
4.0
I was really looking forward to this because Thanos features in it. Thanos basically makes everything better, but the plot was sort of messy. I feel like they used Thanos to make the plot interesting when they should've focused on the whole Builders thing that was an entirely new concept.
Like I said before, the whole thing was a blur. I usually read these types of comic books in one sitting, but this one took me a whole week to read because it bored me at times and I just couldn't connect to it like I did with Civil War.
I read all the 100+ issues of Civil War in about 3 days while this took me a whole month because it was too long. My curiosity began to wither as time passed by. I only read this for the Inhumans, but they don't even feature as much as I expected them to. I'm a huuuuge Black Bolt/Medusa shipper (I'm just a girl), which is why Infinity disappointed me. It didn't give me a lot of insight as to what goes on in Attilan. It started with a bang and ended with a non-commital 'eh' for me.
Like I said before, the whole thing was a blur. I usually read these types of comic books in one sitting, but this one took me a whole week to read because it bored me at times and I just couldn't connect to it like I did with Civil War.
I read all the 100+ issues of Civil War in about 3 days while this took me a whole month because it was too long. My curiosity began to wither as time passed by. I only read this for the Inhumans, but they don't even feature as much as I expected them to. I'm a huuuuge Black Bolt/Medusa shipper (I'm just a girl), which is why Infinity disappointed me. It didn't give me a lot of insight as to what goes on in Attilan. It started with a bang and ended with a non-commital 'eh' for me.
captwinghead's review
2.0
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 few others series in addition to the 6 issue behemoths that made up the main arc. Even worse, it was written in such a way that, if you were reading New Avengers and Avengers, you had to read this in the release order to have any idea of what was going on in those two books.
Simply put: Marvel held your favorite characters hostage and made you read this event to know what was happening with them. These two Avengers series do not make sense without reading Infinity.
That annoyance out of the way, lets get to the actual arc: I could not in good consciousness recommend it.
There is too much going on. There are 2, 3?, plots going on here:
1) Thanos was looking for the time gem. Also, he wanted to find his son Thane and kill him... for reasons.
2) The Builders are trying to destroy earth because they think it will lead to being able to save the universe???
3) Incursions are happening and universes are running into each other
Every time something came to a head for one of these plots, another would crop up and I'd realize, I'd completely forgotten about it. It's hard to follow. It's hard to keep track of everyone's objectives. On top of that, there are several characters I didn't know and couldn't really keep track of, despite the character charts on the first pages.
The good:
- I enjoyed Thor in this book. I feel like it's a rarity for me to say that but I really love Hickman's characterization and usage of him in this book. Thor is not just strong, he's courageous, he's smart and he has a great heart. He was the stand out in this book.
- I enjoyed Cap. I really liked the way Hickman showcased Cap during an actual war. I liked his steady belief in the team and his perseverance.
- I enjoyed an Avengers book in which Cap and Iron Man got to work together and didn't just fight each other for drama. Yes, I understand that something huge was going on behind Steve's back but it was nice for at least one writer to understand why these 2 were on a team in the first place: they are friends. Cap is Mr. Never Say Die and Iron Man is Mr. Contingency Plan. They need each other because Cap can be so stubborn that he doesn't realize when things are going south and Tony can resort to awful means. Hickman is the only writer post Busiek to understand this relationship and I tip my hat to him for that.
- I enjoyed watching other races and former enemies coming together to fight the larger threat.
- More of the Namor v. T'Challa arc that was so captivating in New Avengers
The bad:
- I know Carol Danvers' ass better than my own at this point. The women were not drawn respectfully in Avengers nor Infinity. I will say that.
- The women didn't really matter in this book. They were some of the most powerful but, what little lines they had, were of little importance. The female character that speaks the most in this book is one of Thanos' children and it's a monologue all about how she wanted so badly for Thanos to kill her. Think on that for a moment.
- As I mentioned, too much was going on here.
As I said, this is definitely not a recommend. I wish I could pinpoint which issues had enjoyable moments and cut it together because some of this stuff was super cool. Especially Thor's "negotiations" but, as a whole, this just isn't worth it. I can't imagine shelling out $50 for this and I'm mad Marvel even wanted people to.
I could chalk this up to "it wasn't my cup of tea", I suppose but... it was such overly drawn out, cluttered tea.
librarimans's review
4.0
One of the better event comics in years, Hickman really crafted a fantastic story. The only thing that really held it back and felt editorially mandated was Black Bolt releasing the terrigen mists to awaken the Inhuman population on Earth. Marvel was banking on the Inhumans taking off and incorporating them into their cinematic universe in place of mutantkind (who Fox holds the rights to), and at least on the comic end that just hasn't happened.
Outside of that, this was a great read.
Outside of that, this was a great read.
civreader's review
3.0
3.5* - pretty good, lots of ups-and-downs, though. Something's didn't quite fit. But, massive space opera action. Good humour in early chapters.
kennethtcox's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0