# Infinity Abyss > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Infinity_Abyss > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Infinity_Abyss.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Abyss > Source revision: 1340759216 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2002 Marvel Comics series Infinity Abyss Cover to Infinity Abyss #1 (Aug. 2002) Art by Jim Starlin. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics Schedule Bi-monthly Format Limited series Genre , science fiction, superhero Publication date Aug.–Oct. 2002 No. of issues 6 Main character(s) Thanos Adam Warlock Gamora Pip the Troll Captain Marvel Doctor Strange Spider-Man Moondragon Thanosi Creative team Written by Jim Starlin Penciller Jim Starlin Inker Al Milgrom Letterer Jack Morelli Colorist Christie Scheele Collected editions Infinity Abyss ISBN 0-7851-0985-4 ***Infinity Abyss*** is a six-issue [comic book](/source/Comic_book) [limited series](/source/Limited_series_(comics)) published by [Marvel Comics](/source/Marvel_Comics) from August to October in 2002. The series was written and pencilled by [Jim Starlin](/source/Jim_Starlin). ## Plot summary The series centers on the Thanosi, five failed [genetic](/source/Genetics) experiments by the Titan [Thanos](/source/Thanos), with each being a [clone](/source/Molecular_cloning) of his [DNA](/source/DNA) and modelled on other beings, including the characters [Professor X](/source/Professor_X); [Doctor Strange](/source/Doctor_Strange); [Gladiator](/source/Gladiator_(Kallark)); [Iron Man](/source/Iron_Man) and [Galactus](/source/Galactus). Obsessed with [nihilism](/source/Nihilism) and a desire to end the [universe](/source/Universe), the five Thanosi – called *X*; *Mystic*; *Warrior*; *Armor* and *Omega* – attempt to kill the original Thanos by creating a [black hole](/source/Black_hole) in space. X then [impersonates](/source/Impersonate) Thanos and directs character [Pip the Troll](/source/Pip_the_Troll) to [kidnap](/source/Kidnap) a recovering [Adam Warlock](/source/Adam_Warlock) on an alien planet. X requires information from Warlock, who previously made contact with an entity called the *Anchor of Reality*. By killing this being and preventing it from locating a successor, the Thanosi clones will therefore end the universe. The female mercenary [Gamora](/source/Gamora) locates the real Thanos, and with the aid of Warlock and heroes Doctor Strange; [Spider-Man](/source/Spider-Man); [Captain Marvel](/source/Captain_Marvel_(Marvel_Comics)) and [Moondragon](/source/Moondragon) the Titan neutralizes four of the five clones. Omega arrives on Earth to kill the successor to the Anchor of Reality and to destroy the Earth, and is teleported with the heroes to a barren planet where they battle. Thanos transports the heroes back to Earth, and then has a fleet of alien mercenaries destroy the planet, killing the final clone. A human girl called Atleza is able to become the new Anchor of Reality unchallenged, ending the threat. ## Collected editions The series has been collected into a [trade paperback](/source/Trade_paperback_(comics)): - *Infinity Abyss* (collects *Infinity Abyss* limited series, 176 pages, 2003, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7851-0985-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7851-0985-4)) ## References - [Infinity Abyss](https://www.comics.org/series/10302) at the [Grand Comics Database](/source/Grand_Comics_Database) - [*Infinity Abyss*](https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=647) at the Comic Book DB (archived from [the original](http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=647)) ## External links - [*The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe's* article on Atlez](http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/atlez.htm) - [Infinity Abyss](https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:marvel:Infinity_Abyss) on [Marvel Database](https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:marvel), a [Marvel Comics](/source/Marvel_Comics) [wiki](/source/Wiki) v t e Marvel Comics crossover event publication history 1980s Contest of Champions (June 1982) Secret Wars (May 1984) Secret Wars II (July 1985) Mutant Massacre (October 1986) The Fall of the Mutants (January 1988) The Evolutionary War (1988) Inferno (October 1988) Atlantis Attacks (1989) Acts of Vengeance (December 1989) 1990s The Infinity Gauntlet (July 1991) Operation: Galactic Storm (March 1992) The Infinity War (June 1992) The Infinity Crusade (June 1993) Age of Apocalypse (January 1995) DC vs. Marvel (April 1996) Onslaught (May 1996) Heroes Reborn (1996) 2000s Maximum Security (December 2000) JLA/Avengers (Sept. 2003) Secret War (February 2004) Avengers Disassembled (August 2004) Ultimate Nightmare (October 2004) Ultimate Secret (May 2005) House of M (June 2005) Last Hero Standing (August 2005) Decimation (December 2005) Ultimate Extinction (January 2006) Annihilation (March 2006) Civil War (July 2006) Ultimate Power (December 2006) The Initiative (March 2007) World War Hulk (July 2007) Last Planet Standing (July 2007) Annihilation: Conquest (August 2007) Secret Invasion (June 2008) Dark Reign (December 2008) Ultimatum (January 2009) War of Kings (March 2009) Fall of the Hulks (December 2009) 2010s Realm of Kings (January 2010) Siege (January 2010) Ultimate Comics: Doomsday (January 2010) World War Hulks (February 2010) The Thanos Imperative (July 2010) Shadowland (September 2010) Chaos War (October 2010) Age of X (January 2011) Fear Itself (March 2011) Spider-Island (June 2011) Ultimate Fallout (July 2011) Avengers vs. X-Men (April 2012) Age of Ultron (March 2013) Infinity (August 2013) Inhumanity (December 2013) Original Sin (May 2014) AXIS (October 2014) Spider-Verse (November 2014) The Black Vortex (February 2015) Secret Wars (May 2015) Avengers: Standoff! 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