Outsiders: The Great Divide

Batman and the Outsiders (2007) #6

by Dan DiDio, Philip Tan (Illustrator), Jonathan Glapion (Illustrator)

The ragtag team known as the Outsiders splits in two following shocking events that lead to their being wanted for acts of war. Now they’ll have to fight one another in order to survive. While Geo-Force, Katana and the Eradicator build a new team in Markovia, Black Lightning, Owlman and Metamorpho find themselves at the home of an old friend who just happens to want Metamorpho dead! Plus, The Creeper faces off against a creature of the night. Don’t miss the off-kilter adventures of some of the DC Universe’s most outcast characters.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

208 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2011

Reviews

[John Yelverton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book series had been on life support for months, and the final nail was finally placed in the coffin after this load of horse manure. If the writers could have simply kept with the original format, this series could still be going on today.

[Garrett · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dan Didio's embarrassingly shoddy writing, particularly in dialogue, is so horrendous at times his work seems almost a satire of the superhero team genre. A barely tolerable series when Batman was in charge, it flounders badly without his presence. Current leader of the team Geo-Force is king of his country Markovia. His squabbling with his former teammates goes on for eight interminable issues. Ludicrously named "heroes" in stupid costumes fight other similarly asininely attired "heroes" over various slights, perceived or otherwise.

Lots of talk about people being brought to justice and/or paying for what they have done. A rotating cast of super-powered losers pop up out of nowhere to challenge each other to fights. The art is more generic than the bottom-shelf cereal at the local Walmart. Calling the characters a bunch of squabbling children would be an insult to squabbling children.

SPOILER ALERT............... Batman shows up at the end and yells at everyone to behave so they do. The end. I just saved you 18 bucks and an hour and a half of your life. Grade: F

[Nathan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I believe I reviewed Dan Didio's take on the Outsiders as a whole when I reviewed The Road to Hell but I might as well use this as an opportunity to rag on about this horrid run. I don't understand how this could have been green lit if anybody else had submitted the scripts. There are story arcs that have different events but they still link to the main story-line. I fear that this series is over until a better writer with a better understanding of the characters can take over.