<P> The storyline is a direct sequel to the 1991 "Infinity Gauntlet" crossover, and was followed by The Infinity Crusade in 1993 . </P> <P> The story had additional tie - ins including Alpha Flight #110 - 112, Captain America #408, Daredevil #310, Deathlok #16, Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #42 - 47, Fantastic Four #366 - 370, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 1 #27 - 29, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #41 - 44, Marvel Comics Presents #108 - 111, New Warriors #27, Nomad vol. 2, #7, Quasar #38 - 40, Silver Sable and The Wild Pack #4 - 5, Silver Surfer vol. 3, #67 - 69, Sleepwalker #18, Spider - Man #24, and Wonder Man #13 - 14, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7 - 10 . All of these were published between July and November 1992 . What The--?! #20 featured a parody story about various comedic superheroes struggle against the "Infinity Wart". </P> <P> When hero Adam Warlock takes possession of the artifact known as the Infinity Gauntlet, he expels the good and evil aspects of his being to become a totally logical being, who can therefore use the Gauntlet wisely . This act recreates his "evil" persona and old foe the Magus, who desires universal conquest and revenge against Warlock and the Titan Thanos . (Meanwhile, the effectively emotionless Adam is brought before a "jury" of the cosmic powers and voluntarily surrenders his godhood once he is found to be "guilty" of being unworthy .) The Magus collects five cosmic containment units (another name for the Cosmic Cubes), and with the power gained incapacitates the cosmic entity Eternity; creates an interdimensional realm and an army of doppelgängers--evil "mirror" images of Earth's superheroes . </P> <P> After investigating the energy of the containment units, Thanos discovers the Magus and retreats to warn Warlock . Galactus and several of Earth's heroes also investigate and then attempt to revive Eternity, as the entity will be required to petition the Living Tribunal, who has decreed that the Infinity Gems can no longer be used in unison in the Earth - 616 universe . The rationale is that if the Gauntlet can be reactivated, then the Magus can be removed from existence . The Magus sends the doppelgängers to Earth to distract the heroes, and the evil version of Mister Fantastic detonates a gamma bomb when the heroes assemble at Four Freedoms Plaza . However, the Invisible Woman contains the blast while Thunder God Thor directs the radiation into space, and a surprise attack by the Magus and the doppelgänger of Thanos has the heroes believing the two characters are now allied . </P>

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