Identity Crisis: 9 Things It Got Right (And The 1 Big Thing It Didn't)

10. What It Got Right: Villains Updated

While the heroes of the DC universe are a community, the company portrays its villains as disparate bands of scoundrels who would only ever join forces when and if the plot demanded it. In most instances it was either as part of the Suicide Squad or an incarnation of the Injustice League.

All it took to change this idea was for Brad Meltzer to dig up an obscure C-list Batman rogue called The Calculator and make him the fulcrum around which he would build DC comics' villainous community.

Instead of an oddball running around the streets of Gotham dressed as a calculator, complete with giant buttons, Meltzer created an evil version of the heroes' information broker, Oracle.

This "fix" was only the first of many that would take place during Identity Crisis. Meltzer would introduce a new version of Boomerang and turn Doctor Light from a small-time loser into a dangerous sociopath. The most significant overhaul would be Deathstroke, who goes from the star of his own failed book to taking down the Justice League single-handedly.