Infinity Gauntlet #1 Review

writer: Dustin Weaver & Gerry Duggan / artist: Dustin Weaver/ Marvel Comics Listen, I’ve been excited for this title since I saw the art work for the characters. I didn’t know what to expect going into this except for the fact that this was a family having to survive. Little did I know Marvel got a black fam out here just trying to survive while the world has gone Mad Max meets Starship troopers. The opening of this issue deals with the Anwen (the eldest daughter) remembering the world how it use to be. Weaver and Duggan do an incredible job with this as the captions have the background of loose leef note book paper. Visually it truly sells the feel of the world having gone to shit as well as a believable mechanism that Anwen uses to keep track of her thoughts/days. We’re introduced to the rest of the family Menzin who is the father of Anwen and Fayne and the son-In-Law of Old Man /Gramps (Father to Menzin’s wife), they also have a dog named Zigzag (I love how everyone doesn’t have the typical western names). I know it’s a post apocalyptic setting and this family is on the run but the rugged cute factor of them all together? It’s a bit overwhelming.

Anwen as well as the rest of their family has to deal with the fact of surviving and knowing that their mother joined the Nova Corps and hasn’t been heard from since. It’s a bit of a sore subject as thoughts on whether she is alive or not cause a rift between family members. The dialogue that Weaver and Duggan have going on i…