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    Here's What You Need To Know About Infinity Stones Before The New Avengers Movie

    They're the major MacGuffins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but there's a lot of them, and you need a scorecard to keep track of which does what. We're here for you.
    by Glen Weldon Apr 16, 2018 5 minutes
    <em>Ya Got The Stones For This?</em>: Thanos (Josh Brolin) blithely ignores Coco Chanel's advice on accessorizing — so you <em>know</em> he's evil — in Marvel's <em>Avengers: Infinity War.</em>

    Call them the Mighty Marvel Movie MacGuffins. They're the glittery objects that drove the plots of several individual Marvel movies, and that collectively shaped the direction the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe has been heading since (almost) its inception.

    They are the Infinity Stones — immensely powerful gems that contain and channel elemental forces of the universe. They're what the villains crave, what the heroes protect. They can be used to destroy or create.

    Mmmmmostly that first thing.

    They've been seeded throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011, and now, with the release of Avengers: Infinity War on April 27, all the logistical heavy lifting of seven years' worth of films — chasing the Stones, finding them, wielding them, handing them off to shady minor characters for safekeeping — comes to a head.

    Well. To a hand, anyway.

    Thanos' hand, to be specific. Thanos' , if you want

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