Warning: Comprises spoilers for Infinity Watch #2! Thanos is commonly thought-about the grasp of Infinity stonesOr - on the very least - he's Marvel's comedian ebook that most individuals suppose when he thinks of the stones. This fame shouldn't be unfounded, as Thanos not solely made the infinite stones well-known in each Thanos Mission and Infinite gauntletHowever gathering and utilizing infinite stones was all its goal in MCU. Nonetheless, simply because Thanos is broadly related to infinite stones doesn't imply that he's their grasp, as a result of this honor goes to another person.
In a preview for Infinity Watch #2 by Derek Landy, Ruairí Coleman and Enid Balám, the newly graduated Infinity Watch is going through his largest risk but: Avery Zavala. Zavala is a former stone man of a useless universe who traveled to him within the hope of gathering the infinite stones and utilizing them to switch his misplaced actuality on Earth-616. The rationale why Zavala's universe is useless is {that a} villain gang of dishonest stone bearers referred to as jumpsuit decimated her after they stole the psychological stone of Zavala together with the stones of the opposite stone carriers of their universe.
Sadly, as an alternative of recruiting Infinity Watch, Zavala merely decides to kill Infinity Watch and steal all its stones. And shockingly, Zavala did simply that. Zavala killed Colleen Wing (also called the bearer of Thoughts Stone) on the finish of the final version and, on this preview, he kills all different members of Infinity Watch One for one. Though there are some members whose locations are left ambiguous, the purpose that Zavala was attempting to do in fact: the members of Infinity Watch are usually not worthy of wielding the stones of infinity, and are higher of their palms - the palms of a grasp.
Avery Zavala proved that it's superior to Thanos in a couple of approach
Zavala is a greater stone camper than Thanos and he received the place Thanos failed
Zavala's area over infinite stones is made instantly obvious on this Infinity Watch Visualization. He kills Colleen with out anybody figuring out, so he makes use of the stone of his thoughts to make everybody neglect find out how to deal with his personal stones. At this level, he Zavalas the plenty one after the other, reducing his head and stabbing them in his chest together with his large sword. His management over the stones is straightforward, and he is aware of find out how to arm a stone on the remaining with out sweating his shirt.
On this quick previsualization, Zavala shows a mastery over the infinite stones that Thanos frankly has by no means achieved so, which is why Thanos has by no means been capable of maintain the stones for a very long time, whereas Zavala can journey effortlessly to a different universe and Turning the stones from their carriers as if they're nothing. Additionally, on the subject of this group of Infinity Watch members particularly, Zavala actually will get the place Thanos failed, as Thanos was defeated by this workforce of Infinity watches in Avengers Annual 2024 #1.
Avery Zavala nonetheless has a 'infinite mesh' higher than Thanos
Zavala collects the infinite stones within the fist of his bloodthrown sword of blood
When somebody needs to wield every little thing Infinite stones On the identical time, they can not merely maintain them (or relate to them) as they will do to a single stone. They want one thing to channel this large cosmic energy. For Thanos, it meant gathering them in a glove. For Zavala, this implies gathering them within the fist of his large sword, of which he additionally makes use of to kill the stone carriers from the place he collects the infinite stones. It is a degree of badass that the infinite glove - and Thanos - simply doesn't have, making Zavala's model a lot cooler.
From his deep management over the infinite stones, till he received the place Thanos failed, within the opinion that his 'infinite mesh' is just cooler than the unique, it's honest to say that the Infinity stones'New (true) Grasp, Avery Zavala, is healthier than Thanos - And Infinity Watch has realized this lesson within the onerous approach.
Infinity Watch #2 Marvel Comics is offered on February 19, 2025.