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What are these creatures that the Avengers are fighting off in the "Infinity War" trailers? Are they aligned with or controlled by Thanos?

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    Generic alien baddies.
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 26, 2017 at 22:51
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    I'm voting to close this per our Future Works policy
    – KutuluMike
    Commented Dec 26, 2017 at 23:46
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    @Valorum definitely. Kinda getting tired of that. Just once I'd like to seem the Avengers go up against an organised army with generals and such.
    – Tim
    Commented Dec 26, 2017 at 23:50
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    @KutuluMike how could you?! A "we don't know" answer is perfectly acceptable.
    – Edlothiad
    Commented Dec 27, 2017 at 0:17
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    They remind me always of Genestealers from Warhammer 40K.
    – eidylon
    Commented Sep 4, 2018 at 3:16

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There seems to be a pretty good consensus (all separate links) that they're the Outriders.

(And as @Möoz confirms in the comments, they are indeed aligned with Thanos)

The Outriders were a race of genetically engineered parasite-assassins which solely to serve their master/creator. They live binary lives, they either complete their task or they fail.

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The Outriders look incredibly similar to the alien that the Black Panther is fighting, both with four arms, no eyes and fangs.

Outrider Black Panther fighting Alien

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    And yes, they are aligned with Thanos
    – Möoz
    Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 9:41
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    ^ Having watched Infinity War, I can confirm that they are indeed aligned with Thanos, or at least his henchman, Proxima Midnight.
    – Möoz
    Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 21:22

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