# The Infinity Gauntlet The Infinity Gauntlet is Thanos's golden power glove from Marvel Comics, which fans turned into a Photoshop and DIY meme format starting in 2015 by sticking the gauntlet onto celebrities, politicians, and household objects. After Avengers: Infinity War hit theaters in 2018, cheap rubber-glove parodies exploded on Twitter and became one of the defining Marvel fandom jokes of that year. ## Origin The Infinity Gauntlet itself debuted in Marvel's Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #44 in December 1990, where Mistress Death tasks Thanos with wiping out half the universe using six Infinity Gems slotted into the glove[7]. Marvel created the object; the meme formats around it were made by fans decades later and the original artist of any specific edit is unconfirmed. The earliest documented Infinity Gauntlet meme on social media came from Twitter user @WorkerSpice on May 22, 2015, who posted a Photoshop of President Barack Obama wearing the gauntlet with the caption "ISIS may have the Dragon Balls... but they don't have the Infinity Gauntlet! @POTUS"[1]. The post pulled in roughly 50 retweets and 95 likes over the following three years and set the template of superimposing the glove onto whichever powerful or famous person was in the news[6]. - **Platform:** Marvel Comics (source) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2015 ## Overview The Infinity Gauntlet meme comes in two main flavors. The first is a Photoshop edit that drops the golden, six-gemmed glove onto the hand of a public figure, usually to joke that whoever is wearing it suddenly outranks everyone else on earth. Early targets included Barack Obama, Jeb Bush and Michael Jackson, with captions riffing on world domination and pop-culture rivalries[6]. The second flavor is the DIY cosplay parody. People grab a yellow dish-washing glove, glue, paint or stick colorful gems, candy, rings or random pantry items onto the knuckles, and photograph the result as an "affordable" or "budget" Infinity Gauntlet[2]. The joke lands on how little effort it takes to get the general silhouette right while looking absolutely nothing like Thanos's screen-worn prop. Both formats trade on the gauntlet's status in Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the ultimate symbol of unchecked power[5]. ## How to Use The Photoshop version typically layers a transparent PNG of the Infinity Gauntlet over the dominant hand of a politician, celebrity or fictional character, with a caption that frames them as impossibly powerful or petty. The DIY cosplay version typically starts with a yellow rubber glove to mimic the gold base, then adds six colored objects (gumdrops, LED rings, plastic jewels, a brownie) in roughly the right positions for the Space, Time, Reality, Mind, Soul and Power stones[3]. Common convention is to pose the hand mid-snap and caption it with a Thanos quote or a mundane household goal. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is The Infinity Gauntlet? It's Thanos's six-gemmed golden glove from Marvel Comics and the MCU, which fans turned into a Photoshop and DIY cosplay meme format starting in 2015[1]. ### Where did The Infinity Gauntlet come from? The object debuted in Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #44 in December 1990[7], and the earliest known meme edit was posted to Twitter by @WorkerSpice on May 22, 2015[1]. ### What does The Infinity Gauntlet mean? In meme use, slapping the gauntlet onto someone or something is shorthand for giving them god-tier power, usually as a joke about politicians, celebrities or an obviously useless household object[6]. ### How do you use The Infinity Gauntlet? People typically Photoshop the glove onto a famous person's hand, or build a DIY version from a yellow rubber glove with six colored objects stuck to the knuckles like the stones[2][3]. ### Is The Infinity Gauntlet still popular? It's a classic Marvel-fandom reference that spikes again around new MCU releases, with the DIY yellow-glove bit still the most-shared version[4][6]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/WorkerSpice/status/601640369416179712]() 2. [https://twitter.com/MrFord213/status/990582876503715842]() 3. [https://twitter.com/NateDingeman/status/993609395971018759]() 4. [https://twitter.com/i/moments/994707538032476160]() 5. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Infinity_Gauntlet]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-infinity-gauntlet]() 7. [http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Silver_Surfer_Vol_3_44]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/the-infinity-gauntlet Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library