ign's joshua yehl gave "trinity of sin: pandora" #1 a 6.9 out of 10, saying "ray fawkes definitely gets a lot of credit for telling a story that spans all the way from 8000 b.c.e. to the present and making it such a smooth read," but failed to "kicks off the story without first giving a compelling reason to root for pandora." yehl also praised the art, saying it looked "impressively good" despite the fact that there were four artists on the book. jim johnson of comic book resources gave the first issue 2 stars out of 5, saying that the story is a "protracted version of what readers have already learned in "phantom stranger" and elsewhere" and criticizing the fact that pandora's origin greatly differed from that of her greek counterpart and the story had little to do with the "trinity war". like yehl, johnson also praised the fluidity of the art from zircher, cannon, sampere and cifuentes. newsarama's aaron duran gave the title a 5 out of 10, saying the comic is simply okay and would have worked better as a shorter installment within other books or as bonus digital content.