Outsiders #47 - DC

This, I feel, is going to turn out to be a pretty interesting storyline. We ended last issue with Nightwings arm around the Black Queen's throat. He seems to be in control. But, she's a human / OMAC hybrid. So she's pretty strong herself. She also seems to have some ties to Batman, but I'm not sure what those are. Her and Nightwing trade some interesting quips back and forth though. Anyways, after they go through their obligatory scuffle, Nightwing eludes her, and is planning on going through the castle to release his teammates. His first choice is Grace, and as they attempt to approach the others locations, they do a lot of property damage. "Seeing as it's my property . . I'd rather you didn't.", says Sasha. "I enjoy reckless collateral damage as much as the next girl, but you guys bring it to a whole new level. You crashed elevator 4, you destroyed a quantum optical interface panel. You blasted a hole in the side of the building . . . and the truly impressive thing is that you did all of it in under 2 minutes. That's commitment." And the irony is, Sasha already had his team assembled in the briefing room. "The mission is designated Shadow Box. It's objective is to neutralize the operation on Oolong Island." And with this issue, they land and prepare for infiltration. However, right before reaching the island, they're met with some resistance. In the form of a sea-monster. With these 2 teams together, you know it's going to be an action packed storyline. This is the perfect team-up for the Outsiders. Not only to the teams compliment each other perfectly, but the creative talent of Greg Rucka and Judd Winick on scripts is more talent than you can ask for. Also Matthew Clark's pencils on the Outsiders, I think he's finally back, is simply incredible. This team and book has come such a long way, over it's various incarnations. But the change hasn't stopped. Between this story arc, and the next with Batman, I think our team is in for even more changes. But that's good. There's such a wealth of characters here, and I don't think we've even scratched the surface yet of their potential.