Infinity Countdown #4-5

Written by Gerry Duggan

Penciled by Aaron Kuder and Mike Hawthorne
Covers by Nick Bradshaw
Published June 6 and July 18, 2018

   The Guardians of the Galaxy return to Knowhere with the Power Stone as Rich Rider leaves to search for his brother Robbie. Eve with the Nova Corps demands the infinity stone but is rebuffed, with it finally resting in Drax's and then Peter's possession.

Gimme dat rock!

   Suddenly Peter Quill is called out to by Cosmo. The Collector and Grandmaster have an inert stone of their own, but their meeting is interrupted by Phyla. She demands it be returned, as it's been hidden in this dimension erroneously. 

Fake infinity stone probs.

   Meanwhile on the planet Saiph, Warlock and Ultron fight, who launches scores of nuclear missiles, which are then very luckily destroyed by the Silver Surfer. They're further interrupted by Galactus, who eats the planet as Ultron runs away. Before he escapes though, Warlock is able to get the Soul Stone from him.

Thanks for the infinity stone, surfer. Sorry your life is shitty now.

   Back on Earth, Time Stone holder Doctor Strange is approached by Space Stone holder Black Widow. He sets off to find Turk Barrett, current possessor of the Mind Stone. The gangster uses a diversion to escape. He returns to the Sanctum and refuses Natasha's offer to take her infinity stone off her hands. 

"No thanks, Nat. More Stones, more problems..."

   The Guardians land on the junk planet Oblitus and soon meet up with Warlock and Kang the Conqueror. Gamora demands the Soul Stone from him to make herself whole again, but in their skirmish it ends up in Drax's hands. He sees a terrible vision, and agrees to go with Kang and Adam to make sure nobody ever opens it again. Beaten, she feels betrayed by her former teammates and storms away to continue her never-ending, relentless search.

Catch you losers on the flip.

   The issue wraps with Doctor Strange summoning a gathering of the Infinity Watch. It reverberates around the universe, warning each gem holders of a dangerous threat. The mad titan Thanos plans once more to get all of them... you know... for the millionth time. What happens next? We're left to find out in Infinity Wars as this series comes to a final conclusion.

"I'm so hot right now..."

   So by this point, the Guardians of the Galaxy jumping from volumes to volumes, to series to titles and so forth isn't really anything new. After this we're onto Infinity Wars Prime - which will be followed by Infinity Wars, which will be followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 50 bajillion. The powers that be finally got it right with the legacy numbering only to just screw it up again. But the good thing is... that's the ONLY thing I have to complain about. Because this series is good. The writing is fantastic and the art is great too. I'm sad to see it all end but look forward to seeing where it goes. I give these two books a 10/10.

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