Infinity Gauntlet #3, September 1991
George Perez delivers what George Perez does best: Multiple characters with terrific detail, and imaginative “camera angles” on this great page from the original Infinity Gauntlet mini-series.
It’s almost impossible to believe that this week marks the 2-year anniversary of Avengers Endgame, which wrapped up the Gauntlet saga, and the “early” phases of the MCU. Except for the December 2019 Spider-Man: Far from Home flick (which although in the greater MCU, is a SONY production) no Marvel films in two years just seems… wrong. Thanks, pandemic.
The good news is that we’ve had two quality TV series in recent months, with another one launching in a month. And if my math is correct, because of delays and rescheduling, there are four Marvel films to debut this year, and four more scheduled for next year.
Whew.
The bad news — if there is any — is that Marvel is setting up so many potential storylines at this point that we are going to have to keep a character encyclopedia and Gantt chart with us at all times.
Dark Avengers?
Thunderbolts?
Young Avengers?
House of M?
Kree Skrull War?
Secret Invasion?
A Multiverse thread in both Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, at a minimum.
Plus, Kang as the next “big bad?”
Like I said… whew.
It’s one thing to accomplish all of this in 80 or so monthly comic books. It’s another to do it in filmed media. But if anyone can, I think Marvel and Disney might pull it off.
Fasten your seat belts…
