Batman and the Outsiders: Screw you guys, I’m going home.

So, every once and awhile Batman gets pissed off and decides that the Justice League are too goody-goody to get what he wants done. Superman and the others won’t lie, cheat, steal, or generally bend the rules to achieve what needs to happen, so he leaves in a huff, adds another child into his stable of assassins, and if he’s feeling especially randy, creates a super-team of his own. This my friends, is the premise of The Outsiders.

 

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Anyways, this issue has a lot going on, but really doesn’t do anything but establish Batman and his new team are infiltrating some facility illegally (is there any other kind of infiltration?). You’ve got basically the same lineup as the previous Outsiders team, minus “big shot” B-listers like Nightwing and Arsenal. You’ve got Metamorpho, Grace Choi, Lightning, and Katana; the latter three are devoid of any real characters development besides “I’m tall, and a lesbian” “I’m black, and a lesbian”, and “I’m asian, and can fight well.”

Martian Manhunter’s also doing his shapeshifting trickery, which is always good fun. Catwoman’s there for the burglarizing, and I guess in part because she wants Batman in the sack. It’s a pretty decent read, with a revelation of an (or should I say the remaining) OMAC at the end, so next issue should be more than your standard “Now presenting….!” issue.

Hopefully.