Infinity Gems

The infinity gauntlet is a cosmic artifact that grants the wearer complete mastery over the Infinity Gems.

Mistress Death gives Thanos the infinity gauntlet because she realizes that there are more people alive today than have ever died before. She brings him back from the dead and gives him the gauntlet with the agreement that he do something about all the living today. Thanos does something about it, and all of marvel's mightiest superheroes that are left go after Thanos to try to take him down. But they need someone who knows Thanos like no one else does, not even Thanos himself. Adam Warlock will step in to try to help Earth and it's heroes.

The Gems & Their Powers

Time Gem: Total control over all aspects of time including time travel; stop, slow down, or speed up flow of time; accelerate or slow down aging, see into past/future.

Space Gem: Travel through space, mostly through teleportation. Able to interfere with the motion of other objects.

Soul Gem: Observe,attack, or even steal a being's soul. Also used to devolve artificial organisms back into a primitive state.

Reality Gem: Alters reality; similar to the effects of a Cosmic Cube

Power Gem: Virtually limitless strength, durability, and energy manipulation

Mind Gem: Virtually limitless psionic abilities including telepathy and telekinesis.

Bearers

Thanos

Adam Warlock

Magus

Mr. Fantastic

Those who have wielded the Infinity Gauntlet:

Thanos, Nebula, Adam Warlock, Magus, Mr. Fantastic, Professor X