DCU Comic Book Reviews

INFINITY INC. #1

Luthor's Monsters, Part 1

November 2007

Written by Peter Milligan

Pencils by Max Fiumara

Inks by Max Fiumara

Cover by Max Fiumara

Synopsis

In therapy, Natasha Irons describes a recurring dream to her analyst.  However, Natasha doesn’t really feel the sessions are working so she storms out the door.  Meanwhile, her uncle John Henry Irons contacts Robin, hoping to get help to find some of Natasha’s old teammates.  Elsewhere, Dale Smith is also seeing a analyst.  During the session, Dale grabs the doctor and kills him.  On the way out, he also kills the receptionist.  Meanwhile, Irons has found former Infinity Inc. member Erik Storm and learns that Erik is also seeking therapy.  This is also true of Gerome McKenna.  At the Smith household, Dale runs from his house after killing his parents and sister.  At the Irons household, Natasha ignores her uncle, who thinks it is some kind of psychological problem.  When he reaches for her, she disappears in a cloud of smoke.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

This was a strange and weird beginning for a new series.  The basic premise is that the members of Infinity Inc. are having trouble dealing with the loss of their powers.  This would be fine if it weren’t for the fact that in 52, Infinity Inc. were the only super powered people to keep their powers.  In fact, during World War III, Infinity Inc. momentarily suited up to help, but eventually decided against it for fear of failure.  So, right off the bat the series screws the pooch.  Then the story goes of into weird areas, which wasn’t helped by choppy writing.  This issue feels like there was more to it, but somehow it got cut in the process.  The opening scene was weird because Natasha seems to get up and leave the doctor’s office without much reason.  The same occurs later when she sees the dream come to life, but we don’t really get much of a reaction from her and the script moves forward, skipping some conversation she had in between with Erik.  I won’t bother to mention the weirdness of seeing two Nuklon’s.  It might be an interesting plot development, but without the follow-up here, it comes across as plain weird.  Finally, the character of Dale Smith makes little sense (well, beyond the fact that h is obviously the villain).  I don’t remember Dale from 52 and even if he had been, it is a little weird that Dale seems to have retained his powers while the rest haven’t. 

The ending also adds to the utter confusion of the story.  Did she disappear?  Was it a dream?  Was it real or was it Memorex?  Again, the set-up worked, but the weirdness just begs the question to be answered, but not by waiting a whole month. 

Erik Storm is living at home.  With his mother.  How difficult is it to find someone who lives at home with his mother.  Even if you weren’t sure where to locate Erik, don’t you think it would be a good idea to visit his mom and ask her. 

 

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