I've been blowing pretty hot and cold on DC's Outsiders since its launch last year. The series quickly revealed itself as a sequel to the legendary Planetary in its bold and surprising first issue - an exciting twist if ever there was one! But since then, it's spent months mostly avoiding the subject, instead focusing on exploring other lost areas of DC continuity in a series of pretty variable one-off episodes. Given that Outsiders is only a 12-issue limited series, that has sometimes felt like a missed opportunity.
With this week's Outsiders #6, however, the series finally addressed the multi-dimensional elephant in the room. It's a strong issue in its own right and one that also sets up some potentially game-changing developments for the comic going forward. Let's get into it...
