Help/Recommendations for Cosmic Marvel

[bob.schoonover]

I'm a Marvel trade/omni reader, and when I jump into something, I jump kind of hard. I've ordered the GotG by Duggan omnibus, Thanos by Cates, and Infinity Wars by Duggan collections, and I've already read Lemire's run on Thanos. What I'm looking for is how good (and separately) how relevant are the following titles:

1. Infinity Countdown Darkhawk
2. Infinity Countdown Companion (all the other related material, e.g. Champions, Black Widow and Daredevil)
3. Asgardians of the Galaxy v1
4. Wolverine and the Infinity Watch
5. Tini Howard's Thanos mini
6. Black Order mini

Anything else I'd want on hand before I jump in?

Also, do we expect we'll get a second big HC for Cates Silver Surfer and GotG runs like the "Thanos by Cates" collection?

Thanks in advance

[catbellysqueezer]

I've read Asgardians, Thanos, and Black Order and have really enjoyed all of them.

[jb681131]

Here are my suggestion for Marvel Cosmic readings

Before the Infinity Saga

1. Avengers vs. Thanos - aka The Cosmic Cube - Infinity Saga prequel - Iron Man (1968) #55 + Captain Marvel (1968) #25-33 + Marvel Feature (1971) #12 + Daredevil (1964) #105-107 + Avengers (1963) #125 + Warlock (1972) #9-11, 15 + Avengers Annual (1967) #7 + Marvel Two -In-One Annual #2 + material from Logan 's Run #6
2. The Power of Warlock - Warlock by Jim Starlin - Strange Tales #178-181 + Warlock c9-15 + Avengers Annual #7 + Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
3. Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos - Avengers (1963) #255-261, Annual #14 + Fantastic Four Annual #19
4. The Death of Captain Marvel - Marvel Super-heros (1967) #12-13 + Captain Marvel (1967) #1, 34 + Marvel Spotlight (1979) #1-2 + Marvel Graphic Novel #1: The Death of Captain Marvel

The Infinity Saga
As a prequel, see Avengers vs. Thanos above.

1. Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos - aka The Thanos Quest - Silver Surfer (1987) #34-38 + Thanos Quest #1-2 + material from Logan's Run #6
2. Infinity Gauntlet - Infinity Gauntley #1-6
3. Infinity War - Infinity War #1-6 + Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10 + Marvel Comics Presents #108-111
4. Infinity Crusade vol.1 - Infinity Crusade #1-3 + Warlock Chronicles #1-3 + Warlock and the Infinity Watch #18-19
5. Infinity Crusade vol.2 - Infinity Crusade #4-6 + Warlock Chronicles #4-5 + Warlock and the Infinity Watch #20-22
6. Infinity Abyss - Infinity Abyss #1-6

After the Infinity Saga

1. Thor vs. Thanos - Thor #18-25, Annual #2000
2. Thanos: Cosmic Powers - Secret Defenders #12-14 + Comics Powers #1-6
3. Marvel Universe: The End - Marvel Univers: The End #1-6
4. Thanos vs. Hulk - Thanos vs. Hulk #1-4 + Warlock (1972) #12

The New Thanos

1. Redemption - Thanos (2003) #1-12
2. Annihilation - Drax the Destroyer #1-4 + Annihilation: Prologue + Annihilation: Nova #1-4 + Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4 + Annihilation: Super-Skrull #1-4 + Annihilation: Ronan #1-4 + Annihilation #1-6 + Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus #1-2 + Annihilation: Nova Corps Files
3. The Thanos Imperative - The Thano Imperative: Ignition + The Thanos Imperative #1-6 + The Thanos Imperative: Devastation
4. Thanos Rising - Thanos Rising #1-5

Infinity

1. Infinity - Infinity #1-6 + New Avengers vol. 3, #7-12 + Avengers vol 5, #14-23 + Infinity: Against the Tide + Infinite Comic #1-2
2. The Infinity Entity - The Infinity Entity #1–4 + Thanos Annual #1
3. Thanos The Infinity Revelation
4. Thanos The Infinity Relativity
5. Thanos The Infinity Finale