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Identity crisis

Format: Print Book 2005
Availability: Available at 8 Libraries 8 of 8 copies

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Bethel Park Public Library Young Adult Graphic Novel YA MELTZER Brad
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Brentwood Library Young Adult Graphic Novel YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL Meltzer
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Penn Hills Library Teen Graphic Novel TEEN GRAPHIC IDENTITY
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Summary
Written by Brad Meltzer Art and cover by Rags Morales & Michael Bair The best-selling, critically acclaimed comics event written written by New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer (GREEN ARROW) with art by Rags Morales & Michael Bair (WONDER WOMAN) is now available in a stunning softcover edition! This volume collects 2004's evocative 7-issue miniseries that took all-too-human look into the lives of super-heroes, and the terrible price they pay for doing good. When the spouse of a JLA member is brutally murdered, the entire super-hero community searches for the killer, fearing their own loved ones may be the next targets! But before the mystery is fully solved, a number of long-buried secrets rise to the surface, threatening to tear apart and divide the heroes before they can bring the mysterious killer to justice. Bonus features for this edition include extended commentary by Meltzer and Morales, the rest of the creative team talking about their favorite moments, a look at Morales's sketchbook and more!
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Identity Crisis collects a seven-issue comic book series that cast an unusually harsh light on DC Comics' leading superheroes. After Sue Digby, the wife of second-string hero the Elongated Man, is brutally murdered, his comrades search for the killer while trying to protect their loved ones from similar fates. The hunt reveals that the suspect, Dr. Light, had brutally raped Sue years before, and one of the heroes then used her powers to magically lobotomize him, expunging the incident from his memory. As the story proceeds, other ethical dilemmas arise, and other supporting characters meet harsh ends. Thriller novelist Meltzer brings solid plotting and vivid characterization to the series, which penciler Rags Morales' detailed art perhaps overdramatizes. The apparent intention of showing the high cost of being a hero is achieved but seems manipulative and sensationalistic because of the shock value of killing off a character, Sue, who'd been around for 40 years.\b Despite, or because of, its luridness, the series enjoyed mainstream-media publicity and huge original sales; expect demand for the collected edition. --Gordon Flagg Copyright 2005 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "This seven-issue miniseries by bestselling author Meltzer (The Zero Game) was both wildly popular and reviled, and the collection shows that both views have merit. It does knock the rust off scores of DC characters while opening avenues to explore post-9/11 morality. On the other hand, it trashes the roles of characters whom readers have come to consider old friends and tampers outrageously with years' worth of continuity. The story begins shockingly when the wife of the minor super hero Elongated Man is brutally murdered. Things get increasingly serious as other members of the Justice League of America find that their loved ones are targets. The super villains are a lot nastier than they used to be; the heroes, meanwhile, are forced to admit that they could have been responsible for some of what's gone wrong when they started tampering with the minds of villains who deserved it or even fellow heroes who merely disapproved of the idea. This makes familiar heroes more morally ambiguous-more human-and the old, easy trust is lost, with long-term consequences still to be revealed in future DC story lines. In the meantime, Meltzer's script and Bair's inking of Morales's penciled art serves the realistic aspect of the characters very well, making this book a genuine comics landmark. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
Subjects Justice League of America (Fictitious characters) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Murder -- Investigation -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Superhero comic books, strips, etc.
Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Publisher New York :DC Comics,2005
Contributors Meltzer, Brad.
Morales, Rags.
Bair, Michael.
Language English
Notes "Originally published in single magazine form as Identity crisis 1-7"--T.p. verso.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN 9781401204587 (pbk.)
1401204589 (pbk.)
9781401206888 (hc)
1401206883 (hc)
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