Danger Street #8 - "Warlord"

[laughing_tree]

The Outsiders are the most bizarre – and no offense to Joe Simon who was one of the titans of our industry – but it’s just an absolutely unreadable comic book. They’ve only been used once after, and this was a background joke in a Grant Morrison comic. And for good reason. The comic is completely nonsensical. I challenge you to read it and tell me what’s going on. It’s not even nonsensical and you’re like, ‘Oh, this guy was high when they were doing it.’ This was like, this guy slipped and dropped his typewriter while they were doing it. It’s not even, you know, like Jim Starlin 1972 incoherent. It’s like a blind penguin writing it incoherent, it’s very bizarre. -- Tom King

Comments

[beyondthefringe]

Gotta say, tying the origins of the Outsiders and the Green Team together is a special kind of bonkers.

I may not always be a fan of Tom King, but as long as we accept this series as an alternate universe, I'm staring at it in morbid fascination and a baffled kind of awe, wondering what's next.

[wizardru]

Yeah, that's....certainly a crazy kind of genius, I guess. I haven't been that enthralled with the series overall, but parts of this are really interesting.

[blueprintstyles]

I would watch this as a show. Mid-level budget with some strong actors, this could get some buzz.

[thezmage]

I haven't read the original Outsiders comic, but that quote sure does summarize the issues of Felicia Henderson's Teen Titans that I read.