Trinity Angels #1

“Trinity Angels” – July 1997

Kevin Maguire is another one of those artists whose work is always worth picking up. Few other artists are quite so gifted in rendering facial expression and body language. Maguire is also pretty damn good at drawing sexy ladies and horrific monsters and that, it so happens, is what Trinity Angels is all about. From an art standpoint, the book is top notch. Maguire is, as always, in fine form, particularly in his designs for the aforementioned monsters and the three main characters are very sexy indeed, but, good looking as they are, their costumes place them squarely in the ‘90s bad girl ouvre that made Lady Death and Witchblade so popular and that isn’t really my thing. Still, learning some lessons from Giffen and DeMatteis, Maguire smartly makes the story tongue in cheek, keeping it from Miller levels of misogyny (the girls, all of whom start the story by awaking to find themselves in new bodies, are suitably horrified by their mewfound bustiness) and keeping the proceedings more fun than creepy, although, sometimes, only just. Most interesting, though, is the plot, which strongly reminds me of the WB’s Charmed, which debuted one year later: three sisters are empowered by a magical artifact that draws its power from the fact that there are three of them. I wonder if Maguire ever sued. The very little research I did says nothing either way, but it does show that Maguire eventually settled on much less ridiculous costumes, which is nice to know.