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

[darkblade]

Do we have to refer to the shutting down of the LJ comm as the Great Disaster? I'd prefer to save that term as an insulting short hand for Countdown.

[blakeyrat]

Maybe the commandos in the second scan would do better if they wore pants.

Or maybe that's just an unfortunate color choice...

[rhythmbandit]

I love the Dibnys. And I approve of villains in white suits. But how is that sword staying on Katana's back?

[tsunamiwombat]

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

[kd_the_movie]

The situation with the Dibneys is kind of bullshit. Sue's death rocks the entire DCU with Identity Crisis, yet Ralph's was abit under the radar and hardly mentioned PLUS their new status as Ghosts hasn't even been acknowledged by the mainstream DCU yet.


It's a classic case of valueing the event (identity crisis) over the characters.

[theanswer]

Ralph should have a legacy teen taking up his name in Teen Titans. Get rid of that Bombshell gal and bring on an Elongated Kid or something. Or bring back Offspring. <_< I love guys who can straych.

[tacobob]

Looks like Cyclops (From The X-Men) had another garage sale and made some $$ off his old glasses. They seem to show up in all sorts of comics.

[comicoz]

Yay, the ghost detectives!

[lieut_kettch]

I wonder if, just for variety's sake, Ralph sometimes jumps into the gal's body and Sue jumps into the guy's.

[busterella]

Thanks for filling my request! :)

Oh man. It's Sue. And Ralph. And they're together. And they're snarky. And Flirty. And not angsting. And shenanigans. It's beautiful.

DC please STOP FUCKING WITH THEM and give me more of this instead plzthnx.

[espanolbot]

Wait, Ollie hit on Sue?

Well, isn't the first time he's attempted to get into a married woman's pants, I guess.

[gamerguy]

I would so buy 'Ralph and Sue: Ghost Detectives'.

[ashez2ashes]

Could Sue and Ralph possess their Black Lantern bodies? That'd be amusingly ironic.

[psychopathicus_rex]

So we have no idea who 'Gunhawk' and his partner really are, right? This is a shame. 'Cause they're still awesome, even if they were possessed at the time. The Dibnys have infected their souls with cool!