Signaling Minor Improvement
I really like this issue's cover. It's got the same basic concept as the previous one at it's core, but it tweaks bits of the basics and makes it even more interesting and unique. But beyond that, the execution is significantly better, since the threat shown is much more along the same lines as what the text suggests.
The art's still just pretty good. The fight scenes are fairly well executed, but throughout the issue there's a bit of an overuse of close-ups on characters faces. This is especially apparent and hampering when the faces are the weakest part of the art.
So now, after the events of the first half of Trinity War, Pandora has a mission. Well, she had a mission before, but now she has a clearer direct path with clues. However, I don't understand her logic in this issue. She decides Vandal Savage must be pure evil because he's been alive long enough for his emotions to dry up. I mean, she suggests her encounters with him back up her idea, but that doesn't ring true to me at all. Vanadal Savage is FAR from a pure evil villain. He's been known to have honor at times, and he especially has had soft spots for some of his many children. It just seemed obvious to me from the beginning that Vandal Savage wouldn't be able to do what Pandora thought he could do for her.
Signalman is just stupid. I don't know much about the old Signalman, I don't know if the new one is some kind of statement on heroes or iPads or a stupid way to 'modernize' a villain, but he's just stupid. He seems to have some energy blast related abilities or something, but mostly he just finds information and tracks signals using his tablet that he just kind of carries around everywhere even in battle. It's just silly in all the wrong ways, and his dialogue tends to be stupid.
In Conclusion: 3/5
Even though the plot device for this issue was Pandora being stupid, at least this issue HAD a plot to flow. There was some pretty cool conflict and some developments on the overall direction of the series. There was a lot of various weak elements in this issue, but overall I guess it was somewhat solid.
