Three Worlds/Three Moons: Foundations #1 – A World Begins

Welcome to Three Worlds/Three Moons, better known as (3W/3M). With Foundations #1, 3W/3M moves from its online world to the comic world. Foundations #1 serves as the introduction to the creator-owned sci-fi fantasy concept from Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer, Mike Del Mundo, and Mike Huddleston. With Jerome Opeña and Matt Hollingworth, as well as Rus Wooten, joining for Foundations. Set in a distant interconnected solar system, as the name suggests, the story features three distinct habitable planets and three distinct moons. Join in Foundations as we enter the world of 3W/3M and meet Tajo Vallar

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Creative Team

Writers: Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer
Artists: Mike Huddleston, Mike del Mundo, and Jerome Opeña
Color Artist: Matt Hollingworth
Letterer: Rus Wooton

Writing

Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer really did a great job. It’s such a treat for Dark Horse to bring the world of 3W/3M to print for everyone to enjoy. This story, while serving as the introduction to the world, has all the hallmarks of a Hickman story you come to expect as a comic fan. Foundations #1 does a beautiful job building out the beginnings of not only the story but the setting.

While the setting is obviously sci-fi, there is a psychological thriller aspect that Hickman and Spencer bring to the story. There’s a really beautiful section of this story that occurs across a few panels with Syg and Tajo where there’s a conversation about wants. The conversation moves to how those wants were in the past, and Death has had her way with the past already. It’s a really beautiful look at how we often must look forward rather than remain in the past. The story beautifully shows the collaborative and experimental nature of what 3W/3M is and what it contains the promise to be.

Art

Where do I even begin? As great as the story for Foundations #1 is, the art from Mike Huddleston, Mike del Mundo, Jerome Opeña, and Matt Hollingworth is worth the cost of this issue alone. Foundations #1 shows an absolutely beautiful universe. Huddleston, del Mundo, Opeña, and Hollingworth craft a world that is vibrant, unique, and stunning.

The line work on this issue is absolutely stunning. Unique shapes and lines are creating the bold and interesting flora and fauna of the world. The colors are pleasing to the eyes. It is the colors of this issue that brings the world so much vibrancy and “lived in” feeling despite such a new and unique space setting.

Final Thoughts

Everything is stunning. The art, the writing, the colors: all of it is absolutely perfect. 3W/3M will continue to grow by releasing previously hidden online content for the world to see. This setting, these stories only grow from here and I can’t wait to see what the creative world of 3W/3M do with it.

Overall Grade: 10 /10

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