Batman and the Outsiders #9
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| Writer | Bryan Hill |
| Artist | Dexter Soy |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
Ra's al Ghul and his army of assassins have turned their attention away from the Dark Knight-and toward Black Lightning! They've done something terrible to him that can never be fixed, and Black Lightning will need the Outsiders to stop him from crossing a line that could change his life forever.
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10
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Jan 08, 2020Bryan Hill knocks it out of the park with his stripped down, raw take on Black Lightning's anger and grief, and it makes for a stunning, satisfying issue. Read Full Review
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9.0
Batman-News - Joshua McDonald
Jan 08, 2020Bryan Hill and Dexter Soy deliver a treasure of a book, and if you give Batman & the Outsiders a chance, I sincerely believe you'll find that this is the type of comic you hope every comic you pick up will be. There's action, emotion, depth, adventure, humor, and heart. The ability of these two men to craft such an incredible and engaging story that continues to develop and grow is inspiring. Batman & the Outsiders is what modern comics should look like. Read Full Review
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8.6
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jan 08, 2020Dexter Soy brings some beautiful visuals to the issue and the art has an understated feel which matches the plot. The art focuses more on character than action as most of the story consists of conversations and the characters look amazing. Read Full Review
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8.6
Comic Watch - Nicholas Osborn
Jan 09, 2020While Batman and the Outsiders #9 is a great book filled with intriguing character drama, it's time for this series to kick things up a notch. Plain and simple. Read Full Review
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8.2
On Comics Ground - Marcus Freeman
Jan 10, 2020Jefferson Pierce is drifting towards the dark side after a horrible attack leaves what he loves devastated. It is up to Batman and the Outsiders to bring Jefferson back from the brink and keep him from doing something he can't take back. Will Ra's Al Ghul's plan to drive Batman's Outsiders to the darkness succeed? Read Full Review
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8.0
Weird Science - Jim Werner
Jan 08, 2020While this book is in danger of heading back to the overly slow burn that frustrated me in the earlier parts of the run, Bryan Hill sets up some really cool things (not all good for our heroes, mind you) that I can't wait to see play out. The art by Dexter Soy is great and really, this is just a solid book that can be enjoyed by anyone who wants a little more character work in their capes and cowls stories. Read Full Review
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8.0
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Jan 08, 2020This series started rough with issues too focused on original villains, but it's found its footing since as one of the better books in the Bat-line. Read Full Review
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8.0
Dark Knight News - Steve J Ray
Jan 08, 2020This is sophisticated storytelling, and I'm hooked. Read Full Review
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8.0
DC Comics News - Derek McNeil
Jan 08, 2020Batman and the Outsiders #9 makes it clear that there's a rocky future ahead for the team. Even if they vanquish Ra's al Ghul, they are unlikely to emerge from the conflict unscathed. And the damage to the team's unity might never be fully healed. Read Full Review
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5.0
The Batman Universe - D.M. Grant
Jan 09, 2020Final Thoughts: We know that Ra's isn't going to, permanently or otherwise, turn Jefferson. Shiva isn't going to turn Jefferson or Cassandra. We're nine issues into the series, there just isn't any believability in threatening the loyalty of the team yet, unless it's new 52 Birds of Prey and one of them is a bad guy. So, like a recent arc of Teen Titans, this story seems deadlocked in a behavioral standstill. Either it follows protocol and keeps its heroes pure and unwavering, or they turn for shock value and the readers lose a fan favorite. There are more avenues outside of that binary, but the story isn't being written as flexible to imply that there are. Read Full Review
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8.0
" All of it. And if you try manage this alone, you will fail. And if you fail, you all fail. And Ra's All Ghul won. " - KATANA
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7.5
Prelude: So far Batman and the Outsiders has been of passable quality but only just. Let's see how Hill goes with this issue. The Good: I do like the aspects of the story concerning our characters. Dexter Soy's art is great here. The Bad: Progression is a bit slow. Characters are very heated but especially Bruce. Conclusion: Like the series, it's passable with highlights such as the varying aspects that our characters are struggling with and Soy's great art but the problems of slow progression and heated characters has been consistent throughout the series.
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7.0
It just seems like this series is plodding along. The group is constantly moping around or getting mad at each other. Black Lightning's reaction to someone he cares for being murdered was very understated. It just seems this series borders between good and average.
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6.5
This issue, much like this series, is fine. I don't find it very compelling.
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6.5
I'm just really not feeling it, honestly, the characters are just kind of annoying.
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