TRINITY #3 (2008 June 18)

Issue 3 of DC’s TRINITY picks up straight from issue 2, with the Justice League coming to save the day for the Green Lantern, battling the monstrous Konvikt. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman suddenly turn up, with Superman struggling to contain the power of the monster he fights.

The “second” story deals with a tarot card reader named Marguerita Arroyo Covas, as is a more interesting story, as we follow her accidental descent into the criminal world.

The structure of this issue was most like how I expect the series to be, with the main heroes in the lead story, and a minor tale in the second story. I doubt things will stay like that for the future, though.

So, where are we at, after 3 issues? We are probably not seeing as much of our trinity as I would like, but the overall story is obviously building slowly. On the flipside, the story is doing well to include as many other DC characters as it can, helping expand the scope of the series.

Mark Bagley is a great artist, but his depiction of Wonder Woman is very inconsistent, as page to page it’s sometimes difficult to believe it’s from the same artist. In contrast, for issue 3 especially, the backup story art by Mike Norton and Jerry Ordway is superb and without fault.

7.5 out of 10.

RASL #2

It’s taken three months for issue 2 of RASL to come out, but it’s been worth the wait, as Jeff Smith has produced a meatier issue that starts to explain and open up the story of our main character.

Our traveler of parallel universes returns “home”, but suspects not all is at it should be and suspects being followed.

This is a really good issue, I like Jeff Smith’s mature approach to the characters and the inking and art is superb.

7.5 out of 10.