Outsiders

#31 - Out-Of-Town Work is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 2//2006
User Rating - 3 votes, 2.5 avg.

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An INFINITE CRISIS tie-in! Donna Troy drafts Starfire and Shift for a top-flight team headed into space to confront a crisis in the cosmos. But even they aren't prepared for what confronts them on the way there!

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Art Thibert inker
Guy Major colorist
Judd Winick writer
Matthew Clark penciler
Pat Brosseau letterer

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This Is Why People Hate Events Reviewed by The Mighty Monarch on Dec. 23, 2011. The Mighty Monarch has written 831 reviews. His/her last review was for I Can No Longer be Broken. 2,173 out of 2,320 users recommend his reviews. 1 out of 1 user found this review helpful.
The Good: It's interesting to see the Outsiders once again try to change up how they do things to try to become what they're always trying to be. 
The dynamic of the characters is very well done, so the dialogue is all very entertaining and natural.
Most of the artwork, ak.a. Matthew Clark's artwork, is excellent. Clark draws some seriously awesome explosions and never loses his great facial expression touch. I'm especially impressed with his work on Starfire, who's facial expressions are already very subtle.
 
The Bad: Wait, why the hell does Marvel Jr. think the Outsiders already helped Donna Troy in space? The Outsiders NEVER worked with Donna, nor were they ever in space. What the hell was he getting them mixed up with?
Ugh, they just got OUT of an Infinite Crisis tie-in, now they have to dive back into ANOTHER one?
Dietrich Smith's art is ugly and sub-par. It was really a really jarring and disappointing transition mid-issue, Smith's art REALLY clashes with Clark's so it's really obvious, and there's no reason for having multiple artists.
Wait, Dona Troy gathered a space team, what use is Animal Man in space?
So, Captain Marvel Jr. just.... leaves? What was the point of having him almost come along in the first place?
They JUST realized magic was in flux? What about, you know, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH SABBAC? It would've made much more sense for Captain Marvel Jr. to feel his huge compulsion when they were still on the island. The full team could've made that deduction, and let him go amicably because they'd know he needed to go.
So... they all just jet off on their own sidequest WITHIN a sidequest? Starfire, and for some reason all the other Outsiders who went with Donna, go off to meet the apparently resurrected Goddess X'Hal. So, why couldn't that have just been the plot? What was the point of temporarily tying into Donna Troy's story? 
 
In Conclusion: 2/5 
Honestly, there's not a whole lot to like this time. The artwork is good when Matthew Clark draws it, but he's not the only one drawing, the dialogue itself is great; but the plot is all sorts of forced and bizarrely awkward. The Outsiders getting involved in bits and pieces of Infinite Crisis is stupidly forced, and the way it's splitting up the team makes you wonder why it's still in 'Outsiders' as opposed to just letting these character cameo in the more main parts of the event.
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