Crisis center: Make way for the DC Comics promotional machine. Today, the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel (registration required) talks with Brad Meltzer about Identity Crisis:

"This story is basically a murder mystery set in the DC Universe, with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and others. This is my chance to play with the biggest characters that exist in comics.

"I write mysteries for a living anyway, and DC let me write a story using the characters in their toy box, which is obviously a dream come true for someone like me."