It does its job of acting as a promotional item for what was then upcoming titles in the New 52. Reading it now even makes me want to read through some of those titles. The centerpiece, however, is the story of Pandora, which provides important background for, really, the entire New 52 universe. A major problem with this FCBD issue, though: the Pandora stuff hypes a story arc that was to take place over a year later in publication time. (This was released May 2012. The "Trinity War" arc didn't start until June 2013.)

This was DC's major 2012 Free Comic Book Day edition. This is all teasers, but it's good eye candy for the most part. The giant fold-out center spread is gimmicky but fun. The story focuses on the origin of Pandora, who was the mystery woman drawn into the backgrounds of all 52 of the reboot issues.Second half of the book is just preview pages from new titles. The most intriguing of those was Dial H, featuring the first comic writing by China Mieville.