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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Weekly Comics Discussion

This week’s shipping
list is impressive. I’ll be picking up
Daredevil #68, Exiles #56,
Fantastic Four #521, and Ultimate
Spider-Man #70. Also shipping this week are
Identity Crisis #7, and a number of trade
paperbacks from Marvel. Also, this is as good a time
as any to let you all know that I’ll be migrating
back to the trade paperback collections from the
monthly titles (trying to save money in the short
term), so the reviews of the ongoing titles will now
come a few days after the trade comes out, rather
than a few days before.