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Alan Davis’s art gets a lot better–he does a good Batman in daytime here, not the easiest thing, as well as a good bright blue Batman (I realize he didn’t realize the colorist was going to go cornflower blue on the cowl, but Davis manages fine enough pencils the odd color choice can’t hurt it). […]

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I’ve been waiting issues for Alan Davis to show up, to bring something new to Outsiders. Well, he’s shown up and he doesn’t bring much. The first issue is bad, the first half of the second issue is okay, then it ends bad too. He draws these long faces and has real problems with features. […]

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An odd issue–apparently a fill-in to cover for the transition between regular artists (Aparo to Alan Davis)–with three stories featuring three of the five Outsiders. Barr really foreshadows in the prologue, starring Halo and Metamorpho, with Halo griping about not getting her own story… notice Batman isn’t there. It’s a fine fill-in idea, but what […]

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Barr finally gets back to revealing Halo’s origin, gives a suspect portion of it, then leaves it for later again. Unfortunately, so much time has past since he last dealt with it (four issues, I think) and he lays the suspicion (Halo’s discovering she might have been a murderer) on so heavy, it’s hard to […]

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The problem with any (and all) of the Classified titles is obvious. They’re glimpses at characters written by a writer who doesn’t usually handle them (at least not in mainstream DC titles, I know Barr wrote a few of the Justice League Unlimited issues). So, it’s no surprise when the second issue finishes, it all […]

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