![]() And this is only your second time out of the comic book gate. Q: Wizard has already compared IDENTITY CRISIS to a post-modern CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (the 1985-86 miniseries by Marv Wolfman and George Perez that down-sized the DC Universe and killed Kara Zor-El). So, without further ado, here's the interview with author BRAD MELTZER: While Meltzer refuses to divulge too much (he loves a mystery), he did speak a little about the Superman family's role in IDENTITY CRISIS and Superman generally during a brief interview recently. Given the author's great affection for DC Comics and Superman, it's no surprise that the IDENTITY CRISIS crossover focuses on the Justice League of America of Meltzer's youth. ![]() And a character jokingly refers to another character in previous novel THE MILLIONAIRES as "Smallville". In fact, Meltzer admitted to giving a character in THE ZERO GAME the initials "L.L." as his own homage to the Silver Age convention of Superman's friends and enemies having the "LL" initials (i.e., Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Linda Lee, Lyla Lerroll, Lori Lemaris, Lena Luthor, Lucy Lane, etc.). He often compares the two genres and, in fact, peppers obscure comic book references throughout his novels, Meltzer's own comic book "Where's Waldo?" Meltzer's legal thrillers are, in fact, not irrelevant to comic book fans. And by the time the current book tour is finished, it ought to be just in time for comic book convention season to promote summer's IDENTITY CRISIS. So far, it's been big time novel, big time comic (he did follow superstar director/writer Kevin Smith on GREEN ARROW), and now big time novel again, as he's out promoting the recent release of his newest thriller, THE ZERO GAME. Writing legal thrillers that go to the New York Times Bestseller List. It's just that he's got a day job that keeps him kind of busy. ![]() Not that Meltzer's rested on his laurels since GREEN ARROW (his six issues have recently been collected in a trade paperback by DC Comics). And looking to his past comic book work for hints wouldn't take too long - Meltzer's first and only other comic book work was as writer of six issues of GREEN ARROW two years ago. Other than acknowledging that secret identities are a large part of the series, and that the series title was inspired by an Adventures of Superman VHS Tape with that title, not too much is known about what Meltzer actually has up his sleeve. IDENTITY CRISIS promises to bring Meltzer's style of legal thriller to the DC Universe with a plot that allegedly involves a murder in or around the super hero community and something that has been lacking in comic books for a while: a genuine mystery to be solved by both the heroes and the readers. This summer, Meltzer teams up with penciller Rags Morales on the DC Comics-wide crossover event, IDENTITY CRISIS. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Freiman conducted the following interview with writer Brad Meltzer on the up-coming, and much hyped, DC Comics company-wide crossover "Identity Crisis".īrad Meltzer loves super-heroes. Interviews Exclusive Brad Meltzer "Identity Crisis" Interview
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