Infinity Gauntlet
Infinity Gauntlet is an object that appears in Marvel Comics.
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History
Origin
The Infinity Gauntlet was a special gauntlet that was able to contain the power of all six Infinity Gems.
Infinity Quest
Mr. Fantastic came to convince his comrades in the Illuminati to gather the recently returned Infinity Gems after pointing out the danger they posed in the hands of an enemy. This saw them splitting to recover three remaining gems as the others along with the gauntlet had already been brought together by Richards. Once the gems were together, Richards bonded them to the gauntlet once more where he attempted to will it to destroy the Infinity Stones. However, the gauntlet had no effect on them as they were vital to the cosmos. The temptations of wielding the Infinity Gauntlet led to the Illuminati deciding that it was too dangerous to be in the hands of a single person and they decided to split the gems amongst themselves for safekeeping. (New Avengers: Illuminati v2 #2)
During the Incursion crisis, the Illuminati gathered in secret by Black Panther where they operated to stop the Multiversal destruction of Earths. They came to recruit the Beast who came to inherit the care of the Mind Gem after the death of Xavier. He then accompanied the Illuminati as they went to the Incursion site in Pakistan where they used the stones to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet and use its power to push the other Earth away. Captain America was chosen to wield the Gauntlet but a feedback caused all the stones to shatter except for the Time Gem. Afterwards, Captain America was removed from the Illuminati with his memories of his membership in their group being erased from his mind. (New Avengers v3 #3)
Overview
Also sometimes used to refer to the crisis precipitated by Thanos' use of the Gauntlet.
Users
- Thanos :
- Iron Man :
- Captain America : Steve Rogers came to wield the Infinity Gauntlet during the Incursion crisis which caused the gems to shatter. (New Avengers v3 #3)
- Black Panther :
Notes
- The Infinity Gauntlet was created by Jim Starlin and Ron Lim where it made its first appearance in Silver Surfer v3 #44 (December, 1990).
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble, the Infinity Gauntlet appeared in multiple episodes in the animated television series.
Films
- In The Avengers, the Infinity Gauntlet made a came appearance in the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Video games
- In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, the Infinity Gauntlet appeared in the setting of the Wii video game. It was shown to actually be the arm of the Infinity Armor that could be summoned to give its wearer incredible power. However, this suit of armor was said to be cursed and drew a great toll from its user. It was this reason that Thanos never called forth the armor and instead only used its gauntlet as a means of wielding the power of the Infinity Stones. He used the gauntlet to gather the stones after they were recovered by the Black Order but was defeated by the heroes of Earth. This allowed his son Thane to call forth the gauntlet and call the Infinity Armor as he became a bigger threat to the cosmos. Thanos worked with Earth's heroes to defeat him within the Heart of Infinity where the stones were first created whereupon he stripped the gauntlet from Thane whose body was being ravaged by the curse from wearing the Infinity Armor. It was then that Thanos and Thane vanished in the resultant explosion.
Appearances
- Silver Surfer v3: (1990)
- Infinity Gauntlet v1:
- New Avengers: Illuminati v2:
- New Avengers v3:
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