Loving Ollie here. All I can say is "Yay Chuck Dixon!". I actually feel genuinely happy with myself for buying an Outsiders comic again!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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So we've got a tense issue, more setting up for the big bang next month. Batman recruits some help to rescue the China team while Rex takes a space walk.
There's a number of small moments, and you get the feeling next issue is going to be PACKED with action. I'm with Cobie, this title is all kinds of fun!
From: Denver, CO | Registered: May 2004
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I've got to say that Grace, a character I liked at the start but grew to loathe when Winnick began forcing her machismo in my face, is actually really great when Dixon's writing her. He might actually make me start liking her after I'd written her off as a stereotypical female powerhouse (again?!!) meets the stereotypical "I'm liberated which means I sleep with everyone" (also played out 1,000,000 times by now).
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Now Robin and Outsiders can go back to sucking completely again. I've collected Robin since #1 so I'll cut it some slack. Outsiders better prove itself post-Dixon fast.
At least Dixon was able to restore Stephanie/Spoiler.
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If anyone can make the Outsiders a good book, Tieri can. Sine they are suppose to be the down and dirty team, he's got the experience needed to pull it off.
From: Denver, CO | Registered: May 2004
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Nobody's seem to have bitten on this book in awhile. I just read the latest. It's the 2nd time they're using Looker here. I obviously didn't follow the book before she became a vampire. How did that happen?! -And how can it be rectified?
Having Batman MIA and Batgirl take over the reigns, as Batman planned all along in the event of his disappearing, is brilliant, although I would've preferred Katana as the older, more experienced leader. My big beef with this issue is that Grace seems to have lost her Chinese features. Is this another case of "de-Asian-ating" another character? I don't follow Batgirl's story, but isn't she supposed to be Asian too? With the Japanese Tatsu, I've never seen a book with 3 Asians as part of its roster.
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I loved the cover to #11. The end of the issue surprised me. I've always thought that Batman's involvement with this generation of the Outsiders was a bit of an afterthought, but here, it gains some much-needed importance.
After the Last Will and Testament special, Geo-Force's appearance here is a bit off-putting. But then, Final Crisis just doesn't seem to be occurring in much of the DCU.
I have a feeling that the general muddle that happened after the first Crisis, way back in the 1980's, is about to be repeated. Lessons unlearned. Sigh.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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I only flipped through the book on the stand to see if it piqued my interest with Dixon on board. It didn't enough for me to buy, but I'll keep my eye on it to see what happens.
So what's the deal with this Metamorpho? Is this the real one? I remember there being two of them running around at some point.
And while Metamorpho's analogies were interesting, I would've preferred if the writer didn't feel a need to spell it all out for us. Sometimes you can let the readers excercise their brains.
And who's this Owlman? Where'd he come from?
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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He's detective Roy Raymond, Jr. who (apparently) walked away from a gig on TV to be Owlman.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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There were two Metamorpho- Rex and a piece of himself that splintered off after one of his deaths. Shift was reabsorbed into Metamorpho sometime after Infinite Crisis. It's suppose to explain Rex's more plastic man like tendencies.
I like the new line up, and Tomasi is impressing me with his work here. The tension between Brion and Jefferson is good, as well as Katanna's new grim attitude. Halo is always confusing to me, so I'll just accept her for now.
Owlman and the Creeper? They have the most potential here.
From: Denver, CO | Registered: May 2004
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Thanks for the explanation guys. Seems to me like Rex was the one absorbed into Shift - I don't see much of the old Metamorpho there.
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#17-- I don't know what's up with these 'Insiders', but I'm liking this team more and more. I wish Halo'd be featured a bit-- it's been a loooonnng time since she appeared. I want to see Geo-Force lighten up a bit-- Metamorpho get serious (well, just for a little while)-- Owlman display his powers of detection-- Black Lightning act the statesman he's been in the DCU...
What do you want to see for and from these characters?
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