Avengers: Infinity War COLLECT ’EM ALL The six Infinity Stones Thanos needs to ’power up’ the mass destruction weapon Infinity Gauntlet NO STONES ?

SOUL STONE REALITY STONE MIND STONE SPACE STONE POWER STONE Little is known Aether Sceptre Tesseract Orb of this stone Powers Powers Powers Powers so far UNTURNED Ability to convert A mind-control stone The source of infinite Found within the Orb, the matter into dark that grants extraordi- energy, the stone opens stone grants cosmic matter, altering reality nary abilities to people up interdimensional power to its user, giving It has come down to this, 18 films later. and restoring body and bestows infinite portals – warping the the user great strength Awaiting the Avengers is Thanos himself, revealed parts of its user. It knowledge on them. fabric of time. and durability, and the revives the dead too. ability to ‘project’ energy. in the first Avengers movie as the big baddie biding Last known locale Last known locale his time. He is in pursuit of the mythical Infinity Last known locale Once contained within Loki takes the Last known locale Stones, six immensely powerful objects he needs to Thor, God of Thunder, the Sceptre, it is now Tesseract when The Orb is locked away wipe out half the universe. Five have been sent it for safekeeping embedded in the Asgard is destroyed. at the headquarters with The Collector – forehead of Vision. of Nova Corp, an revealed so far throughout the Marvel cinematic keeper of the largest intergalactic military universe, with the last one still a mystery. collection of interstel- and police force. The Straits Times gives you a rundown before lar relics in the galaxy. the movie opens on April 25

TIME STONE Eye of Agamotto Powers It can be used to reverse or speed up time and trap people in a time loop. Last known locale At the end of the Doctor Strange movie, the Eye was returned to the New York Sanctum Santorum.

Appearance of each stone

THOR (2011) Thanos enlisted Loki, Thor’s adoptive brother, to help retrieve the Tesseract (Space CAPTAIN AMERICA: Stone). To aid him, he gave him THE FIRST AVENGER (2011) a sceptre that housed the Red Skull used the Tesseract Mind Stone. to make weapons against the Allies. The cube was lost in sea, later to be recovered by WHO IS THANOS? Howard Stark, Tony Stark’s Thanos belongs to an extinct race of god-like father. beings from the planet Titan. Due to his severe deformities in the early years, he was THE AVENGERS (2012) Loki used the cube to open ostracised and grew up as an outcast. He up a portal − inviting an alien forged deals with Loki and Ronan the Accuser army to invade Midtown in their respective campaigns against Earth Manhattan. He lost and the and Xandar – in exchange for the Infinity Tessaract was returned to Stones. When the Avengers and the Guardians Asgard. of the Galaxy thwarted both invasions, Thanos decided to take matters into his own hands.

THOR: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY THE DARK WORLD (2013) (2014) Back in 2,988 BC, Dark elf Thanos’ ally, Ronan the Malekith planned to use the Accuser, planned to use the Aether (Reality Stone) to Orb (Power Stone) to destroy plunge the world into planet Xandar. Star-Lord darkness. Bor, father of Odin, stopped him and the Orb was stopped him. In 2013, Jane handed over to Nova Corp. Foster unwittingly became the vessel for Aether. Thor defeated Malekith and AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON contained the Aether. (2015) Tony Stark used the Mind Stone power to create an advanced artificial intelligence, Ultron, who later revolted. An undeterred Stark would use ‘Before creation itself, there were the Mind Stone to create six singularities, then the Vision. universe exploded into existence DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) and the remnants of this system Stephen Strange used a were forged into concentrated pendant called ‘The Eye of Agamotto’ to defeat Kaecilius, ingots... Infinity Stones.’ THOR: RAGNAROK (2017) an evil sorcerer and Loki once again took Dormammu, a cosmic entity. — ‘The Collector’ in Guardians Of The Galaxy possession of the Tesseract on the birth of the Infinity Stones when Asgard was destroyed.

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THANOS’ TURN THE ANCIENT ONE EGO ODIN OF ASGARD It took a while for Marvel’s For centuries, the 700-year-old The celestial being and the In Thor: Ragnarok, Hela, the ultimate villain Thanos to surface. Ancient One had protected biological father of Star-Lord, Ego estranged daughter of Odin, The reason could be certain Earth from mystical threats. had wanted to rule the entire returned to claim vengeance on (un)timely deaths in the Marvel Teacher to Dr Strange, she was universe by wiping out billions of her father. A weary Odin ended cinematic universe, thus removing later fatally wounded by her innocent lives via the Expansion his life in front of Thor and Loki. any powerful opponents who former student, Kaecilius, who event. Guardians of the Galaxy With the All-Father gone, would challenge the mad Titan. had become corrupted. killed him before he could succeed. Thanos’ rise was inevitable.