Issue Description

At the Gotham State Prison, the former costumed criminal known as Meltdown is informed by his warden that his request for parole has been denied--sending the villain into a frenzy.

Ned Creegan, a former super-villain, is waiting in prison to see if the board will accept the radiation therapy he needs to live. The corrupt warden denies Ned Creegan and he breaks out of prison, garnering the attention of Batman and the Outsiders. Ned Creegan, as Meltdown, goes around Gotham City causing crime, but purely to help him survive. They figure out things after a brash fight and Meltdown receives the radiation therapy he needs to live.

Batman and the Outsiders

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Continued in: Outsiders (Volume 1).

Batman had never been what anyone would call a natural team player. True, he had been Robin's mentor since early in his career, but he'd often had trouble meshing with those he considered equals in the JLA. So, when his long time team mates in the Justice League refused to enter the country of Markovia to help Batman rescue Bruce Wayne's longtime employee Lucius Fox, Batman abruptly quit the League and set out for the small European country on his own. Batman soon discovered Fox had been kidnapped by Baron Bedlam, a rebel who had already killed the king of Markovia. As he tries to find where Fox is located, Batman enlists the aid of his long time friend, Black Lightning in order to infiltrate a camp of rebel insurgents in the country. However, soon the samurai assassin Katana appeared and killed the rebel general and Batman's plans took a different turn. Before long he encountered the mysterious energy projecting Halo, the gravity powered prince of Markovia now calling himself Geo-Force, and his old associate and master of the periodic table of the elements, Metamorpho, who all opposed the forces of Baron Bedlam, and a new plan formed in Batman's mind. After successfully overthrowing Bedlam's reign of terror, and saving Fox, Batman requested that the team return to Gotham with him and work under his leadership. Batman now had his own league of heroes, only his team would now operate outside the law.

Popular from its inception, Batman and the Outsiders (Outsiders) ran for a total of 46 issues, and spun off into a deluxe format Baxter title, The Outsiders in 1985. An interesting blend of old and new characters, the team's roster continued to grow over the years, gaining members such as Looker, Windfall and the Atomic Knight and facing villains like Eclipso, Kobra and Maxie Zeus.

Issues #1-19 of this series are collected in Showcase Presents: Batman and the Outsiders

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