Some thoughts about Outsiders #1

Can the Outsiders have a new direction?

Batwoman is tired of the constant wars in Gotham City and Luke Fox is planning to give her an idea about what to do next and this could take them to a brand new multiversal adventure.

A new reboot on the classic Batman spinoff team is here. The Outsiders have taken several incarnations over the years and funnily enough, I think the ones that work the best are the ones that are not as focused on Batman and apparently Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly have the same mentality since they are implementing ideas that you wouldn't really expect from a Batman book.

First of all, I have to say that the team of Lanzing and Kelly have improved their craft over the years, their early works at DC used to be really overwritten but thankfully their current narration is much more natural and goes straight to the point, particularly for the concepts they're using and there are a lot of them. Second, is cool that they're referencing the overused "war" crossovers that happen in Batbooks and you could interpret as a metacommentary about how they want to stay away from them. Third, is also interesting that despite of things being different, they are also referencing stuff like the dynamic between Kate and Luke since they used to be part of a team before.

Most importantly is the direction of the book. Right away with the introduction of a Wildstorm character like Drummer, you understand that this book is going for a more high concept route and this is certainly what it does since there are many elements about the Multiverse being implemented here, is mostly a set-up but it gets the job done to make you realize what is the mission of this new incarnation of the team, in fact they blatantly state it at the end which addresses one of the classic Wildstorm stories.

Robert Carey's artwork is detailed and the storytelling is precise, depicting the classic Multiverse aspects perfectly.

Solid beginning, let's see if thing continue this way.