Infinity War & Thanos' Black Order Explained (Comic Book Concepts)

[@FragBoyStewie]

"Sssshhhhhh..." - Ebony Maw

[@Lonewulf321]

So essentially thanos is to the black order as apocalypse is to the four horsemen or freiza is to the Ginyu force

[@Sheed96]

Lonewulf321 exactly

[@anonymous4213]

Lonewulf321 in the mcu they are his kids just like gamora and nebula

[@FMFvideos]

So you're saying that groups have leaders.

[@MiguelMerilleno]

FMFvideos LOL.

[@SuperShanko]

HOLY SHIT! Someone find an artist to have the BO posed like the GF.

[@Elementroar]

On their weapons: Corvus' glaive - Splits atoms, and can cut-through traditionally 'invulnerable' people like Hulk's skin or even Hyperion (the Superman analog in Marvel). Proxima's spear - It's essentially a collapsed star in a spear. It can send out blacklight spears that chase down people at almost the speed of light (which is why it can chase and catch up to Spectrum when she's in her light form). The blacklight apparently can 'infect' people to a degree - it sickened Spectrum, and depowered Hulk. They also pierced and weakened Corvus they were deflected into him, which led to him slowing down and Hyperion being able to vaporize him. The spear also can produce a net with the weight of a star, which is how they held the Hulk down too. Also she 'never misses', which ties into her fighting skills, and possibly some cybernetic enhancements in her arm. About the Infinity Stones represented in the Black Order, I think that was a stretch, but also there is potentially other connections that you could have made. One is the Soul Stone, which I believe we still don't know where it is. See the Soul Stone, when used by Adam Warlock, could draw in and hold any person's, well soul. They are preserved forever within the gem itself, in a sort of purgatory/paradise. Tie that into Corvus, whose soul essentially resides in his glaive, and there's a potential reason he is immortal. The soul stone may actually be in his glaive, and tied to it, preventing him from dying as long as that is intact. Even then, that's just one of many ,and I do not feel the Black Order's powers or prominence have anything to do with ties to the stones, at least not initially.

[@Elementroar]

I did mention that in my 2nd to last paragraph, explaining how they could integrate it into the Soul Stone being in his glaive as a potential story point (since the video brought up how the remaining stone could possibly be in Thanos/Black Order's hands and they can use the stones' powers.

[@MrSpawley]

So Proxima spear is like Mjolnor hmm interesting seeing that *Spoliers* Thor just lost Mjolnor to Hell.

[@Gozpel83]

It's as long as the blade is not destroyed he is immortal. @@supoa9489

[@supoa9489]

@@Gozpel83 Yeah your right

[@Elementroar]

That's a glaive, not a sword. A glaive is a bladed staff-like weapon in real life.

[@DRGN-TYPE]

How..How do they come up with these amazing names for these characters! I have trouble naming pets!!

[@skt8929]

twist109 latin or greek i think

[@solitary2]

Many derive from Ancient Greek/Latin

[@ScarlettFevers]

@@solitary2 Black.... the whole squad has names related to the color Black. EBONY maw, BLACK dwarf (renamed cull OBSIDIAN...a black stone), proxima MIDNIGHT, CORVUS glaive (Corvus is a constellation known as “the raven”, a black bird), and BLACK swan. The Black Order’s alias is The Cull Obsidian.

[@123go-t6u]

@@ScarlettFevers you missed Supergiant

[@kareemkh90]

I actually like corvus glaive a lot and the rest of the black order as well ,their reveal made me even more excited for the movie .hopefully marvel will make them very interesting villains and somewhere along the way we could have a standalone movie for them like suicide squad that would be awesome.

[@dreadstream]

you messed up with the weapon of Proxima midnight, it is Corvus Glaive that has a weapon that can cut through almost anything. Proxima midnight has a weapon forged from a sun.

[@mamaphii]

dreadstream and proxima's staff can shoot light beams

[@ThomasDTank-pr8hy]

And the spear can turn into a net and it even held the hulk or am I tripping? Been a while

[@snagc4b427]

Proxima's weapon could induce the weight of a star on Hulk, that's why he reverted

[@ScarlettFevers]

@@snagc4b427 yes, and it’s an instant killer that has a never miss homing in it

[@inertia5744]

0:36 "The Black Order of Thanos..." Shows Mickey and his goons. Well played, Rob

[@Kneel2ThaCrown]

I'm so hyped! Joe Russo said they are working on a teaser for Infinity War and it will be released "soon." Hope it's during SDCC!

[@364carrollst]

The Ebony Maw has no magic skill, his power is persuasion- he’s a mind parasite. His species are called The Whisperers.

[@Shaddowkhan]

Ebony Maw, Black Dwarf and Super Giant are such badass names.

[@immaculateperception557]

Shaddowkhan they changed Black Dwarfs name to Cull Obsidian

[@pinchauvas9747]

Rigo Angel Chavez Which is weird since the Cull Obsidian is another name for the Black Order

[@Lonewulf321]

Shaddowkhan don't forget proximia midnight

[@Theblackout292]

i think they changed it so everyone seemed, like they had proper first names and surnames, i cant imagine thanos calling his son by his first name "black" when "cull" sounds like a name someone off world would have.

[@Diluted_Potato]

JonnyGotLost Or maybe because they have too many characters with the word "Black" in them already. Black Widow, Black Panther, etc.

[@DarkTalesProduction]

I can't believe people actually thought the covered statues were the Fantastic Four

[@swiftswalow]

well... four figures, one bigger than the others.... i think marvel knows what they were doing and they pranked us all. plus the black order are normally FIVE, not four. it looks like marvel really wanted us to think that it was the F4

[@kevinstock5818]

Dark Tales Production yeah who's come up with the idea of the Fantastic Four

[@spiderbat1123]

Dark Tales Production what are you talking about? that WAS the fantastic 4

[@ftwnoobbuster]

LMFAO I know right? Like who the hell else would they be if they're next to Thanos?

[@Ike_of_pyke]

Fox: we don't care

[@MA-sc6dx]

Thanos Hela Corvus Glaive Ebony Maw Proxima Midnight Cull Obsidian vs. Iron Man War Machine Vision Ant Man Wasp Captain America Thor Hulk Hawkeye Black Widow Starlord Gamora Drax Rocket Mantis Nebula Groot Black Panther Scarlet Witch Spiderman Doctor Strange Captain Marvel Winter Soldier

[@minzuhagenda]

Mouafa Atassi Cull Obsidian would easily win.

[@mamaphii]

Mouafa Atassi hela wasnt confirmed yet

[@alejandromorera7371]

Crazy Dónut pretty sure hela is going to take the role of death

[@mamaphii]

Alejandro Morera but nothing was confirmed yet and thanos would also team up with loki that explains how thanos would get the first stone

[@damonsantori8817]

Mouafa Atassi and thats STILL not all 62.. Dont forget original cast for Guardians of Galaxy..

[@MyManD]

Man I'm so glad I discovered this channel. I get my comic history fix without badly done character voices that sound like a bad VO audition tape like another large comic history channel.

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Rob, wish you'd put links in the description for the exact books shown in this video. Or at least show some covers, or just state it in the video with specificity.

[@RegularGuyism]

Get this more upvotes!

[@baronzemo521]

They first appeared in the event INFINITY. It's really good, but i suggest you read Hickman's entire run to get the whole picture, specially New Avengers. Read Avengers and new Avengers up until IFINITY and then once you're reading the event, read th tie-ins from New Avngers, you an skip the tie-ins from Avengers. It's good shit. You'll probably get hooked.

[@ScarlettFevers]

@@baronzemo521 I’ve read Infinity is completion. U can purchase it with every issue and tie in included. Definitely amongst my favorites books. Well put together.

[@ScarlettFevers]

There’s 2 books they’re in. INFINITY and The Black Order

[@mattj4112]

Ebony Maw reminds me of Grand Moff Tarkin for some reason lol

[@jasonjohnson5064]

Lmao...you are a fool, but you do not lie

[@bobirobi2081]

Matt J More like Admiral Thrawn

[@noahgiss9800]

yes. that is true

[@catsadilla324]

both are wrinkly sociopaths with receding hairlines and good posture.

[@nils5471]

Haha, is that because of insane facial bone structure/posture or good but not photo perfect CGI?

[@Sam-er6up]

I want the Avengers to call in the Sentry when it gets serious like a last resort, similar during world war hulk

[@Dougie24282428]

what you said came true. you posted this before infinity war came out and you got all the facts right. they happened like you said in the video

[@kainlockley]

I really dig the Black Order. Part of the reason why is my love for supervillain stables. The evil Squadron Supreme, the Sinister Six, Masters of Evil, Serpent Society, etc. I love em all.

[@Bmayo27]

I know this, Proxima Midnight is a fucking cool name!

[@King_Philosopher]

Corvuc - time Proxima- Space Ebony Maw- Reality Black dwarf - Power supergiant- Mind

[@FoobarMagnum]

Hey Rob, could you sometime talk about the Earth X saga? It's a great alternate future for the whole Marvel universe, and it's kind of crazy in it's scope and implications. For instance, Thanos ends up killing Death with the Ultimate Nulifier!

[@nathanvader5466]

I can't wait to see Ebony Maw taking the time stone from Dr Strange in Infinity War. I hope that scene is bad ass.

[@baronzemo521]

What's funny is that Corvus Glaive is based on "The Other", Thanos' servant on the first Avengers movie. And now Marvel Studios is stealing him back. LOL

[@beammeup1930]

Baron Zemo ..the guy in guardians of the galaxy that Ronan kills really easy?

[@themaga8379]

I actually enjoyed his character in the first avengers. He was very intimidating and calculating with his words and did not let Loki get the best of him.

[@thepathogenicruler1399]

@@themaga8379 I also thought he was cool. I also just noticed that he as 2 thumbs.

[@stephenhutchinson3556]

Honestly it'll finally be so nice to see characters actually give hulk a challenge in a marvel team up movie. He's usually just obliterating all the hoards of enemies. Though now he can fight black dwarf if they make black dwarf stronger from the comics and you know at some point thanos will be throwing him around.

[@OExReebie]

Once again another masterpiece brotha keep it up.

[@AdrianBigyes]

1:34 Marvel Future Fight!

[@Kizmirazz]

hey Rob are you ever going to cover, avengers and new avengers? you've been mentioning it for about a year and a half now stop teasing us already! please 😂

[@pinchauvas9747]

He said he'd do it around the time when Infinity War comes out

[@Kizmirazz]

Diego García i remember that, it seems like so far away haha

[@brainrotter-]

yo could you do a video on all the types of magic in the 616,,, by the way youve been my favourite youtuber for almost 2 and a half years now!

[@InexorWoW]

They'll probably be introduced by gathering the infinity stones so they'll be individually combated until probably the end of infinity wars part 1, then combated as a group revealing their connections and ultimate goal.

[@supoa9489]

Hopefully they have Thanos collect himself they not only depict his strength and power but his his intellect as well

[@aliendude2875]

Lol, I come from the future and you were way off

[@leifmoak7008]

There's an extremely subtle track of background music. The bits and pieces of the melody I hear keeps making me think of Skyrim.

[@henrymatos9551]

Great job explaining!

[@Gambit08]

11:46 it RAISES the question, begging the question is different in that it is a logical fallacy. Great analysis in your vid btw

[@0NodMan0]

*_Rob, cover groups like Riders of the Storm { Dark Riders} from X-Men please..._*

[@avatar61]

i love and appreciate the time you put into all of your videos

[@leobargianni377]

great video as always but i have to say a thing: have u ever tried to listen to the intro slowed down? like .5 speed? it sounds like rob is drunk, it's hilarious

[@Igivegdparent]

is anyone else checking youtube 3x a day to see if they have released the infinity war teaser trailer yet hehehehe?

[@titledprince]

hottibilly06 they won't release it until after Thor ragnarok is released since the trailer shows spoilers to that movie

[@alisonanddanlindsey]

hottibilly06 they did already... There are two trailers :)

[@whoknew2273]

Great video this is the reason why they have two parts to Infinity Wars

[@andrewranaghan2755]

You missed one thing about corvus, Its his glaive that cuts atoms not proxima

[@TomMcKee33]

Hahah I love the timing of "the Black Order of Thanos *cuts to picture of Mickey*" God help us if the Mouse obtained the Infinity Gauntlet

[@Manaman8414]

Another Brilliant vid by the Comic Book Oracle!!! Thanks

[@chivas123186]

Great vid!!!!! Huge Thanos fan 👌👍🙌👏

[@SabaNur444]

You're reading my mind. I was just thinking CE needs to do a Black Order video. Thanks

[@buck1982]

Thanks for the video Rob !

[@bestn8ivealive1]

Congrats on the 1 million subs. You definitely deserve more 👍🏻

[@ftwnoobbuster]

8:37 aren't they called the Dora Milaje? The Midknight Angels were two former Dora Milaje that stole the Midknight Angel armor in the recent Black Panther run right?

[@pinchauvas9747]

Yeah I think you're right

[@ryanpiper3310]

rob my boy back at it with the content. hell yeah

[@anirbanbora6313]

Very well described... thanks

[@KamenRider1]

I have recently developed a huge crush on Proxima Midnight. ...I wonder if I'm alone in that regard. :-/

[@liverusrock6789]

Kamen Rider 1 Nope, she's badass

[@Nova-sama420]

Her costume is awesome, and that headpiece ! ( it's no Hela headpiece but still cool ), plus who doesn't like a badass badguy with a metal arm.

[@liverusrock6789]

Her headpiece is more Galactus-like, right?

[@derekschacht7667]

I was rooting for her to appear more often. Shame she died in Unworthy Thor

[@KamenRider1]

Derek Schacht Yeah. Friggin Hela. :-(

[@ViolenceCity]

That Future Fight art is nice.

[@Jackrabbit_Slim]

Gotta be Corvus who takes the gem from Vision. Looks like his spear...

[@SK4M_Freal]

absolutely wicked vid. got a new fan. 👍

[@Fredhalldirectedition]

Wow great video man

[@himoverthere6716]

Thanks for this video bro. I was definitely looking this shit up yesterday lol. Clutch.

[@liverusrock6789]

So glad they're using the Black Order, Hickman must be fanboying right now.

[@torelarsen251]

You are the best . You add to the enjoyment of these massive stories thank you

[@jalilsaab1344]

Love your videos Rob Senpai!!!

[@optimusprime3692]

Rob.........I love you man. Keep up the GREAT work!!

[@wolfegaming36]

Great explanation! Exactly what I was looking for :)

[@josephdeprizio3352]

Thanks for the breakdown. I didnt know much about them and I am excited for the movie!

[@blountman747]

thanks for explaining these characters nobody else is talking about them and I think it is a super big deal that they're going to be in the next movie. I hope they get their respect and the Justice they deserve in the new movie I hope they include a lot of the really need interesting and unique characteristics about each one of these characters in the new movie and I can't wait to see Infinity War your channel is freaking awesome bro

[@jacobfinley7797]

Great stuff rob

[@ryankennedy9703]

Will you make a video about how the MCU has been different from the original comic storyline and what they've done to mimic the comics' story really well and anything that falls under that category. Not a big comic reader but listening to your shit makes it easy to fall into that world. Thanks for all the good work man, hope you come through with that....

[@kangtheconqueror938]

Can't wait to see good ol' Corvus Glaive in the big screen kicking ass!

[@jbrock2439]

that's funny I was just sitting here thinking man I wish comicsexplained would make a video on the black order then I go on KZbin and the first thing I see is your video perfect timing....

[@andremrh7690]

Could you do a video going in-depth about the Death and Life equations?

[@ChubbPirates]

prelude to infinity. I love these issues.

[@fabiandonaldson5278]

Thank for explaining about the black order great video I enjoy it

[@bigbigok]

Hey man. Didn't you had a vid about the Thanos Quest? What happened? I would love to see it again

[@imkarma11]

Keep up the good work! Though what's up with the massive amount of Marvel vids lately? 22 of your 30 vids are about Marvel :( (still awesome content!)

[@chancewallace47]

Hey Rob! There are some new rumors that the new Sony Tom Hardy Venom film will be loosely based on the Venom comic "Lethal Protector". I was hoping you might be willing to make a video explaining that story line. Love the channel by the way! ComicsExplained and EmergencyAwesome are amazing. They are unique and I visit both for pretty different reasons but they are easily the 2 best/highest quality channels for ComicBook content.

[@Fortunateis4luck]

I just saw an article titled "Avengers:Infinity War footage shows Thanos *throwing a planet* at the Avengers. This movie will go beyond breaking box office records and move on to creating new ones we have not even imagined yet.

[@Alverant]

I remember in the Disney cartoon one of the voices for the Black Order was the actor who played Odo in DS9.

[@theomgsee8217]

A lot of people think that a guy in a 'Tracker Suit' on the set of Infinity Wars is Ebony Mau, since he was filming a scene with Dr. Strange

[@davidmichael4014]

Hey Rob, with so many characters involved in the infinity war bringing more villains will allow more chanced for the hero's to win their personal battles while all leading up to the Thanos himself. So, I would assume, the Black Order is simply allowing time, and buildup for the future. I just hope they do more with the characters than they did with Ronan the Accuser. On another note, something that might be fun to explore is how how powerful will the MCU allow the Infinity Gauntlet be. The books from the 80's and 90's shown a power level beyond anything and the only one to defeat Thanos was himself. In the animated series Avengers Assemble, the gauntlet was powered down so much that the Avengers took him down pretty easily with raw power. So, what do you think Rob?

[@neoskull13]

Considering the fact that Thanos doesn't have the infinity gems yet, he could have the Black Order sent out to retrieve them, leading them into immediate conflict with the Avengers as Vision is powered by one. I think the way it'll play out is, The Black Order will be able to retrieve some stones but not all. To rally the heroes, I think they'd have to take the Mind Stone from Vision, the Time Gem from Dr. Strange and the Power Gem from The Guardians of The Galaxy. This would lead to the heroes guarding the remaining gems and what I think would be cool is if Thanos allows the Black Order to use the captured gems to retrieve the rest, leading to a Gem vs. gem battle. Idk just a thought. Great video!

[@anonymous4213]

allan garcia he gets the tesseract from lucky himself

[@throestyle1482]

great overview!

[@mikewhoelse]

Really looking forward to seeing these guys. Cool characters

[@concord327]

"Fine I'll do this myself" *sends servants to do his bidding... again*

[@jflack6]

The largest character is called a Dwarf. One of the tiniest is called a Super Giant! Love it! PEACE!

[@redzter1029]

you are the best rob @comicsexplained

[@78Bigtank]

awesome you have the best videos thank you

[@milesmorales2106]

I want to see black dwarf v black panther

[@cynthiavillegas9159]

Miles Morales nigga tf?? black dwarf vs hulk or thor is a better match

[@baronprimal9495]

Cynthia Villegas r u underestimating panther? I'm too lazy to list his achievements,but HE IS HELLA OP

[@cynthiavillegas9159]

TheNerdist Hyena lol I sure as hell ain't underestimating him, in the comics his villains are usually human or a little above. but this is a freaking servant of THANOS. thanos didn't just get anybody, if he got him it's cuz he's worthy of it. he seems to actually be the muscle of the group. if anything, you're overestimating HIM

[@JayDillagence]

Black Panther defeated Black Dwarf in the comics. Given that victory, it's BP - 1 BD - 0

[@cynthiavillegas9159]

Camp Circa but then again, he was already weak after he had faced wakandan soldiers and their technology. plus BP had his recent king of the dead upgrade. in infinity war I'm pretty sure he won't. plus much powerful characters like annihilus, Ronan the accuser and superskrull had trouble beating him

[@ibrahimbarrie78]

Yeah you were right about the ebony maw dr.strange thing... (Who's here in 2018??)

[@RyanMcCarthy826]

ROBCORE - ELITE... thanks for the posts!!

[@kujo734]

There's people who watch the MCU that haven't followed the comic books. I tell my sons to look around your videos so they'll better understand the MCU and upcoming Avengers 3.

[@txgentleman5630]

Have you done a episode about Bata Ray Bill. I always thought of him as under appreciated character.

[@t-0096]

I think doing some of the Judge Dredd comics would be cool when the movie stuff calms down a bit. 😀

[@Joshua-mh4ll]

Damn. This is so well explained like no joke! Thanks man!

[@luckedoutgoat5926]

its good to be back

[@CalebJMartin]

Looking back on this it strikes me that Glave's spear was never destroyed in Infinity War, but he was supposedly killed...perhaps he'll be returning in Avengers 4 in some regard? Maybe to attempt to thwart the heroes as they try to undo what Thanos did?

[@goatbiemaguire9870]

Thank you Rob, last night I tried to search up a video about the powers of the black order, found nothing... glad to wake up to this!

[@hardmatician]

Heya Mr ComicsExplained, Thanks for uploading interesting content, keep up the good work :) I am a Winter Soldier, wanted to ask if you have any stuff with him coming up? Or how he will fit in the infinity wars up next. ty

[@hockeyholic16]

Hey rob saw a video someone else did but wasn't that great couldn't follow along that well but was curious cause it was about kluh something how he's one of the most powerful hulks curious if you could do a vid on him sometime 👍🏻😁

[@Artofwilliamrussell]

Soooooo glad Robs idea of the covered statues being the fantastic four wasn't true.. Still blows my mind people would even think THANOS would use the F4 out of alllllll the beings he could use, lol..

[@issacwhittaker3687]

Vishous Owns Mr fantastic is one of the smartest beings in the universe and Johnny storm can be as hot as the surface of the sun but ya it doesn't make much sense

[@Igivegdparent]

and dont forget sue storm could open up forcefields inside someones body or around their head and make them smaller or expand heheheh

[@Artofwilliamrussell]

Oh very true, but I couldn't imagine him choosing them over other characters.. just highly unlikely

[@baronzemo521]

WTF People weren't implying that Thanoswas gonna use the FF as their pawns. The theory was that they were gonna be introduced in that movie. That's it.

[@Artofwilliamrussell]

Baron Zemo actually some people including Rob was thinking they would be introduced in the movie as being the Black Order, Rob was saying how he hoped the covered statues would be the F4.

[@JamesSnapp]

The Black Order is kinda a wild card in the Infinity Gauntlet adaptation. I suppose nothing can be done but wait and see what happens.

[@crazymammoth]

i hate that Proxima Midnight dies as her character design is so damn nice

[@ZegetaX1]

Is this another week of marvel videos

[@MrAllOut20]

Nice explanation Rob. Now, has Thanos and his Black Order ever faced off against Apocalypse and his 4 Horsemen?

[@AlbAlPasa]

Corvus' sword is a horcrux.

[@mocca3633]

yeah. without it, he can be killed easily.

[@elplebeuchiha1996]

I thought it was a glaive (+)

[@ScarlettFevers]

@@elplebeuchiha1996 it’s a glaive