10 Overhyped Comic Books That Were Incredibly Mediocre

10. Identity Crisis

In the last 2 years alone, DC has gone through two different crises and is about to go through a third one. Despite this overreliance on crossover stories, their crisis events have been well-crafted and entertaining for the most part.

Unfortunately, this cannot be said for 2004's Identity Crisis, a widespread murder mystery that was unbelievably tone deaf and left a bad taste in most readers' mouths after they finished it. Following the death of the Elongated Man's wife, Sue Dibny, the Justice League sets out to find the killer (heavily suspected to be supervillain Dr. Light) before they can strike again.

In the process, the team learns uncomfortable truths about how far its members would go to protect themselves and their loved ones. The story is rife with inconsistencies in the characterization of various heroes and paints the normally united team in a disturbing and disjointed light.

In addition to the above, the story's core component and its resolution were both underwhelming and sexist, showing that the creative team were unable of crafting a murder mystery that respected the characters involved.