The penultimate issue of Batman & The Outsiders puts Black Lightning and Orphan front and center while they take on Ra's Al Ghul for the final time. Read Full Review

Dexter Soy delivers some delightfully detailed and brilliantly big art in this issue. The action is great, but there are some amazing shots that showcase both power sets from Black Lightning and Ras. A great looking issue from start to finish. Read Full Review

Batman and the Outsiders#16 concludes "The Demon's Fire" in grand fashion, and showcases the immense growth the team has gone through. As a fan of Black Lightning, I'm happy to see the work this creative team has done with him. The next issue is the series finale, and I hope Hill, Soy, and Gandini deliver a superheroic sendoff for the Outsiders. Read Full Review

While Hill is leaving monthly superhero comics after this title due to his schedule, he's given a great foundation to one of DC's most underrated heroes for future stories. Read Full Review

I've loved this series, will miss both it, and the wonderful creative talents behind it. Thankfully, there's one more issue still to come, and I just know that it will bring a few surprises with it. Read Full Review

Batman admits to Lady Shiva that her daughter deserves better, but what is that? Just how powerful is Black Lightning now? What happens to Sofia Ramos and the rest of the heroes? These are a few of the questions left to be answered in next month's issue. Read Full Review

Dangling subplots war with powerful performances as it's Black Lightning vs. Ra's Al Ghul with the fate of the world in the balance! Read Full Review

This is easily one of the weaker issues in the run, and the fact that it ends the conflict with Ra's al Ghul so quickly is definitely disappointing. That being said, Black Lightning and Cassandra Cain both get their moment to shine, and I can't help but feel we've been waiting way too long for DC to deliver for each of these characters. Read Full Review

I'm disappointed because the series has felt bereft of ideas beyond the basic premise, unable to elaborate or even search for anything else to talk about, resulting in a one-dimensional good guy/bad guy fight that has very little personality right up to its end. Of course, I'll be interested to read the final issue, but aside from the redemption of Shiva, this book has ended up feeling terribly inconsequential. It's an annoying shame. Read Full Review

Bryan Hill finishes his Ra's al-Ghul story, and while it elevates Black Lightning, the transient and forced nature of it was very disappointing.  We still have the series finale next month, but this one hurt. Read Full Review

The finale of "The Demon's Fire" storyline hits in this week's Batman and the Outsiders #16 and rather than go out with an impressive, spectacular finale, the whole story comes to conclusion with a whimper. Read Full Review

The dialogue is such a drag to read, I kept almost skipping over it in my rush to be done.

This title is always trying to be something epic and grand, but unfortunately, the storytelling just isn't up to snuff. The dialogue always tries so hard to really concentrate an oomph for the reader, but it rarely hits. It reminds me of Ta-Nehisi Coates. I'm not sure about Bryan Edward Hill's background. I'm not sure if he came from novels or what, but that may play a role? I feel like only a few people can really pull off this grandiose dialogue, and Hill is not one of them. Names that come to mind are Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Hickman... When you can really nail that type of dialogue, it's great. If you can't though, it might destroy your comic. It just drags it down so much. It kills all momentum. That's the problem with this issue, and this title in general. more