Ghosts in Batman & the Outsiders v2 #05 (May '08)

[perletwo]

Filling a request from busterella.

This guy has the most perfect drop evar on The Batman.



When suddenly dun dun dun



I'm not sure I can adequately explain the plot, but here's the essentials: Bats has sent a strike team made up of Green Arrow, Batgirl, Katana, Geo-Force and Metamorpho overseas to stop the launch of a rocket filled with unknown but probably genocidal payload. As will usually happen in BatO, the mission turns into a hairball. But...



At least one rocket launches as Metamorpho tries to stop it. Ollie thinks Rex has been killed (though I'm not sure that's even possible.)



And then - nothing. You'd think this revelation would be earthshaking, but the Dibnys don't show up again until the War in Hell mini.

As best I can tell this is not already on here. I think it was probably posted new before the Great Disaster on LJ; either that or it was left untagged to avoid spoilers. I'm going to tag it appropriately, though.

Comments

[tsunamiwombat]

Whoever those two crazies with guns are, I love them.

[sir_mikael]

I'm thinkin the crazies are the Dibny's temporarily taking over mercenary bodies. The mercenaries may or may not be crazy in "real life" bu since I have no clue who they are I can't say.

[perletwo]

The villain complex was in fact crawling with mercenary types, including one "where does the machine begin and the man end" cyborg, the strike team had to get through to reach White Suited Badguy. But unless "Gunhawk" is an actual name, no, we've no clue who they are.

[koschei]

Except that they have his & hers visors.