infinity inc. #8 - DC

I thought this book was interesting. It was interesting to think that this group of kids is actually a team. We haven't really approached that topic yet. But, even in their beginnings . . there's drama. Another "bad guy" has popped up in Little Bend Montana. Right now they're calling him the "bogeyman of Little Bend". We do find out that somehow he is connected to a local family. It' a mother and her son. It looks to me like maybe she lost another son, and she thinks this "bogeyman" may be him. The mother loves him, whoever he is, but the brother seems mad for some reason. He pulls a paper out of a drawer, that has the headline "Bogeyman of Albany - Strikes Again!". "It's all your fault.", he says as he looks at it. But, really, that's the most insight we get this issue. The majority of the issue is actually about the team. John Henry makes a couple of announcements this issue. First he introduces the rest of the team to Mercy. It's a little tumultuous, but, eventually, they decide to let her try to prove herself. His second announcement? He's got team uniforms. They don't look to bad. They're black & white and have the "infinity" symbol on them. Apparently they react somehow to their powers because when Erik switches to Erika, the costume changes with him. Also Natasha doesn't slip out of hers when she switches to vapor form. Although . . Gerome refuses to wear his. Oh yeah, one other thing . . . he's got code-names for them all. Natasha is Vaporlock, Gerome is Double Trouble, Erik/Erika is Amazing Woman, Lucia is Empathy and Mercy has thought of her own name . . . Vanilla. It really seems as if they're all coming together. Yeah . . right! When things look good, there's always a dark shadow somewhere. Gerome apparently has a third form. Maybe they're all aspects of his personality. Anyways, they number themselves, so he's the third and he's trying to get #2 to help him take down #1. This could get interesting. And, as if nobody expected it, Mercy is already sowing the seeds of anarchy among the team. When they get to Montana to investigate the "bogeyman", she and Erik go off on their own. She asks him, "Did you all elect Natalie as your leader?", to which he responds "Uh-uh. S-sometimes she just acts like we d-did." So I gotta' ask what her game is. I really like what Peter Milligan is doing with this story. But then . . I expected nothing less from him. I'm also glad that Pete Woods has become the regular penciller of this series. He's a very consistent artist and it'll be good to have his steady hand on these characters. I am now very optimistic about the future of this book. Thank you Matt.