Infinity Watch, Vol. 2

Infinity Watch

by Jim Starlin, Kris Renkewitz (Illustrator), Richard Ashford (Writer)

The uncanny adventures of Adam Warlock and his Infinity Watch conclude! But before the band break up and go their separate ways, there are plenty of adventures to be had -like a battle for Monster Island against the Avengers! There will be new love for Adam, and heartache for Gamora! The Watch will face the full fury of the Man-Beast, learn how Count Abyss traded his soul for power, and be caught in a subterranean war between Tyrannus and the Mole Man! The mysterious Strange targets the Infinity Gems, and the Watch faces execution for their sins at the hands of Zakaius! COLLECTING: WARLOCK CHRONICLES 6, WARLOCK AND THE INFINITY WATCH 26-42

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Superheroes, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Sequential Art

432 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2016

About the author

James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine.

In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).

When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. (

In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars. This ended up being a pretty good run. Here we have senator Munson somehow putting a trance of some sort on the Avengers and getting them to Attack the Infinity Watch at there home base, Monster Island, so he can have it and pull a maneuver to paint the Watch in a bad light. After being teased throughout this run, Count Abyss finally makes his move to take the soul gem from Warlock. We also get his backstory. Pretty cool arc there. About the halfway mark, Jim Starlin leaves the book and John Arcudi comes is and does most of the heavy lifting to finish the book. He comes up with some interesting story beats himself. After following these characters for 40 plus issues and through the Infinity Gauntlet, War and Crusade, I really got attached to this Infinity Watch crew. Could definitely read more adventures with them. So it as a bit sad to see it all come to a close, especially with how it all ended. Solid stuff.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Warlock was always an odd character in the superhero world, from his unusual original story line that lead to his death (the first of several) to his growth into a universal power. Jim Starlin could always seem to somehow make this cosmic plot line work out. Interesting reads. Recommended

[Michiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voor elke fan van Marvel Comics is deze zeker de moeite waard. Spanning, humor en fantasy bij elkaar. Warlock is een interessant personage.

[Alexander Rivas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is number 10 out 18 books for the "Infinity Gauntlet" series. First I have to say is when are they going to do a movie on Adam Warlock I think it is such a great character. Most of the book is about how Adam has a love spell cast on him but is able to overcome it. Although the love spell that Gamora has over Adam seems to have brought Thanos back into the mix for what seems to be an infinite battle over the control of the Ininfity gems. My enjoyment of this series keeps growing after each book I finish so now it's on to number 11.

[Jimbo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection was a mishmash of stories that left all of the characters alone and lost (In Moon Dragon's case physically broken).

The stories were good in their own, but I could see why the series ended here. The need for the Infinity Watch was left without the stones and Warlock's lack of emotions made everyone feel separate.

Worth reading, Thanos is always an interesting addition to Warlock's world.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even though this changed writers midway through, it was still excellent. Some of the art in the early issues was bad, but it got better. The dynamic of the Infinity Watch was really fun to read, and wasgreat following their adventures. I'm also really curious to see what happens next for the chacters, wherever they go.

[Susan Gazaway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

This was a great graphic novel. I enjoyed reading this book very much. It has a great plot and great characters.

[gxvault · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was...good, don't expected to much "Thanos" in it, and it's not that cosmic as well.

[Ekenedilichukwu Ikegwuani · Rating 4 out of 5]

infinity watch is a really good run! now that infinity war and infinity crusade are done, we get into some really good story arcs and resolutions for these characters

[Frans Kempe · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final adventures of the Infinity Watch

[Isaac Decary · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars