This is easily one of the best Marvel comics I've read in a long time. Considering it's based in the world of superheroes I found the storyline actually developed with an actual beginning, middle, and end with none of the soap opera stuff that seems to conflict with continuity in superhero comics. The only parts of this story to drag are when the Marvel superheroes are in panel because this is not a story about them. This is a story about Thanos. When the story focuses on him, it really soars. His mere presence in a panel or on a page just commands attention, even if he isn't doing anything but standing listening or just staring off towards the universe. I was wholly sold on the simplicity of this story: it's about a man trying to win a woman. Thanos is trying to woe the lady Death by accumulating all of the powerful infinity gems and then using them to win her hand. Simple stories work best. Despite the fact the story revolves around cosmic beings by having them have the same instincts and desires as mere humans helps to make everything that happens very relate able.
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