Collection of marvel comics from late 1960s and early 1970s, deals with origin story of Thanos on his quest to become the insane GOD, and end all life in universe to please his mistress, Death. This arc is precursor to infinity saga with appearances from lot of marvel heroes, avengers like Iron-man, Captain America to Adam Warlock and kree fighter Mar-Vell, and even the friendly neighborhood Spidey who saved the day in the end.This is must read for those who want to know the back story of villai...

This is basically "Essential Thanos." Every bronze age appearance is here and ironically I don't Thanos appeared in a single comic in the 80s (other than a small cameo in the 1982 Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel.) This includes the first huge Thanos storyline featuring Captain Marvel, and also the second storyline featuring Warlock. If you're a Thanos fan, this is required reading. Almost all of the writing (at least the plotting) and art is from Jim Starlin. The art is really good and you...

let me explain the importance of the comics contained in this GN, firstly if you were actually to but the actual comics 21 in total in Fine condition it would cost around the $2000 mark. Why is that?Written, draw and plotted by Jim Starlin between 1973 and 1977 this is not only the first crossover event, it also marked the evolution of the comic book from the juvenile albeit enjoyable to a more adult 'we can achieve anything' that came afterwards. Without this start there would have been no Watc...

It was a lengthy, but i enjoyed it , so much dialogues, but still glad to read it.Its name should be warlock vs thanos.

I really like the format of this book and that is the main reason why I'm giving it four stars. Comics can be really frustrating when you want to read up on a given story-line only to find that it is spread across half-a-dozen different comic book lines.Exhibit A: Thanos. Who is he? Joss Whedon mentions him in the commentary for The Avengers movie and of course he shows up at the end of the credits. Ordinarily reading up on the Thanos storyline would require collecting dozens of different comics...

Although a good deal of this material is outdated 60's and 70's, it was great way of introducing myself to Thanos, after reading Thanos rising. I was intrigued that they spoke of the infinity stones as early as this. I was surprised to see how long he has been around in various series. If you want to really explore Thanos's earlier career this one is for you.

This collection of a slew of stories published across a half-dozen different series and even more creatives shows how storytelling used to happen in comics: Good stories that stood on their own, each building a stepping stone to bigger stories but all within the scope of character advancement, NOT artificially-propped-up "events" and mini-series. I had forgotten just how great many of these stories are on their own and together in this package. More than a few of today's "talented stars" of comi...

This collection of comics from the 60s is quite an epic read, in terms of volume. We see a different side to Thanos at times, as he seems to be less powerful than in more recent stories and more vulnerable or in need of help. The collection covers interaction with Iron Man, then Captain Marvel, then Adam Warlock, then the Avengers and finally Spider-man gets in on the action.This is mostly one continuous story as Thanos' plans are foiled and he comes back time and time again.The story has some r...

This was a walk down memory lane for me. I had just started regularly reading comics when the Captain Marvel issues came out. I had bought CM #28 due to the fallen Avengers on the cover, but the art (especially the battle between Thanos and the Destroyer for the Cosmic Cube) and scale of the whole plot had me hooked. Unfortunately, I didn't get another CM until issue #32, which I set aside until I could fill in the sequence. I ordered the back issues and they arrived one day I was home sick. Rea...

I've started reading it on 22/04 and finished in 06/05 but that was because I hadn't the time to finished it earlier, not because of boredom or anything else!Now, on to the book, I must say that some might think the art is "old" (I myself love it, gets me a nostalgia feeling) but it's impressive, very anatomically accurate and expressive, either by the characters and the surroundings/landscapes.The dialogues are extense and very rich (either the way it's written and structured) and not a bit bor...

This is a long compilation of various Marvel comics that all related to the Avengers vs Thanos storylines starting back in the mid-60s to the mid-70s and the first volume of the series leading to Infinity Wars. There is a plethora of superheroes involved - old favorites like Cap’n America and Iron Man feature prominently alongside The Thing, Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), Thor and many more. Spidey even saves the day at the end. There are secondary characters like Vision and Scarlet Witch as well as...

This book isn't really Avengers versus Thanos, so much as it's Thanos versus several contemporary heroes in the Marvel Universe, including, on occasion, some members of the Avengers, and on two occasions, the actual Avengers. But what's in a name?There's a lot going on in this collection. It's essentially the first run for Thanos, who would eventually become one of Marvel's major villains, and it spans several different, seemingly unrelated titles throughout the 70s. He worships the literal mani...

This wasn't for me at all. I thought it'd be fun to read up on the history of Thanos but I struggled to finish this.

So maybe you saw ol’ Purple Puss in last week’s rollicking premiere of The Guardians of the Galaxy, and maybe you wondered what’s up with that guy, and why is he so darn evil anyway? And if that’s the case, then this graphic novel compilation The Avengers versus Thanos is where you can get some answers.A bit of a misnomer, the collection isn’t really about the Avengers versus Thanos, although he does have two epic encounters with them in these pages, and fortunately Earth survives both. Instead,...

Silver Age melodrama tends to distance me from older comics. This happened to some extent in the first half of this collection. The Captain Marvel storyline isn't bad, but bored me somewhat because the storytelling and dialog in old-school comics is difficult for a modern reader. However, once Jim Starlin assumed writing duties, Rick Jones became a little less annoying, and the Cap'n got interesting.I can see how this could go either way for people, but since I'm a big fan of psychedelia and the...

While I appreciate that this is classic stuff there was just a little too much Starlord and not enough Avengers for my taste. This was to the point the title is just ever so slightly misleading. The whole 60s / 70s psychedelic vibe became a little bit grating at times. In the end, while there are a load of classic panels it was a comic book that just never clicked for me. I came out of the story not really caring where I had been but it had been a long journey to get to the end.

Comic book perfection. These stories are the backbone of the Marvel Universe. Required reading for all Marvel fans. Must-reading. All-time favorite. Just doesn't get any better than this.

This collects various Avengers/Thanos comics from 1963-1972, presenting the story of Thanos' quest to become a god and destroy all life in the universe, and Avengers' efforts to stop him.It ought to be exciting, right?I remember liking these comics as a kid. Really I do. And Marvel has given us some good movies over the last several years, using the Avengers. I was really pleased to see this available in Kindle Unlimited.Unfortunately, it's just silly and disjointed, and the art isn't that good....

A great collection of stories about the Avengers fighting the Mad titan obsessed with death known as Thanos! A couple of the stories are pretty bad in the middle but once the super cosmic stories come into play in the back half it's pretty amazing. Some stories in here are mind bending and the art is just phenomenal overall. Comic Books don't get much better then this

Started binge-reading Thanos stuff since the very beginning and this volume proved to be really great to start things off.Recommended!Includes a bunch of stories from the 1st appearance of Thanos, until his very first death at the end of the volume.Includes the amazing stories with Mar-Vell and the stories Warlock too. And lastly of course some Avengers stories that are mainly ok unless they include Mar-Vell then they're great! And yeah some mainly ok too stuff with Spidey and the rest.Recommend...