History Comicbook / Infinity

** TinyGuyHugeGirl: Although they don't look that far-off height-wise, according to official Marvel statistics, Proxima is [[AmazonianBeautyAmazonianBeauty over twice the weight]] of Corvus.

** TinyGuyHugeGirl: Although they don't look that far-off height-wise, according to official Marvel statistics, Proxima is over twice the weight of Corvus.

** EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Captain America successfully deflects two of Proxima's black light spears into Corvus, she immediately becomes distressed when Corvus becomes injured. When Corvus is vaporized by Hyperion, she abandons her own weapon to retrieve Corvus' glaive (since he can [[SoulJar resurrect from it]]), and is upset enough to begin losing the fight.

** EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Captain America successfully deflected two of Proxima's black light spears into Corvus, she immediately becomes distressed when she realizes where they are heading. When Corvus is vaporized by Hyperion, she abandons her own weapon to retrieve Corvus' glaive (since he can resurrect from it), and is disoriented enough to begin losing the fight to the point Thanos has to save her from Captain Marvel. Afterwards, she's shown still upset and clutching the glaive.

** UglyGuyHotWife: Corvus is skinny, with the face of a dog-like monster, and unnaturally long limbs that end in claws, while Proxima is a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue-Skinned Space]] [[AmazonianBeauty Amazonian]] StatuesqueStunner.
** BattleCouple: Against Hulk and then Captain America, Captain Marvel and Hyperion in the finale. Whom they were actually winning against until Proxima accidentally wounds Corvus with CollateralDamage from her own spear.

* DropTheHammer: Prior to the [[AggressiveNegotiations aggressive negotiations]] Thor is told that he must disarm himself and he throws Mjölnir into outer space where it remains orbiting Hala's sun. After the [[spoiler:Builder attacks him and reveals that a surrender won't save Earth]] Thor summons Mjölnir back [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] [[spoiler:the Builder]].

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Corvus Glaive]] is unintentionally killed by [[spoiler:Proxima Midnight's death beams reflected off of Captain America's shield.]]
** Actually, this only injures him. [[spoiler: Hyperion]] is the one that gets the kill.
*** Actually, [[spoiler:Corvus Glaive]] was going to die anyways, [[spoiler: Hyperion]] only shortened the wait.

** SickeninglySweethearts: Proxima is quick to declare Corvus the 'greatest general the Earth has ever seen', which prompts Corvus to wax romantically about how every night, he's still "[[DoubleEntendre defeated by her]]"; while discu A straighter example is when they began the aforementioned battle against Hulk, they immediately call each other by pet names like "my love" and "dear midnight".

** SickeninglySweethearts: Proxima is quick to declare Corvus the 'greatest general the Earth has ever seen', which prompts Corvus to wax romantically about at night, he's "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything defeated by her]]"

* UnholyMatrimony: As hard it is to belive it, Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight are HappilyMarried.

** BattleCouple: Against Hulk and then Captain America, Captain Marvel and Hyperion in the finale.

** The ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' tie-in has nice one to ''TheThanosImperative'' - apparently Thanos is still bitter about what took place between him and Richard Rider in Cancerverse [[spoiler:that is, Rich punching him in the face and trapping him inside dying dimension]], so much he sends Kaldera after Sam Alexander only because he follows the legacy of Nova Corps.

'''[[CaptainAmerica Captain America]]:''' Now we win.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler: Thanos' son, Thane]], who wants only to be a healer, gains power to kill anyone he touces.

MarvelComics late SummerBlockbuster and CrisisCrossover event for year 2013, written by Jonathan Hickman. Rather than one story, it actually tells two, happening at the same time, both being natural consequence of events of [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers Hickman's run]] on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', as well as set up to keep fans of ''Film/TheAvengers'' movie hyped for future film appearances of a certain OneSceneWonder. It continues some plot points dating back to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', and despite what the name might have suggested to you, has no connection to [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet The Infinity Gauntlet Saga]] outside of Thanos playing a major role.

** During [[spoiler:Thor's faked surrender]] in ''Infinity #4'',a Builder asks the person kneeling in front of him "[[Film/TheAvengers Is this not more natural?]]"

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:{{Namor}} tricks Thanos' forces into invading Wakanda -- home to thousands of innocent people and the site of the Illuminati's supply of anti-matter bombs -- just to have revenge on Black Panther, who murdered hundreds of his people as retaliation for Namor's actions in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''.]]

MarvelComics late SummerBlockbuster and CrisisCrossover event for year 2013, written by Jonathan Hickman. Rather than one story, it actually tells two, happening at the same time, both being natural consequence of events of [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers Hickman's run]] on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', as well as set up to keep fans of ''Film/TheAvengers'' movie hyped for future film appearances of a certain OneSceneWonder. It continues some plot points dating back to ''SecretInvasion'', and despite what the name might have suggested to you, has no connection to [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet The Infinity Gauntlet Saga]] outside of Thanos playing a major role.

** ''Avengers #22'' features Kl'rt questioning the Avengers claims that the Peak, an orbital station above Earth, is as powerful as they say. Spider-Woman glibly notes that since Earth has a "persistent invasion problem," it was rebuilt to be more powerful. It's just a string of nods to ''SecretInvasion'', as the original Peak was taken out of commission by the invading Skrull forces, whose leader had assumed the form of Spider-Woman.

* CListFodder: [[ROMSpaceKnight The Spaceknights]]. Subverted in ''Avengers #21'' when the [[spoiler:Spaceknights [[UnexplainedRecovery show up alive]]]].

* ImplacableMan: Thanos manages to be this to [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Black Bolt]] and [[TheMightyThor Thor]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction of all people]].

** [[TheMightyThor Thor]] delivers one to [[spoiler:a dying Builder]] in issue 4.

** TheFalcon is shown using his wings in space during the fight against the Builders. It's a [[RuleOfCool cool visual]], but wings wouldn't actually help in space, since there's no air or currents to fly on.

** ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan Team-Up'' #3 takes place between issues #1 and #2 of ''Mighty Avengers'', and features Spidey and LukeCage's encounter with the [[spoiler: first of the new hybrid Inhumans]].

* HypocriticalHumor: Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan runs on this in ''Mighty Avengers''. First he mocks LukeCage for accepting payment for his superheroic deeds, despite getting full benefits of being on the Avengers himself. Then he freaks out when he sees Spider Hero, guy in cheap knock-off version of his costume, despite the fact that [[GrandTheftMe not only had he stolen the real Spider-Man's life and identity]], but ''[[KillAndReplace killed him]]'' to do it.

** Many fans were wondering how superhero community can organize Contest of Champions, in which superpowered teenagers from various schools are sent to an island to compete against each other, after the same scenario has been played to tragic results in ''AvengersArena''. First issue of ''The Hunt'' explained, by two small nods, that ''Infinity'' and ''Arena'' are happening at the same time, so nobody knows about Arcade's game yet.

With the the majority of the Avengers off-planet, it's up to ComicBook/BlackPanther, ComicBook/IronMan and [[TheInhumans Black Bolt]] to organize Earth's remaining superheroes against the Mad Titan and his new generals, called Cull Obsidian, but also known as The Black Order.

* EvilLuddite: Fulmina, an [[TheInhumans Inhuman]] who takes advantage of the Thanos' invasion in order to try and wipe out all the technology in New York.

* ImplacableMan: Thanos manages to be this to [[TheInhumans Black Bolt]] and [[TheMightyThor Thor]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction of all people]].

** The ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' tie-in has nice one to ''TheThanosImperative'' - apparently Thanos is still bitter about what took place between him and Richard Rider in Cancerverse [[spoiler:that is, Rich punching him in the face and trapping inside dying dimension]], so much he sends Kaldera after Sam Alexander only because he follows legacy of Nova Corps.

** ''Avengers #22'' features Kl'rt questioning the Avengers claims that the Peak, an orbital station above Earth, is as powerful as they say. Spider-Woman glibly notes that since Earth has a "persistent invasion problem," it was rebuilt to be more powerful. It's just a string of nods to ''SecretInvasion'', as the original Peak was taken out of commission bug the invading Skrull forces, whose leader had assumed the form of Spider-Woman.

MarvelComics late SummerBlockbuster and CrisisCrossover event for year 2013, written by Jonathan Hickman. Rather than one story, it actually tells two, happening at the same time, both being natural consequence of events of Hickman's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', as well as set up to keep fans of ''Film/TheAvengers'' movie hyped for future film appearances of a certain OneSceneWonder. It continues some plot points dating back to ''SecretInvasion'', and despite what the name might have suggested to you, has no connection to [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet The Infinity Gauntlet Saga]] outside of Thanos playing a major role.

The primary storyline is being told across the six issue ''Infinity'' mini-series, ''The Avengers'' & '' New Avengers'', all written by Hickman; and true to CrisisCrossover form, is receiving tie-ins in various other titles, as well as being the impetus for the formation of a new ''Mighty Avengers'' team.

** [[spoiler:CaptainUniverse, the most powerful of the current Avengers, knows exactly what is going on and the one with potentially enough pull to talk the Builders down gets put into a coma in the first issue by being on the planet the Builders just wiped out.]]

-->[[spoiler:Death]], ''Thanos Rising''

MarvelComics late SummerBlockbuster and CrisisCrossover event for year 2013, written by Jonathan Hickman. Rather than one story, it actually tells two, happening at the same time, both being natural consequence of events of Hickman's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', as well as set up to keep fans of ''{{Film/The Avengers}}'' movie hyped for future film appearances of a certain OneSceneWonder. It continues some plot points dating back to ''SecretInvasion'', and despite what the name might have suggested to you, has no connection to [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet The Infinity Gauntlet Saga]] outside of Thanos playing a major role.

* ItGotWorse: So with Thanos leading an invasion of Earth while most of it's heroes are away, you wouldn't expect things to get much worse than that. Then [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorrath]] appears in New York.