Appearing in "The Final Confrontation"
Featured Characters:
- Adam Warlock
- Starfox
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)
- ⏴ Hulk (Bruce Banner) ⏵
- Drax the Destroyer
- Thor (Eric Masterson)
Supporting Characters:
- Stranger
- Uatu
- Galactus
- Ziran the Tester
- Mistress Love
- Master Hate
- Lord Chaos
- Master Order
- Kronos
- One Above All (Celestial)
- Epoch
- Death
- Mephisto
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Resurrection)
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Resurrection)
- ⏴ Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) ⏵ (Resurrection)
- ⏴ Sersi ⏵ (Resurrection)
- ⏴ Spider-Man (Peter Parker) ⏵ (Resurrection)
- ⏴ Vision ⏵ (Resurrection)
- Firelord (Pyraeus Kril)
- Mentor (A'Lars) (Resurrection)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)
- Cloak (Resurrection)
- Dagger (Resurrection)
- Namor (Resurrection)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Resurrection)
- Mary Jane Watson
- Gamora (Resurrection)
- Rintrah
- Pip the Troll
Locations:
- Thanos' palace
- Latveria
- Titan (Moon of Saturn)
- New York City
- Soulworld
Items:
- Infinity Gauntlet
- Mjolnir
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Captain America's Shield
- Captain America's Uniform
- Iron Man Armor MK VIII
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Final Confrontation"
Thanos and the remaining heroes face off against Nebula who now has possession of the Infinity Gauntlet. She uses the power she now has to transform the universe back to the way it was twenty four hours ago. All of Thanos' death and destruction has been undone. Some of those returning to life have no recollection of the events that have transpired, some feel like something is not right and others remember the events in full detail. She herself is transformed back into the horrible creature Thanos turned her into.
But as Warlock reaches for the gauntlet she regains her power. The cosmic beings unleash their fury upon her. Warlock has a plan now that the gauntlet is in less experienced hands. He and the Silver Surfer return to the Soul World where Warlock becomes at one with the universe of the soul gem.
Nebula manages to turn the cosmic beings into stone. Warlock manages to reach out to the other gems and the gauntlet separates from Nebula. It is now an all out battle to retrieve the fallen gauntlet and Earth's heroes stop Thanos from obtaining it again. The gauntlet comes into the hands of Adam Warlock.
Rather than face imprisonment, Thanos chooses to blow himself up with a thermal nuclear device. Adam Warlock claims himself the true possessor of the Infinity Gems and that he will be a just god. He transports himself, Gamora and Pip to two months in the future on a unnamed planet. They go to visit Thanos, who claims that three failures at such a scope are enough for him and he will live out a quiet life to reflect on the lessons of the past.
Notes
- Events in this issue lead directly into Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1.
- Part of the Infinity Gauntlet event.