In April 2013, Marvel officially released details concerning the event, revealing it would run 6 issues and tie-in with Hickman's other two Avengers titles.

Axel Alonso, Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, said 'We've said how 'Nova,' 'Thanos Rising,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and Jonathan Hickman's 'Avengers' are all shaping the future of the Marvel Universe - this image will very specifically answer the question of 'How?.Our FCBD issue features an all-new story that leads into a huge epic later in the year'. Infinity was announced in February 2013 as part of Marvel's Free Comic Book Day preview story. Ī new Infinity-based event titled Infinity Countdown began February 2018 as part of the Marvel Legacy initiative. The aftermath of the event leads directly into the ' Inhumanity' storyline, in which the Terrigen Mist is released throughout Earth, activating the latent abilities of dormant Inhumans. The various tie-ins tell Thanos's attack from the perspective of various Marvel characters. The story itself involves Thanos attacking Earth while the Avengers are in space uniting the universe against the Builders, with the events of the 2013 ' Age of Ultron' storyline acting as a catalyst for the rest of the universe to formally target Earth.

The third is the political ramifications these events have on Earth's relationship to the rest of the galactic community. The second is the mysterious ailments plaguing the universe with Earth at the center. These issues include a threat to the universe by an ancient race of aliens known as the Builders. The storyline concerns issues built up in multiple Marvel comic books as part of the Marvel NOW! initiative, primarily Avengers and New Avengers. Written by Jonathan Hickman with artwork by a rotating team of artists including Jim Cheung, Jerome Opeña, and Dustin Weaver, the series debuted in August 2013 and ran through November 2013. ' Infinity' is a 2013 comic book crossover storyline that was published by Marvel Comics.

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