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After a very very VERY slow start, Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley’s Trinity seems to finally kicking into gear. The past five issues have mainly been a set-up arc, establishing what Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman each stand for and their relationships with - and how they relate to - each other. We’ve also briefly been introduced to (for lack of a better term) the trinity of evil - Despero, Morgan Le Fay and the mysterious Enigma - who may or may not have a connection to Riddler.
Unfortunately, the splitting of issues between the main story and backup stories means that this opening arc, which should have taken only two issues, took five issues to complete. In this issue, Busiek seems to finally have decided that he’s established what he needs to have established and has set up the heroes to delve into this whole “Trinity” thing, but many people, like Mike Haynes of Panels of Awesome, have already written the series off and dropped it from their pull lists.
I’m glad that Busiek is ready to move on and I somewhat enjoyed this issue, but there was one page that stood out to me as a pretty big flaw and perhaps another symptom of what’s been wrong with the series so far.
While I totally get what Busiek is trying to say and it’s a somewhat valid point, I’m not sure that this was the time or place to make that point. It required pulling us out of the story and making Diana seem (to me) somewhat out of character.
And, really, I suspect that may be exactly the problem with Trinity. Busiek has made story secondary to what he wants to do with the series, and that’s bad writing. I obviously don’t have the skills to do any better, but I know better can be done - I see it every day.
I’m still in it for the long haul, but I may end up being the only one if this series - and Busiek’s writing - doesn’t come together soon.
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July 5th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I was somewhat concerned that, once I actually dropped the book, it would pick up. I’m satisfied knowing that it hasn’t. It’s sad that it wasn’t a better book because I know a lot of people that were really pulling for this title after the flop that was Countdown.
Maybe the next weekly will be better.
July 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
This one could still get better, it’s only five issues.
But yeah… not a good start.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:53 am
It may just be me, but I don’t care for the art I’ve seen from this series. Maybe that’s not strong enough. I really don’t like the art.