INFINITY MAN & THE FOREVER PEOPLE COVER GALLERY...

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Y'know, back in the '70s, I always felt that JACK KIRBY had

shoehorned INFINITY MAN into The FOREVER PEOPLE mag.

It seemed like a concept from another comic that didn't quite fit;  after

all, could any other group of young (or any age for that matter) 'gods'

from NEW GENESIS swap places with a super-powered individ-

ual.  If I recall correctly, he only appeared a couple of times, as

if Jack didn't really know quite what to do with him.

It seems that the team behind this revival didn't know quite

what to do with any of the characters, as it petered out after only

nine completely unsatisfying issues.  I'd looked forward to this series,

and liked the art in the first couple of mags, but the story failed to hold

my interest.  Changing SERAFIN into a female was a pointless exer-

cise.  Why use characters and concepts created by the 'King' and

then change them?  The only thing I can remember about the

whole shebang is that it was utterly unmemorable.

So I can't really recommend the mag, other than as an ex-

ample of how not to handle the 'FOURTH WORLD' universe of

Jack Kirby.  However, let's overlook its failings and peruse the full

set of covers anyway.  After all, now that you're here, I've got to

give you all something to do.  Comments welcome!

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