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Now Guglio is probably going to hate me for this review. I already said Final Crisis was looking like a large piece of trash in that review and I doubt that I will be changing my tune for Trinity #1. Trinity #1 is going to follow the weekly format that we saw in 52 and Countdown, but if this type of writing and story is to continue I may have to bail out on this series by week 5. That’s as long as I can give a comic to be on my shelf before I decide it can no longer remain. Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley are the masterminds behind the series. The opening to the series with the entity screaming to be let out is very compelling and drew me in, but then I was lost when I got to the actual meeting of the Big Three.
Trinity #1 is about the DC’s big three; Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. I couldn’t help but feel the characters are written rather awkwardly. Clark Kent looks very Superman-ish compared to other artist renderings, and believe it or not his astute observations and concerns for the local ongoings despite knowing he is in Keystone, which is Flash territory comes across very Batman. Perhaps the only time I feel like this is Clark Kent is when he is ordering and is trying to come across so humble. It still seems kind of ridiculous because he is having lunch with Bruce Wayne. Wonder Woman doesn’t seem so Amazon-ish or like the herald of the latest feminist movement I am familiar with her being. Her character does come across strong; it’s just off from my normal understanding of the character. I do like how she is the one to point out the differences in the three. Batman is perhaps the biggest mistake of the series and not because of the way Busiek is writing him, this seems to be flooding from the way Batman is being portrayed in the pages of Batman RIP. It’s a Batman who is enjoying life, less into the suit and more into the role of Bruce Wayne. The funniest part is Batman’s almost immediate change when he wants to get down to business, which just comes to quickly, even the dialogue seems like a C movie. Nothing about the art is helping to convey the characters emotions, which prevents me from being drawn into the issue.
The opening segment is the Trinity meeting for lunch in Keystone to discuss a dream. They are wondering if other members of the Justice League have had similar dreams but learn from the Flash that it is limited to them. The Flash’s appearance is probably the best part of the series. Wally and his kids are taking on Clayface in dramatically quick fashion along with a lot of team work. The conversation between the Trinity is very superficial and as I said, as a lead into the story hardly entertaining. Busiek does well in defining the Trinity, each with their interpretation of the dream and their own understanding of the dream, but each feeling very ominous about it. As they leave the area this dream begins to become reality, the ominous voice within their dream beckoning to be let out rings in eaches head. Superman is the only one of the three who is attacked, I guess, it could just be a ball of energy falling from the sky. Just as it looks like we may get some clue as to what Busiek is planning the issue ends with these three and opens to a new segment.
A character known as Enigma, who very much appears like a new age sci-tech Riddler summons Morgan La Fey and these two discuss the universal ideology of the Trinity. It’s very cryptic and boring as identifying with both characters is hard since we know very little of them. Morgan La Fey looks very weird in her outfit and the drawing doesn’t help bring the issue to life. There are some good illustrations but they don’t help a reader become lured into the story. The biggest understanding is that they are somehow connected to the Trinity and they have the desire to steal their power. Morgan La Fey represents Wonder Woman and Enigma represents Batman, they must find Despero who is supposed to represent Superman. The art just seems very rushed, it wasn’t great in the first segment, but it definitely wasn’t good in this second part.
The two are taken through various alternate and future timelines that increase their understanding, but in all honesty it does very little to increase the appeal of the series to me and I think a lot of other readers are going to feel the same way. I am interested at the very least to read the next issue and figure out what is the meaning behind the dream and what is this great universal force trying to break through time and space. I really do hope that the artwork improves, it wasn’t bad in the first part but there was nothing to place it in the same league as other titles currently in my list such as; Nova, Thor and others.
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