I personally feel that this was an awesome book, but first I want to give props to DC  for holding off on the ad's until the very end of the book, it gives readers the chance to read the book the way it was meant to be read. I have always loved stories on the forming of a new team, it gives it that Ocean's 11 feel, and just like Brad Pit said to George Clooney, "I think we need one more."

Let's start with a roll call, as the cover points out the new team will consist of:

Black Thunder          Halo
Geo Force                 The Creeper
Metamorpho             Katana
Owlman

With batman gone it the seems that Alfred will lead, and he will take an Oracle approach and lead from the base (I wonder if they will all be allowed into the Bat Cave). As you can see the roster has made big changes, returning from the previous team are Geo Force, Katana, and Metamorpho. Thunder, the teams previous electric base member was replace by her father and I think that was a great idea, Batman never wanted her on the team, so it kinda makes you wonder if he somehow orchestrated her being put in coma, what a clever basturd. Next up The Creeper, it is going to be great seeing him inneract with more serious members like Owlman and Black Thunder, and the comicle releif he and rex will supply. I do not know much of Halo and Owlman, I heard that Owlman is a good replacement for Batman, other then thier simular fashion sense they both make great detectives, he will most like be the field leader. I only hope that Grace and/or Batgirl joins the team, I enjoyed Batgirl and Katana brief interactions in the earlier issues they seem to work great together, and grace makes not only a great bruser type, but her apperence looks like the team name an Outsider.

In this issue you follow Alfred around the world as he fulfills Batman last wish of making the Outsiders the team they meat to be. The book give you great look at each indivisual member so that you can see just what that member will bring to the team other than his/her powers. There is not much action in the issue but it has a nice flow to it to keep you entertained as you ride shotgun with Alfred on his journey.

The one thing that I wondered about was in Batmans message to Alfred he offered Alfred a choice to help him or not, Alfred did not even have to think about it he egerly accetped it, but if he did not accept it Batmans would have been sent the message to someone else but was cut off before he could finish, I wonder who it would have been? my money would be on Barbra Gordon. When put all toether this was a great book and if I was not already collecting it I would definetly be collecting it now and so should you.