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Jim Starlin is without a doubt the master of the cosmic epic. Case in point is one of my all-time favorite comic books, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2, starring The Thing and Spider-Man. It features the conclusion of a story began in Avengers Annual #9 (also by Starlin). The Avengers have been captured by the evil Thanos (a super powerful demi-god), who plans to blow up our sun as a tribute to Death. In short order, Spider-Man and the Thing free the Avengers and a huge battle ensues between the heroes and Thanos and his many minions. In the midst of the chaos, Spider-Man manages to revive Adam Warlock (who was slain by Thanos in Avengers Annual #9). Warlock then takes his revenge on Thanos by turning him to stone. End of Thanos? Not exactly.
Jump ahead a few years and Jim Starlin is penning the adventures of the Silver Surfer. He decides to bring back one of his greatest creations - Thanos! (Wise decision). This trade paperback features the complete story of the "Rebirth of Thanos", from Silver Surfer #34-38 and the excellent two-issue miniseries "Thanos Quest". As an added bonus it also includes a rare Thanos short story from the comic "Logan's Run #6" (huh???).
Anyway, this is an excellent book with stellar writing by Starlin and crisp, dynamic art from Ron Lim. The gist of the story is that Death returns Thanos to the land of the living so that he can balance the scales of life and death by killing half the the sentient beings (people, animals, etc.) in the universe. The Silver Surfer learns of Thanos' plot and tries to stop him. The two battle and Thanos tricks the Surfer into thinking that he's killed him. This buys Thanos the time he needs to collect the Infinity Gems (formerly called the Soul Gems). Once he has all of the Infinity Gems in his possession, Thanos gains the unlimited power of a God. This is all a prelude to the massive Marvel crossover, "The Infinity Gauntlet". (Also collected in trade paperback). But that's a review for another day.
To sum up, if you like awesomeness, you'll like this. It's a great story with great art from the days when Marvel comics weren't so concerned with the "real" world, and were still fun to read.
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Buen producto, llegó sin daños.
Reviewed in Mexico on May 31, 2019
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Andrew O.
A fantastic collection and a must for any fans of Starlin or Thanos. US Vs Panini printings.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2019
Andrew O.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2019
If you are wanting to follow Starlin's Infinity as well the order which is provided in the book is as follows: Avengers Versus Thanos, Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos, Infinity Gauntlet, Silver Surfer Epic Collection: The Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity Gauntlet Aftermath, Infinity War, Infinity War Aftermath, Infinity Crusade Vol. 1, Infinity Crusade Vol. 2, Marvel Universe: The End, Thanos: Infinity Abyss, and Thanos: Redemption. I've looked at reviews of the Silver Surfer Epic Collection: The Infinity Gauntlet and think I'll be skipping it.
We start with with Silver Surfer #34-38 (1990) written by Jim Starlin with penciling from Ron Lim and ink from John Beatty & Tom Christopher. As the title gives away here we witness the rebirth of Thanos and given a task from Mistress Death to bring balance, the death of half of the population in the universe. If like me you purchased the Marvel Platinum The Definitive Thanos you'll be familiar with #34-35 and I found them just as enjoyable if not more so reading them again. There was only one issue I didn't care for, one where the Silver Surfer isn't fun….I thought it was kinda dumb to be honest but it was only one issue and the issues before and after are well done and make up for it. The artwork is to my taste and well done, and luckily #38 easily brings us into our next inclusion, Thanos Quest.
After #34-38 we have Thanos Quest #1-2 (1990), with the same crew from before. Here Thanos learns of a way to complete Mistress Death task significantly quicker, with the help of the Soul Stones. In this complete story we see how Thanos acquires each stone and the power and significance of each one. A very enjoyable and entertaining story, I noticed that although the team's the same the style and colour seem different between Thanos Quest and Silver Surfer, not a bad thing but you will notice it.
Overall, this is a must to the collection if you are a fan of Thanos or just want to follow the Infinity story that Jim Starlin delivers. I couldn't recommend this enough.
Hopefully you found this review helpful and happy reading.
Marvel US Vs Panini UK Ltd printings -
It should also be mentioned, especially to new comic book fans that this is published by Marvel US not Panini UK Ltd. If you've bought a Marvel Platinum that's Panini UK Ltds quality. There are some differences between the two and I'll mention some of them. For starters the sizes, the US are thinner because they use thinner paper than UK, while some may prefer thicker paper which is a bonus, thinner paper means a thinner book allowing you to store more on a shelf. While Panini UK offer great quality, they are very limited to what they print, primarily the more popular stories or ongoing stories, for instance out of the run I listed above UK only print Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War, and I would advise against the UK Infinity War printing as it doesn't collect Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch. Another difference is that Marvel US comics say Marvel is on the top of the spine, while UK is at the bottom. A difference which I kind of touched on is content, so the UK print of Infinity War just collects Infinity War while the US masterworks collects Infinity War and Infinity watch which is a series that goes on throughout the Infinity series. Another example I can give is Jonathan Hickman's Infinity, UK printed the two in separate parts while Marvel US you can buy it in a single book I'll be including a picture that compares Hickman's Infinity (US) beside Marvel Platinum The Definitive Black Panther (UK). This will show the size difference and the marvel branding placement also number of page difference compared to size. Black Panther has 312 pages while Infinity has 592.
If you are new to comics I hope this was helpful to you.
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