The upcoming Batman and the Outsiders comic has been delayed indefinitely for creative reasons.
When first announced, Batman and the Outsiders promised to be released in December 2018. Since then, the solicitations have since then been removed and the pre-orders are cancelled. However, the title is not cancelled according to writer Bryan Hill.
When asked by fans about the status of the series, Hill responded on Twitter that the title is just on hold while he makes some tweaks. The series will eventually come out once Hill completes re-writes to better reflect ongoing events in the DC universe.
Ah. OUTSIDERS is not being cancelled. The pre-orders are being cancelled because I have to make adjustments (per other DCU events) but it will be re-solicited after the adjustments have been made. As I understand. https://t.co/GNKP6owoo4
— Hilluminati (@bryanedwardhill) November 25, 2018
Everything is fine. We can only launch OUTSIDERS in this iteration once, so it has to accomplish as much as possible in our book, and beyond it.
I don’t know how many superhero comics runs I have in me, so I really want this to be special. https://t.co/BMczzZuWT7
— Hilluminati (@bryanedwardhill) November 21, 2018
Oh, there’s some in-universe stuff that needs more incorporation into the story. It’s a push on the release, but from what I understand, everything is fine. Just taking more time to make the launch powerful.
(Haven’t read the article, so I don’t know what it said). https://t.co/YDag0KeaG0
— Hilluminati (@bryanedwardhill) November 21, 2018
The Outsiders Will Return Eventually
While Hill is adamant that the series is forthcoming, he was light on the details on when. In the meantime, it leaves the question of what DC events the writer is referring to? The only ongoing events at the moment are Tom King’s Heroes in Crisis and Geoff Johns’ Doomsday Clock. Could Hill’s Outsiders series deal with the fallout from these events? Doomsday Clock is itself running late, so could be causing a knock-on effect.
Meanwhile, for check out Dark Knight News’ Steve J. Ray’s interview with Hill.