<P> Since Thanos made a cameo appearance in the 2012 film The Avengers, there has been renewed interest in The Infinity Gauntlet among fans and reporters . It was heightened in October 2014 when the title of the third and fourth Avengers films were revealed to be Infinity War - Part I and Infinity War - Part II . As the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War neared release, several comic news websites produced articles explaining the storyline and speculating on which elements would be included in the adaptation . These articles often describe the story with adjectives such as "epic", "classic", and "iconic". </P> <P> Not all of the attention was positive . In a 2013 series of reviews of cosmic Marvel storylines for Multiversity Comics, Drew Bradley felt that the story was only great if read in its entirety . At that time, the collected edition of act one was out of print, and most of act two had not been reprinted in any form . He felt the story would not live up to its hype if readers skipped the lead - in material . Mark Ginocchio enumerated ten reasons he felts the series was overrated on the pop culture website What Culture . He said the transition from Pérez to Lim was jarring for a reader, describing it as "neither seamless nor unnoticeable". He also regretted that The Infinity Gauntlet overshadows Starlin's earlier Thanos stories, which Ginocchio felt were superior . Writing for Digital Spy, Hugh Armitage complained that the comic lacked real consequences, calling it "essentially (...) a really bizarre love story". </P> <P> Aside from its immediate spin - off and sequels, the events of The Infinity Gauntlet have impacted storylines in later comics, including Thanos in 2003, Avengers vol 4 in 2011, and Secret Wars in 2016 . Several of these later stories have downplayed the power of the gauntlet, often showing someone possessing it being beaten by a more powerful opponent . </P> <P> The storyline from The Infinity Gauntlet has been revisited by other comic books in the years since its release . The series What If ...?, which explores alternate outcomes to important events in the Marvel Universe, featured several issues in which different characters stole the gauntlet from Thanos or obtained it in another fashion . Beginning in August 2010, writer Brian Clevinger and artist Brian Churillathe retold the story for a younger audience in the four - issue limited series Avengers and the Infinity Gauntlet as part of the Marvel Adventures imprint . He used the basic framework of the story, but purposefully wrote it in a way that did not invite comparisons to the original, with which he did not believe he could compete . During the 2015 crossover Secret Wars, a five - issue limited series by Gerry Dugan and Dustin Weaver reused the title and featured similar elements . </P>

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