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The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus

Jim Starlin · Mike Friedrich · Steve Englehart

Story era 02 · The Expanding Universe

Starlin develops Thanos, Mar-Vell and Adam Warlock through the cosmic and philosophical stories that precede Infinity Gauntlet.

UnownedReading status not recorded800 pages28 full issues

One-book project: Jim Starlin — Thanos Wars and Infinity Origins

About these books · 4 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

The books

This book

The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus

Omnibus hardcover · 800 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 1 · The Expanding Universe

Starlin’s Captain Marvel, Warlock, and Thanos cycle lays the philosophical and cosmic groundwork for Infinity Gauntlet.

Released 9 Apr 2019 · 800 pages · Ron Lim cover9781302915308Planned edition
Iron Man (1968)#55
Captain Marvel (1968)#25–34
Marvel Feature (1971)#12
Avengers (1963)#125
Strange Tales (1951)#178–181
Warlock (1972)#9–15
Marvel Team-Up (1972)#55
Avengers Annual (1967)#7
Marvel Two-in-One Annual#2
Marvel Graphic Novel#1
Daredevil (1964) (partial — Thanos-related material)#105
Logan's Run (1977) (partial — Thanos-related material)#6
Earth-616 Primary

Avengers #125 and Captain Marvel #33 repeat in Avengers Vol. 5; Avengers Annual #7 and Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 repeat in Vol. 6, so follow those Thanos chapters once here or there. Daredevil #105 and Logan’s Run #6 contribute only Thanos-related selections, not complete side journeys through those series.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

Things to know
  • The anthology chronology jumps among several titles and years.