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Outsiders #21

By Koppy McFad
March 14, 2005 - 15:11

Nightwing discovers that Batman has been indirectly sponsoring the Outsiders from the start and he goes and confronts his old mentor for an exchange of words in the Bat-cave. That is about it. It is a relief to see that these two adults aren't resorting to fisticuffs to settle their differences. The dialogue between the two is heated and clever, without resorting to vulgarities or wisecracks. Some of the dialogue however doesn't seem in character although lately with all the multiple plotlines and comics they appear in, it has been a bit hard to say what is in character for Mr. Wayne and Mr. Grayson. The cliffhanger ending however seems contrived as though the creators felt the need to bring in one more big-name character. to keep the readers interested. That has become one of the weaknesses of this book: an over-reliance on spectacle such as sex, vulgarities, media-gimmicks, excessive violence and well-known characters from other books (Luthor, Joker, Gorilla Grodd, etc.) over plot. Ironically, the fill-in art by D'Anda is suitably moody but not very exciting.

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