The OUTSIDERS return in new series from Kelly, Lanzing, & Carey

During right this moment’s Gotham City panel at San Diego Comic Con, DC Comics introduced the return of a traditional superhero crew with a new twist. Writers Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing will crew with artist Robert Carey for a new Outsiders series set to launch this fall. The series will star Batwoman Kate Kane, Batwing Luke Fox, and a new model of the Planetary character The Drummer.

Information in regards to the series outdoors of the writing crew was sparse in DC’s official announcement on-line, however on Twitter Lanzing revealed just a few extra particulars. Outsiders will, according to Lanzing, launch as a twelve-issue series, with the writers “digging into the darkest forgotten corners of the DC Universe for twelve issues of truly weird pop-culture adventure archeology.” Twitter followers have been fast to notice similarities between Roger Cruz‘s main cover to Outsiders #1, from character placement to Luke Fox’s white go well with, to a picture by artist Phil Jimenez of Wildstorm’s Planetary crew. The use of ‘archeology’ in Lanzing’s tweet and the presence of a new model of The Drummer additionally signifies this model of the Outsiders could also be a new twist on Warren Ellis & John Cassaday‘s iconic crew.

The Outsiders first appeared in 1983 in The Brave and The Bold #200. Led by Batman, the crew of worldwide heroes would tackle challenges the Justice League wouldn’t or couldn’t. Various iterations of the group, with or with out Batman, have appeared over the forty years since their debut. The most up-to-date Batman & The Outsiders series was helmed by author Bryan Edward Hill and ran for 17 points and an annual, ending in October 2020.

Check out variant covers by Dan Mora (open-to-order), Christian Ward (1:25 incentive), and Cruz (1:50 incentive), in addition to some work-in-progress preview pages, beneath. Outsiders #1 will arrive this Winter.