Marvel: The End

Thanos gets ultimate power, kills all the heroes, destroys the universe, then undoes everything at the very last second. Didn't we already see Jim Starlin do this?

RATING: 40%

The Infinity Gauntlet

The Infinity Gauntlet was a comic book miniseries from the early 90s, and the first "event" book I ever got into. The plot involves this crazy dude Thanos who gets all this power from the titular glove so that Lady Death will go out with him on a date or something. To impress her he kills half of all life in the universe, usually I just say a joke or put my coat on a puddle but whatever. Anyway, spoilers, lots of superheroes die like Spider-man and Iron Man and Captain America Man, but it turns out to be a glorified What If? book when at the end this one broad undoes everything Thanos did the whole story long. In conclusion it is fun and the art is pretty but probably not worth $25 for the trade paperback.

RATING: 58%

Batman: A Death In The Family

There's no other comic book event as contrived as the 1980s Batman storyline "A Death In The Family," in which the second Robin, Jason Todd, was beaten and blown up to death by the Joker. The idea was you could call a 900 number and vote for whether you wanted the little brat to live or die, and bad news buddy! People voted for him to die and he did. The good part about this storyline is when Joker then becomes Iranian ambassador to the UN, so Batman essentially is powerless to stop him since he has diplomatic immunity. Ooops, spoilers!

RATING: 57%