Infinity War

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Infinity War was a comic book crossover that ran through numerous comics published by Marvel Comics in 1992. The main plot of the series occurred in the six-issue Infinity War miniseries, which was written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Ron Lim. Infinity War was a sequel to the Infinity Gauntlet miniseries, and was followed a year later by the Infinity Crusade crossover miniseries.

The primary villain of the crossover was the Magus, who was created when Adam Warlock expelled good and evil from his soul after attaining omnipotence in the conclusion of the Infinity Gauntlet miniseries. The evil portion of his soul became the Magus, while the good portion of his soul became the Goddess, who is eventually seen at the end of Infinity War and is the main villain of Infinity Crusade. To battle the Magus and his army of evil doppelgängers, Adam Warlock and Earth's heroes teamed up with Thanos, the villain of the Infinity Gauntlet.

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The Magus developed a highly intricate scheme in order to gain absolute power over the Marvel Universe. The Magus operated out of a far reality, where he acquired "cosmic containment units", items similar to the Cosmic Cube, along with demonic doppelgangers of Earth's heroes and villains. The Magus' power rendered Eternity catatonic and kept himself well hidden. After a confrontation with Magus, Thanos sought help from Warlock's Infinity Watch.

The Magus sent doppelgangers after some of Earth's heroes. Reed Richards and Iron Man were defeated and replaced. Reed's double assembled many of Earth's heroes, intending to destroy them with a large bomb. His plan failed, thanks to the heightened senses of Wolverine and Daredevil. Another confrontation with Thanos led to further confusion and general chaos.

The heroes decided to split their forces, with a team remaining on Earth while another team traveled the far reaches of space and time. The Earth team were again attacked by doppelgangers, some of whom were subsumed or taken over. The traveling heroes fought with Thanos and the Infinity Watch.

Galactus arrived to join in the efforts against the Magus. It was decided the Infinity Gauntlet would help, but the Gauntlet had been rendered powerless by Eternity. Galactus and the warrior-woman Gamora left in an effort to revive Eternity and reactivate the gauntlet. Just as they had vanished, Warlock and the glove itself were kidnapped by Magus and the Thanos duplicate.

Doctor Doom and his untrustworthy ally Kang invaded Magus' stronghold. The controls for the Cosmic Cubes were damaged and several fights broke out. Just then, Galactus succeeded in his attempt to reactivate the Gauntlet. Unfortunately, the Magus held it at the time and became omnipotent.

The remaining heroes stormed Magus' fortress as a distraction, fighting an army of duplicates. Many fell and were absorbed. Thanos attacked Magus directly after a powerful confrontation with his own double. The battle ended with Magus as the victor. Adam Warlock confronted Magus, revealing that the Reality Gem in the Gauntlet was a fake. Warlock used this distraction to re-establish his unique bond with the Infinity Gems and usurp control from Magus. Warlock banished the Magus to the world within the Soul Gem, living as a spirit unseen and untouched by the other spirits.

The Gauntlet was decreed never to be functional again by Eternity. The cosmic containment units were not to be found at all, seemingly stolen by Warlock's good half; a female entity later revealed to be the goddess.