Batman and the the Outsiders, Vol. 2: A League of their Own by Bryan Edward Hill

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Batman and the Outsiders is what happens when a small book gets caught up in the larger events that drive a comic company. The idea for the Outsiders is entirely incompatible with the direction the larger Batman titles were going. So we get a rushed conclusion to the Ra's Al-ghul storyline and then a decent annual involving Katana and Black Lightning.

This book is ultimately not so much a good comic but a symbol of what's wrong with the industry. The big two are obsessed with telling multiple universe-shaking/status quo-overturning storylines every year, they struggle to do the basic thing: put out an entertaining monthly comic mag. The result is a rushed resolution where no character ultimately receives justice.



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