Trinity of Sin - Pandora #1

Writer:  Ray Fawkes

Art:  Cannon, Sampere, Cifuentes, Zircher

 

We've been waiting nearly two years for this moment.  A woman was glimpsed in Flashpoint.  She peaked in each of the debut titles of the New 52.  We've gotten glimpses into who she is, but now the curtain is being drawn back in this prologue to this summer's Trinity War.

It's rare that readers actually get the answers they want when they want them.  With that in mind, I was expecting more of a slow build from Fawkes' debut Trinity of Sin title.  I was not expecting as much information and history as what we received, so I was very pleased.  We were given a good basis of who Pandora is and what she's about.  The ideas behind what Trinity War is are beginning to take shape.

While the history was given, it wasn't entirely as exciting as I was hoping for.  We see Pandora, cursed to walk the earth for eternity, traveling the world after setting loose the Seven Sins on mankind.  This is interesting, but it was somewhat expected.  I wanted more, but I can't complain about because we got some answers and some better questions were raised.  This issue left us in an interesting position, so I'm looking forward to hire the story will progress into the core Trinity War titles.  

The art was all over the place in this book.  I'm not a fan of millions creative art teams working in the same book, so that might be a bit of a bias.  Done if the work was great.  I love the design of Pandora, but occasionally she fell flat and seemed forced into her surroundings.  I also think the artists missed a major opportunity with the reveal of the Seven Sins.  These larger than life creatures should have gotten more fanfare if they are as wicked as the council seems to think.  This seems to be a recurring theme for this issue.  It was pretty good, but I just wanted more.

To gear up for Trinity War, I've recently started rereading the various titles that lead up to it.  I have had no experience with Justice League Dark up until last week.  I've never been found of DC's magic world.  The closest I've gotten over the years is the odd Shazam/Captain Marvel story here or there.  Dark is a pretty solid title, so I'm glad I'm getting a bit more of the background before the crossover hits in earnest.  For a prologue, this was a pretty effective book.  However, this isn’t a one-shot.  This is a kick-off issue for an ongoing, so I was really looking for something else to keep my interest.