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BATMAN/SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN: TRINITY tells the remarkable tale of the turbulent first encounter of the world’s most iconic heroes. When Batman’s greatest nemesis, Ra’s al Ghul, recruits Bizarro and an Amazon warrior to aid him in his plan to create global chaos, the Darknight Detective suddenly finds himself working with the Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess. Looking to thwart the madman’s plot to simultaneously destroy all satellite communications as well as all of the world’s oil reserves, Earth’s greatest heroes reluctantly band together. But if Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are to have any hope of stopping Ra’s’ nuclear missile assault, they will first need to overcome their own biases and reconcile their differing philosophies.

Trinity adds Wonder Woman to the mix and, more important, boasts writer-artist Wagner, best known for his independent-comics creations Grendel and mage, as author. At an early stage in their careers, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman join forces to thwart a scheme by Batman's foe Ra's al Ghul to disrupt world communications. The villain, meanwhile, has enlisted Superman's twisted duplicate, Bizarro, and a renegade Amazon from Wonder Woman's Paradise Island home. Wagner effectively uses thought captions to accentuate the characters' different approaches to fighting crime--Superman's calm superiority, Batman's resoluteness, Wonder Woman's bemusement at the violence of "Man's World." Wagner's sparse, thoughtful art and clear, elegant storytelling constitute a model style for traditional superhero comics. While he provides the superpowered slugfests genre fans demand, moments that convey the power of Superman, the grimness of Batman, and the majesty of Wonder Woman are more memorable. Gordon Flagg
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