Comic Title: Infinity Inc. #48
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: March 1988
On Sale Date: November 24, 1987 Shipping Date November 24, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #46

Shipping Date November 24, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #130

Copyright Date December 15, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

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

Title: "The Making of a Man"
Pages: 27

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

Writer: Roy Thomas
Writer: Danette Thomas
Penciller: Vince Argondezzi
Inker: Tony DeZuniga
Letterer: Jean Simek (Izzo)
Colorist: Liz Berube

Feature Character(s)

• Infinity, Inc. (last appearance in Millennium #8; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #49)
• Nuklon (last appearance in Millennium #8; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #49)
• Fury (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #44; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #49)
• Rick Tyler (in flashback as a teenager; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #34)

Guest Star(s)

• Atom (in flashback; last appearance in Young All-Stars #27; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hector Hall (in flashback as a teenager; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #34)
• Joan Dale (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Infinity Inc. #48; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #49)
• Admiral Derek Trevor (Fury's father; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #49)

Villain(s)

• Smitty (a bully; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Justice Society of America (in flashback; last appearance in Young All-Stars #27; no further appearances)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Young All-Stars #27; no further appearances)
• Flash (last appearance in Secret Origins #50; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #33)
• Doctor Fate (last appearance in Young All-Stars #27; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in Young All-Stars #27; no further appearances)
• Green Lantern (in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #50; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #33)
• Hawkgirl (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Rex Tyler (in flashback; last appearance in Young All-Stars #31; no further appearances)
• Mary James (Al Pratt's wife; in flashback; last appearance in Secret Origins #25; no further appearances)
• Wendi Tyler (first post-Crisis appearance; Rex Tyler's wife; in flashback; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #51)

Other Character(s)

• Terri Rothstein (Nuklon's mother; last appearance in All-Star Squadron #64; no further appearances)
• Several children (in flashback; Kevin and Jonesy named; no further appearances)
• Albert's college basketball coach (no further appearances)
• Trouble (last appearance in Infinity Inc. #47; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #49)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Fury (as a teenager; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #33)
• Nuklon (as a teenager; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #33)
• Miss America (last appearance in Young All-Stars #31; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #48)
• Admiral Derek Trevor (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Star-Spangled Kid/Skyman (in a photograph)
• Jade (in a photograph)
• Obsidian (in a photograph)
• Wildcat (in a photograph)
• Solomon Grundy (in a photograph)
• Mr. Bones (in a photograph)
• Cyclotron (in flashback)
• Wildcat (in Nuklon's thoughts)
• Starman (in Nuklon's thoughts)
• Johnny Thunder (in Nuklon's thoughts)
• Power Girl (in Nuklon's thoughts)
• Northwind (in Nuklon's thoughts)
• Brain Wave, Jr. (in Nuklon's thoughts)

Comments:
The origin of Nuklon is revealed in this story.

Synopsis:
Nuklon takes a flight to Virginia to meet Fury and her parents. During the flight he reflects on his own past. As a boy, Albert was a small but scrappy child. His godfather, Al Pratt, allowed Albert to spend a summer with him. Pratt reveals that he is the Atom. He then introduces Albert to the children of the JSA: Hector Hall, Lyta Trevor, and Rick Tyler.

The four children become friends. Both Hector and Albert develop crushes on Lyta. During the summer, Albert receives training from Al. He also grows at an incredible rate. Doctor Mid-Nite believes the growth is the result of radiation absorbed by Albert's grandfather, aka Cyclotron, during World War II.

Albert's height makes him an ideal basketball player. However, he begins to lose interest in the sport and inspired Lyta's father to learn mechanics. Albert eventually tells his godfather that he doesn't want to play basketball and becomes a hero instead.