Todo choreado de la Wizard 150 IDENTITY CRISIS
While heroes suffer, villains make a triumphant return in Btad Meltzer's groundbreaking DC epic.
For the eclectic collection of colorful villains in the DC Universe, it's good to be bad again.
Or it will be this June, after writer Brad Meltzer gets a hold of them.
For the past three months, fans have debated many aspects of DC's mysteriy-shrouded mega-event Identity Crisis-from the idenity of the murder victim to the nature of the devastating secret that haunts the JLA. But one thing that hasn't been talked about? Meltzer's unique take on the most underappreciated rogues in the DC roster.
"For me, heroes are judged by their villains," explains Meltzer. "DC's got some great heroes, and the same goes for their oposite siders. In Identity Crisis, I wanted to bring the same depth to the villains that I try to bring to the heroes."
Meltzer found so many compelling villains, in fact, that choosing which ones to spotlight in Identity Crisis required a heroic effort in itself. "For this, I went with villains we don't know as well, sticking almost completely with the assassins," explains the scribe. "Deathstroke, Merlyn, Deadshot, Monocle, guys I was always fascinated with but never really knew that much about -except for Deathstroke, who I just love and wanted to pit against the JLA. You won't believe the results. And with Merlyn, I wanted a narrator who could tell the story from the other side."
Meltzer didn't stop with assassins, electing obscure villains like Dr. Light, Captain Boomerang and Calculator to play prominent roles in the unfolding saga -and the writer has a plan to lift them from the dredges of anonymity. "make them real," insists Meltzer. "If ther're real, they'll be scary. And these villains are not morons. They all have real identities below the capes and funny hays, and I think they'll surprise the people the most. Nobody likes the Calculator - nobody- But after this, they'll never look at him the same way again. And Dr Light? I love him. Easily yhe most overlooked villain in the DCU."
But despite all this attention to the dark side, make no mistake -Identity Crisis is not a villain story, as Meltzer's tale remains anchored by the heroes of the Justice League. And while the villains will certainly make their presence felt, Meltzer stops short of declaring a new age of villainy in the DCU.
"I always hate when a publisher swears the're gonna amp up the villains like you've never seen them before," laughs Meltzer. "The villains are great. The characters are there. All you have to do is take the time to find what's inside them."
"Villains aren't fun," he adds. "In fact, they're much harder to write if you're trying to keep them realistic. But in the end, that's what makes them interesting. That, and the fact that they want to kill you."
Comment: No creo que la onda sea revivir a Jordan acá, eh.