Absolute Identity Crisis
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781401232580 (1401232582)
Publish date: October 18th 2011
Publisher: DC Comics
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Mystery,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Dc Comics,
Comics Manga,
Batman
Series: DC Comics Crossovers
Great story, probably one of the best I've ever read in a comic.
Oh this one is good. Really good.
This is, essentially, a murder mystery set in the DC universe (which is appropriate, I suppose, for DETECTIVE Comics). For reasons of continuity and sexism, it is obviously necessary that the murder victim be someone's wife, and the wife of a Z-list superhero at that, but in spite of the absolute ti...
Back when it first came out, Identity Crisis was getting a lot of very positive press, and it's obvious why. It's a crossover event that's very well-written and has an intensely personal, emotional, and even relateable story. Unlike pretty much every other crossover event I can think of, it's about ...
I'm not really a DC fan (Catwoman doesn't really count) but I did enjoy this. It was sad and it showed that all of the characters, especially the heroes were flawed and that at the end of the day sometimes the ends have to justify the means.