History ComicBook / TheInfinityWar

* SpotlightStealingSquad: On paper, this is a CrisisCrossover, starring the most important heroes of Marvel Comics. Actually, it is a story of Thanos, Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch; the other heroes are just either CannonFodder in someone else's big plan, or incompetent bufoons that get in the way and can't do any harm or take part in the bad guy's defeat.

In the previous story, [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] subconsciously expelled both good and evil from himself so he could wield the Gauntlet's power using logic alone. His evil side became a new incarnation of Warlock's evil persona, the Magus. The Magus creates evil doppelgangers of Earth's superheroes and, like Comicbook/{{Thanos}} before him, tries to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet. His machinations involve Thanos, the Infinity Watch, Comicbook/{{Galactus}}, earth's mightiest heroes... and Dr. Doom and Kang, that he never thought about, but got themselves involved anyway.

* AdvertisedExtra: Comicbook/SpiderMan appears prominently on the first issue's cover and the promotional images, but gets taken out by the false Iron Man in the second issue and isn't seen again for the rest of the book. Later materials show that after recovering he's dealing with events in ''Web of Spider-Man'' around the same time the other heroes are all involved in this series, mainly dealing with both the Spider-Doppelganger's return and Comicbook/{{Venom}}.

* BreakoutCharacter: Out of all of the evil hero clones, Spider-Man's Doppelganger went on to become part of Comicbook/{{Carnage}}'s gang and was featured prominently in ''Comicbook/MaximumCarnage''. He still shows up from time to time in the comics, and has even gotten a few action figures.

* ConflictBall: The second issue has Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} show up at the Baxter Building to say Iron Man and Reed Richards are impostors. As everything starts getting tense, Comicbook/{{Colossus}} grabs [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Professor Hulk]], who gets annoyed at Comicbook/CaptainAmerica standing on his foot, and hurls Piotr across the room, which somehow causes the room to descend into an all-out brawl, even though by that point the duplicates' secrets are out.

* HeroicSacrifice: Comicbook/{{Quasar}} intends to use the Ultimate Nullifier to destroy the Magus, even at the cost of his own life. Fortunately for him, the Magus takes the choice out of his hands and uses the Infinity Gauntlet to steal away the Nullifier.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: In ''Infinity War'', we all knew that Comicbook/DoctorDoom and Comicbook/KangTheConqueror would betray each other, but since Doom WillNotTellALie, one would expect a LoopholeAbuse moment from him. Instead, he just betrays Kang the old way.
* RedSkiesCrossover: Some Marvel series included brief appearances of the heroes' doppelgangers, but nothing else related to the main plot. The Fantastic Four were an exception: they fought against the doppelgangers, and then basically retold the whole story [[SwitchingPOV from their own point of view]]. And Galactus' mind scan of the heroes, a mere trivial procedure in the crossover, awakens Malice ([[Comicbook/InvisibleWoman Susan Storm]]'s evil side), who takes over her body; a plot point that would last for many months afterwards. It also showed what happened to the real Comicbook/MisterFantastic and Comicbook/IronMan after they were replaced by their doubles, which isn't answered in the main series.

In the previous story, [[ComicBook/{{Warlock}} Adam Warlock]] subconsciously expelled both good and evil from himself so he could wield the Gauntlet's power using logic alone. His evil side became a new incarnation of Warlock's evil persona, the Magus. The Magus creates evil doppelgangers of Earth's superheroes and, like Comicbook/{{Thanos}} before him, tries to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet. His machinations involve Thanos, the Infinity Watch, Comicbook/{{Galactus}}, earth's mightiest heroes... and Dr. Doom and Kang, that he never thought about, but got themselves involved anyway.

In the previous story, Comicbook/AdamWarlock subconsciously expelled both good and evil from himself so he could wield the Gauntlet's power using logic alone. His evil side became a new incarnation of Warlock's evil persona, the Magus. The Magus creates evil doppelgangers of Earth's superheroes and, like Comicbook/{{Thanos}} before him, tries to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet. His machinations involve Thanos, the Infinity Watch, Comicbook/{{Galactus}}, earth's mightiest heroes... and Dr. Doom and Kang, that he never thought about, but got themselves involved anyway.