Appearing in "Ethereal Revisionism"
Featured Characters:
- Infinity Watch (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Alpha Flight
- Avengers
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
Black Widow
Captain America
(Flashback and main story)
Crystal
Hercules
Thor (Eric Masterson)
(Flashback and main story)
Vision
- Avengers West Coast
Daredevil
Darkhawk
Death
Dr. Strange
(Flashback and main story)
- Fantastic Four
Galactus
Hulk
(Flashback and main story)
Mole Man
Moon Knight
New Warriors
- Firestar
- Namorita
- Nova (Rich Rider) (Flashback and main story)
- Silhouette
- Speedball
Nova (Frankie Raye)
- Quasar (Flashback and main story)
She-Hulk
Silver Surfer
(Flashback and main story)
Spider-Man
Thanos
(Flashback and main story)
- X-Factor
- X-Men
Adversaries:
Magus
(Flashback and main story)
- Magus's doppelgangers (Origin revealed)
- Hawkeye doppelganger
- Iron Man doppelganger (disguised as Iron Man)
- Mr. Fantastic doppelganger (disguised as Mr. Fantastic)
- Thanos doppelganger
Dr. Doom
Kang
- Goddess (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Matriarch (Only in flashback)
- Nebula (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Eternity (Only in flashback)
- In-Betweener (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Living Tribunal (Only in flashback)
- Lord Chaos (Only in flashback)
- Master Hate (Only in flashback)
- Mistress Love (Only in flashback)
- Moloids
- Starfox (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Marvel Universe
- Earth
- Palace of Mistress Death
- Earth-93112 (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Infinity Gauntlet (Item) (Only in flashback)
- Infinity Gems
- Infinity Well
- Cyclops' Visor
- Captain America's Shield
- Mjolnir
- Quantum Bands
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Daredevil's Billy Club
- Gamma Bomb
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Ethereal Revisionism"
Numerous heroes gather at Four Freedoms Plaza and wait for Mister Fantastic to start the meeting.
Doctor Doom and Kang analyze the mysterious energy emissions. They discover receptors on every star and planet in the galaxy.
On Monster Island, Thanos and the Infinity Watch discuss the Magus' return. They plan to gain more information at the Palace of Mistress Death. Magus and the Thanos doppelganger secretly watch them on a monitor, before turning their attentions to Galactus.
At Earth's energy receptor, Doctor Doom and Kang cloak themselves. Galactus, Doctor Strange, Nova, and Silver Surfer arrive shortly after the villains. They enter a cave and discover a column of powerful, mystical energy. They leave to search for the emission source. Doctor Doom and Kang plan to follow them with a trace beam.
Hawkeye is attacked by his doppelganger. Spider-Man saves him, but is attacked in turn by Iron Man's doppelganger.
Thanos and the Infinity Watch teleport into Death's palace, and consult the Infinity Well. It recaps the origin of the Magus, the Infinity Gauntlet saga, and the formation of the Infinity Watch. It also reveals that during the time Adam Warlock controlled the Gauntlet, he had subconsciously expelled all good and evil from himself. The evil side had reincorporated as the Magus. After his return, the Magus had explored five alternate realities and took items of near-finite power from them. Thanos and the Infinity watch are forced to escape from Mistress Death before learning the Magus' goal.
Mister Fantastic finally starts his meeting. He tells the gathered heroes that he was attacked by a doppelganger during the previous night. He believes the doppelganger came to replace him. Wolverine, based on his sense of smell, accuses Mister Fantastic and Iron Man of being impostors. The other heroes begin to react and argue. Daredevil, using his radar sense, accuses Mister Fantastic and Iron Man as well. He warns everyone to keep them away from the podium, however a brawl erupts. Mister Fantastic pushes a button, unveils a gamma bomb, and detonates it.
Notes
- Parts of Alpha Flight #110, Fantastic Four #367, and Wonder Man #13 take place during this story.
- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #44 and Silver Surfer (Vol. 3) #68–#69 take place between this story and Infinity War #3.
- This issue is reprinted in:
- Infinity War trade paperback (2006);
- Infinity War Omnibus hardcover (2019).