Infinity Wars #1 is a must read for its strong main character stories, jaw-dropping moments, and intense action. Read Full Review

Infinity Wars #1 provides excitement, romance, good vs evil, and death. Duggan, Deodato, and Martin delivered a brilliant opening to the next extension to the Infinity Wars saga. Readers are lead to a whole other level of understanding and encourage anticipation of unanswered questions. We are witnessing Marvels next epic storyline! Read Full Review

The art is tremendous - Mike Deodato, Jr., is one of the most talented craftsmen in the business - but the story is off to a very messy start. Read Full Review

Gerry Duggan, Mike Deodato, and Frank Martin have delivered a brilliant opening salvo for a series that seems to be truly aiming for the stars. The issue is engrossing and leaves readers wanting more. With Infinity Wars #1, the next true Marvel epic has arrived. Read Full Review

We've set up a villain scenario and some fights but no real theme that connects the varying parts of the story yet. This ultimately is the big flaw of the book, but leaves it as a decent starting point at least if the ensuing books build up our theme and characters. If you aren't tired of Marvel events yet, give it a look and see what you think. Read Full Review

For a starting series it quasi-lends itself well. I've been following all this Infinity Stone build up since the Marvel Legacy One-Shot a year ago, so it's been fairly easy to understand what's happening. But aside from Gamora's backstory and just how everyone ended up with an Infinity Stone"Turk? Again, really? You may want to go back into the back issue bins before picking this book up. Read Full Review

Infinity Wars #1 is a promising official start to this miniseries. The stakes are high, the mystery is interesting, and the character assortment is strange yet kinda cool. This one earns a recommendation. Check it out. Read Full Review

Overall, while not a complete must-buy, it is worth a look, especially for future issues. Read Full Review

With beautiful art and an exciting storyline not bogged down by past issues, "Infinity Wars" should bring everyone back" especially after that last page. Read Full Review

While the issue feels like the group catching up to the events of "Prime," the interaction of everyone is beyond entertaining. It drives the issue and turns around an event that hasn't quite hit the beat. It's a righting of the ship in many ways and takes me from ho-hum to excited to see what happens next. Read Full Review

Despite some murky artwork, Infinity Wars #1 serves as a memorable start to Marvel's latest cosmic epic. Read Full Review

Is this event worth the entry fee? That's going to be an individual answer based on your collecting. For those who want to get into comics and enjoyed the movies then I'd say, go for it. The story and the art is looking like they will make a great event, and with luck, people buying in will find characters they gravitate to and then hopefully they will start collecting the ongoing series that those characters are in. For the current collectors that already have a maxed out pull list to money ratio, I'd say that it isn't a necessity if you have a Marvel Unlimited subscription to read it later and certainly not worth dropping books you are already enjoying to follow along.eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'techaeris_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_1'])); Read Full Review

Infinity Wars #1 isn't exactly the cosmic explosion some of us were looking for, but it's still a pretty great issue. Gerry Duggan has proven time and again that he's got the goods, nothing he does is by accident. Read Full Review

Infinity Wars #1 felt like it burst out of the gate and stumbled, but I'm willing to give the next issue a go, since I think the story could be very interesting with a different direction for the “villain” but its a shame it didn't live up to the hype. Read Full Review

For now I'll give a begrudging thumbs up and a half-hearted "wait and see". Read Full Review

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Infinity Wars #1 is an exposition heavy start to Marvel's latest event. All of that exposition does gets in the way from Infinity Wars starting out of the gate running. Luckily the story is save by Gerry Duggan's strong work on Loki and Gamora's plotline in this first issue. These storylines along withMike Deodato Jr.'s great artwork build enough excitement to give Infinity Wars #2 a chance to deliver on the potential Duggan has established. Read Full Review

Though it treads familiar turf, it does so in fun ways and the art has a lot going for it, but the total package falls a bit short. Read Full Review

Though it's not without its problems, Infinity Wars #1 has good art, and a story full of potential and is a good start to Marvel's latest comic book event. Read Full Review

It is more of a guilty pleasure for me at this point though. It is a giant stew of everything I love. If Duggan does not narrow his focus in the coming installments and really start to give out a motivation and story structure, even I may not be able to hang on much longer. Read Full Review

Duggan and Deodato are well-intentioned creators, but their story lacks vision, and so far only dilutes the "Infinity" brand. Read Full Review

I have some complaints about this first issue, mainly that this series feels like it will be heavily dependent on upcoming tie-in books, based on the Loki act of the story, and the rest of the surprises came off either flat or telegraphed. If you're in the mood for a tie-in heavy, cosmic summer comic event series, this might be up your ally, but it really feels very much like a cash in event book Marvel doesn't want to admit to at the moment. Read Full Review

The final few pages are what I wanted out of this issue, but the rest is filler and genuinely boring. The art doesn’t help either, as it’s muddy and not exciting to look at. If I were buying this I would have stopped right after that Prime issue, but the ending might interest some readers. Read Full Review

Awesome book just keeps getting better and better

This was a great first issue. Duggan delivers a nice setup up for the infinity watch along with loki's quest for answers. Some characters shine while others are background. Will wait and see how they're handled in later issues.
Mike Deodato delivered his best art in a long while. From the first page i knew that he brought his A-game to this book. Frank Martin's colors were perfect.

Excellent

a) Writing/Script= 8/10 (G. Duggan)
b) Art= 10/10 (Mike Deodato)
c) Colours= 9/10 (Frank Martin)

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a) Writing/Script= 8/10 (G. Duggan) b) Art= 10/10 (Mike Deodato) c) Colours= 8/10 (Frank Martin)

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Not bad. Doesn't bring that heavy punch you want from an event but it's not a terrible start like so many marvel events. The cast was great and they worked well together. Some of the minor characters got a bit more interesting thanks to Duggans witty banter. Good start.

Good start to the main event, although not as good as the Countdown yet. Deodato's art kind of works here as it sets a dark tone for the story, but the panels are off as always.

OVERVIEW

Infinity Wars #1
a) Writing/Script= 6.6/10 (G. Duggan)
b) Art= 8.7/10 (Mike Deodato)
c) Colours= 8.8/10 (Frank Martin)

Average= 8.03/10

Its a decent book. I thought it will be mindblowing and had high expectations but sadly the book did not meet my expectations. Maybe i feel like that because i already had the Requiem's secret identity and a particular death in this book, spoiled for me. Plus, this issue was quite slow. I was constantly reminding myself the number of pages left to finish the book.

The art by Mike Deadato and colours by Frank Martin are so far the best part of this event. Its perfect. Gerry Duggan on the other side isnt impressing me with the writing. I hope he improves in the future. But i am still keen on reading the next book of this event.

Oh yeah, not to forget. This book had one of my favourite dialogues in comic book that mocks the tendency of writers to ressurect characters that died not long ago (which is very common in comic books), that dialogue being Gamora's "Nothing ever dies, Peter".

Overall, a decent start to the event. A book with great art and colours but average writing. more

Surprised me

This is a good issue because we have Turk, Bullseye, Guardians and Thanos in the same setting with infinity stones. I'm very glad that this isn't just a sequel to Infinity Gauntlet or a comic version of Avengers: Infinity War.

Gamora's actions could use a bit more of exploring, but otherwise a very enjoyable read. Not great, nor awesome, but good enough.

Deodato’s art is the reason to read this issue. Gorgeous in every way. Oh, you are asking about the story??? Well, meh. I can’t help to always compare to the Infinity Gauntlet classic and this just doesn’t hold up well. I’m at a loss as to why Sandman and The Spot are even involved. And the reveal of Requiem was supposed to be jaw dropping but I didn’t even get excited and neither with the cliffhanger. I will continue to read to see where this goes but so far, not excited.

I left Countdown with a mixed felling, and the Infinity Wars Prime didn't help at all with a issue I didn't like much.
So I expected a lot of this issue. The starting point is very good. I really like Turk entourage. And even if I'm not fond of it, they give right away the identity of requiem. I find that very logic. But their is something, I don't know what, let me a bad taste about this reading.
Yet, the fact that turn in a fist fight wasn't very surprising. Not original for sure, but not surprising.

Cover - I take the connecting version. Love it even if for now I didn't see the link. 1/2
Writing - Duggan start very nicely but at the end I let the story not really reassure. 2/3
Ars - Deodato rule. The kiss between Starlord & Gamora is wonderful. 3/3
Feeling - Mixed, but with a bad taste. Duggan as to give more. 1/2 more

Dr. Strange's sad Infinity Watch is assembled. (Ugh, Bullseye. Really?) Towards the end, plot developments develop dramatically and the forward progress is blissfully welcome. Requiem's identity is revealed and that's just the first of the climax's double-barreled surprises.

The script drops signals suggesting that this ridiculous plot was once supposed to be EVEN MORE labyrinthine: When did Thor meet "King Thor"? When did Iron Lad sub in for Kang? What's the Kree trouble Carol is supposedly dealing with? Life of Captain Marvel, which just started?

I feel again like the kid pointing out the naked emperor when it comes to the art. From the first scene inexplicably taking place in an Old West saloon to the last scene relying on random doll heads to try (unsuccessfully) to portray an emotional Gamora, I hate these visuals. And the script for this issue is busy enough to expose a brand-new fault in the "fractal" panel layouts: While the smaller boxes are usually just arbitrary divisions of a bigger scene, SOMETIMES they're separate, all-new panels. There's no way to tell the difference, and it makes the story that much harder to follow.
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