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shannonleighd's review
4.0
Oh my god.
That ending.
THAT ENDING.
I seriously gasped after that was revealed.
And what's going to happen to??? And The Atom, Plus where did come from??? I didn't even realize that was an option!
Seriously.
What is going on.
Wut.
That ending.
THAT ENDING.
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OMG THE BUTLER DID IT!!!!!I seriously gasped after that was revealed.
And what's going to happen to
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or should I say ... Atomica? (I didn't like her anyway.)Spoiler
Earth 3Seriously.
What is going on.
Wut.
mackle13's review against another edition
2.0
Recently I read [b:Justice League Dark, Vol. 4: The Rebirth of Evil|18463433|Justice League Dark, Vol. 4 The Rebirth of Evil|J.M. DeMatteis|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1401226555s/18463433.jpg|26119449] and realized this this volume was bits and pieces of a larger cross-over event, which is more thoroughly captured in Trinity War. Since my library had Trinity War (when I was actually looking for JLD 6) I decided to give it a go and see what it was like having more of the story.
And... it was ok. It wasn't the hot-miss of trying to read JLD4, but it wasn't a great story, either. It was just... too much, overall, and mostly focused on JL and JLA with only little forays into JLD and other titles. (And the Constantine bit was kinda terrible.)
I had two main issues with this, aside from above:
1) Inconsistencies and unexplained bits. For instance, Constantine
A bigger inconsistency which bothered me was with Batman and Stranger. In one volume, a JL one I think, Stranger says they have to question Doctor Light, but in the Stranger episode which comes later, it's Batman who has the idea and has to convince Stranger to do it. These sort of things kept popping up through the story.
Also, a lot of focus is placed on Madame Xanadu, but what she sees doesn't seem to be all that important.
2) The biggest issue is that there's a non-ending. Nothing is resolved, and this whole story is basically just set up for [b:Forever Evil|21524950|Forever Evil|Geoff Johns|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395377427s/21524950.jpg|40850564], which is another/continuation of the cross-over thing, so, again, I've seen some parts of that in JLD4 already, but I guess I'll have to get Forever Evil to finish off the story. (Though I'm hoping I don't then have to read more companion material and can just finish it off.)
And... it was ok. It wasn't the hot-miss of trying to read JLD4, but it wasn't a great story, either. It was just... too much, overall, and mostly focused on JL and JLA with only little forays into JLD and other titles. (And the Constantine bit was kinda terrible.)
I had two main issues with this, aside from above:
1) Inconsistencies and unexplained bits. For instance, Constantine
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takes Shazam out of play at one point, saying it's for the ultimate good. Shazam tells others John tried to steal his powers, which he does, albeit briefly, and it's not really explained why John did what he did or whether he actually was trying to steal his powers. (I say no to the latter because it's not like he could really use them.)A bigger inconsistency which bothered me was with Batman and Stranger. In one volume, a JL one I think, Stranger says they have to question Doctor Light, but in the Stranger episode which comes later, it's Batman who has the idea and has to convince Stranger to do it. These sort of things kept popping up through the story.
Also, a lot of focus is placed on Madame Xanadu, but what she sees doesn't seem to be all that important.
2) The biggest issue is that there's a non-ending. Nothing is resolved, and this whole story is basically just set up for [b:Forever Evil|21524950|Forever Evil|Geoff Johns|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395377427s/21524950.jpg|40850564], which is another/continuation of the cross-over thing, so, again, I've seen some parts of that in JLD4 already, but I guess I'll have to get Forever Evil to finish off the story. (Though I'm hoping I don't then have to read more companion material and can just finish it off.)
calistareads's review
4.0
OK, I'm a little slow right now, but I think I figured out how this is working. This is called a cross-over event where they take threads of stories from many lines of the other players like Justice League Dark and Pandora and other and they thread the story together into one whole story. It seems like most of the DC universe was here.
I have not read all of DC New 52 so most of this was new information, but some things I have read. One of them was Pandora. I read Vol. 1 and I really enjoyed that story and I wanted to get more into that. And all 3 of the people in the trinity were also in this = the Question (who I really like that character for some reason) and the Phantom Stranger.
So, this Trinity war was really good. We find out why Superman got sick and why it looks like he killed someone. We find out what happened to Madame Xanadu and we also find out what Pandora's Box is and does.
I thought that this is one of the better things I have read from DC New 52. I can understand if you have already read all this in the different funs and put it together in your head, but I liked having it all in one place. It was entertaining and I liked that it was full of all these characters of DC. We get to see everyone. I thought it was entertaining.
I have decided that I like these little crossover books between the numbers. I'll be sure to get them in the future.
I have not read all of DC New 52 so most of this was new information, but some things I have read. One of them was Pandora. I read Vol. 1 and I really enjoyed that story and I wanted to get more into that. And all 3 of the people in the trinity were also in this = the Question (who I really like that character for some reason) and the Phantom Stranger.
So, this Trinity war was really good. We find out why Superman got sick and why it looks like he killed someone. We find out what happened to Madame Xanadu and we also find out what Pandora's Box is and does.
I thought that this is one of the better things I have read from DC New 52. I can understand if you have already read all this in the different funs and put it together in your head, but I liked having it all in one place. It was entertaining and I liked that it was full of all these characters of DC. We get to see everyone. I thought it was entertaining.
I have decided that I like these little crossover books between the numbers. I'll be sure to get them in the future.
the_rox13's review
3.0
I'm kind of dreading this synopsis because this book is huge. I'm not going to cover every little thing, but I'll try to hit all the main points and it's still going to be a long synopsis. All right, here we go.
Synopsis: We learn that Pandora is apart of the Trinity of Sin, along with the Phantom Stranger and the Question, who were all punished at the same time by the Circle of Eternity. I'm just going to note that the Wizard, who gave Billy Batson the Shazam powers, is apart of the Circle of Eternity. Pandora spends much of her life training physically and traveling the world to warn different cultures about the Seven Deadly Sins, her "children." Eventually in the present day, the Wizard appears to Pandora and says that of the Trinity of Sin, she was the only one underserving of her punishment and that the Circle did not create the box and its origins are unknown, but that only the strongest of hearts or the darkest can open it. The Wizard then seemingly dies.
Pandora breaks into A.R.G.U.S. and steals the box. She cannot open it but hopes that Superman will be able to. Billy Batson decides to take Black Adam's ashes to Kahndaq. Meanwhile, Pandora meets up with Superman and Wonder Woman and Superman attempts to open the box. The box briefly corrupts Superman. Cyborg and Batman alert the League that someone in a cape (Shazam) flying in Dahndaq. And here's where the shitshow begins, the JL goes to Dahndaq to confront Shazam, while the JLA also show up to tell the JL to get out of Kahndaq.
Dr. Light can't control his powers because Superman is a solar battery and hurts Wonder Woman. Superman is enraged and grabs Dr. Light and kills him with his heatvision. At this point a fight between the JL and JLA breaks out while a man named the Outsider watches on computer screens. Superman stops the fight and demands to be locked up because he can't control his powers. Meanwhile, Madame Xanadu is kidnapped by the Outsider because of her ability to see the future.
The JL doesn't believe that Superman killed Dr. Light of his own freewill and are investigating. I'm just going to skip a bunch of the middle because it really is a wild goose chase. It's really just a mix of people looking for who made the box, who can open it and who made Superman kill Dr. Light. All of which will be answered in the last issue.
Eventually, Constantine gets the box and is unable to be corrupted by it because he is already corrupted. However, the JL and JLA have all been corrupted by the box. There's a huge fight among all the heroes until the box temporarily goes dormant and Superman collapses. Cyborg and Firestorm discover that the small piece of Kryptonite stolen from the ring in the Batcave has been lodged in Superman's brain.
When Cyborg questions how this happened, the Atom reveals that she did it. Her stabbing a nerve in Superman's brain is what caused his heatvision to go off and kill Dr. Light. She also says that Cyborg is a traitor and as she says this, Cyborg's machine body separates from his human part and calls itself the Grid. The Outsider then picks up the box and says that the box came from the birthplace of evil - Earth-3. He reveals that only someone from Earth-3 can open the box and that it is a gateway to Earth-3.
The Outside opens the box and the Crime Syndicate steps through, though Sea King dies in the process. The Outsider is shown to be Alfred from Earth-3 in service to Owlman. The Atom is really Atomica and the lover of Johnny Quick. The books ends with the Crime Syndicate attacking and saying that this world belongs to them now.
Review: There is a lot of unnecessarily red herring stuff in this book, but I have to commend Johns for tying it all together at the end. I remember reading that last issue in 2018 and being completely blown away, and I felt the same way this time.
I'm only giving it three stars because the story as a whole drags on until the last issue. It is thorough - Batman really does investigate as many people as he can to discover who made Superman kill Dr. Light - but man, none of the people he looks at are responsible so it all seems a bit pointless by the end. There's also a lot of questioning who made the box and such, but again, there aren't any answers until the last issue.
I liked Pandora as a character all right, but I don't know that I needed three issues dedicated to her. They're really repetitive. I wasn't sure what the point was of the Constantine issue, either. It seemed like it was more focused on movie Constantine's book along than Trinity War, which is fair, but it wasn't necessary for me.
The main one that bothers me is, if only someone from Earth-3 can open the box, why was Pandora able to open it the first time? And does that mean that the Seven Deadly Sins originated from Earth-3? Maybe it's answered here and I missed it or in a future volume, but that was one thing that bugged me.
But the final issue for me is enough to give it three stars. I love the Crime Syndicate - they're the closest thing in main continuity to Injustice there is. I loved that Earth-3 Alfred was the one that could open the box and that the Atom was the one to betray the Leagues. I wonder looking back on the issue where she keeps talking about having a secret, if that was a double meaning because she is a double agent for the JLA, but actually she's a triple agent for the Crime Syndicate. I liked her character flip, too. All of a sudden, you're like "oh, shit, she's evil as hell and has been this whole time." It's amazing how well she was able to lie. I could imagine how shocking it would have been reading this issue when it first came out.
Also, Cyborg's machine apart separating from his human part was horrific. I mean, Grid literally leaves Victor as less than half of a torso with no arms or legs. It's brutal. I think it kind of sucks that Sea King didn't make it because I would have liked to see an evil Aquaman, but all well, I guess if you had to kill one off, evil Aquaman would be the one.
It's long, but I think it is definitely worth the read if you've read this entire run. It is a bit of a wild goose chase but it pays off in the end.
Synopsis: We learn that Pandora is apart of the Trinity of Sin, along with the Phantom Stranger and the Question, who were all punished at the same time by the Circle of Eternity. I'm just going to note that the Wizard, who gave Billy Batson the Shazam powers, is apart of the Circle of Eternity. Pandora spends much of her life training physically and traveling the world to warn different cultures about the Seven Deadly Sins, her "children." Eventually in the present day, the Wizard appears to Pandora and says that of the Trinity of Sin, she was the only one underserving of her punishment and that the Circle did not create the box and its origins are unknown, but that only the strongest of hearts or the darkest can open it. The Wizard then seemingly dies.
Pandora breaks into A.R.G.U.S. and steals the box. She cannot open it but hopes that Superman will be able to. Billy Batson decides to take Black Adam's ashes to Kahndaq. Meanwhile, Pandora meets up with Superman and Wonder Woman and Superman attempts to open the box. The box briefly corrupts Superman. Cyborg and Batman alert the League that someone in a cape (Shazam) flying in Dahndaq. And here's where the shitshow begins, the JL goes to Dahndaq to confront Shazam, while the JLA also show up to tell the JL to get out of Kahndaq.
Dr. Light can't control his powers because Superman is a solar battery and hurts Wonder Woman. Superman is enraged and grabs Dr. Light and kills him with his heatvision. At this point a fight between the JL and JLA breaks out while a man named the Outsider watches on computer screens. Superman stops the fight and demands to be locked up because he can't control his powers. Meanwhile, Madame Xanadu is kidnapped by the Outsider because of her ability to see the future.
The JL doesn't believe that Superman killed Dr. Light of his own freewill and are investigating. I'm just going to skip a bunch of the middle because it really is a wild goose chase. It's really just a mix of people looking for who made the box, who can open it and who made Superman kill Dr. Light. All of which will be answered in the last issue.
Eventually, Constantine gets the box and is unable to be corrupted by it because he is already corrupted. However, the JL and JLA have all been corrupted by the box. There's a huge fight among all the heroes until the box temporarily goes dormant and Superman collapses. Cyborg and Firestorm discover that the small piece of Kryptonite stolen from the ring in the Batcave has been lodged in Superman's brain.
When Cyborg questions how this happened, the Atom reveals that she did it. Her stabbing a nerve in Superman's brain is what caused his heatvision to go off and kill Dr. Light. She also says that Cyborg is a traitor and as she says this, Cyborg's machine body separates from his human part and calls itself the Grid. The Outsider then picks up the box and says that the box came from the birthplace of evil - Earth-3. He reveals that only someone from Earth-3 can open the box and that it is a gateway to Earth-3.
The Outside opens the box and the Crime Syndicate steps through, though Sea King dies in the process. The Outsider is shown to be Alfred from Earth-3 in service to Owlman. The Atom is really Atomica and the lover of Johnny Quick. The books ends with the Crime Syndicate attacking and saying that this world belongs to them now.
Review: There is a lot of unnecessarily red herring stuff in this book, but I have to commend Johns for tying it all together at the end. I remember reading that last issue in 2018 and being completely blown away, and I felt the same way this time.
I'm only giving it three stars because the story as a whole drags on until the last issue. It is thorough - Batman really does investigate as many people as he can to discover who made Superman kill Dr. Light - but man, none of the people he looks at are responsible so it all seems a bit pointless by the end. There's also a lot of questioning who made the box and such, but again, there aren't any answers until the last issue.
I liked Pandora as a character all right, but I don't know that I needed three issues dedicated to her. They're really repetitive. I wasn't sure what the point was of the Constantine issue, either. It seemed like it was more focused on movie Constantine's book along than Trinity War, which is fair, but it wasn't necessary for me.
The main one that bothers me is, if only someone from Earth-3 can open the box, why was Pandora able to open it the first time? And does that mean that the Seven Deadly Sins originated from Earth-3? Maybe it's answered here and I missed it or in a future volume, but that was one thing that bugged me.
But the final issue for me is enough to give it three stars. I love the Crime Syndicate - they're the closest thing in main continuity to Injustice there is. I loved that Earth-3 Alfred was the one that could open the box and that the Atom was the one to betray the Leagues. I wonder looking back on the issue where she keeps talking about having a secret, if that was a double meaning because she is a double agent for the JLA, but actually she's a triple agent for the Crime Syndicate. I liked her character flip, too. All of a sudden, you're like "oh, shit, she's evil as hell and has been this whole time." It's amazing how well she was able to lie. I could imagine how shocking it would have been reading this issue when it first came out.
Also, Cyborg's machine apart separating from his human part was horrific. I mean, Grid literally leaves Victor as less than half of a torso with no arms or legs. It's brutal. I think it kind of sucks that Sea King didn't make it because I would have liked to see an evil Aquaman, but all well, I guess if you had to kill one off, evil Aquaman would be the one.
It's long, but I think it is definitely worth the read if you've read this entire run. It is a bit of a wild goose chase but it pays off in the end.
quartersooner's review
1.0
Trinity War was my first foray into the New 52. I was angry with DC (for a multitude of reasons, mostly for the Oracle magical disability removing sitch), so up 'til now I've been collecting whatever I can pre-New 52.
I bought Trinity War on a whim, wondering how bad it could possibly be if it features a lot of favourite characters, a chance to see them as they are in the New 52.
I was underwhelmed and disappointed. This is a vast train wreck of the JL and JLA beating the crap out of eachother for reasons that make no sense. DC have turned every single one of their characters into ridiculous anti-heroes with no heart - indeed, you could probably switch up all their lines and you'd be none the wiser, possibly assuming Batman said all of it.
The anti-hero thing really only works for actual, y'know, anti-heroes. The only character who came through as actually having a personality was John Constantine... which says something when you're reading anything pertaining to the Justice League. (League. Leagues. Makes it hard to follow or step into.) Constantine in Captain Marvel's boots was quite a cool moment. (I know it's "Shazam" now, but he's always going to be Captain Marvel to me.)
Overall, this is one to avoid. Wake me up when Supes, Bats and Wondie et al aren't spewing dark and conflicted crap.
I bought Trinity War on a whim, wondering how bad it could possibly be if it features a lot of favourite characters, a chance to see them as they are in the New 52.
I was underwhelmed and disappointed. This is a vast train wreck of the JL and JLA beating the crap out of eachother for reasons that make no sense. DC have turned every single one of their characters into ridiculous anti-heroes with no heart - indeed, you could probably switch up all their lines and you'd be none the wiser, possibly assuming Batman said all of it.
The anti-hero thing really only works for actual, y'know, anti-heroes. The only character who came through as actually having a personality was John Constantine... which says something when you're reading anything pertaining to the Justice League. (League. Leagues. Makes it hard to follow or step into.) Constantine in Captain Marvel's boots was quite a cool moment. (I know it's "Shazam" now, but he's always going to be Captain Marvel to me.)
Overall, this is one to avoid. Wake me up when Supes, Bats and Wondie et al aren't spewing dark and conflicted crap.
sajie87's review
3.0
Well it's DC. The story is way out there but the artwork is top notch at least.
bookpaiges's review
5.0
I had a lot of fun reading this even though at times it was a little confusing, it felt like it jumped around a lot but I know thats because technically there are other comics I think that fill in those gaps??? maybe idk lol. But it was fun to read even though it felt like batman had the only brain cell for the whole justice league the entire time.
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I honestly did see it coming that atom was the bad guy and I did not realize thats how grid came about (and before all the hardcore dc fans laugh at me, cause im sure they already new this or saw it coming, I'm new to reading comics so I'm still learning lol)
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I honestly did see it coming that atom was the bad guy and I did not realize thats how grid came about (and before all the hardcore dc fans laugh at me, cause im sure they already new this or saw it coming, I'm new to reading comics so I'm still learning lol)
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting slug fest. I think the interactions are somewhat cool, but there isn't much depth. The take on Pandora was interesting.