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Identity Crisis (DC Comics)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.50973
EAN: 9781401204587
ISBN: 1401204589
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: August 16, 2006
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: August 16, 2006
Studio: DC Comics
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Editorial Review:
The most talked-about and successful DC Comics miniseries of 2004 is now available in a stunning hardcover volume!New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer delivers an all-too-human look into the lives of super-heroes and the terrible price they pay for doing good.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A great detective story... also has super-heroes!
I'm not hugely into comic books. Oh, I read them from time-to-time, but usually only in collections like this one, Kingdom Come and similar. So when I do read them, I have pretty high expectations which, thankfully, this book lives up to.
The story centers around various members of the Justice League being very worried someone knows their secret identities. This someone has already killed the wife of Elongated Man, and several other family members may be targeted.
There's ... Read More
Rating:  - One of the greatest DCU stories ever.
Brad Meltzer has taken one of the oldest story universes in the world, the DCU, and lets us see it as if for the first time.
The challenge given by DC for this series was to write an emotional, quiet, touching story set in the DCU. Not an easy task at all, but Brad pulled it off in style. And the guy's only prior comic work was a monthly stint on Green Arrow.
To be honest, I don't think I've ever seen a mainstream superhero series written with such emotional honesty besides ... Read More
Rating:  - This one is just ok. Better ones exist.
Personally, if you have not read a comic book in a while, this isn't the one to start. It feels more like this book is trying to compete with the fact that "mature themed" books sell better. To me, it was an ok read, but it further drags characters we've grown up with into awkward situations and further abandons their true spirit. I understand the use of questioning the long established themes of superheroes, ie What happens when it gets personal, when villians attack your loved ones? or ie Does the ends ... Read More
Rating: - Not for kids anymore
Excellent story, a psychological angle to comics. Who benefits? The reader does. The best villain for super-heroes isnt a big strong monster from another planet, its life.
I also love how the big 3 seem larger than life in this book.
Rating: - it shakes the world
A short time ago, the powers at be at DC Comics decided to create a major storyline. Meltzer was the one who did it. And he reached inside and pulled out a major moral issue. What do you do when a supervillian knows your secrets and you don't kill. The Justice League (or a few members of it) decided that the best nonlethal action would be to have the villians mindwiped, oh, and as an afterthought, mindwiped about ten minutes from Batman. And chaos ensues when the villians start to remember. This is a great ... Read More
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