While Infinity was rolling along, Marvel of course needed to publish some ancillary miniseries, of which this, Infinity Heist, was one.  Written by Frank Tieri and drawn by Al Barrionuevo the book turned out to be a really fun and enjoyable story.  Being somewhat of a cross between a buddy comedy and a caper movie, the book also managed to tie in with the Inhumanity event, more so than with its parent book.

Our story starts out with Whirlwind and Blizzard casing Avengers Tower.  Right away you know it is not going to turn out well as they are not among the top-tier villains.  But Spymaster, for who they are doing this, has a plan and it aims to make them rich enough to retire on.  They, along with Firebrand, Whiplash, Unicorn and the Titanium Man are going to break into the tower when the Avengers are off in space and steal Tony Stark’s Iron Man suits.  Easy.  But there is no honour among these thieves and sooner, rather than later they find that out.

Tieri knows how to write villains as proven with the Weapon X title he wrote a number of years ago.  The book is funny, not laugh out loud per se, but quite humourous the way everyone bickers with each other and Tieri makes it seem quite natural.  The relationship between Firebrand and Blizzard is fun to read as they obviously like each other, but do not really know what to do about it, especially after Blizzard sort of dumped her awhile back.  Why Tieri is not writing more books is a mystery.

The way it ties into Infinity is barely present except for the logo on the book.  It has far more to do with the after-effects then with the event itself.  What really sets this little series apart, other than having few ramifications that will ever effect anything outside of this book, is showing that not only regular humans would be affected by the Terrigen Mists, but also those who directly star in the title and might already have powers.  So far none of the main heroes of the Marvel Universe have been affected by the Mists, so whether it was an editorial mandate, or Tieri’s idea, it was smart and good to see.

Overall, Infinity Heist was a good book and is one of those examples that proves there are no bad characters, only bad writing (there probably is a couple of bad characters out there).  Good story and good art but just a shame that there will probably be no follow-up to the book.

4 out of 5