Proposition Infinity the method used for "Proposition Infinity", as the team felt that most viewers would not have a strong opinion for or against robot and human intermarriage, thus lightening the potentially polarizing nature of the source material. "Proposition Infinity" was inspired by the political battle over California Proposition 8 in the United States and heavily satirizes the controversy over same-sex marriage. The title is a reference to California Proposition 8 with the "8" sideways, thus becoming the symbol of infinity (∞). The camp where Bender is being reprogrammed parodies conversion therapy camps for homosexuals. The episode also satirizes the people against
The Infinity Gauntlet are meant to introduce newer readers to the most popular titles in Marvel's history. A new printing was paired with a "True Believers" reprint of "Silver Surfer" #34 in April 2018. In March 2018, Marvel released an "Infinity Gauntlet" slipcase set of 12 hardcover books. Material began with "Infinity Gauntlet Prologue" and included all three "Infinity" crossovers, their tie-ins, intervening material, and a 528-page "companion" hardcover. When the number of living things in the universe becomes greater than the number who have died, Mistress Death tasks Thanos with correcting the imbalance by killing half of the universe. The Silver Surfer