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Trinity of Sin: Pandora
Trinity of Sin: Pandora, Volume 2: Choices
Pandora seeks answers from the one man who seems to have them: Earth-3's Outsider. A Forever Evil tie in, this volume sees Pandora team up with Constantine against Blight in this second volume starring the New 52's most mysterious character!
Collecting: Trinity of Sin: Pandora 6-14, Futures End
Collecting: Trinity of Sin: Pandora 6-14, Futures End
224 pages, Paperback
First published October 28, 2014
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Ray Fawkes
460 books85 followersRay Fawkes is the critically-acclaimed author of the comics and graphic novels Underwinter, Intersect, One Soul, The People Inside, The Spectral Engine, Possessions, and Junction True, as well as Batman: Eternal, Constantine, Justice League Dark, and Gotham by Midnight (DC), Wolverines (Marvel), Black Hammer '45 (Dark Horse), Jackpot! (AfterShock) and more. He is an Eisner, Harvey, and Shuster award nominee and a YALSA award winner.
Ray has been making comics for over 20 years, starting with and continuing the tradition of DIY fiction as well as working for many major comics publishers in the U.S. and Canada.
Ray has been making comics for over 20 years, starting with and continuing the tradition of DIY fiction as well as working for many major comics publishers in the U.S. and Canada.
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January 10, 2019
It's difficult to express my opinion of the Pandora collection without spoilers. Pandora is not unlikeable, but just kind of average, despite thousands of years of experience, and, if I remember correctly, no need to eat, sleep or breathe since her curse. Well, okay, not "average" but her personality never gripped me, nor her plight.
The individual issues are somewhat disjoint, as there has been much happening off-page in other New 52 titles (Justice League? Justice League Dark? Definitely Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger.) In fact, read 3OS:TPS before, or during, this volume.
But I did feel a little better than "it was OK" about the series, so you can figure it for a 2.5-star read.
The individual issues are somewhat disjoint, as there has been much happening off-page in other New 52 titles (Justice League? Justice League Dark? Definitely Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger.) In fact, read 3OS:TPS before, or during, this volume.
But I did feel a little better than "it was OK" about the series, so you can figure it for a 2.5-star read.
September 19, 2015
This is a pretty large collection of ten issues. The first half deals with Pandora's participation against the Blight, which involves the Justice League Dark and Phantom Stranger. There seems to be a purpose in these stories, and they're rather entertaining. After the conclusion of the Blight, though, we get a bunch of meandering, pseudo-mystical mumbo jumbo as Pandora transforms into a hunter of evil people. Now the avatar of Hope, or whatever, she ends up fighting against Vandal Savage and a host of vampires. Remarkably, villain Giganta (really?) becomes her ally, along with an agent of SHADE who once tried to kill her, but is now an ally. It never really comes together, and it's easy to see why this title died a slow death. The last issue was the Future's End tie-in, and there are some teasers about Pandora's hand in the formation of the New 52 universe, but it makes no sense whatsoever and was really just a waste of time. Not really recommended past the Blight issues.
November 3, 2018
I’m rating this based on the non-tie-in issues. If you only read this book it’d be confusing, but since I read Forever Evil: Blight first and then read the following issues contained here, it worked. I love the character of Pandora, and I just wish there was more of her. Satisfying ending, though, if a little abrupt.
May 22, 2022
There are so many reasons to love this series, which has almost had to struggle against circumstance - born of a multi-book event, opening out to a multi-book event, and ending on a crossover before being swiftly cancelled. If it had been its own story, then it may well have stood up to quite a few of DC's magic-horror icons - as it stands, it's a brilliant idea, buried under the sort of corporate hubris that... well, that buries brilliant ideas.
No-where is it more fucking obvious in this trainwreck of a collection.
The first half of this bumper-sized collection (effectively marking that DC didn't want to waste a solicitation breaking this up to form a third volume) is a crossover with Justice League Dark. That's not inherently a bad thing, except that it was an issue-by-issue crossover. Justice League Dark got one issue, then Pandora the next, then Dark, then Pandora, for I think seven issues.
Only the Pandora issues are included.
This effectively means that the entire first half of just over 224 pages is devoted to the odd chapters of a plot. Every second chapter. Any sort of genuine human oversight into this process would have guaranteed that someone pick up that this is unreadable. You don't even really get the catalyst for the crossover - you might remember at the end of the last volume that Pandora was bought before John Constantine, but we skip over the circumstances that saw Pandora team-up with the Justice League Dark - and then every chapter thereafter effectively ends with a cliffhanger, to be resolved in the chapter we skip, leading us into the resolve of a cliffhanger we missed. One issue saw a character possibly die - the following had characters leaping into action to save them from prison. And, I mean, it's not unwise to assume that they survived, but it's so jarring, from a pure narrative standpoint, to go directly from the anguish of an assumed death, to the heroics of saving them, they having not actually died. It's like "and then, John was a Zombie" times infinity.
The most heartbreaking part of this entire affair is that what we're presented looks great! The book closes out with a very short arc that demonstrates that, when left to its own devices, Pandora gets some pretty cool stuff done! Vandal Savage seeks revenge! Giganta teams up to fight vampires! There's love and loss! A lady becomes a bird lady! It's entertaining, well-written, remarkably illustrated, and the sort of "classic" comic fun that you'd safely expect from DC. Then the series gets one issue to wind down, wrapping up what I can only assume was months worth of story content into a haphazardly rushed epilogue that just outright gives away the answer to every mystery that had been posited over the past two volumes, and... we get a "The End".
Fuck.
This one hurts, y'know? You can see the feint shadow of a series that works. But it was never given a chance to breathe, and then this collection seems to have been printed by a robot (but even that wouldn't be an issue if DC PUT ISSUE NUMBERS IN THEIR GODDAMN COLLECTED EDITIONS), which only ensures this brief, painful run will forever be a footnote, of both the New 52 reboot and DC's tenure in general. Every series deserves a chance, but so few ever get a second, and I fear that this is it for this character and her shot as a titular lead. I can't even assuredly lay any blame on the creative team, because as far as I can gather, they really do good work. Hopefully, they'll get another shot at this or something similar, because this series has proved that, if nothing else, they have their hearts in the right place.
Aw, geez. I don't hate this series by any means. But I really, truly can't recommend any buy or read it. This sucks. I'm depressed now.
No-where is it more fucking obvious in this trainwreck of a collection.
The first half of this bumper-sized collection (effectively marking that DC didn't want to waste a solicitation breaking this up to form a third volume) is a crossover with Justice League Dark. That's not inherently a bad thing, except that it was an issue-by-issue crossover. Justice League Dark got one issue, then Pandora the next, then Dark, then Pandora, for I think seven issues.
Only the Pandora issues are included.
This effectively means that the entire first half of just over 224 pages is devoted to the odd chapters of a plot. Every second chapter. Any sort of genuine human oversight into this process would have guaranteed that someone pick up that this is unreadable. You don't even really get the catalyst for the crossover - you might remember at the end of the last volume that Pandora was bought before John Constantine, but we skip over the circumstances that saw Pandora team-up with the Justice League Dark - and then every chapter thereafter effectively ends with a cliffhanger, to be resolved in the chapter we skip, leading us into the resolve of a cliffhanger we missed. One issue saw a character possibly die - the following had characters leaping into action to save them from prison. And, I mean, it's not unwise to assume that they survived, but it's so jarring, from a pure narrative standpoint, to go directly from the anguish of an assumed death, to the heroics of saving them, they having not actually died. It's like "and then, John was a Zombie" times infinity.
The most heartbreaking part of this entire affair is that what we're presented looks great! The book closes out with a very short arc that demonstrates that, when left to its own devices, Pandora gets some pretty cool stuff done! Vandal Savage seeks revenge! Giganta teams up to fight vampires! There's love and loss! A lady becomes a bird lady! It's entertaining, well-written, remarkably illustrated, and the sort of "classic" comic fun that you'd safely expect from DC. Then the series gets one issue to wind down, wrapping up what I can only assume was months worth of story content into a haphazardly rushed epilogue that just outright gives away the answer to every mystery that had been posited over the past two volumes, and... we get a "The End".
Fuck.
This one hurts, y'know? You can see the feint shadow of a series that works. But it was never given a chance to breathe, and then this collection seems to have been printed by a robot (but even that wouldn't be an issue if DC PUT ISSUE NUMBERS IN THEIR GODDAMN COLLECTED EDITIONS), which only ensures this brief, painful run will forever be a footnote, of both the New 52 reboot and DC's tenure in general. Every series deserves a chance, but so few ever get a second, and I fear that this is it for this character and her shot as a titular lead. I can't even assuredly lay any blame on the creative team, because as far as I can gather, they really do good work. Hopefully, they'll get another shot at this or something similar, because this series has proved that, if nothing else, they have their hearts in the right place.
Aw, geez. I don't hate this series by any means. But I really, truly can't recommend any buy or read it. This sucks. I'm depressed now.
April 14, 2015
I actually really enjoyed this book. The character of Pandora has been very well developed over the two volumes of the story. I really enjoyed how the support cast grew in Volume 2. Giganta is definitely a new favorite - she is hysterical and showed a lot of growth in her few issues. Hope the characters continue to show up in other titles.
January 21, 2026
I think author Ray Fawkes should be commended. He did an unbelievable job trying to write a good story even though DC editorial inserted two crossovers and an event during this title's run. Pandora is a character I had no interest in but he did a good job making her interesting. Its unfortunate that the series had to end as the book a ton of possibilities and things obviously got rushed here. Pandora's relationship with Marcus and possible alliance with S.H.A.D.E. being the stand out elements. Giganta also playing muscle and comic relief was fun. The art here was solid. The book is just drug down by four issues that don't really "do anything" for Pandora as they are part of the bigger DC collective. Overall, an unassuming book that gets slept on.
May 21, 2017
This book has always skirted the line of mediocrity. I want to assume it is a pointless side book, skim it and toss it, but it is always just good enough to get me hooked and hope it can be better. It never reached a state beyond mediocre, sadly. As others have pointed out, this probably could have been a good or great series if not constantly mired in a crossover (something DC trade editors seem to abhor).
July 13, 2023
Pandora is a tragic character, you can't help but feel sorry for her. This graphic novel reveals basically all the mystery about her as she evolves into something she wasn't for the first couple thousand years of her life. It wasn't amazing, but kind of cool, and I like the cast of "immortals" that tend to show up in her comics.
December 31, 2017
Istotne ze względu na lore świata objaśnienia obleczone w słaby komiks. Część to reprint z "Blight", a reszta to nieciekawe popłuczyny. A, wrzucimy na koniec wampiry z Andrew w zestawie żeby nie wyglądało na śmierć serii.
January 4, 2020
Qui prosegue la storia e finisce invischiata in Forever Evil con tutto un caos inestricabile di situazioni fondamentalmente prive di senso definito. Anche qui, a parte il senso di confusione, dopo un'ora dalla lettura avevo perso cognizione di ciò che avevo letto.
August 4, 2019
Average
January 30, 2017
So I've finally gotten around to reading this after having read all of the events that this ties into and it makes about as much sense as you'd expect. The idea of the trinity of sin being cosmicly punished is a great idea for the dcu and could have been really interesting. Who were they before being cursed? How will they atone? What magic will they encounter? Unfortunately, as with a lot of the new52's "lesser" titles, it is 90% tie in issues to events that hinder the story more than expand it. Having read the other events first, I thought that by reading the main Pandora trade I'd finally get some answers behind her crusade and her ongoing story away from the box but nope. The rest of the story offers no clarity, jumping from half baked plot point to half baked plot point and then only giving 1/4 of the story of the tie in issues. If Pandora was the only book you read, you would be so lost as the important issues from forever evil: blight and trinity war are missing, leaving me utterly confused as to what was going on and this is a large volume to begin with 10 issues collected here.
The worst part about this is that it's such a confusing mess of a narrative. Who made the evil spirits, what's up with that future's end issue, what's Savage's deal and where was this all going? In the end of Flashpoint, Pandora was set up to be the big bad of the new52, the reason time messed up and the main reason for the first big cross-over. It was cool to have that telegraphed far in advance and to know that something big was on the horizon. But then trinity war happens and... it was just heroes fighting heroes. Pandora was negligible there and that event, in turn, was simply set up for forever evil. It amounted to nothing (same as with the new52's question. Man does that one piss me off. We'll never know what was up with him or what they were planning to do with him). This is definitely a series to skip, something I haven't said in a while, and just read the collected editions of the events if you feel like reading them. There was a good idea here somewhere but it got destroyed along with the box.
The worst part about this is that it's such a confusing mess of a narrative. Who made the evil spirits, what's up with that future's end issue, what's Savage's deal and where was this all going? In the end of Flashpoint, Pandora was set up to be the big bad of the new52, the reason time messed up and the main reason for the first big cross-over. It was cool to have that telegraphed far in advance and to know that something big was on the horizon. But then trinity war happens and... it was just heroes fighting heroes. Pandora was negligible there and that event, in turn, was simply set up for forever evil. It amounted to nothing (same as with the new52's question. Man does that one piss me off. We'll never know what was up with him or what they were planning to do with him). This is definitely a series to skip, something I haven't said in a while, and just read the collected editions of the events if you feel like reading them. There was a good idea here somewhere but it got destroyed along with the box.
January 10, 2015
The first four issues of this volume are tie-ins to Blight which make no sense when read on their own, as usual with DC's collection of cross-title crossovers, so I'll be ignoring them for this review.
The final six issues deal with Pandora's newfound role as the avatar of hope for the DC Universe as she attempts to pick up the pieces from Forever Evil. It also explores her relationship with Agent Kincaid of SHADE, the villain Giganta, and her lover Marcus, whilst returning villain Vandal Savage pops up for a bit of a fight too. It's all decent superhero stuff, with an undercurrent of regret and sadness which fits Pandora perfectly. The final issue even sets her on a new path, so that if she ever pops up again in another title, she'll have some direction.
The Futures End issue tries to tie up everything that was going on with Pandora and the Seven Deadly Sins. It's an interesting idea, presented decently, but there's a feeling that this was a little rushed. Probably because the title got cancelled before writer Ray Fawkes could finish things off the way he intended, but the ideas are there and fit in with everything we've learned about Pandora so far.
The artwork is solid throughout, with most issues drawn by Francis Portela, whose bright and clean style is an interesting choice for the dark world of Pandora, but her new light of hope means that the visuals match the tone a little better outside of the Blight storyline. It's nice to see a series artist draw the majority of a series for a change too.
The final six issues deal with Pandora's newfound role as the avatar of hope for the DC Universe as she attempts to pick up the pieces from Forever Evil. It also explores her relationship with Agent Kincaid of SHADE, the villain Giganta, and her lover Marcus, whilst returning villain Vandal Savage pops up for a bit of a fight too. It's all decent superhero stuff, with an undercurrent of regret and sadness which fits Pandora perfectly. The final issue even sets her on a new path, so that if she ever pops up again in another title, she'll have some direction.
The Futures End issue tries to tie up everything that was going on with Pandora and the Seven Deadly Sins. It's an interesting idea, presented decently, but there's a feeling that this was a little rushed. Probably because the title got cancelled before writer Ray Fawkes could finish things off the way he intended, but the ideas are there and fit in with everything we've learned about Pandora so far.
The artwork is solid throughout, with most issues drawn by Francis Portela, whose bright and clean style is an interesting choice for the dark world of Pandora, but her new light of hope means that the visuals match the tone a little better outside of the Blight storyline. It's nice to see a series artist draw the majority of a series for a change too.
April 8, 2015
This book can be separated into two sections - the first half takes place after the Trinity of War, during Forever Evil, and suffers the weaknesses of being part of a crossover, where large swaths of the story seem to be missing (like the story behind Pandora's random costume change). There are some epic moments, but without any grounding, it loses much of its impact.
The second half is aftermath; it seems as if DC finished Forever Evil and then realized they still had this immortal character that they needed to do something with. So they just throw her into a couple of situations with random characters (Giganta, Andrew Bennett of I, Vampire) before sloughing her off in a fairly pointless epilogue that seems to close the book on the character. Overall, there's nothing here that really seems to justify everything Pandora's gone through. She started off a mystery and ended with a wet thud. At least the artwork's pretty good.
The second half is aftermath; it seems as if DC finished Forever Evil and then realized they still had this immortal character that they needed to do something with. So they just throw her into a couple of situations with random characters (Giganta, Andrew Bennett of I, Vampire) before sloughing her off in a fairly pointless epilogue that seems to close the book on the character. Overall, there's nothing here that really seems to justify everything Pandora's gone through. She started off a mystery and ended with a wet thud. At least the artwork's pretty good.
October 20, 2016
This volume illustrates one of my pet peeves about modern comics. Multi-title crossover events are a pain in the butt, especially when the publisher decides to split the story up by title instead of collecting the entire thread into one volume. What we have here is basically 1/3 of a coherent story taking up about half of this book. Needless to say, these issues don't make much sense torn out of context. However, the rest of the book isn't bad and provide some fun adventures for our interesting main character. I will say that the excellent, colorful art helps make this volume more enjoyable than it has any right to be.
November 16, 2015
I'm sad to see this title go. The first volume and most of the second were tied up in the trinity war / forever evil cross over events and it was only in the final parts of this volume that Pandora got to have a story line of her own.
January 30, 2015
The volume has all the Pandora issues from the Blight storyline so the story is incomplete.
The post Forever Evil material shows an interesting change for Pandora but I find myself with more questions than answers.
The post Forever Evil material shows an interesting change for Pandora but I find myself with more questions than answers.
April 25, 2016
2.5 - story - meh; art - nice
November 11, 2015
I'm completely fatigued on the Blight story-line, and the second half felt like it was filler playing out the run.
April 3, 2023
must read for comic lovers
April 16, 2017
Most of this is too disjointed to stand on its own. This volume has Pandora #6-14 and her "Future's End" issue. Issues 6-9 are also collected in Forever Evil: Blight (along with Constantine #9-12, Justice League Dark #24-29, and Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger #14-17). Those issues together form a complete story. This doesn't. No joke, I had to look up what was happening between her issues on the DC Wikia page because the story in here is so incomplete. It pops back and forth among all those titles which is really irritating.
So what you're really left with is issues 10-14, which don't really go much of anywhere. It seemed like it was setting up Pandora for a solo series or to have her joining a team (SHADE?), but I'm not really sure if that's what happens to her. This is certainly her last solo volume. (DC Wikia suggests that )
I think she had potential to be an interesting character, but she wasn't really allowed to do much on her own. Almost all her stories are just tied into Trinity War and Forever Evil. Disappointing.
So what you're really left with is issues 10-14, which don't really go much of anywhere. It seemed like it was setting up Pandora for a solo series or to have her joining a team (SHADE?), but I'm not really sure if that's what happens to her. This is certainly her last solo volume. (DC Wikia suggests that )
I think she had potential to be an interesting character, but she wasn't really allowed to do much on her own. Almost all her stories are just tied into Trinity War and Forever Evil. Disappointing.
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