Identity Crisis

I'll start out by letting you know that I'm huge comic fan, but not really into the DC guys that much. In fact, I don't read any of them if they don't have ties to Gotham City. However, a buddy of mine told me that if I really wanted to read a good murder mystery that I needed to check out Identity Crisis. Some of the best advice that I've ever taken (thanks to Gary, Eric, and Mike). I loved the fact that there were characters... Read Full Review

Really, really good book. This is such a human yet mysterious story that it is tough to put down. There is everything you really want out of a book: character development, a sense of moving the DC Universe forward, great action scenes, plenty of protagonists and antagonists, great artwork, and a mystery that no one figures out until the very end. A+

I used to be a DC comic addict, and in the mid-'80s spent more than I should have buying issue after issue of all that DC and First Comics could put out. As I got older, I stopped buying the mags (I was spending my money on dates, then marriage, now kids...) and lost touch with the genre. But sometimes, while browsing in a book store, my legs would take me to the graphic novel section. My eyes would scan the titles, and... Read Full Review

Pros ----- - great story line IMHO, sparked my interest in reading more comics - surprised by the detail in the drawings, characters faces were pretty expressive Cons ------ - as a first time reader, the way the comic book lays out the story was a bit confusing (compared to a novel, it reads like movie or cartoon script might be like), but I into the style quickly enough. Does take getting used to though.

This story single-handedly led me to pay attention to DC's mainstream superhero fare after years of, justifiably, considering the publisher to be the stumbling dinosaur of the Marvel/DC dichotomy. Who cares about continuity when you've got a story this compelling that makes even the most dust-choked DC relics seem new and fresh and gives modern purpose to the most anachronistic of characters. It's too early to say whether... Read Full Review