CHICAGO – March 19, 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War – Marvel’s most anticipated movie to date – is the culmination of a decade’s worth of storytelling. The film will include over 70 superheroes who finally come face-to-face with the Mad Titan Thanos, the antagonist behind events leading up to the April 27th movie release.
- Captain America Comics No. 1 (1941) – 1st appearance of Captain America
- Tales of Suspense No. 39 (1963) – 1st appearance of Iron Man
- Iron Man No. 55 (1973) – 1st appearance of Thanos
- The Thanos Quest No. 1 & 2 (1990) – Thanos collects the Infinity Gems from celestial beings throughout the universe
- Silver Surfer No. 44 (1990) – 1st appearance of the Infinity Gauntlet
- The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) – a six-issue crossover event that assembles the Marvel Universe to stop Thanos whose mission is to appease Death by causing mass annihilation by way of the Infinity Gauntlet
- New Avengers No. 8 (2013) – 1st appearance of the Black Order AKA Cull Obsidian, a group of intergalactic mercenaries who serve Thanos
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