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Your imagination needs a tune up, then, Wilson. Unless there's another scene with Galactus and Death, other than the one I wrote (FF 257). There's only ONE thought balloon in that entire sequence, on the splash. The rest is played as a spoken monolog.

(Truth to tell, looking back with the clarity of hindsight, I wish I had not used a thought balloon on the first page, either. The actual THOUGHTS of Galactus should not be accessible to we mere mortals!)

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JB:  "They're coming. IDW and I have to find a style we can agree upon."

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I made it to the comics shop today and bought my copy of Trio # 1 and the variant cover (I usually don't buy multiple copies of any book, but I liked both covers -- I mean, Joe Sinnott; who passes that up?).

The story pulls the reader in, teases at backstory, throws out future mysteries, and best of all for any comic these days . . . made me want to pick up the next issue.  And by the end of the issue, I realized how much had happened, how the story actually moved.

The art was great.  I really enjoyed the finished product and thought the inks, paper, and coloring combined better than any recent comic I've picked up in quite a while.  (That probably sounds like an odd compliment, but I hope you know what I mean.)

Trio look, read, and felt like a comic book.  Out of the entire stack of books I bought today -- I felt as if I received my money's worth on Trio.  That's the highest praise I can give!  Nice work, JB. 

This issue was a joy to read with its mixture silver/bronze age Marvel and modern sensibilities. The writing, for me, seemed to evoke 70's era Steve Gerber, Steve Englehart, which is a positive in my book, yet the art has a "modern" feel to it.     

Random Thoughts:

I liked the diversity amongst the main characters and I'm hoping that more of their background is revealed in upcoming issues.  (Not much to say here that won't spoil it for people that haven't read the book).

Nautilus' scenes set off a number of triggers in my mind - the obvious one being early Silver Age Sub-Mariner and a more subtle one in the scene of Triton emerging from the water during the Kree-Skrull War.  This mental musing has me see aspects of Namor, Triton and Black Bolt in Nautilus in both the visuals and what has been revealed story-wise. 

Amongst those thoughts came the panel that made me smile the most, which was the crowd with their smart phones drawn filming the scene.  I wonder how many of them survive to upload their footage to Youtube?  JB captured this phenomenon well.  The media and technology seem to be another theme JB is exploring within the book. 

To wrap things up, I have to say I love the texture of the cover and also the way it stood out on the shelf of the LCS.

Great read.  Haven't read a traditional super hero comic like that in a long time!  Only complaint I had was Rock's coloring.  His modern style texture really stood out in sharp contrast to the more traditional colors and paper.  Didn't like that.  I bet the pencils look amazing though!

Looking forward to the next issue.

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Wait and see!

(I'm actually planning a reveal for the 5th issue that should explode some heads.)