Infinity Gauntlet

Thanos has gathered all six Infinity Gems and set them into one gauntlet. With it he commands time, space, reality, power, mind and soul, and nothing in the universe can overrule him.

His aim is to win the favor of Mistress Death. To do it, he snaps his fingers and wipes out half of all life. The act is deliberate and complete, and it leaves the surviving worlds in chaos.

Adam Warlock gathers the heroes who remain on Earth, among them the Avengers and the Silver Surfer. Their plan is a desperate one: take the Gauntlet from Thanos before the universe itself comes apart.

This collects the six-issue miniseries from 1991, written by Jim Starlin with art by George Pérez and Ron Lim. The scale is cosmic and the fights are large, yet the story also spends time inside Thanos, giving him a thoughtful, introspective side. Later, it became a major Marvel event comic and the direct source for the Infinity Saga films.