Infinity, Inc. #34
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeInfinity, Inc. #34 earns its place in DC history primarily as the debut of Injustice Unlimited — the post-Crisis, second-generation successor to the Golden Age Injustice Society — a villain team whose members were, by deliberate design, the villainous mirror image of Infinity, Inc. itself: children and grandchildren of classic JSA foes. The issue simultaneously introduces several characters who would go on to long careers in the DC universe, including Artemis Crock (later Tigress), Hazard, and the second Icicle. It also marks one of Todd McFarlane's final and most polished issues on the series before he departed for Batman: Year Two and then Marvel, making it a notable artifact in the early career of one of comics' most consequential artists.
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The issue was scripted by Roy Thomas and his wife Dann Thomas, who wrote the Infinity, Inc. series throughout its entire run; Roy also served as the book's editor. Pencils were provided by Todd McFarlane, who had been brought onto the title as a relative newcomer — a contemporaneous in-issue editorial note by Roy Thomas introduced him as 'a young Canadian living in the state of Washington' whose prior work had appeared in Marvel's Coyote. McFarlane's run on the series spanned roughly 1985–1987, and issue #34, cover-dated January 1987, falls within his final arc on the book, just before he transitioned to Detective Comics and then to Marvel. Inking was handled by Tony DeZuniga, who provided an unusually consistent visual anchor across the title's frequently rotating penciling roster.
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- First team appearance of Injustice Unlimited, the post-Crisis update of the Golden Age Injustice Society, created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Todd McFarlane (DC Database, Grand Comics Database, DCU Guide).
- Individual first appearances within the issue include Hazard (Rebecca Sharpe, granddaughter of the Gambler), the second Icicle (Cameron Mahkent, son of the original), and Artemis Crock — who would later take the codename Tigress — daughter of Sportsmaster and the original Huntress (Grand Comics Database, Wikipedia/Tigress).
- The story, titled 'Injustice for All,' sends Infinity, Inc. to an international trade conference in Calgary, Canada, where they are forced to team up with the Global Guardians against Injustice Unlimited's hostage-taking operation (DC Database, Looper).
- The issue also reveals the origin of the Global Guardians, with a flashback set in 1942 connecting the team's history to the wartime Justice Society of America (DC Database).
- Green Flame makes her first Post-Crisis appearance in this issue; a dialogue exchange with Icicle on page 24 carries added irony because the character's cold-generation ability was a pre-Crisis power not yet reflected in her redesigned, post-Crisis incarnation (DC Database).
- Written by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas; penciled by Todd McFarlane with inks by Tony DeZuniga, colors by Liz Berube, and lettering by David Cody Weiss; cover by McFarlane and DeZuniga (GoCollect, Headhunter's Holosuite).
- Issue #34 falls within McFarlane's approximately two-year run (1985–1987) on Infinity, Inc., which Wikipedia identifies as his first major body of professional comic work before his breakout at Marvel on Incredible Hulk and Amazing Spider-Man.
- Mister Bones, a recurring Infinity, Inc. character, appears in this issue only in an anti-smoking public service announcement — not in the main story (DC Database).
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