Infinity, Inc.
Infinity, Inc. are a superhero team that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Infinity, Inc.
Lex Luthor clears his name and resurfaces as a legitimate businessman. He offers a metagene-based therapy, called the "Everyman Project", to regular people to allow them to develop superpowers. The therapy spawns six perfect specimens, to whom Luthor gives the identities purchased from the Pemberton Estate. He calls the new team Infinity Inc., and creates Starlight (Natasha Irons, the team's leader), a new Nuklon, a male Fury, a new Skyman, Everyman, and Trajectory. (52 v1 #21) Unbeknownst to the team, Luthor is able to "shut off" any of the team's powers at any time, as he does to Trajectory during a battle, causing her death at the hands of Blockbuster III. Trajectory is replaced by Matrix, a pin-up model who displays superhuman strength and invisibility, similar to the original Matrix. (52 v1 #25) A new version of Jade with plant-based powers debuts with the team on Thanksgiving Day, which leads to the team being attacked by an angry Obsidian, the brother of the original Jade, who died. Scott intervenes and breaks up the fight. Infinity, Inc. then claims that the older heroes will soon be replaced. (52 v1 #29)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Members
- Silver Scarab :
- Fury :
- Northwind :
- Nuklon :
- Jade :
- Obsidian :
- Power Girl :
- Huntress :
- Brainwave, Jr. :
Notes
- Infinity, Inc. was created by Roy Thomas, Jerry Ordway and Mike Machlan where they made their first appearance in All-Star Squadron v1 #25 (September, 1983).
- Roy Thomas and his wife Dann Thomas wrote the series throughout its run. Artists who worked on the series included Jerry Ordway, Don Newton, Todd McFarlane, Michael Bair and Vince Argondezzi. The group is assembled by Sylvester Pemberton, the original Star-Spangled Kid, in Infinity Inc. #1, when a number of JSA protégés were denied admission to the JSA and instead formed their own group.
- In an interview with Alter Ego, Ordway said, "Northwind is shown—but at his side (see P. 33) is a new, young, male Harlequin, who Jerry's notes suggest might become "comics' first gay character. Or we could just assume it." Not a bad idea, and maybe we should have played it that way; but we were already going to have two Green Lantern-derived heroes in Infinity, Inc."
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice: Outsiders, Infinity, Inc. appeared in the setting of the animated television series third season where they debuted in the episode "Unknown Factors". They were shown as a team of young Metahuman superheroes assembled by Lex Luthor to serve as competition to the Outsiders. This version of the team was founded to discredit the Outsiders and secretly assist the Light. After their connection to Luthor is exposed, the Light reworks Infinity, Inc. into the Infinitors under Geo-Force's leadership and adds the size-shifting Kobold to the team.
Appearances
- All-Star Squadron v1: (1983)
- Infinity, Inc. v1:
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