10 Brilliant Marvel Event Comics Fans Should Read

2. The Infinity Gauntlet

The comic book that inspired the movies that convinced millions of young children that comic books are great - which they are - is only number two on this list due to an actual, real life, flip of a coin.

Honestly, it was that difficult to separate the top couple of stories.

Trying his hardest to impress Mistress Death, Thanos didn't take her constant rejections very well. In fact, you could say he took it terribly and everyone else had to suffer.

With Mephisto constantly in his ear, he convinced Thanos that the only way to win the girl of his dreams was to wipe out half the population of the universe. When he finally relented he did just that, with one snap of his Titan's fingers.

This forced some of the biggest names in the Marvel canon, both hero and villain, to team up and try to slap some sense back into the giant purple one. This, in turn, gave the world one of the greatest stories ever told, and without a single toga or sandal in sight.