Identity Crisis/YMMV

""Batman and Robin. Orphans.""
 * Author's Saving Throw: Dr. Light used to be a serious threat capable of taking on the Justice League, but somewhere along the line became a comical punching bag of the Teen Titans. This mini explains why that change took place and restores him to his original characterization.
 * Broken Base: The Deathstroke vs. Justice League fight. For all that is holy, never bring it up in any Versus Discussion, less you want the thread to be completely derailed.
 * The book itself is a major Base Breaker.
 * Notably, the book occupies many extremes simultaneously.
 * Memetic Mutation: The series inspired a fad on the Something Awful forums of user avatars showing their Wild Mass Guesses about the identity of Sue Dibny's murderer. The response to the series played a role in the formation of the "Batman's Shameful Secret" forum for comic book discussion on the site.
 * Moral Event Horizon: Crossed when
 * Not to mention
 * Tear Jerker: The deaths of Sue Dibny and Jack Drake, especially with the aftermath that follows.

"Mom, Dad. Watch over Jack Drake... and Sue."
 * Watching Ralph fall apart at Sue's funeral is heartbreaking, especially since you've been reading several pages of how much he loves her before the murder.
 * Batman's scene at his parents' grave

"I never felt so small in my whole-- *"
 * Atom shrinking down to nothingness out of grief.


 * Villain Sue: Many felt Deathstroke was this during the series, in which he solos the Justice League, including displaying faster reflexes than Wally West.
 * The Woobie: Several, particularly Elongated Man and.