Eh. Didn't really work on many levels.

Sorry for the long delay in feedback. I'm working on clearing out my Netgalley backlog. I am DNF'ing all books that just don't work within the first 50-100 pages. Trying to find the joy in reading again by going through the hundreds of abandoned books here.

Enjoyable and a quick read packed with adventure and action. I don't read all that many graphic novels but this was very good.

Anthony accidentally shoots an intruder who winds up being part of the Infinite Seven, a secret organization of assassins. When one of their members dies the person who kills them takes their place.

I just could not get into this graphic novel. Overall it just had a "meh" feeling and I will not be continuing this series.

Secret wold governments, teams of assassins, and death matches became the world of teenager Anthony Zane after he accidentally killed Smash Brannagan and is forced to be the newest member of the Infinite Seven team of assassins. But the fun really comes when he and the rest of Infinite Seven have to confront Chimera and the masks come off. A quick, fun twist on the spy/thriller comic tropes.

When Smash Brannigan shows up at our hero's house and threatens him, he shoots and kills Smash. Our illustrious computer programmer is then forced to take over as Smash Brannigan in the Infinite Seven, a group of assassins working for a shadow government, all based on 80's action heroes. Bruce Lee, Kurt Russell, and Arnold Schwarzenegger all all represented.

The Good: Using 80's movie star in the book was kind of cute.

The Bad: This is quite a mess. There's very little plot to this and it's not funny even though it's trying hard to be.

The Ugly: The art and coloring in the book are bad, read bad.

Its not a new concept, accidentally taking someone's place in an established team, but does have a few interesting twists. I like that the boy is a hacker. That avocation, being inherently hands off, is directly at odds with his new role as assassin. The illustrations are fairly detailed in the standard comic book style.

Innocent child inducted into world of secret assassins? That's Kingsman. Dodgy cameos from Sherlock Holmes? That's the likes of LXG. Holographic training rooms? That's either Star Trek or X-Men, or anything else you care to mention. Yes, this is a comic where you really have to work hard to find anything original, unless you count the skinny bint in the Mexican wrestler mask. And why the lead character speaks in lower case when nobody else does, I have no idea. This is the go-to book to portray the meaning of the word 'hodge-podge'. Jaw-droppingly bad 'twists', as well.

A great premise. A secret society of seven assassins battling evil the only way to become a member is by killing an existing member. A disaster happens - a member gets killed by a teenager who then has to go through tests to prove he is a worthy member of the Infinite Seven. A thoroughly enjoyable read with decent artwork. I am really looking forward to reading Volume 2 to see where the story goes.

'Infinite Seven: Volume 1' by Dave Dwonch, Arturo Mesa, and Geraldo Filho is kind of a mess both in writing and in art style. It's an interesting concept that gets sidelined by constantly leaning on pop culture and stereotypes.

There is a secret team of assassins called the Infinite Seven. They are infinite because when one team member gets killed, the person who killed them takes their place. That is what happens here. When eyepatch wearing Smash Brannigan is killed somehow by a young nerd, that inexperienced nerd gets to take his place. That involves danger room type training, harassment from fellow agents and being sent on dangerous missions. Rather than rely on new team members, this team seems to send them out to die.

The team has had many members over the years, and they have taken out many bad guys. The drawings of these will show lots of familiar looking faces like the Terminator and Sherlock to Chuckie and Jason. The team itself is a collection of stereotypes. An Asian guy in a yellow jumpsuit who is good at martial arts. A scantily clad female lucador. A gay British detective.

There are plot holes aplenty here, and things that just feel like they are thrown at the reader. I spent time being pulled out of the comic to look at the drawings of past members, but it didn't really matter for the story. The big reveal at the end felt pretty obvious to me from the start. The art style is cartoonish and caricatured and messy, but so is the story. I hoped I would like it more than I did. It was disappointing.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Anthony plans on spending the summer playing video games while his parents are away on a business trip. He invites his friend from a coffee shop over to have a movie marathon. But his plans are ruined when Smash Brannagan storms into his house asking about Mavara. Anthony has no idea who she is and he gets his dad's gun in defense. When Smash doesn't back down, Anthony shoots and kills him. This immediately makes him a member of the Infinite Seven. Whoever kills a member takes their place and has to go by their name. Though Anthony killed Smash, he doesn't think he's powerful enough to be part of the Infinite Seven. But he is able to use his video game knowledge to work alongside them to find and defeat Mavara.

This graphic novel was very good. The group of "superheroes" reminded me of Marvel groups.

The way that Anthony figured out a way to use his computer skills to fight with everyone else was very clever. I think kids would be able to relate to this since video games are so popular today.

The ending of the story had a good twist. It really hooked me and made me want to read more. I'm going to have to look for the next volume.

Whenever someone gets kicked out of a plane, you always know a flashback is coming.
The basic plot of this story is: What happens when you kill an assassin? You get his job in the assassin squad, though you still have to go through virtual reality testing and the hazing of your fellow assassins, like the woman who shows plenty of bare midriff, even more cleavage, but has a mask over her face. She’s actually pretty intriguing, compared to the German who thinks he’s Ah-nold and names his gun Long Tall Sally.
The author didn’t do his research, or is stuck in the James Bond mode. These are not assassins, they’re mercenary soldiers. Assassins don’t get into firefights, trading quips along the way; they go in silently and take out their target without anyone finding out they were there until they’re gone.
Those making quick appearances include Sherlock Holmes (Cumberbatch edition), Bruce Lee, George Washington, Chuck Norris, Alien, Clint Eastwood, Chucky, and the bridge of the Enterprise.
There’s a cliffhanger, but it’s pretty ridiculous.
The plot is purposefully too outlandish to be believable, but that’s okay; the problem is in the details. As they say, fiction has to make sense, and there’s too much lazy writing here.

2.5 stars

*I received this through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review*

This comic was definitely interesting and entertaining.

I was a bit curious how this volume would end, but they did kind of make it obvious for us. I really liked the concept, but the end product was pretty 'meh'.

There was a lot unexplained, I thought. BUT, I can leave some leeway, because it is a comic. What I can't? Things that happen and aren't talked about or explained which have consequences. I'm really talking about how Smash went to Anthony's house to kill Mavara without the team and she wasn't there, just a boy, a boy who killed him and replaces him-- YET NO ONE ON THE TEAM WANTS TO ASK ANTHONY ABOUT IT OR WONDERS WHY THEIR INTEL WAS WRONG. It is frustrating.

I also didn't think Anthony was given time to shine yet, although this might change since he will be changed in the next volume. There are parts of the story I am curious about-- not about the villians since we don't know what they want or how??-- but the side stuff like the girl Anthony left behind and Sherlock. That is interesting stuff right there!

I probably won't be reading the next issue, but if you like more mature comics with secret government heroes, then you should totally check this out.

I don't know what to make of this one. It sounded like an excellent premise, unfortunately, it wasn't executed well enough. In fact, I was ready to give up on this one not even twenty pages in, but I continued eager to see if something exciting would actually happen.

That wasn't the case. In fact, issue one started in one place and then we didn't return to that setting until the fourth issue. The pacing was all over the place and the artwork at times was hard to enjoy. I may follow-up with this series, just to see what happens, but most of the story resolved itself too easily, and by the end of volume four, the few loose threads there were seemed to have been forgotten.

Nicely drawn and written, Infinite Seven delivered an original story that is a little lacking in female characters but still enjoyable. A league of secret assassins forces a teenager to take the place of the assassin he kills. In a kill or be killed scenario, the teen manages to use his computer skills to stay alive. I enjoyed the appearance of familiar faces and twists on classic characters. With a few twists and a cool villainess, the story drew me and kept me reading until the end for an enjoyable action packed read. I will definitely look for more in the series. My review is based upon an ARC from Netgalley.

An interesting concept with plenty of curious characters both good and evil!

This was actually better than I was expecting it to be. I mean when I start reading something and there is a team with only one woman and she goes into battle wearing what is essentially a strapless bra, I don't have very high expectations but ... Still, the summary promised me that "action hero archetypes [will be] reimagined' and it did deliver in a few ways. I very much enjoyed the main female villain and the plot twist involving her identity. I also enjoyed the whole Sherlock and Moriarty backstory [also anything that gives me canon Sheriarty is decent in my book lol]. At first I thought that it was going to be the typical male fantasy of like ... 'oh I'm good with computers / play video games so of COURSE i could be an awesome assassin' but despite having some skills, Anthony isn't just magically good at everything and I like that he specifically doesn't want to kill anyone. I'm not sure if I'll end up continuing with it but this is a decent start.