The Infinite
Were heading back to the future!

Robert Kirkman is pretty much the comic industries Golden Boy right now. Everything he touches turns to goddam gold and for good reason.  He's a talented writer. But after reading the first issue of The Infinite my normally unshakeable faith in the almighty Kirkman was well and truly shaken. I sent this one down to the boys in the lab and after lots of testing and many, many deaths a conclusion was reached. It just wasn't that good. It wasn't bad. It just didn't stand up to the usual Kirkman standard. It was somewhat predictable and the characters just annoyed me. Saying a Kirkman character annoyed me is like saying you don't like chicken. It doesn't happen.
  Rob Liefeld's art style really didn't help fix anything. I read Arkham Asylum. I can handle bad writing (In Arkham's case I had no fucking clue what the hell was going on) if the art style is good or new. But this. Everything screams 80's. Look at that guys shoulder pads for christ sake! Its also hard to relate to characters that are all ripped like Azgardian gods and gritting their teeth like they are in the process of having a particularly tricky shit.

"Shouldn't have had that dam chipolte."

The Infinite starts at the end. Resistance fighters Bowen and Case are infiltrating the palace of Imperius. Imperius invented a time machine to save the world from the horrors of the future. Bowen and co have a problem with that. Needless to say the attempt to kill Imperius fails and Bowen steals Imperius's time belt to travel back in time to train a younger version of himself and Case. Sounds good but the first issue just did not impress. I grabbed issues 2 and 3 determined to give the series a proper go before I bin it. I'm glad I did. Issue 2 and 3 really pick up the slack of issue 1. Turns out I too can make wrong assumptions. Just like the Gary Glitter look a like, we also have George Michel and Brian May for your viewing pleasure, that frequents my work. Honestly that look was sex offendery long before Glitter did any sex offendering. 

I think I made a Grammar Nazi cry with that last sentence

I don't want to spoil any plot points but lets just say the next few issues really make use of the time travel aspect. Unlike a certain device from a certain series of books about a certain wizard....called Harry...Potter...he has an owl.....that is all. Argue all you want you don't add time travel unless you intend on using the balls out of it.
  In conclusion a disappointing first issue has turned into a series that shows promise. The Golden Boy triumphs again. Well played Kirkman, well played.

Its obvious that his powers come from being the son of Santa Claus