December
16
Close to Home
Identity Crisis #7
Creators: Brad Meltzer, writer; Rags Morales, Mike Bair, artists
DC Comics, 40 pages, color, $3.95
So? The mystery that has gripped the DC Universe for the past six months comes to an emotional and satisfying conclusion in the final issue of this event miniseries. Anticipation has been running high, with many issues going back to press more than once and eager fans champing at the bit Wednesday morning for the issue to go on sale.
Meltzer (co-creator of The WB TV series "Jack & Bobby") has used this series to justify the reason most heroes have for keeping their identities secret: the need to protect their loved ones. After one of those loved ones was killed in the first issue, the trail to the resolution led into some pretty dark and unexpected places for the bright heroes of the DC universe. The conclusion, like the beginning, is satisfying not because of who was killed or is found responsible, but in how closely the crime hits to the humanity behind the masks of these characters, exposing it in a way we haven't seen in a long time, if ever.
In the end, the DC heroes are more human, more heroic and more real than they were at the start of it. Add the suspense of knowing that the consequences of this series are a ticking timebomb that could drastically transform the DC Universe in the coming year (the rumors about more big events next summer are already stirring up fans), and this turns out to be one of the very few event comics that really delivers on its promise. Grade: A
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