Batman & the Outsiders #14 Review

Writer: Bryan Edward Hill / Artist: Dexter Soy / DC Comics Batman & The Outsiders #14 shows the team taking the necessary steps they need in order to make a strike at Ra’s Al Ghul. We’re blessed with a supercharged Black Lightning, a continually flip-floppy Lady Shiva, and a very confused group of Outsiders. I’m gonna be frank with you: I don’t like Batman. Not because he’s not cool. And I won’t ignore that he has some of the best hands in the DC Universe. But there’s just too much Batman. And I’m sick of seeing his furled mug every time I open a comic book. That being said, what I like about his role in Batman & The Outsiders, is that it allows us to see different sides of Batman than we normally see. We know he’s cold and calculated and that he’s a detective and all of that. But we don’t always see those characteristics given equal attention. When there’s so much Batman around, it’s important to have some level of continuity, but it’s also important to show how varied he can be. Because for someone like me, that might be the deciding factor that determines if I want to buy a certain book or not. 

Bryan Edward Hill gives me exactly what I want in this book. It’s the Batman who is a leader, but in his unique way. It’s the Batman that clearly doesn’t know how to be around people. And it’s the Batman who tells no one person all of the aspects of the plan. I think the best part about Batman in this book is that he almost never throws a punch, but you still feel his…