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OUTSIDERS #36

The Good Fight Part Three:  Gone In A Flash

July 2006

Written by Judd Winick

Pencils by Matthew Clark

Inks by Art Thibert

Cover By Daniel Acuña

Synopsis

Moments after finding the massive supply of sarin gas hidden in the nation of Mali, an unknown speedster has taken the Outsiders away from their target.  He identified Nightwing as the leader and removes him from the group, running him to place far away.  The speedster then returns to take out the strongest, Grace Choi, by delivering hundreds of punches in a second.  He then goes after Katana.  Metamorpho grabs the speedster, but his caught in a whirlwind that causes his body to destabilize.  Captain Boomerang tosses all of his boomerangs to slow down the speedster, which allows Thunder to jump on top of him and use her weight to pin him down.  However, the speedster vibrates fast to toss her off.  Metamorpho, however, is able to bring down the speedster by turning himself into tear gas.  By this time, Nightwing has returned.  He recognizes the speedster, although he is much younger than he should be.  Despite the age difference, they are looking at Jay Garrick. 

Review

“It took months to get the right intel.  Speed was not a concern...but now, ironically, speed is the problem.”

I enjoyed this issue.  There really was not much to it in terms of the story, except for the final revelation, but each of the Outsiders got the chance to show what they can do and to show how they can get their asses beat.  It was so cool to see Captain Boomerang get his moment in the sun.  He was the only Outsider who did not get beat up by the speedster.  Sure, Metamorpho was the one who eventually brought him down, but that was after he got beaten down himself.  Boomerang, however, was standing tall the entire time. 

I am not really sure what to say about the ending and the revelation that Jay Garrick (albeit about 50 years younger) is the mysterious speedster.  There are some that believe this younger Jay will be the new Flash in the upcoming series, but I don’t buy that.  There are some who think the visual similarity to Jay is just a coincidence and we’ll get the:  “I was wrong” speech at some point.  This scenario I buy, but I really hope this is not the case.  A possible theory is that the small country of Mali kidnapped all of the leading cloning scientists in the world and forced them to clone a number of the metahumans, possible even the old Silver Age Heroes with the grey hair (hence the name Operation Silver/Grey).   All right, all right, I am pushing it with that, but I like my theory.  It is supported by Teen Titans issue #35 that revealed all of the cloning scientists are missing.-- MRB

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