Marvel Fans React to 'Avengers: Infinity War' Ending

Cameron Bonomolo

04/28/2018 07:50 am EDT

Avengers: Infinity War brought the shared Marvel Cinematic Universe its most shocking ending yet, indicating the gloves (or the Infinity Gauntlet) are truly off.

Spoilers to follow.

Marvel Studios' unprecedented crossover event ends with Thanos (Josh Brolin) victorious, having successfully assembled the six infinitely powerful Infinity Stones which he then used to obliterate half of all life in the universe with a snap of his fingers.

That snap decimated half of Earth's mightiest heroes, wiping out a surprising number of superheroes.

Despite their expected returns in future installments and standalone sequels alike, fans couldn't help but express their shock at Infinity War's no-punches-pulled ending:

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