Identity Crisis (DC Comics)
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Cover to Identity Crisis 10th Anniversary Edition. Art by Rags Morales.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | June – December 2004 |
| No. of issues | 7 |
| Main character(s) |
Justice League Green Arrow Batman Elongated Man Dr. Light Jean Loring |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Brad Meltzer Rags Morales Michael Bair |
| Written by | Brad Meltzer |
| Penciller(s) | Rags Morales |
| Inker(s) | Michael Bair |
| Letterer(s) | Ken Lopez |
| Colorist(s) | Alex Sinclair |
| Editor(s) | Mike Carlin |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | ISBN |
| Softcover | ISBN |
| Absolute Identity Crisis | ISBN |
Identity Crisis is a seven-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics from June to December in 2004. It was created by writer Brad Meltzer and the artistic team of penciler Rags Morales and inker Michael Bair.
One of DC's top-selling series, the first issue was released in June 2004 and was ranked first in comic book sales for that period with pre-order sales of 163,111. The second issue saw a decline in sales and ranked third in comic book sales in July 2004 period with pre-order sales of 129,852. The story also adheres to the continuity changes introduced by Crisis on Infinite Earths, as heroine Wonder Woman was retconned out of the pre-Crisis JLA. In all further references to the JLA's pre-Crisis adventures, including its origin story and the Secret Society incident, Wonder Woman is replaced by Black Canary. Following "Infinite Crisis", however, Wonder Woman is restored as a founding member.
One of the major plot threads — the breakdown of relationships within the Justice League of America — is examined in the storyline "Crisis of Conscience" in JLA #115-119 (August–December 2005). The mini-series is followed by the crossover event "Infinite Crisis".
Brad Meltzer, growing up in a family with low income, gained his passion for books/writing through weekly visits to the library with his grandmother. His writing career started after he graduated college, from the University of Michigan, where he soon began to realize that writing was something he wanted to pursue. His writing consists of themes such as non-fiction, fiction, children's books, and comic books (such as Identity Crisis). Some of his top-selling books include: The Inner Circle, The First Counsel, and History Decoded. Meltzer was married to an attorney and have one child, a son. As well as attending the University of Michigan in 1993, he also attended Columbia Law school in 1996. Meltzer had a famous quote that said “We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.” Meltzer and his wife both supported multiple charities such as, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, The Arc, City Year, American Cancer Society, The National Neurofibromatosis Foundation, and Sharsheret. Many of these causes work their way into Brad’s novels. Big Brothers/Big Sisters is in Dead Even: The Arc and NF in the Fist counsel.
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