Love it, hate it, unsure?  During the story if you ever thought, what's that mean, that doesn't work or I'm hooked and I need more now!... here's the place to focus on Issue#1 - Get the Message. 

As a first issue there are so many choices to make about starting the story. I rewrote the opening few pages a few dozen times and landed on themes upfront to let the rest of the issue unfold. I'm still tweaking, I'm all ears to your thoughts on what works and what needs more time in the oven