“EXECUTION or Nice Universe, Sure Would Be A Shame If Something Happened To It”
Writers: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Artist: Robert Carey
Color Artist: Valentina Taddeo
Letterer: Tom Napolitano
Review by James Attias
Outsiders #10 is an earth shattering, villain revealing, chaos filled issue, with enough destruction to restart a franchise!
A Drum to Your Head
With this story’s conclusion, edging closer and closer, I mentioned last issue/review: that I felt the revelation and sinister motives of The Drummer could have been much more drawn out. Don’t get me wrong some of the “filler” issues in this run have been bonkers and seemingly pointless… (or were they?). But the fact that we have a villain who was a hero, pointing a gun (comedically named the Canon) at the universe attempting to destroy all reality to reset it. Seems like more than just a Batwing and Batwoman problem. No offense to the two street level heroes, but in reality, you’d want some heavier hitters on this one. What do you think, readers? Would you want to C-list members of the Bat-family fighting for your reality?
Crisis On A Cracker
The art in this run has been consistent. It’s decent. I will never deliberately go out to attack an artist who has done an entire run, as I really value that creative and storytelling bonus. The lettering style though, of going from speech bubbles to narrative prose, did feel quite taxing this issue for some reason. The dark parchment like background behind the prose made it just a little harder to read, and if I’m already starting to get confused (and a smidge bored) wth the story, clarity is key.
Looking on to the big finish, with universes exploding, monsters flying around, two street level heroes fighting against a reality destroying weapon. These chips could fall anywhere. Who knows what the finale issue may hold.
Conclusion
Outsiders #10 has teed us up for a big finale, I hope the large checks this book has been writing has enough left in the bank to cash out. One more issue and we’ll see.
Review Written to Honor Steve J Ray – May he Rest in Peace.
Images Courtesy of DC Entertainment