Identity Crisis #5-7

The first four issues of Identity Crisis, DC’s much-hyped shake-up of their universe, began with the murder of an established DC character. Readers then learned some shocking, but entirely plausible*, secrets of some top-name DC heroes, secrets which actually made sense of conundrums raised by past stories. Each issue of the series finished with a suspect being identified.

The final explanation seems forced, but Identity Crisis is less about the mystery than what we learn along the way about the sunny DC Universe.

*Well, plausible in the context of a world filled with super-powered people who dress like idiots.

Spoilers follow.

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