Questions: Identity Crisis

Not quite what you'd expect from a Justice League book, was it?

1) This book has proven to be quite divisive within the comics community.  Its detractors feel it is too dark and gritty for a Justice League book, and was written to be trendy and shocking.  What are your feelings on this?

2) A main theme of the book is family, the bonds shared among comrades, mothers, fathers, daughters, sons,  good guys, and bad guys.  What relationship did you like reading about the most?

3) Loss of innocence is another big theme.  In a sense, the League loses its innocence.  Wally West discovers this through Green Arrow and is torn between his love of his mentors and their extreme actions.  Do you think he was wrong to expect more of the League?  How does a superhero judge their moral obligations once they have been declared a "hero"?

4) What side of the argument do you fall on?  Did a villain like Dr. Light deserve better?  Are the lives of innocents more important than the rights of an evil man?  Should the "league within the League" kept it all a secret?

5)  This book, more than any other I've read, really illustrates how death (and often times, resurrection) is a huge part of the day-to-day life of superheroes.  On top of what is shown in the book, what other long term consequences do you think might result from this?

6) Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, was never been a star in the DC universe.  How did you feel about his character and the decision to use him as a focal point within the story instead of one of the bigger names?

7) Oliver accuses Superman and Batman of a sort of willful ignorance when it comes to the issue of tampering with Light's mind and other secretive black acts within the League (Superman "hears what he 

wants to hear" and Batman "knows what he wants to know").  Do you think this is true?  How do you judge their actions?

8) What are your thoughts on the "big reveal", the actual cause of Sue Dibny's death?

9) The book quotes Arthur Miller, saying "An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted."  I believe this has a double meaning, both within the League and in our world, concerning superhero comics.  Do you think the era of superhero comics is over?  How do you feel about its current state and continuing evolution?

10) What was your favorite page in the book?