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by **Zechs** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:16 pm

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/2012/ ... oiler.html

. There is a pantheon of seven magical entities, collected of which equate to the powers of Shazam (I assume, anyway -- they all bare the familiar logo and thats the implication). They use their magic to protect the world and "punish those guilty of harming it", which brings us to Pandora.

Remember Pandora and the story at the end of Justice League #6 in which she meets with the Phantom Stranger? Well, it turns out that the two of them along with the first New 52 appearance of The Question comprise what is known as "the Trinity of Sin". Stranger is sentenced for being greedy and is transformed into the familiar character we know, while the Question is apparently an excessively evil person whose memory is wiped and facial features removed. It's all rather grim.

Pandora, on the other hand, is revealed to be the classical version of Pandora, albeit updated to fit the story. She opened some kind of box (which is the skull item you see Batman holding on the cover) that unleashed terrors upon us. She doesn't know what she did wrong, but is considered evil regardless and is cast out.

The rest of the issue reveals what is known as "The Red Room", a government storage facility for the housing of odd objects. There's also "The Black Room", which is the worse version of that and houses all kinds of odd things like a skeleton, what I can assume is the haunted tank and some kind of evil bell, as well as -- you guessed it -- Pandora's box. Pandora acquires and absconds with it, which will assumedly lead into whatever the upcoming "Trinity War" event is that is on the horizon.

Speaking of the "Trinity War", there is a Jim Lee-illustrated future/teaser, which features the gatefold that Bleeding Cool posted, the Justice League fighting each other, a new and evil Green Lantern, Black Adam and Blue Beetle, as well as Element Woman, the Atom and apparently Vibe in the lower left corner. Of all the characters to come back...

Oh ! And also, apparently the war is Batman's fault. I'm not too surprised. Everything is Batman's fault!

The other main thing the issue does is provide continuity. There are references to Justice League Dark, Teen Titans, Batman Inc and Earth Two among other things, establishing the interconnectivity DC has been hoping to have since they started this endeavor.

Thoughts?

by **holtom2000** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:26 pm

As stated johns does better livening up past characters rather than new takes on them. We shall see. But for free, who cares, right? Free is free

by **fieldy snuts** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:26 pm

Makes me so glad I ditched JL and most of the main DCnU books if everything is going to tie into this. I'll wait it out and see if anything after is worth picking up.

by **Juan Cena** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:17 pm

The rest of the issue reveals what is known as "The Red Room", a government storage facility for the housing of odd objects. There's also "The Black Room", which is the worse version of that and houses all kinds of odd things like a skeleton, what I can assume is the haunted tank and some kind of evil bell, as well as -- you guessed it -- Pandora's box. Pandora acquires and absconds with it, which will assumedly lead into whatever the upcoming "Trinity War" event is that is on the horizon.

Hmmm...I wonder if there's an evil wheel and evil jar to go with the evil bell. :smt017

by **nietoperz** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:10 am

Not sure I like the idea of The Question as some kind of evil, mystical character.

by **sdsichero** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:18 am

Instead of a gatefold they should have made it a triptych.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:21 am

nietoperz wrote:Not sure I like the idea of The Question as some kind of evil, mystical character.

Yeah, same here, and I have to ask, how does changing what is effectively a street level character into what seems to be a cosmic level entity make any kind of sense? Particularly when the method they used to change their universe was temporal in nature. What past event changes could possibly bring about that change?

by **doombug** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:24 am

Yeah, let's fuck up the mysterious faceless Detective character. :roll:

Just like the Spirit before him I'm starting to feel like the second Rucka left it became pretty damn obvious that minus Detective Chimp, no one knows how to handle any of the pulpy/mystery characters that surround or are part of the Trenchcoat brigade.

Ralph Dibny/Detective Chimp/Spirit/Question and god so many other cool character (Stranger included of course)

Tweaking/messing with a character that much serves no purpose.

by **sdsichero** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:27 am

Stephen Day wrote:
Yeah, same here, and I have to ask, how does changing what is effectively a street level character into what seems to be a cosmic level entity make any kind of sense? Particularly when the method they used to change their universe was temporal in nature. What past event changes could possibly bring about that change?

That's The Question.

by **Stephen Day** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:29 am

sdsichero wrote:
That's The Question.

by **fieldy snuts** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:57 am

Stephen Day wrote:

by **Evan Meadow** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:42 am

The Nacireman wrote:
Hmmm...I wonder if there's an evil wheel and evil jar to go with the evil bell.

That's what I was getting ready to type. The Demons 3 I'm sure are there somewhere.

by **Herald** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:22 am

Stephen Day wrote:
Yeah, same here, and I have to ask, how does changing what is effectively a street level character into what seems to be a cosmic level entity make any kind of sense?

I ask that about what they did to Charlton stablemate Blue Beetle, too.

by **Herald** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:33 am

doombug wrote:Yeah, let's fuck up the mysterious faceless Detective character.

Just like the Spirit before him I'm starting to feel like the second Rucka left it became pretty damn obvious that minus Detective Chimp, no one knows how to handle any of the pulpy/mystery characters that surround or are part of the Trenchcoat brigade.

Ralph Dibny/Detective Chimp/Spirit/Question and god so many other cool character (Stranger included of course)

Tweaking/messing with a character that much serves no purpose.

Other than to make Dan and the Gang look like they're doing something.
They're probably the type of fanboys who think only powerful characters have value...

"But-- but if a character can't obliterate the Earth just by looking at it funny, what good is he??
WHAT GOOD IS HE??!!"

by **Herald** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:42 am

. There is a pantheon of seven magical entities, collected of which equate to the powers of Shazam (I assume, anyway -- they all bare the familiar logo and thats the implication).

Zechs wrote:Thoughts?

I think that if you're right, Johns can't count; "Shazam" has SIX letters, not seven.
That, or he's even MORE obsessed with his seven-team Lucky Charm Corps than anyone ever thought...