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    Flashpoint: The Outsider #1

    Flashpoint: The Outsider » Flashpoint: The Outsider #1 - Part One: Shades of Grey released by DC Comics on August 2011.

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    Part One: Shades of Grey last edited by KillerZ on 08/26/23 01:41PM View full history

    FLASH FACT! He won't join the war! (It could dirty his new suit.) 
     
    Michael Desai, The Outsider, is the leader of India, a powerful man, and wanted dead. After an attack on his life within his home from individuals claiming he framed them, it's time to find out who exactly wants him dead.
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    2.8 stars

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    Intriguing story with good potential 0

    The Outsider was one of more intriguing books of the week. And in a week of subpar Flashpoint tie-ins, it's nice to find one that, for the most part, delivers.  James Robinson handles the story about Michael Desai, a mysterious character with stone skin and an enormous amount of money and influence within the Flashpoint world. You may remember him briefly from the recruitment conversation during Flashpoint #1. Here we learn a little about his birth and about his current status. While fleeting r...

    2 out of 3 found this review helpful.

    Whose side are you on, anyway? 0

    Michael Desai is The Outsider, the morally corrupt and hard-to-pinpoint multi-billionnaire in the world of Flashpoint. However, that's all we'll learn of him.  The Good It's an entertaining read. Michael Desai is not obviously good or bad. And with him being a completely new character, we don't know what to expect. So that makes this really good. Throughout the entire book, we don't know what his agenda is, whose side he's on and what his goals are. We know he's got little to no hesitation to ki...

    1 out of 2 found this review helpful.

    Not picking Up the Next Issue 0

    This wasn't an entirely terrible issue but its not one of the better tie-ins.  Michael Desai is The Outsider but the issue is padded with mindless action, cliched backstory, and lack of story.  We open to the birth of Michael Desai.  His mother dies in pregnancy and his father disowns him.  However it doesn't matter because his powers cause a nuclear fallout that destroys a massive part of India.  He runs away from his orphanage later on.  So he has a tragic backstory but it really doesn'...

    0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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