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Identity Crisis 2

IDENTITY CRISIS #2

Cover Date: September 2004
Cover Price: $3.95
Publication Date: 2004-07-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Michael Turner (signed)
Colors: Aspen Studios


Story: "Chapter Two: House of Lies" (30 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBrad Meltzer
PencilsRags Morales
InksMichael Bair
LetteringKenny Lopez
ColorsAlex Sinclair
Assistant editingValerie D'Orazio
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Atom II (also in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Black Canary II (also in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Elongated Man (also in flashback between Justice League of America #186 and #187)
Green Arrow (also in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Hawkman (also in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Zatanna (also in flashback following Brave and the Bold #169 and preceding flashback in issue #6)
Flash III

Guest Star(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Flash II (in flashback to the Satellite Era)
Batman (behind the scenes)
Oracle
Firestorm II (behind the scenes)
Doctor Mid-Nite II (next in issue #5)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring
Sue Dibny (in flashback following Justice League of America #182/2 and preceding Detective Comics #500/4)

Villain(s):

Doctor Light III (last in flashback in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #21; also in flashback following World's Finest Comics #264/4 and preceding New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #3)
Black Spider I (last in Avengers/JLA #4; next in issue #4)
Captain Boomerang (last in Flash Vol. 2 #213)
Cheshire (last in Birds of Prey #67; next in Manhunter Vol. 3 #7)
Chronos (last in Chronos #10; next in issue #4)
Deadshot (last in Batman: Gotham Knights #57)
Deathstroke (last in ???)
Doctor Moon (last in flashback in Manhunter Vol. 3 #18; next in Manhunter Vol. 3 #17)
Electrocutioner III (last in Detective Comics #799; next in Teen Titans Vol. 3 #20)
Merlyn (last in Flash Vol. 2 #179)
Mirror Master III (last in Flash Vol. 2 #213; next in issue #4)
Monocle (last in JSA #30; next in issue #4)
Phobia (last in Formerly Known as the Justice League #3; next in Manhunter Vol. 3 #8)
Shadow Thief (last in Manhunter Vol. 3 #3)

Location(s):

Injustice Gang Satellite
JLA Satellite (in flashback)

Comment(s):

Continued directly from the previous issue and continues directly in the next issue.

Solicitation:

Continuing the shocking miniseries that shakes the entire DCU to its core! In the aftermath of a devastating loss, past and present members of the JLA revisit a deep dark secret of their collective past. Alliances form and trust is broken as the heroes face their darkest moment.

Synopsis:

Elongated Man and some of his oldest friends plan to track down Doctor Light, who is their prime suspect for the murder of Elongated Man's wife, Sue Dibny. However, their plans are observed by the current generation's Flash and Green Lantern, who realized that something was amiss and demand to know their reasons for suspecting Doctor Light. There is some reluctance among the members of the group, but Green Arrow insists that the two younger heroes should know the truth. Almost a decade ago, when the Justice League met on a satellite, Doctor Light managed to get aboard, finding Sue Dibny there alone while the heroes pursued Hector Hammond. Despite Sue summoning the League, Doctor Light attacked and raped her before the heroes could get back. When Elongated Man took his wife to hospital, Doctor Light taunted the others about his actions, threatening to repeat them with other loved ones of League members. At that point, they took a vote and decided to use Zatanna's abilities to alter his personality, making him less of a threat and accidentally turning him into the joke he is today. And this apparently wasn't the only time they performed such an action. Flash and Green Lantern accompany the older Leaguers to find Doctor Light, but the villain is better prepared than they had expected. He has visited a group of mercenaries and hired the services of Deathstroke.


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