10 Comic Book Weapons That Broke All The Rules

10. Infinity Gauntlet

The Infinity Gauntlet made its debut in the pages of Marvel Comics some 30 years ago, but few would've predicted it would go on to become such an indelible part of the Marvel mythos.

First appearing in Silver Surfer #44 in 1990, the Infinity Gauntlet was forged with the sole purpose of harnessing the power all of the Infinity Gems into one destructive weapon. Thanos used the device in a bid to first impress Lady Death, who he fancied the pants off of, back in Jim Starlin's seminal Infinity Gauntlet comic from 1991, which resulted in the deaths of half the entire universe.

Adam Warlock managed to wrest control of the Gauntlet from the Mad Titan eventually, thanks to a little help from Nebula (who he then also had to defeat), and the weapon has since featured sporadically in various other Marvel comics.

As a weapon though, the Infinity Gauntlet is incredibly unique. It harnessed the power of some of the most powerful individual items in the galaxy, and briefly consigned Marvel's greatest heroes to all kinds of grizzly fates - especially Wolverine, whose bones Thanos turns to goop.