Identity Crisis

[Random Axe]

Well, this one jumped out at me when I went to Borders. I looked at Hush, All Star Batman and a few others before finding this one in the completely wrong place. I Actually wanted to see Jim Lee draw the DCU, and I know there are more than a few main characters in AS Bats. I'll go back and grab Hush soon.

I really liked this book. I wasn't drooling or anything, but it engrossed me enough. The story flowed very well and had some cool cinematic cuts between scenes. The art was hit and miss. Morales can be so darn good on one page and on the next he makes Superman look like Abe Vigoda. I'm the Justice League's ***** anymore, so you won't fin too many negatives coming from me. However, the ending was poorly executed. THe killer "accidently" slips up and says something that only the killer would know. I would have preferred a showdown with Batman or some other kind of confrontation. It was all a bit cliche for me.

Overall, I enjoyed this escpecially Deathstroke's butt-whuppin of the JLA seven. I forgot what a major force he can be.

Scott

[Bo8a_Fett]

Yeah the fact that they had the 2 supposed greatest detectives on the case plus the ability to go over the crime scene in the minutest detail makes the ending a bit lame...I can only surmise that as it was an emotional attatchment they weren't firing on all cylenders...overall though a good read.

[BlackKnight]

Overall, I enjoyed this escpecially Deathstroke's butt-whuppin of the JLA seven.
Scott

What was that 2 to 4 pages ? Man... That was the Flipp'in Definition of BAD ARSE. Ofcourse it probably would have been different if the big 3 were there,.. or even 1 of them. But he proved the rest of the JLA Isn't crap without em. lol.

See,.. he goes from that role,.. to the Villians United role,.. & since those books , he now goes back to pick on the Teen Titans again. ??? ... Yeah I dunno,.. I think DC Needs to get this guy out there alot more,.. & seriously make him better reconizable as a A List Villian imo.

[The Toyroom]

See,.. he goes from that role,.. to the Villians United role,.. & since those books , he now goes back to pick on the Teen Titans again. ??? ...

That's cause quite often there's no consistency as far as DC editorial goes....

[The Toyroom]

There were some good character points in the book (I think that's Meltzer's strong point) but overall I wasn't impressed with the way the whole "Whodunnit" turned out. Jean Loring? Ugggh. And although I liked the idea of the Dr. Light mindwipe, the whole rape of Sue Dibny was too much tarnish on the Silver Age JLA IMO. You don't read funny books for that.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I wasn't too impressed. It was okay, bit it suffered from the trend of wanting to present "grown up" stuff without actually presenting grown up stuff. Like the big fight with Deathstroke, when G. Arrow jabs an arrow into his eye 'cos he knows it'll hurt but won't do any real damage 'cos he's missing the eye there. Except that it WOULD; 'cos an arrow would go right through the opening in the back of the orbit. So they can have the violence without having to actually DEAL with the violence.

Same with Sue' s rape. The word isn't used anywhere in the book, and even when it happened it's depicted in a way that makes it kinda tough to tell exactly what happened. (Such as Dr Light having the "put pants back on instantly" power.) Again, it's presented in a way that doesn't force them to actually deal with it.

And it seemed odd to me that Dr Light's attack was the "last straw" for the heroes. So.... this clown menacing THE ENTIRE PLANET wasn't enough to make you think of "fixing" him; but him attacking a friend does? Kinda makes the heroes seem like selfish jerks.

I dunno. Stuff like this makes me a little sad. They're trying to make their characters more palatable to a grown up reader, but they really fall short on the stuff that would ACTUALLY make a grown up non-comic fan want to read them. The unwillingness to have events of ACTUAL lasting consequence, and shorthanding the questionable bits reduces the mature parts to titilation and puts off potential older readers, whereas the added gruesome bits remove it from the realm of younger readers. So all you're left with are books for a very narrow audience: the established comic fan.

Which is no doubt why the big Two and a Half have been in decline for so long.

Don C.