Identity Crisis #1-7 Hardcover

Writer: Brad Meltzer
Art: Rags Morales

For the past few years, I haven't been keeping up with DC's stories and characters. Identity Crisis is an excellent place to start for newbies, it fills you in very well, offering some backstory to the main characters. As for the story itself, it is brilliant. The Justice League sufferes a terrible loss, with the suspect leaving no evidence to track. This left the Justice League feeling more vulnerable than ever, Green Arrow puts it best when he says "Bulletproof skin is useless against grief". I especially like how the Big Three were portrayed here, we only see them for a few pages but it was done amazingly well. We get the feeling that they are above us all, almost like Gods. The main story also flashbacks to some arcs in the DC history done years ago (like when the JLA switches bodies with the villans), and explores a cast I never got to read about much, including Elongated Man, Hawkman, Zatanna, The Atom to name a few. Excellent book, it will keep you guessing the identity of the killer until it is revealed. 9.5/10





This message was edited by AznLiquid on Jan 05 2007.

Thought i'd just let you geezers in on me thoughts regarding a couple of blightys classics from 2000ad, home of the vastly overrated judge dredd.
first off BAd COmpany. Brutally good war epic, well written, art tends to be abit variable but the charaters are excellent. more for the first story arc than the second, although the ultimate resolution is very effecting. Made me think as well. very satirical.
8.5/10
And then Nemesis. this is a very good allegory for the apartheid, and the art is fantastically detailed (including some by the fantastic Bryan Talbot) and messed up, to the point where some clarity is lost. the character designs are fantastic for the protagonist and his nemesis (honk!) unfortunately some of the writing is fairly lacklustre and there are a fair few filler type stories.
6.5/10