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INFINITY10 YEARS. 19 FILMS. MARVEL & CINEMATIC BEYOND UNIVERSE SOARS TO

Graphic by Heather Bremer | The Herald Bulletin

efore 2008, was just another B-list character and no one except the most well-read geeks knew any of the . Fast forward a decade and these characters are not only Bhousehold names, they are part of one of the most successful — and profitable — movie franchises of all time. This weekend, more than 20 Marvel mainstays join forces to not only take down the galaxy-hungry but attempt to steal away the biggest opening weekend of all time from “: The Force Awakens.” Here’s what you need to know before seeing “: War” ...

THE FILMS THE HEROES “Avengers: Infinity War” completes the third phase of MCU films. The first began with “Iron Man,” the second with “.” z Iron Man (2008) z The Incredible (2008) THE GAUNTLET z (2010) With the Infinity z (2011) Gauntlet, Thanos can destroy the universe in a snap of his fingers. Here are the six stones that power it:

SPACE Color: Blue Containment: Tesseract z CCaptainaptain AAmerica:merica: ThThee MINDSTONE More than 20 Marvel heroes (or in the case of and , characters that can perform heroic acts) First Avenger (2011) Color: Yellow will share the screen in “Infinity Wars.” Here is the known list and the actors who play them ... but don’t be Containment: z Marvel’s The Avengers surprised if one or two new characters make an appearance. (2012) Scepter z Iron Man 3 (2013) AVENGERS z () z Doctor (Benedict REALITY z Thor: The Dark World z () z () Cumberbatch) Color: Red (2013) z Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) z Spider-Man () Containment: Aether z Captain America: The z Thor () GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY POWER Winter Soldier (2014) z Loki () z Star-Lord () Color: Purple z Guardians of the Galaxy z Hulk () z Black Panther (Chadwick z () Containment: Orb (2014) z Black Widow (Scarlett Boseman) z Rocket () TIME z Avengers: Age of Johansson) z (Letitia Wright) z Drax the (Dave Color: Green (2015) z () z () Bautista) Containment: Eye of Agamotto z Ant-Man (2015) z () z M’Baku (Winston Duke) z Nebula () z Captain America: Civil z () z (Vin Diesel) SOUL War (2016) z Winter Soldier () MASTER OF MYSTIC ARTS z Mantis () Color: Orange z (2016) z Ant-Man () z () Containment: Unknown

THE VILLAIN THANOS, often referred to by a fearful universe as the Mad Titan, is a powerful warlord who rules over distant reaches of space. He seeks to use the power of the ancient Infinity Stones to meet z Guardians of the Galaxy his objective of bringing stability to the universe Vol. 2 (2017) ... by exterminating half its population. Having z Spider-Man: sent Loki, Ronan, Gamora and Nebula to do his Homecoming (2017) dirty work, Thanos is fed up with their failures z Thor: (2017) and decides to seek out the stones himself.

ACTOR: FIRST MCU APPEARANCE: “The Avengers”

FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE z Black Panther (2018) z Ant-Man and the (2018) z Untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming z Avengers: Infinity War z (2019) sequel (2019) (2018) z Untitled Avengers film (2019) z Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2020)