KNOW THE UNKNOWN! With sharp writing and exceptional art, the current incarnation of Outsiders make a hug splash in their latest run. Let by an ambitions take courtesy of the Hivemind, Carey and their team, Luke Fox and company look to shatter all youve known about this group and carve their own space into the legacy of DC Comics. Read Full Review

Carey delivers some beautifully detailed and dynamic art throughout the issue. I love the visual style and how beautiful the environments in this issue look. Read Full Review

Outsiders #1 is a fun start that delivers a dose of sci-fi superhero action. It teases a lot to come that may be a huge addition or shakeup to the DC Universe, but we'll see how it all plays out. Until then, it's a debut comic that's a lot of fun and delivers a beginning that feels grand in its scope and ideas. Read Full Review

Still, despite the huge focus, it has a great take on its two main leads and the scenes between Luke and his silent partner Lucius are really well-done. Lanzing and Kelly are an incredibly talented writing team, and this is a very promising if slightly bumpy launch. Read Full Review

Outsiders #1 utilizes clever dialogue to launch an ambitious new series. Read Full Review

Outsiders #1 once again reinvents the dark horse DC team, bringing in elements of hard sci-fi along with some gorgeous artwork. If you're looking for something different from the Batman line, or your superhero comics, you wouldn't go wrong with this book. The ending, especially, hints at greater things to come. Read Full Review

I look forward to continuing to read this series. It appears that DC is willing to maybe look into other types of stories and characters and that can only be a good thing for the publisher in the future. It is good for a large publisher to diversify its offerings. Read Full Review

Overall a great start for Outsiders. Kelly and Lanzing are doing great work in the DCU and it's cool to see them continue that with this kind of project. I'm excited for more. Read Full Review

Outsiders #1 is a completely different take on The Outsiders team, taking a more "X-Files style approach and promising to show us corners of the Earth-Prime we've never seen. Batwoman and Luke Fox work well together and tantalizing hints set up some fascinating things to come. Read Full Review

There's a lot of Wildstorm love here, and since is has been nearly 25 years since Planetary, a sequel feels acceptable. Add in some arch dialogue and nice art, and you've got a strong first issue debut. Read Full Review

The art in this story was fine, a little dark at points, but that can be forgiven as it suits the mood. Although, when Luke told Kate she didn't need to wear a wig to be on his team, it took me a few minutes to think if she's even wearing a wig at that moment. I mean, she usually has a pretty close trim, but that's just me being a bit pedantic. Either way, the art was good and I'm looking forward to seeing it develop. Read Full Review

While some stylistic choices and a lack of clarity get in the way of the comic's perfection, the promise of Kate Kane and Luke Fox's grand adventure is just enough to make this series promising. Read Full Review

Good, solid start with a lot of potential, I just think there are a lot of little things holding this first issue and this new series back at this point. Read Full Review

The Outsiders #1 does exactly what it needed to do to sell its Multiverse concept led by Batwoman and Batwing. Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly showed a good basic understanding of the characters and concept. They do have to shake their Marvel training and remember they are now working in the DC Universe. Hopefully with more experience writing in the DCU and keeping up the one-shot style story format Outsiders can become a strong addition to the Batman franchise offerings. Read Full Review

Outsiders #1 has a strong central concept - forming a group to investigate the weirder happenings of the DC Universe - with interesting characters and solid art. That said, Lanzing and Kelly try to get too fancy and too big in this first issue, leaving readers with a less satisfying adventure and a pompous aftertaste. Read Full Review

Outsiders is a confusing mish-mash ofPlanetary and pre-existing DC characters, and while it has the potential to weave a new narrative from its foundational underpinnings, it's trapped in it's source material's shadow to such a degree that it struggles to find its own identity. Read Full Review

Overall, this is an extremely messy first issue. The series hook is weak, the dialogue is clich, and the artwork is isn't all too good. However, some of the designs like Batwoman's snowsuit or Batwing's nano suit are appealing. Unfortunately, this book is generally ugly and hard to read. Personally, the Outsiders have always been hard to find a way to fit in. With a more coherent direction, this overlooked team and underrepresented characters may have had a chance. Ultimately, the potential is still there, but depends on far clearing writing and artwork. Read Full Review

I think, despite my low amount of interest in the team itself, that this series has a lot of potential. However, it's just not realized fully here, at least not yet. I didn't hate this whatsoever, but I didn't really love it either. I like what I've read so far from Kelly & Lanzing, so I'll stay on board for a bit and hope that things pick up sooner rather than later.

Uninspiring. Too fragmented with exposition to give a hoot.

Ho hum start. Nothing really lept off the page and the dialogue was a little off kilter. Drummer seems somewhat interesting but I’ll give another issue before I close the book on this.

Yup, it's Planetary.

This comic was a bit funky. The premise seems to be vehicle contrived to incoproate more Wildstorm properties into the DCU proper. The script was pretty good. Not being a Bat reader, I'm unfamiliar with these characters, so I can't tell if they're in character. As a first-time exposure it was fine. There were numerous callbacks to Ellis and Cassaday's Planetary series, as well as to The Authority.

The art was inconsistent. Some pages were very good, others seemed rushed or unfinished. Robert Carey is ussually a very good artist. I dont' think this issue was one of his best.

If you like Planetary, Challengers of the Unknown, or the Fantastic Four, you might like this comic.

Outsiders has big goals. Like many first issues around at the moment, it’s trying to lay some foundations and tell a story. The foundations are there. The story, not so much. The team is ok. Batwoman is probably the highest profile with Batwing. Then there is Lucias Fox who can be a great part of a Batman story, but here is a guy on a screen offering support for his son. Then there is Drummer. The most interesting, but vaguest character.
The massive world ending discovery is interesting but glossed over very quickly and doesn’t seem to be connected to anything else that is going to happen in the rest of the series. It is actually a reference to The Authority comic books series, but if you haven’t read it, you can easily miss it.
The idea is there, but the hook isn’t strong enough yet. more

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maljoss - Nov 16, 2023

So... it's basically Planetary with Bat characters?

Chaos Engine - Nov 16, 2023

Totally, I completely forgot about Drummer being in Planetary. Thanks, it makes little more sense now. While the comic has a direction, it doesn't drive the reader to need to read the next issue.

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Boring

I've been gently drifting away from new superhero comics in the last year, and while competently executed, this comic's weary exhumation of the moldering corpse of Warren Ellis's early oughts peak really sums up why. I miss the days when comics were new and exciting and full of big ideas, instead of "We've grabbed a thing readers were very excited about 25 years ago and several randomly selected Bat characters, ground them into a bland slurry, and poured them into a trough for our dwindling middle-aged fanbase to stick their little snouts into"