Infinite #1 – Review

By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Rob Liefeld (pencils), Liefeld & Adelso Corona (inks), Hi-Fi Design (colors), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor)

The Story: A man has to go back in time to fight a war.

What’s Good: The concept for this comic is pretty solid and interesting.  Discussing it here is slightly spoiler-y but if you follow internet previews or have heard any interviews with Kirkman, you’ll have already heard it.

The basic idea is that during some future war, a soldier travels back in time to enlist the assistance of his younger self.  We also get fed some good sci-fi action in this issue, but that is the basic premise.  That sounds pretty neat because it seems that Kirkman is staying away from the customary “rules” that science-fiction has traditionally placed on time travel: Don’t affect the timeline, don’t interact with your younger self, blah blah.  Just this concept and the track record of Kirkman as a writer mean that this should be an entertaining series that is worth checking out.

The art is pretty strong too.  It isn’t an issue where your jaw hits the floor over the glory on the page or anything that has me reaching for my wallet to buy original pages, but the art is snappy, stylish and tells the story quite well.