Empire magazine infinity war

Earth has never needed its Mightiest Heroes more than now. It’s just over a month until Avengers: Infinity War makes its to way to the big screen, pitching Marvel’s entire universe of heroes against the most powerful villain the series has seen yet: Thanos.

The 19th Marvel Cinematic Universe film unites all corners of the MCU so far: the classic Avengers line-up, recent additions like Black Panther and Doctor Strange, as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy.

To celebrate, May’s issue of Empire is one huge Marvel blow-out: we’ve mixed and matched the roster of characters on not one but six different covers, we’ve got the inside story on Marvel Studios’ most ludicrously ambitious film ever, and the issue also comes with a bonus comic-sized magazine celebrating 10 years of the MCU.

Let’s start with the six covers: first up it’s Iron Man and Captain America — the two Earth-bound cornerstones of the Avengers —