Source: modernmythologies.com

8. The opposite of a Mary Sue

First, I’m gonna say that I find the term Mary-Sue to be really stupid and idiotic. But Sue Dibny in this story is as far from that BS stereotype as physically possible.

SHE HAS NO CHARACTER.

Sue Dibny was a character, but in Identity Crisis, she’s given half a scene before she’s murdered. As a result, her murder has no impact. It is just an event, not a death. There’s nothing about it that makes me feel anything. I barely know this woman at this point in the story, why do I care whether she lives or dies? I mean, I do, because I’ve read decades of comics in which she appears, but why would any new reader care?

Sue is thrown away in this story like a blank slate. She’s there to die and that’s it. And we’ll talk about that way, way later, but for now, let’s just say its not a GREAT way to write a character.