Outsiders #9

This is not your average DC book, but I'm very glad they took this swing. Read Full Review

Carey crafts some beautiful art throughout the issue. The character designs are fantastic and I really enjoyed the visual spectacle of the action. Read Full Review

Another insightful and imaginative issue of Outsiders. The series' commentary on the structure of its own storytelling is beguiling and continues to leave so many lingering questions. Read Full Review

Lanzing and Kelly continue their meta-commentary on storytelling. Read Full Review

Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing's script packs an unpredictable battle of words and fists into a short span of time, and Robert Carey's art only continues to get more majestic and ambitious in its intentions. Read Full Review

I can see what Outsiders #9 was trying to do, but it just wasn't my cup of Meta-tea. Hopefully, the final two issues will take us in a different direction. Read Full Review

Overall, this was a fun but esoteric issue. Did it need a subtitle on the cover? No, but at this point it does feel like the writing team needed a symbolic refresh. Yes, Robert Carey's art varies in quality, but there are some genuinely cool panels when the poses aren't so stiff or the lines so squiggly. I particularly enjoyed the random Scooby-Doo-like montage of the Outsiders dungeon crawling. In terms of narrative, the heavy lean on meta commentary can feel a bit much. In spite of that, Outsiders tends to warm things over with humor that still works. While the end of the story and return to the status quo felt undercooked, this new direction seems fairly mixed-positive for now. Read Full Review

Jawnyblaze

Jul 18, 2024

Something about this issue didn't entertain me as much as the previous eight. I can't put my finger on it, but I just wasn't feeling it. I've loved the run so far, this one had me ready to be over long before the final page. I'm just going to take it as an anomaly though, maybe I was distracted or something.

retcon_D

Jul 12, 2024

This book isn't clicking for me, unfortunately. What I once thought was a series devoted to going into the forgotten corners of the DC Multiverse now comes off as pretentious.