Infinity has been hyped quite severely for
some time now. It was billed as Marvel’s big summer
event. Six issues that featured a vast number of heroes from the Marvel
Universe, as well as the infamous Thanos, known by many as the purple smiley
guy from the Avengers post-credits teaser. With its own Free Comic Book Day
issue, this was to be the one to beat all. Sadly, the first issue wasn’t quite
the masterpiece we’d all hoped for.
I can’t fault the art, by no means can I fault the art, as
this is a great looking book (it’s also a very large one by normal standards).
I specifically enjoyed panels that involved the villainous drones named
Outriders whose shiny craniums and drooling, teeth infested mouths were drawn
consistently well, but this was almost guaranteed to be the case considering
how much ad space Marvel has given to Infinity.
So with that being taken into account it’s a real shame to
see that the execution of the book’s storyline wasn’t quite as crisp as we had
all hoped it would be. Conversations dragged to the point of boredom and the
attempt at scale felt messy and, at times, bewildering. That isn’t something I
expect from a book as hyped as Infinity was.
Verdict:
Although there were some very entertaining sequences, the
characters were written very well and it was something very unlike a normal
Marvel event, there just wasn’t enough to pull Infinity out of my average box.
Score:
6/10
Copyright Jamie King 2013, All Rights Reserved, permissions may be granted upon request.
Copyright Jamie King 2013, All Rights Reserved, permissions may be granted upon request.
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