Comic Title: Infinity Inc. #53
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 19, 1988 Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Copyright Date April 19, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date April 19, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754, #756

Newsstand Date May 3, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754, #756

Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "Death, When It Must Come..."
Pages: 27

Feature(s):
Infinity, Inc. (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roy Thomas
Writer: Danette Thomas
Penciller: Michael Bair
Inker: Robert Downs
Letterer: Jean Simek (Izzo)
Colorist: Liz Berube

Feature Character(s)

• Infinity, Inc. (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Jade (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; next appearance in Blasters Special #1)
• Nuklon (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Obsidian (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Brain Wave, Jr. (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Wildcat (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; next appearance in Invasion #2)
• Doctor Midnight (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #51; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Mr. Bones (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Stripesy (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Jonni Thunder (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #51; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Injustice Unlimited (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Solomon Grundy (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #51; next appearance in Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #4)
• Dummy (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Icicle (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Hazard (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Artemis (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)
• Harlequin (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mikey Dugan (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #52; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Brain Wave (in Brain Wave, Jr.'s mind)

Comments:
This story is continued from Infinity Inc. #52.

Synopsis:
Jade awakens from near death to find that Brain Wave, Jr. has been encapsulated in ice by the Icicle. Her power pulse is too weak to free him, but she is able to make mental contact with him. Inside his mind, she finds his father, the original Brain Wave, trying to lead Hank to his death.

Meanwhile, the Dummy, Hazard, and the Harlequin have Stripesy and his son cornered. Hazard does not wish to kill the child, so she turns out the lights, allowing Stripesy and his son to escape. Artemis and Icicle arrive to restore power to the lights. Stripesy is forced to surrender in order to give his son time to get to safety.

Nuklon, Obsidian, and Wildcat are returning and learn of Stripesy's peril. Mr. Bones has joined them too, but Obsidian abandons the group to search for Jade who is believed dead. Nuklon, Bones, and Wildcat are led into a trap. Nuklon faces Solomon Grundy, Wildcat battles Artemis, and Bones fights Icicle.

Obsidian finds Jade alive and helps free Brain Wave from the ice. The trio return in time to reinforce their friends in the battle against Injustice Unlimited. Brain Wave interferes with the Harlequin and blocks her illusions. Grundy had perceived that she was Jade, but without the illusion to guide him, he turns on the other villains. The fight concludes with the villains' defeat. Grundy disappears and a fire that broke out during the fight destroys Stellar Studios. When the villains are taken away, the members of Infinity Inc. mourn the loss of their leader Sylvester Pemberton.