Trinity Of Sin The Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 A Stranger AmongUs (The New 52)

For a start I feel I must point out that my review will be slightly biased, as you can tell by the name I write reviews under I'm a huge fan of the stranger (he's in my all time top five comic book characters) but I was very unsure about reading this new take on the character due to the number of changes but having done so I've found a lot to like but also some stuff that I didn't like, but it wasn't as bad as I feared it would be. I'll go over the bad stuff first, the major problem is they have for the first time defined the origin of the Stranger, the major selling point of this character has always been his anonymity, he has been around since 1952 and at no time until now were his origins explained in this detail there has always been theories (I personally liked the angel who didn't take sides theory, go check online for all the theories) but never solid fact, so to basically give all but the characters name (if you know your bible you'll know it) on page one was a little bit disappointing, It may just be me personally but I felt this somehow took something away from the character, the second problem was the fact he has a family, I have nothing against families but this just seemed like a plot device to humanise the Stranger and to give him a weakness it just felt a little bit contrived and obvious, you can basically see what is going to happen a mile off. Now the good, the Stranger still looks pretty cool, there is something about the design that I have always found brilliant, and even thought he medallion has been replaced by a necklace of coins it doesn't ruin the design, the story in general is strong if a little muddled in places, it does a good job of setting out the Strangers mission and also showcases his powers and limitation, the main strength though is the number of DC magic characters that appear in this book there are origin stories for the Spectre and Raven built into the stories and there are also appearances from Doctor Thirteen, Justice League Dark, Trigon and the other two members of the trinity of sin Pandora and the Question. (if you are unaware of the trinity of sin all is explained inside) So how to sum this all up, it's really a mixed bag these stories are there to really serve two purposes to set up the Strangers place in the new 52 and also set up the trinity of sin, it does these two things well but you can't help but think that in doing that it's lacking something in the substance department, it may be good to see the Stranger and the Spectre knocking the living hell out of each other but I couldn't help but think that this was a bit of a missed opportunity, but still there is enough here to be getting on with but hope future volumes flesh out everything a bit more.

I purchase this comic on a whim and I am in love with the story! It has a really dark story-line compare to other DC works and I am intrigue. I highly recommend giving this comic a read!

Loved it. Stunning work.The plot and the pace of the book was brilliant. I am glad this DC character has his own book.

Le Phantom Stranger est l'une des figures mystiques emblématiques de l'Univers DC et, malgré ce statut, il n'est pas forcément évidemment de trouver un intérêt à une série qui lui serait exclusivement consacrée. Eh bien détrompez vous car ce premier tome est une réussite. Les origines du Phantom Stranger sont ici très intelligemment revisité pour un très bon rendu final.D'autres de ces figures mystiques apparaissent dans ce tome, rendant l'histoire encore plus attrayante pour tout amateur du DCverse (Le Spectre, The Question, John Constantine ou encore la dernière venue Pandora).Lecteurs de la série All-Star Western, ce volume est fait pour vous car vous pourrez découvrir les conséquences de la malédiction lancé par le Haunted Highwayman à Terrence Thirteen et à ses descendants ! Une connexion très sympathique !Je recommande à tous les fans de DC un peu curieux !

This was a great series, but I felt like was created just to introduce magic related characters in to the New 52. With that said it's still a really good series. The identity of the main character is shocking to say the least and may turn off a few people, but I personally think it's interesting. This series does a great job of being interesting and promoting magic in the The New 52.