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Trinity (2016)
Trinity, Vol. 4: The Search for Steve Trevor
Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman--the three greatest heroes in the DC Universe--embark on an unexpected odessy of their own in Trinity Vol. 4!
Batman and Superman help Wonder Woman rediscover Themyscira, but finding Diana's lost homeland proves more difficult than these three heroes expected. While on their journey, a distress call from a nearby ship turns out to be more than meets the eye, and the Trinity find themselves marooned in the dread island of Skartaris. To make their way back home, our heroes will have to overcome Deimos, who will stop at nothing to seal off Skartaris from the rest of world forever!
Acclaimed writer James Robinson takes the reins here in Trinity Vol. 4! Collects issues #17-22.
Batman and Superman help Wonder Woman rediscover Themyscira, but finding Diana's lost homeland proves more difficult than these three heroes expected. While on their journey, a distress call from a nearby ship turns out to be more than meets the eye, and the Trinity find themselves marooned in the dread island of Skartaris. To make their way back home, our heroes will have to overcome Deimos, who will stop at nothing to seal off Skartaris from the rest of world forever!
Acclaimed writer James Robinson takes the reins here in Trinity Vol. 4! Collects issues #17-22.
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 11, 2018
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December 27, 2018
Obviously written as a placeholder to finish off the series. Nothing of interest happens. It's all very bland. The Trinity wind up in Skartaris but Warlord basically makes only a cameo. What a wasted opportunity. If you're going to bring the character back, why not use him as a co-star? Patrick Zircher's art is always nice to look at, but there's just nothing of substance to this story. My guess is that if the book hadn't already been solicited, it would have already ended before this story.
June 20, 2022
This was so good omg!
So we basically have the TRINITY going to Skartaris and there they sort of meet WARLORD or rather a hologram of him and he asks them to come meet him and then thus begins the quest to find him and we see the challenges they have to go through and when they lose their power what happens and its so awesome seeing Diana even without her eye sight and how she defends against them and its so awesome and then the revelations and what not and the ultimate battle plus even crazier monsters and whats with Warlord's daughter and her plans and what happened to Steve Trevor and the man behind it all aka DEIMOS!
Its Trinity vs Deimos and his magic and the crazed world of Skartaris and it all hanging in the balance and its just insane, omg I love it, the romance between Steve and Diana and the friendship of the Trinity and crazy magicians and yeah.. predictable some places but its so fun and you get a good story by the end of it!
A definite recommend from me! ;)
So we basically have the TRINITY going to Skartaris and there they sort of meet WARLORD or rather a hologram of him and he asks them to come meet him and then thus begins the quest to find him and we see the challenges they have to go through and when they lose their power what happens and its so awesome seeing Diana even without her eye sight and how she defends against them and its so awesome and then the revelations and what not and the ultimate battle plus even crazier monsters and whats with Warlord's daughter and her plans and what happened to Steve Trevor and the man behind it all aka DEIMOS!
Its Trinity vs Deimos and his magic and the crazed world of Skartaris and it all hanging in the balance and its just insane, omg I love it, the romance between Steve and Diana and the friendship of the Trinity and crazy magicians and yeah.. predictable some places but its so fun and you get a good story by the end of it!
A definite recommend from me! ;)
May 20, 2024
Unfortunately, this run bows out on a series low. Even the Trinity aren't enough to save the lackluster story this time around. It is convoluted and, worst of all, really bloody boring. Forgettable filler not fit to be a finale, skip skip skip.
August 10, 2018
Boring and uninspired.
World: The art is fine, the first three issues were a bit better than the last three, but since Manapul left the seres has not been the same. The world itself has not been the same for this book, the tone and color, the framing, the characters all took a turn for the grim dark and that’s not what I want this series to be. I really liked the world they were creating the first two arcs and then these last two the world has been meh. The magic angle reminds me of Liam Sharp’s ‘Brave and the Bold’ which was also rather meh but had better world building and less, ridiculous female clothing. It was nice to call back on the past but it was not a past that I really cared for.
Story: The story is solid, it’s well paced and well written. That being said it’s exactly the same as every other villain from another dimension story we’ve read since the 1980s and the results are the same. There is nothing new here, there are cliches, there are the boobs for the ‘savage’ women, there’s the evil sorcerer, it’s all there. Yeah, nothing much to say except it was pointless and a waste of time. It was not what the series needed and it ended a series on a really poor note.
Characters: The Trinity is fine, there is a lot of fighting here so there is not a lot of development in terms of depth and character, but that’s fine the little moments we get of them are on point, and making Diana that awesome is always great. The rest of the cast on the other hand is just a bunch of sword and sorcery cliches, from the muscle bound fur wearing males to the barely there cloth with huge boobs for women, it’s all there.
Boring and uninspired end to a series that started so hopeful and bright...shame.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
World: The art is fine, the first three issues were a bit better than the last three, but since Manapul left the seres has not been the same. The world itself has not been the same for this book, the tone and color, the framing, the characters all took a turn for the grim dark and that’s not what I want this series to be. I really liked the world they were creating the first two arcs and then these last two the world has been meh. The magic angle reminds me of Liam Sharp’s ‘Brave and the Bold’ which was also rather meh but had better world building and less, ridiculous female clothing. It was nice to call back on the past but it was not a past that I really cared for.
Story: The story is solid, it’s well paced and well written. That being said it’s exactly the same as every other villain from another dimension story we’ve read since the 1980s and the results are the same. There is nothing new here, there are cliches, there are the boobs for the ‘savage’ women, there’s the evil sorcerer, it’s all there. Yeah, nothing much to say except it was pointless and a waste of time. It was not what the series needed and it ended a series on a really poor note.
Characters: The Trinity is fine, there is a lot of fighting here so there is not a lot of development in terms of depth and character, but that’s fine the little moments we get of them are on point, and making Diana that awesome is always great. The rest of the cast on the other hand is just a bunch of sword and sorcery cliches, from the muscle bound fur wearing males to the barely there cloth with huge boobs for women, it’s all there.
Boring and uninspired end to a series that started so hopeful and bright...shame.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
July 28, 2018
Basic Plot: The Trinity head to a world called Skartaris to stop a bad guy from taking over.
Fairly standard plot, but not terribly exciting. The people from Skartatis very much reminded me of 1980s fantasy cartoons/art. It was good, but very dated in look and a bit cheesy, especially when coupled with a blah story. This appears ro be the finale for this series.
Fairly standard plot, but not terribly exciting. The people from Skartatis very much reminded me of 1980s fantasy cartoons/art. It was good, but very dated in look and a bit cheesy, especially when coupled with a blah story. This appears ro be the finale for this series.
June 22, 2022
This volume felt very much like a golden age book. The trinity is transported to a land where physics, time, space, all work different and strangely. They are thrown into a war between good and evil. They are lied to, then double crossed, as they try to find their way home. It had some many fantastic and/or "zany" premises that it just felt like those books from the 50's or 60's. And I don't know if that what James Robinson was going for, but that's what he definitely hit.
There were multiple artists on the book, and I think my favorite part was the art in general. The book looks great and the artists all have styles that are similar to each other enough so that you dont get that disjointed feeling you sometimes do when reading something with multiple artists.
This was fun but felt very, very frivolous. It's a by product of that golden age story telling where you know by the end of the adventure, no matter how crazy or ridiculous it gets, things will be back to normal. And that takes away from the danger of their quest. Which takes away something from the book all in all.
Recommended for fans who like more adventure for adventures sake type books.
There were multiple artists on the book, and I think my favorite part was the art in general. The book looks great and the artists all have styles that are similar to each other enough so that you dont get that disjointed feeling you sometimes do when reading something with multiple artists.
This was fun but felt very, very frivolous. It's a by product of that golden age story telling where you know by the end of the adventure, no matter how crazy or ridiculous it gets, things will be back to normal. And that takes away from the danger of their quest. Which takes away something from the book all in all.
Recommended for fans who like more adventure for adventures sake type books.
May 28, 2019
2.5 Stars.
Steve Trevor is missing and Diana has recruited Batman and Superman to help find him. Searching a whirlpool in the North Atlantic (on a search for Themyscira) they get sucked into a magic-based oppressive world called Skartaris. There they get involved with a battle: Warlord Travis Morgan (Earth-born hero) and his magic using daughter Jennifer verses Deimos (your standard evil sorcerer type bad guy. They do eventually find Steve, but he's been turned into a trollish monster.
The story is alright... jumps around a little bit... but falters because it really feels like filler to finish out the run of this Volume of the series.
I'd skip this one. But it's not horrible. Your call.
Steve Trevor is missing and Diana has recruited Batman and Superman to help find him. Searching a whirlpool in the North Atlantic (on a search for Themyscira) they get sucked into a magic-based oppressive world called Skartaris. There they get involved with a battle: Warlord Travis Morgan (Earth-born hero) and his magic using daughter Jennifer verses Deimos (your standard evil sorcerer type bad guy. They do eventually find Steve, but he's been turned into a trollish monster.
The story is alright... jumps around a little bit... but falters because it really feels like filler to finish out the run of this Volume of the series.
I'd skip this one. But it's not horrible. Your call.
September 2, 2023
I really didn't like Diana characterization in this.
October 25, 2018
[Read as single issues]
Wonder Woman can never return to Themyscira, according to both her patron gods and her mother. But that doesn’t mean her friends are going to stop looking for a way to help her do just that. Unfortunately, an attempt to get Diana back with her Amazon sisters results in the Trinity finding themselves trapped in Skataris, in the middle of the war between Deimos and the Warlord! And when this war spills out into our world, Diana’s true love finds himself in jeopardy as well, and the Search For Steve Trevor is on!
This final volume of Trinity is one long six issue arc, split into two as writer James Robinson pops up to round off the book since Francis Manapul and Rob Williams have told the stories that they set out to tell. It’s pretty much the definition of ‘fine’, in that it doesn’t do anything particularly inventive or noteworthy, but it’s not particularly bad either. It just kind of…is.
The first half of the story, No Home Here For You, is probably the more interesting of the two, since it’s set entirely in Skataris and has the Trinity at a complete disadvantage for most of the three issues since they’re at the mercy of the magic of the place. The politics of the war aren’t that engaging, but Robinson gives each of the Trinity their own voice and reaction to the new world around them, which keeps things moving forward. There’s a reveal or two that actually plays out across more than one issue, which I expect lands better in trade than in single issues.
The second half, the titular Search For Steve Trevor is a bit more of your basic superhero fare. Deimos is hardly the most compelling villain, and most of the other enemies that the Trinity face are kind of bland design-wise. It’s all just…fine. I’m struggling to comment, because there really isn’t anything that stands out. The story, and the series, ends on a typical look-to-the-future kind of note, and wraps it all up in a neat little bow, which is nice, I guess.
On the art front, the six issues are split between Patrick Zircher, Jack Herbert, and Tyler Kirkham. Kirkham has a much looser style than the other two, with Zircher the more refined (and instantly recognizable), while Herbert falls somewhere neatly between the two. They’re all great artists, but they don’t really have enough to work with here despite the exotic locale of Skataris and the potentially interesting array of bad guys who fall flat.
This final volume of Trinity is a far cry from the highs of the first few volumes. It’s the definition of a placeholder arc, and it’s an inconsequential story that really didn’t need to be told. That said, it doesn’t do anything wrong – it’s just kind of mindless comic book fun, so if you switch your brain off for half an hour, you’ll probably get a lot more out of this.
Wonder Woman can never return to Themyscira, according to both her patron gods and her mother. But that doesn’t mean her friends are going to stop looking for a way to help her do just that. Unfortunately, an attempt to get Diana back with her Amazon sisters results in the Trinity finding themselves trapped in Skataris, in the middle of the war between Deimos and the Warlord! And when this war spills out into our world, Diana’s true love finds himself in jeopardy as well, and the Search For Steve Trevor is on!
This final volume of Trinity is one long six issue arc, split into two as writer James Robinson pops up to round off the book since Francis Manapul and Rob Williams have told the stories that they set out to tell. It’s pretty much the definition of ‘fine’, in that it doesn’t do anything particularly inventive or noteworthy, but it’s not particularly bad either. It just kind of…is.
The first half of the story, No Home Here For You, is probably the more interesting of the two, since it’s set entirely in Skataris and has the Trinity at a complete disadvantage for most of the three issues since they’re at the mercy of the magic of the place. The politics of the war aren’t that engaging, but Robinson gives each of the Trinity their own voice and reaction to the new world around them, which keeps things moving forward. There’s a reveal or two that actually plays out across more than one issue, which I expect lands better in trade than in single issues.
The second half, the titular Search For Steve Trevor is a bit more of your basic superhero fare. Deimos is hardly the most compelling villain, and most of the other enemies that the Trinity face are kind of bland design-wise. It’s all just…fine. I’m struggling to comment, because there really isn’t anything that stands out. The story, and the series, ends on a typical look-to-the-future kind of note, and wraps it all up in a neat little bow, which is nice, I guess.
On the art front, the six issues are split between Patrick Zircher, Jack Herbert, and Tyler Kirkham. Kirkham has a much looser style than the other two, with Zircher the more refined (and instantly recognizable), while Herbert falls somewhere neatly between the two. They’re all great artists, but they don’t really have enough to work with here despite the exotic locale of Skataris and the potentially interesting array of bad guys who fall flat.
This final volume of Trinity is a far cry from the highs of the first few volumes. It’s the definition of a placeholder arc, and it’s an inconsequential story that really didn’t need to be told. That said, it doesn’t do anything wrong – it’s just kind of mindless comic book fun, so if you switch your brain off for half an hour, you’ll probably get a lot more out of this.
December 20, 2020
Not my favorite of the series but still enjoyable. The art was fine, nothing amazing but good.
October 3, 2020
*I’ve read A LOT and not reviewed in a long time, so to catch up: Three sentence reviews!*
More than a little ridiculous at times, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy every second of this book. I just love the Trinity's friendship. (And there's something about them all riding unicorns that was equal parts cringy and hilariously epic.) This felt like a classic comic book: I didn't have to worry too much about the stakes, just enjoy an adventure.
More than a little ridiculous at times, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy every second of this book. I just love the Trinity's friendship. (And there's something about them all riding unicorns that was equal parts cringy and hilariously epic.) This felt like a classic comic book: I didn't have to worry too much about the stakes, just enjoy an adventure.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 4, 2021
I generally like Robinson's writing, so this was weirdly disappointing. The characters all seemed very stiff and the dialogue was awkward and unnatural. The art was nice, but the story was disappointing.
December 13, 2019
This was an amazing issue with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman traveling to Skartaris to team up with Warlord! The artwork was absolutely gorgeous, and the adventure was so much fun to read.
January 31, 2021
I'm being generous with three stars because there was a lot to roll my eyes at in this final episode of the Rebirth version of Trinity. First, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman go to Skartaris and help Warlord (Travis Morgan) defeat Deimos. Warlord and Skartaris are Bronze Age creations that give this whole story a very 70's - early 80's feel. This is not a complement. The Warlord's design is so ridiculous as to make the whole story seem downright silly - and I'm saying this about a comic book company where one of the main superheroes is a billionaire who dresses in a bat costume and beats the shit out of people suffering from mental illness. Skartaris isn't much better. Earlier in the series, Wonder Woman reminded everyone that the good guys "don't kill" when confronted by bad guys. This nobility is completely abandoned when the Trinity accidentally invokes the wrath of a group of lizardmen after invading their religious shrine. Rather than Wonder Woman deescalating the conflict through diplomacy, a trait she is very good at and unique to her character yet also woefully underutilized, she instead takes out her sword and starts massacring the lizardmen like she's got a hunting permit. One other piece of annoyance was how Blue Strike Security was handled at the end by A.R.G.U.S. Basically, the good guys seize all the assets and scientists but the rich assholes on the board get to walk because of "lawyers" or some shit. Veronica Cale has gotten away with this nonsense in the past, too. That's the problem with having corporate, human villains. They get a stern "talking to" without any real consequences so they are free to fuck with the heroes in the future. I feel like this never-ending cycle of a lack of accountability is just hitting a little to close to home right now with everything that is going on in the real world. Maybe that's my real problem. I read these things as a form of escapism and so far all I'm being reminded of is how awful things really are. At least this is the conclusion to the Trinity story; I don't know if I would want to continue after this one. The art was pretty good, though.
April 1, 2023
Warlord? Really?
This last volume in the Trinity series sees our Trinity end up in Skartaris while... checking the ocean for Themyscira and getting sucked through a portal. Then the get sucked into the battle between Warlord and Deimos, in two separate but related stories.
It's not terrible. There's a large number of action scenes and the art does a great job, especially with Diana going full warrior mode on various opponents. At the same time, the story goes overboard to 'handcuff' both Wonder Woman and Superman, but then lets them slip the cuffs in ways that lead to the question 'why bother?'
The first half is pretty straight-forward, but the second half tries to throw some curves, as the Skartaris adventure leads to a search for Steve Trevor back in our world, and ends up uncovering a guns for magic trade. Again, it's not bad, but it's not a memorable volume, and well below James Robinsons' best work. It also doesn't provide much in the way of a satisfying ending to the series - it just sort of fizzles out. But considering it never really burned very bright, I guess that's fitting.
This last volume in the Trinity series sees our Trinity end up in Skartaris while... checking the ocean for Themyscira and getting sucked through a portal. Then the get sucked into the battle between Warlord and Deimos, in two separate but related stories.
It's not terrible. There's a large number of action scenes and the art does a great job, especially with Diana going full warrior mode on various opponents. At the same time, the story goes overboard to 'handcuff' both Wonder Woman and Superman, but then lets them slip the cuffs in ways that lead to the question 'why bother?'
The first half is pretty straight-forward, but the second half tries to throw some curves, as the Skartaris adventure leads to a search for Steve Trevor back in our world, and ends up uncovering a guns for magic trade. Again, it's not bad, but it's not a memorable volume, and well below James Robinsons' best work. It also doesn't provide much in the way of a satisfying ending to the series - it just sort of fizzles out. But considering it never really burned very bright, I guess that's fitting.
June 8, 2020
Man, people are hard on this series! I think the book should get a bit more praise. The art is colorful and amazing to look at, but I also found the writing pretty good (although dramatic at times). I loved that Warlord was brought in, but I agree it was a bit of a missed opportunity. I also can’t shake Jennifer Morgan looking just like Polaris. I thought the story was fun though and I particularly liked the banter between the three main characters. And how could you not love Wonder Woman just being a straight up badass and kicking butt while being blind and while also helping Batman and Superman. She’s amazing in this storyline and I relished in it. It gave me Eyes of the Gorgon vibes for a hot minute. Overall it was a fun read, although certain parts happened too fast. I can get over this though because of the amazing artwork and whimsical nature of the plot. I’d definitely recommend to any Trinity fan.
January 11, 2021
I know this run and volume have a bad rap, but even though there was little of substance, I enjoyed the battles, the outrageous leaps of intuition, and the insane feats of heroism. Artwork was fantastic to my untrained eye and I felt drawn to the sharper focus on Wonder Woman’s true warrior nature.
March 17, 2023
Decent art but lazy writing.
This whole series was an exercise in mediocrity. It seems like warlord and skartaris get trotted out anytime writers are hard up for plots. It seems to me they could have built the series on one GOOD plot line and saved the the reader from a whole lot of half assed crap.
This whole series was an exercise in mediocrity. It seems like warlord and skartaris get trotted out anytime writers are hard up for plots. It seems to me they could have built the series on one GOOD plot line and saved the the reader from a whole lot of half assed crap.
March 11, 2021
This one had a better plot than the previous volume. It was more a Superman/Wonder Woman story than having much to do with Batman, but all in all it was ok. I don't know that I could really recommend Trinity though, as it is just ok, and does not add much to the universe.
August 25, 2021
Gosh, I was bored by this. Robinson writes like he's trying to explain things to children. The overall plot of the Trinity fall into a magic land and have to stop a bad collab with an evil mage and an evil weapons company isn't terrible, but everything that happened within the plot was.
February 8, 2023
The villain wore clothes as stupid as Sean Connery's character in Zardoz. Just ridiculous. Glad to read the end of this storyline and glad I didn't have to suffer through it for months like those during its original run.
January 31, 2019
I liked this story where the Trinity are not always in charge and they get sent to a different yet familiar DC world.
It actually made me want some Warlord comics again.
It actually made me want some Warlord comics again.
March 18, 2019
Hot. Horrible. Nonsense.
February 25, 2020
TBH I'm not sorry to see this series go. Even James Robinson can only do so much with a pointless series concept -- DC's Big Three with magic shit.
January 6, 2021
2.5 stars .
June 28, 2023
Kind of silly, in an old school kind of way but also endearing, in an old school kind of way.
March 16, 2024
Boring book.
Book was boring. Had to grind out chapters 2 through the end. It was a chore. Just too much dialogue that was boring me. Art was ok though.
Book was boring. Had to grind out chapters 2 through the end. It was a chore. Just too much dialogue that was boring me. Art was ok though.
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