I was reading Young Justice and then it crossed over with Titans, which I stopped reading way back in the day when it had Devon Grayson (puke-o-rama) writing it. Then the colossal crossover ended in death. Magically this new book appeared in my box this month. Outsiders. I looked at it and looked at my comic shop owner. I glanced at the cover and saw Nightwing. "Hmmm . . ." I thought to myself, "Time to give this back to the nice man." Then I looked further down the cover and saw Metamorpho. "Hmmm . . ." I thought to myself once again, "I like Metamorpho. What the hey! Let’s give it a shot. If I don’t like it, I can always have it taken off my pull list." Now, I have finished reading it and I have one question. Who gave Arsenal the UBER-GAY makeover? I swear, I looked at the cover and I didn’t even recognize him. I’d have never considered giving it back, if I had known it was a new book with Arsenal in it. I love Arsenal. He’s cool, but my god, that buzz cut and the little patch of triangular facial hair under his mouth have got to go. I looked at the cover again once I figured out it was Arsenal, and that he was trying to create a super hero team. I looked at the cover and I just had to laugh. Of course if Arsenal’s putting together a superhero team, it’s going to have more women than men in it. I was a little confused when I got to the end and I hadn’t seen Jade, although she is on the cover. I read the blurb for the next one, and she’s apparently showing up in it. Now that I’ve rambled for a while, let’s talk about the comic book. I liked it. I liked it a lot. The storytelling is well done. Nightwing is a little whiny, but nothing is really new there. At least this time he has a real reason. Arsenal is assembling a new superhero team to replace Titans. Only this time, it’s going to be a business team and not a family like Titans. He’s hired two very cool chicks. One of them being Black Lightning’s daughter, who has the ability to change her body density, which essentially means she’s invulnerable. The other one is super-duper strong. She beats things to a bloody pulp easily. Roy, Arsenal, has also recruited Metamorpho, who has massive amnesia. And lastly, the robot that killed Donna has been reprogrammed and wants to make penitence for her bad behavior. Nightwing is not happy about Arsenal’s new team, but when the crisis comes up at the end of the book, he starts acting all Leadership-Dude like. Overall, it’s a good introduction book. It gives you a good feel for the characters. The art is pretty good. I don’t love it, and for the most part I don’t hate it. There are a few panels that really make me cringe. It works well for a superhero book. I think I’m going to continue reading it. It has the potential to be a really enjoyable superhero funny book. It’s worth giving the once-over.

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