Basically, what's going on here, with the Outsiders, is Nitewing has called in Batman. He doesn't like the direction that the team is going, and he wants Bruce's help in getting it back on track. However, Bruce, being who he is, has other plans. "I need a team people expect the worst from . . . a team that bad guys see as kindred spirits. All those "screw-ups" you refer to . . . . as much as you hate it, that's exactly why the outsiders will accomplish things no so-called heroes can. " So that's where this 5 part series comes in. Batman is going to road-test his candidates and figure out just who he wants on his team. This issue is supposed to be about testing Boomer, but I think it's just as much a test for Dick. There's a space station that is trying to dock with Chemo to perform tests on him. But things have gone . . . awry. Batman sends Boomer and Nitewing up there to clean up the mess, and then secure the base. But we find out that Boomer, who has moonlighted occasionally with Suicide Squad, has different instructions from Amanda Waller. Because of what happened in Bludhaven, Dick just wants to launch him in to the sun. But Boomer won't let him. " . . . in the right hands, think of all the clean-up work he could do." But Dick knows those "right hands" he's talking about are the governments. And he doesn't trust something this potentially dangerous with them. They fight. Boomer uses his speed to his advantage and throws Nitewing into the shuttle and launches it. When he gets back on the ground, Dick is upset because obviously Boomer didn't pass Bruce's test. But really, he's ok with that. "The Suicide Squad is a driving force in the new world order I'm trying to oppose. Having Boomer on the inside might prove . . . useful one day." I don't think Dick passed his test either. But again, I think he's ok with that also. "If you refuse to be a part of this, well . . . you're everything I always hoped you would be. Go back and fight the good fight, Dick. Leave the bad fight to us." Great beginning to the series. It's written by Defilippis and Weir and drawn by Freddie Williams II. Next issue, Batman looks at Katana and SHAZAM!.
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