Thanos: The Infinity Ending

This book is the final entry in Jim Starlin's recent, second Thanos trilogy with Alan Davis; the first being Infinity Revelation, I. Relativity and I. Finale (plus Thanos vs Hulk). The second (with Davis) is Infinity Siblings, I. Conflict and finally this instalment - The Infinity Ending! If you really want a full, retrospective understanding of many of the references in this book you'll probably need to start with Marvel: The End then Thanos: Infinity Abyss before tacking either of these trilogies. Of course that's not including Starlin's original Infinity trilogies Gauntlet, War and Crusade nor indeed Jonathan Hickman's excellent (Thanos) Infinity event or the contemporaneous Jeff Lemire and Donny Cate's series.There's been some much publicised editorial controversy with this latter series' direction and Jim's final instalment here. This caused me some confusion as I've yet to tackle Cate's segment, but there are certainly similarities between Lemire's enjoyable run and this second trilogy, which I read in tandem. Without spoiling anything, both series feature Thanos' brother Eros front and centre, and it's very interesting how his character and Thanos' differ marketly between these two books, whilst the plot contains strange similarities. Lemire's book is very much in the vein of science fiction whereas this book, as with much of Jim's work deals more with the metaphysical and philosophical, and Alan Davis does a brilliant job of channeling Steve Ditko via Starlin's own artistry. As others have pointed out, there are some confusing aspects to this last instalment and despite Jim's assertions this is his final Thanos work, there are some serious threads left hanging; e.g. the Zeus reference and a proposal, that I may have misunderstood.

“Thanos - The Infinity Ending” is the final instalment of Jim Starlin’s interminable series. He actually has a ‘farewell’ letter in his introduction to the book, which does lead you to worry.The story itself is of the usual cosmic complexity, with the pencils by Alan Davis managing to capture the epic feel of it all.If you are a fan of the Jim Starlin Thanos – who has been replaced in the regular Marvel universe by a two-dimensional impostor of late – then this will be a fitting send-off for the series.