Summary

The Infinity Stones played a major persona in the first few phases of theMCU , but despite that , they never really flummox to show off all their powers . Though thecharacters like Red Skulland Malekith were present using some of the stones , the focal point was usually more on their narrative significance than what they could in reality do . This left the Infinity Stones all feeling a short mo too exchangeable across all their appearances .

To viewers only familiar withthe MCU timeline , seeing the Guardians of the Galaxy shoot over-embellished light out of the Power Stone wo n’t seem that dissimilar to Vision frivol away a scandalmongering laser out of the Mind Stone . For casual audiences , the stones in all probability just seemed like vaguely powerful artifactswhose preeminence were more down to the needs of a specific movie ’s plot than their unique abilities . However , look at Marvel Comics , it ’s exculpated that theInfinity Stones were very differentfrom how they were depicted in the MCU .

What If season 2 director Bryan Andrews explain how the MCU broke the Infinity Stones rule during the show ’s finale , which also create a plot fix .

Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) using the nano-gauntlet in Avengers Endgame

10The Reality Stone Can Traverse The Multiverse

The Reality Stone First Appeared In Thor: The Dark World (2013)

The agency the Reality Stone works in Marvel Comics has changed over the eld . Its original mogul , the ability to manipulate reality , were shown inAvengers : Infinity War . They are largely on display when Thanos crusade the Guardians of the Galaxy on Knowhere . However , the newer big businessman that the Harlan Fisk Stone has gain in the comics did n’t make it into the movie .

The Infinity Stones were destroyed and then reform .

In the comics , the Infinity Stones were destroyed and then reformed . The newReality Stone now has the major power to allow the user to get to the multiverse . The Reality Stone even allow the person using it communicate with whoever has the other Reality Stones in other creation . Seeing as the MCU saved its multiverse story for afterAvengers : Endgame , it is n’t too surprising that Marvel stuck with the stone ’s original powerfulness in the pic .

A split image features Rhodey and Happy at Tony’s funeral, Tony Stark at the end of his battle with Thanos, and Thanos in his armor in Avengers: Endgame

9The Soul Stone Can Create An Afterlife

The Soul Stone First Appeared In Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

The Soul Stone had a major shock on the MCU by serving as the catalyst for the deaths of Black Widow and Gamora . Despite having a lot of narrative significance , the endocarp itself did n’t really get a lot of use on its own . When Thanos wielded it alongside the other Infinity Stones , the Soul Stonebarely got to show off the powers that it start its name from .

One such top executive was the stone ’s power to create a life after demise for souls . It also has the power to just bring dead thing back to life , as seen when Hulk throws a Harlan F. Stone into the core of an foreign planet , bringing its dead wildlife back . Though it could be debate that the Soul Stone might have brought young Gamora back to speak with Thanos , it seems unbelievable that this is the character . If the young Gamora was truly her soul , she would likely have detest Thanos like the real Gamora .

avenger : Endgame marked an end to the MCU ’s Infinity Saga . Who kick the bucket in Endgame ? Many fictional character perished and some death were sadder than others .

Iron Man looking inside Sokovia in Avengers Age of Ultron

8The Mind Stone Grants Telepathy

The Mind Stone First Appeared In The Avengers (2012)

Of all the Infinity Stones in the MCU , the Mind Stone shows up more than the other stones . This means that many of its powers are explore by the MCU , including some of the telepathic abilities it give its users . However , the full extent of the Mind Stone ’s telepathic powers is never really explored .

For instance , inThe Avengers , Loki needs to make physical contact with people to verify their minds . In direct contrast , the Mind Stone of the comics allows the exploiter to read or control minds without any need for physical fundamental interaction . It also greatly enhances the powers of characters that already have telepathic abilities .

7The Power Stone Enhances All Superpowers

The Power Stone First Appeared In Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

The Power Stone is one of the simpler Infinity Stones , and therefore was able-bodied to show off a sight of what it can do in the MCU . Its ability to enhance physical military capability was on full display whenThanos beat the Hulk in a conflict , and its capacity to create clap of raw power was see in Guardians of the Galaxy . However , the MCU never really establish one of the stone ’s other fundamental abilities .

In Marvel Comics , the Power Stone can also heighten any superpowersthe person using it might already have . The stone can also be used to replicate specific superpowers that the user might not already possess . This make the MCU version mostly just fool purple lasers feel like consume electric potential .

6The Space Stone Can Stop Objects From Moving

The Space Stone First Appeared In Thor (2011)

The MCU did a honest job render how the Space Stone permit the user to travel between places in an moment . One might the MCU did n’t really take on was the Space Stone ’s ability to interact with how other object or people move through space . Aside from allowing for instant front , the Space Stone can also hold back things from move . There are certainly second where Thanos could have made good use of this magnate , though it also would make for less visually exciting fight scene , so it ’s apprehensible for Marvel not to overdrive it .

5The Soul Stone Can Heal Someone Who Was Corrupted Or Changed

The Soul Stone First Appeared In Comics In Marvel Premiere #1 (1971)

aside from being able-bodied to create life in multiple mannikin , the Soul Stone can also revert mass or living organism back to their original variant . For representative , Adam Warlock once used the endocarp to bend a devil named Monck back into the harmless gibbon he had been before being vitiate by Man - Beast . Of course , this power is from back in the ' seventy when the treasure was still blue , so a lot has changed in Marvel Comics since then .

Though this magnate specifically did n’t necessarily need to show up inAvengers : Infinity War , it is just another example of the Soul Stone ’s waste electric potential . This is especially honest , since the Soul Stone was the hardest to retrieve in the movies . With such a heavy sacrifice postulate to get the stone in the first shoes , it would have been nice to see some of what it can do .

The Mind Stone First Appeared In Comics In Captain Marvel #41 (1975)

In addition to create telepathic connectedness , the Mind Stone can also be used to create empathic inter-group communication . This means the user can fully take on and understand what someone else is feel . If this is a power that the MCU ’s Mind Stone had , it could be assume that Vision would have been able to make better enjoyment of it .

InCaptain America : Civil War , Vision shows several times that he has difficulty understanding Wanda ’s smell . If Vision was able to empathise with Wanda through the use of the stone , he likely would have realized that she was n’t comfortable with him phasing through the rampart into her room , for instance . It ’s possible this power was left out so as not to seemingly rush Vision ’s character development off - screen via use of the Mind Stone .

3The Time Stone Can Slow Down Aging

The Time Stone First Appeared In Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

The MCU did a respectable occupation visualizing the Time Stone ’s power to warp time . Doctor Strange ’s climactic scene was a sodding example of how the Time Stone could be used to both change by reversal time and make a clip loop . However , the same movie also snub another of the Time Stone ’s power that would have fixed a major issue for one of its characters .

Doctor Strangereveals that The Ancient One draws on powers from the Dark Dimension to stretch forth her own life . However , with the Time Stone at Kamar Taj , there was no motive for her to do this . In the comic , the Time Stone can also be used to slow down down aging , allowing the exploiter to know an unnaturally long life sentence . The force fight that stand up due to the revelation that The Ancient One was using Dormammu ’s powers did n’t really lead to much anyway , so it could easily have been deputize for the pit .

2The Soul Stone Can Steal A Person’s Soul

Soul World First Appeared In Avengers Annual #7 (1977)

Ironically , for the Infinity Stone that develop the least attention in the MCU , the Soul Stone is one of the gems with the most baron . One of its most powerful ability is that it can steal and take in the souls of living beings . The Soul Stone beam them a place screw as Soul World that exists within the Edward Durell Stone . While someone is using the Soul Stone , they have access to the skills and knowledge of anyone trapped inside . It ’s unique powers like these that make it a ignominy the Soul Stone was n’t introduced in an former movie like the others .

1All Stones Together Grant Omniscience

Thanos Collected All Of The Infinity Stones In Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

InAvengers : Infinity War , when Thanos gained all the Infinity Stones , he felt largely unchanged . All that was unlike was that he now had the power to enact his plan of killing half the universe , but he still seemed like the same reference . This is a bit of a downgrade from what collect all the I. F. Stone can do for characters in Marvel Comics .

Collecting all the Infinity Stones can grant someone omniscience as well as what Marvel call cosmic awareness .

In the comics , call for all the Infinity Stones can grant someone omniscience as well as what Marvel holler cosmic awareness . This fundamentally means that the person holding all the stones feel at one with the universe . Perhaps if Thanos had taken the time to tap into this power in theMCU , he would have considered simply doubling the resources across the macrocosm instead of bolt down half its universe .

Feature image: MCU Thanos wearing the infinity gauntlet with all five stones

Red Skull with Soul Stone in Avengers Endgame

Vision using the Mind Stone in Captain America Civil War

Thanos with the Soul Stone in Avengers Infinity War

Vision and Wanda Maximoff in Captain America Civil War

The Ancient One using the Time Stone

Josh Brolin as Thanos standing in the Soul World in Avengers: Infinity War

Thanos wielding the Infinity Gauntlet.

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