Binker
06-26-2008, 10:03 AM
By Nathaniel Ruff (also known as Binker, Binker2 and Nate on many forums)
TRINITY #4
Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza
Art by Mark Bagley, Art Thibert, Scott McDaniel, Andy Owens, Tom Derenick, Wayne Faucher, Mike Norton and Jerry Ordway
Covers by Carlos Pacheco
Edited by Mike Carlin
PLOT:
The lead feature explores the unusual bond — and importance — of DC's top three characters, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, as a mysterious dream links them together and may prophesy important changes in their trinity!
REVIEW:
In comparison with issues #1-2, instead of both stories being good, the main story suffered, and it was the co-story was the one that saved the entire issue from being bad. One part of it was that the JLA stopped when the Trinity arrived, thus it was like they were pushing "the Trinity is important" too much, and having the cliffhanging end of Superman being defeated by Konvikt being played out in a way that it really shouldn't have been. Other than that, nothing else happened, but it was the co-story that got the interest back with Rita, and the wonder on how her role in the series will be like. Now as we pick up where we left off last time, let's see how issue #4 plays out.
Issue #4 brings us to a close to the first month of the weekly series. And as we started this issue, in regards to my review to issue #3, some things I found odd were cleared up for the better. I kept on forgetting that this little creature is driving Konvikt, and maybe it's just him or both that have magical powers, which Superman has a weakness in. That in my head about this villain (or villains), and not just thinking of Konvikt just being a behemoth monster like Doomsday was, felt like that added as to why Superman was out cold at the end of issue #3 (which was used like a cliffhanging ending, which I hated). Thankfully, Superman got his a$$ up at the start of this first series, and continued his job. That's one thing about Superman that is good even if he was de-powered like his previous days: he's not a wimp, he gets hit, he gets back up and back into the game. Another thing that was cleared up was the JLA, to whom they stopped at issue #3 during the battle when ther Trinity arrived, something unlike them. This issue, which was seen briefly in issue #3 I might add, Black Canary leads the other Leaguers in helping the civilians, with Batman included as well with a funny remark (he tells a couple that they're sitting above a fuel tank, and they run and scream. Job well done). Because I remembered that's what the JLA did anyway in issue #3, maybe I pushed a little more hate on what they were like in that issue than I should've. But it was just that they stopped fighting when the Trinity appeared, and that was something that is not the case, and it seemed like they were pushing the Trinity importance too much in that issue. But anyway, this issue cleared what happened in issue #3 up nicely.
Other things were that Busiek presented Wonder Woman as the one with faith, as she encouraged those she couldn't get to pass from their damaged building to the other safe building. The faith theme in Wonder Woman has been played since Perez' days, and is currently back in full force during Gail Simone's current run on the book. Morgaine Le Fay and Enigma point this out, as much as pointing out that Superman is classified as savior, while nothing can be said for Batman from their minds other than "the guy who scares people". It's only now that I ask this: Morgaine Le Fay has fought these heroes before, so why is it here that she talks about them like she is getting to know them like she never heard of them before? That's weird. Maybe I was reading into it too much. But another thing was that Batman finds the aliens' crashed spaceship; how did he find that? Was it something I missed?
We continue the co-story from issue #3 with Rita (by the way, her name was not "Tarot Rita" like I thought. I mentioned "Tarot" was used referring to her by someone, so that's why I assumed. Her name is actually Marguerita, and she, and others, call her Rita for short). In this, there wasn't as much as you would think compared to the previous co-story. We do get important moments that might be a foreshadow to the future of where this series is going, as Rita uses her equipment to make her see the future in a dream: Despero conquering an alien planet, only to notice something and.....it ends. The gang that attacked her and were defeated, wants her now because of what happened. Other than that, that was it in a nutshell. Though, one wonders what could happen to Rita down the line.
Overall, compared to issue #3, issue #4 went back to the positive-ness of the series. Things got cleared up (the JLA, Superman, etc), and Busiek played out the Trinity in the right way again. The main story and co-story were all good, and while the co-story didn't have much to say, the foreshadowing toward Desporo was good enough to see what this series could be leading towards. Trinity Month One is done, now comes Month Two!
RATING: Yay
TRINITY #4
Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza
Art by Mark Bagley, Art Thibert, Scott McDaniel, Andy Owens, Tom Derenick, Wayne Faucher, Mike Norton and Jerry Ordway
Covers by Carlos Pacheco
Edited by Mike Carlin
PLOT:
The lead feature explores the unusual bond — and importance — of DC's top three characters, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, as a mysterious dream links them together and may prophesy important changes in their trinity!
REVIEW:
In comparison with issues #1-2, instead of both stories being good, the main story suffered, and it was the co-story was the one that saved the entire issue from being bad. One part of it was that the JLA stopped when the Trinity arrived, thus it was like they were pushing "the Trinity is important" too much, and having the cliffhanging end of Superman being defeated by Konvikt being played out in a way that it really shouldn't have been. Other than that, nothing else happened, but it was the co-story that got the interest back with Rita, and the wonder on how her role in the series will be like. Now as we pick up where we left off last time, let's see how issue #4 plays out.
Issue #4 brings us to a close to the first month of the weekly series. And as we started this issue, in regards to my review to issue #3, some things I found odd were cleared up for the better. I kept on forgetting that this little creature is driving Konvikt, and maybe it's just him or both that have magical powers, which Superman has a weakness in. That in my head about this villain (or villains), and not just thinking of Konvikt just being a behemoth monster like Doomsday was, felt like that added as to why Superman was out cold at the end of issue #3 (which was used like a cliffhanging ending, which I hated). Thankfully, Superman got his a$$ up at the start of this first series, and continued his job. That's one thing about Superman that is good even if he was de-powered like his previous days: he's not a wimp, he gets hit, he gets back up and back into the game. Another thing that was cleared up was the JLA, to whom they stopped at issue #3 during the battle when ther Trinity arrived, something unlike them. This issue, which was seen briefly in issue #3 I might add, Black Canary leads the other Leaguers in helping the civilians, with Batman included as well with a funny remark (he tells a couple that they're sitting above a fuel tank, and they run and scream. Job well done). Because I remembered that's what the JLA did anyway in issue #3, maybe I pushed a little more hate on what they were like in that issue than I should've. But it was just that they stopped fighting when the Trinity appeared, and that was something that is not the case, and it seemed like they were pushing the Trinity importance too much in that issue. But anyway, this issue cleared what happened in issue #3 up nicely.
Other things were that Busiek presented Wonder Woman as the one with faith, as she encouraged those she couldn't get to pass from their damaged building to the other safe building. The faith theme in Wonder Woman has been played since Perez' days, and is currently back in full force during Gail Simone's current run on the book. Morgaine Le Fay and Enigma point this out, as much as pointing out that Superman is classified as savior, while nothing can be said for Batman from their minds other than "the guy who scares people". It's only now that I ask this: Morgaine Le Fay has fought these heroes before, so why is it here that she talks about them like she is getting to know them like she never heard of them before? That's weird. Maybe I was reading into it too much. But another thing was that Batman finds the aliens' crashed spaceship; how did he find that? Was it something I missed?
We continue the co-story from issue #3 with Rita (by the way, her name was not "Tarot Rita" like I thought. I mentioned "Tarot" was used referring to her by someone, so that's why I assumed. Her name is actually Marguerita, and she, and others, call her Rita for short). In this, there wasn't as much as you would think compared to the previous co-story. We do get important moments that might be a foreshadow to the future of where this series is going, as Rita uses her equipment to make her see the future in a dream: Despero conquering an alien planet, only to notice something and.....it ends. The gang that attacked her and were defeated, wants her now because of what happened. Other than that, that was it in a nutshell. Though, one wonders what could happen to Rita down the line.
Overall, compared to issue #3, issue #4 went back to the positive-ness of the series. Things got cleared up (the JLA, Superman, etc), and Busiek played out the Trinity in the right way again. The main story and co-story were all good, and while the co-story didn't have much to say, the foreshadowing toward Desporo was good enough to see what this series could be leading towards. Trinity Month One is done, now comes Month Two!
RATING: Yay