Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer

Not all comic book fans agree, but I think Identity Crisis is one of the greatest graphic novels ever written. The wife of one of the superheroes is murdered, and it affects everyone. The story is a complicated, involved murder mystery that has great character development and relationships between the superheroes and each other, as well as with their families and the villains. The overal idea of the book is that the reason most superheroes have secret identities is to protect the people they love. They are seriously affected by the death of their loved ones, and you don't always know who you can trust.

Review by David Dunkerton