Foundations #1
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| Writer | Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer |
| Artist | Mike Del Mundo, Mike Huddleston |
| Cover Price | $7.99 |
From the New York Times bestselling and multi-Eisner Award-nominated creator of East of West, The Manhattan Projects, Decorum, and more comes this ambitious, science fiction universe presented by comics titan Jonathan Hickman.
The next great comics universe starts here! From the extraordinary creative team of Jonathan Hickman, Mike del Mundo, Mike Huddleston, and Nick Spencer comes an epic sci-fi saga on an intergalactic scale.
Across a distant solar system and countless millennia-long cycles, a war has been fought between the forces of magic and science, and order and chaos. When astronaut and explorer Tajo Vallar
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10
Nerd Initiative - ShawnFoles
Jul 15, 2026Everything 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. Read Full Review
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9.4
Monkeys Fighting Robots - Justin Munday
Jul 08, 2026An enigmatic but wonderfully imaginative and stunning opening to Hickman & Co.'s original universe that is finally seeing print. Read Full Review
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9.1
Comic Watch - Jamison Nilsson
Jul 20, 2026As a last thing to note, each copy of Foundations #1 includes a free 90-day trial of 3W / 3M’s MythicPowered.com, which carries all of their currently released comics in digital format. For that reason alone, the $7.99 price tag of Foundations #1 has a bit of extra value for readers to consider, as a monthly subscription to 3W / 3M is the same price itself, so readers are getting somewhat of a two-for-one here. Read Full Review
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9.0
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 08, 2026Huddleston, Del Mundo and Opena create some beautifully detailed and visually exciting art throughout the issue. I really like how the art styles complement each other in tone and vibe. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - Collier Jennings
Jul 15, 20263 Worlds/3 Moons: Foundations #1 unites some of the best creators in comics to deliver a world rich in storytelling potential. With the back matter teasing more to come, the time has never been better for comics fans to check out what 3 Worlds/3 Moons is bringing to the table. Read Full Review
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8.0
COMICON - Tom Smithyman
Jul 13, 2026This introduction to a planned new universe of stories features amazing artwork, but suffers from stories that border on incomprehensible. The lack of much context allows for only a superficial understanding of what’s happening here. Oh, but that imagery! Read Full Review
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6.4
Graphic Policy - Logan Dalton
Jul 19, 2026Foundations showcases a trippy sci-fi world centered around complex systems of science, magic, and religion. However, Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer wisely use the relationship between a father and his kids as a frame story. Read Full Review
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Plot
It begins with scientist Tajo R. Vallar narrating to his son the mythology of the Three Planets and Three Moons that he and a team are investigating.
The three planets are called AKVA, the Mother Planet; FAYRIL with its moon HEIR, the Father Planet; and THERRA, where Tajo lives, with its two moons ORD and KAOSO. Tajo embarks on an expedition to the moon KAOSO.
On this expedition, Tajo survives an encounter with another life form, which leads him on a journey to an unknown world that seems like a fantasy world with strange beings. He is greeted by Three Wizards whose appearance is eerie and very unusual.
This story blends science fiction with mysteries and establishes a new mythology of unknown worlds with more+ Like • Comment -
8.0
Books like these can be a little hard to judge. "Books like these" refers to the fact that this has three stories that aren't the longest. The middle story is the longest at twelve pages, with the last story being eight and the first story only being five. That said, let's get into some quick thoughts. The first story, drawn by Huddleston, was nice. The story was good, particularly for being only five pages. I felt that it was a good pick as the first story for this universe. At least, the first one published and distributed to comic shops (I know this universe has primarily been a Substack thing since, like, 2021, and I'm not sure what was finished first and/or released first in any self-published books). The ending of this is what was the more
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5.5
Typical trippy space stuff, that Hickman is known for. It's okay, not really my thing.
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