After 33 Years, I FINALLY Understand How the Infinity Gauntlet Makes the Stones More Powerful (Thanks, Thanos!)
After years in the fandom wildnerness, I finally understand how using theInfinity Gauntletincreases the Infinity Stones' powers, and whyThanosinsists on using some version of the Gauntlet whenever he makes a play for ultimate power. It’s a question that’s always seemed like it should have some kind of official answer, and yet one about which the comics (and even fellow comic fans) have been frustratingly vague. In 1991’sThe Infinity Gauntlet- from Jim Starlin, George Pérez and Ron Lim -Thanos collects the Infinity Gems(formerly the Soul Gems, later the Infinity Stones), placing them in a golden gauntlet that gives him control of the building blocks of reality, with ultimate power over the fundamental forces of Time, Space, Reality, Power, the Mind and the Soul....