It's a brand new day, and no we are not talking about a certain friendly neighborhood web-head.  We are talking The Outsiders.  For the second time in a year and a half, the Outsiders are enjoying a reboot and now is a perfect jumping on point.

As we all know (Warning Spoiler Alert if you have been living on a deserted island the past six months) since Batman's demise the entire DC Universe (and the Bat books in particular) has been topsy-turvy.  With all the uncertainty and new directions the one title that seems to have gotten stronger is The Outsiders.

Despite the loss of Batman, the dark knight's blueprints are all over this new team beginning with its selection and new leader (a certain butler who has a lot of time on his hands now), as seen in Batman and the Outsiders Special #1.

Peter Tomasi has returned The Outsiders back to its roots with original team members Halo, Geo-Force, Black Lightning (fresh from slumming it with the JLA), Katana and Metamorpho.  He's also added some fresh new faces in Owlman (who looks a lot like the Watchmen's Owlman) and the Creeper.

The current issue (#16) has an excellent explanation of why each of them are on the new team.

Lee Garbett supplies some very consistent pencils and Trevor Scott and Livesay take care of the inks.  I like the style of art in this book.  Too many titles (especially the Marvel ones) have this real fluid look to their titles that makes them look a little too real and not as much a comic.  But that's just me ...

The Deep is the current storyline which began in Outsiders #15.  The new squad is just finding its leg and learning to trust its new members and relearn to trust some old friends.  However, no one ever tells the bad guys that the good guys need a breaking in period and there are some new interesting Powers That Be that are proving to be an interesting foil for our new team.

So that is my story and I am sticking to it.  A lot of people have been questioning the quality of the DC books lately, and while I have not been overwhelmed by much of their product lately, the latest incarnation of The Outsiders has been consistently good and I am enjoying it more than I was when it was called Batman and the Outsiders.