WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War, in theaters now.

In a fascinating interview with Collider, Avengers: Infinity War screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely revealed that Thor's new hammer in the film, Stormbreaker, was able to cut through the power of Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet, making it one of the most powerful weapons in the universe.

With the power level of the film version of Stormbreaker established, we thought that it would be interesting to see how the film version of Stormbreaker stacks up against the comic book version of the same weapon. In other words, can the Marvel Comics Universe version of Stormbreaker stack up against the Infinity Gauntlet from the comics, as well?

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It all started with the very first cover to the first issue of Walter Simonson's legendary run on Thor back in 1983. The cover shocked readers by showing a strange-looking alien wielding Thor's famous hammer, Mjolnir, whose most famous attribute was the fact that only people who were "worthy" could lift it and in 1983, the list of people worthy enough to lift it could be counted on a single hand....

However, in that issue, we met a noble alien named Beta Ray Bill, who served as security for his entire alien race, which was traveling the universe in a convoy of space ships while trying to find a new world to settle after their own was destroyed. They ended up traveling too close to Earth and Earth's defenses saw the convoy as a possible invasion. Thor and Beta Ray Bill clashed with each other and in the process, Thor was separated from his hammer. At this point in time, when Thor was separated from his hammer for more than a minute, then Thor would transform back into his Donald Blake human form and the hammer would become a walking stick.

A shocked Beta Ray Bill picked up the walking stick and then accidentally activated the power within by showing that he was actually worth of wielding the hammer!

Odin being who he is, he could not pass up the opportunity to turn this into a contest. Essentially let Thor and Beta Ray Bill duke it out to see who was the worthiest between the two. The winner would get Mjolnir. However, after a large battle, it seemed that the two were shockingly evenly matched. It seemed like Beta Ray Bill might technically have been the winner of their fight because he woke up sooner after they beat each other to the point of unconsciousness, but it was about as much of a tie as you could possibly get in a fight.

This, in Thor #339, Odin decided to simply create a weapon that was just as good as Mjolnir. So he had the famed weapon-making troll, Eitri, create a new weapon called Stormbreaker that Beta Bay Bill could wield, with all of the same powers and attributes of the original Mjolnir...

Stormbreaker is incredibly powerful. Over the years, Beta Ray Bill has used the powers of the hammer to defeat Ego the Living Planet...

He has literally destroyed a small planet in a battle with Galactus' herald, Stardust (from Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter by Kieron Gillen and Kano)...

And when he got past Stardust, he even succeeded in using the hammer to crack Galactus' armor!

Clearly, then, Stormbreaker is an astonishingly powerful weapon in the comic book universe. The question, though, is how does it compare to the Infinity Gauntlet from the comics?

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The answer there appears to be, "Not particularly well."

It is important to note that we have technically never seen Stormbreaker be used against the Infinity Gauntlet in battle. The reason for that is because Beta Ray Bill was not actually in the original Infinity Gauntlet comic book series. It is possible, actually, that Beta Ray Bill was one of the people who were erased from the universe when Thanos snapped his finger and killed 50% of the beings in the universe at the end of Infinity Gauntlet #1.

The most famous battle of Infinity Gauntlet took place in the fourth issue (by Jim Starlin, Ron Lim and Tom Christopher) of the series. A collection of the most powerful remaining superheroes attacked Thanos on his home base. The important part of this battle is that Thanos was specifically not fighting at full strength here. He intentionally reduced his power level so that he would be able to theoretically lose. He did not want to have a battle where he was the predetermined winner due to his omnipotence. So he lowered his power levels to just crazy strong levels. Adam Warlock planned it out this way, as his plan was for the heroes to distract Thanos while the Silver Surfer then swooped in and stole the gauntlet right off of Thanos' hands. The plan almost worked, but Surfer missed at the last moment.

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One of the heroes in the battle was Eric Masterson, who was filling in for Thor at the time and was wielding Mjolnir. Since we have established that Stormbreaker is as powerful as Mjolnir, then it is fair to say that the best way to see how Stormbreaker would do against the Infinity Gauntlet is to see how Mjolnir does.

And the tone in that battle was set right from the get go, when Thanos simply froze time and just waited for a moment while he admired the battle at hand...

Later, when Thor took the fight right to Thanos, Thanos simply used a portal to send Mjlonir off of the field of battle...

That nearly killed Eric, as he turned back into his human self when he was separated from the hammer for over a minute. Luckily, he was able to find the hammer and turn back into Thor before he exploded in the rigors of outer space.

It is worth noting that Thor did succeed in knocking Thanos down with Mjolnir at one point...and then Thanos just turned him and Mjolnir into glass...

In other words, it seems like they are not a match for each other.

Also, note that one of Stormbreaker's most significant feats was cracking Galactus' armor. Well, in Infinity Gauntlet #5, Thanos uses the Gauntlet to control Galactus and all the other major Marvel cosmic beings...

It appears clear that in the Marvel Comics universe, that the Infinity Gauntlet and Stormbreaker are on two vastly different power levels. Luckily for the film Avengers, though, that that is not the case in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so the heroes might have a chance in the next film!