Batman and the Outsiders

Origin

The first team of Outsiders started when Batman and Black Lightning went to the country Markovia. They were there to rescue Lucius Fox when had been taken by the evil Baron Bedlam. Geo-Force is the prince of the country and his father was recently killed by Bedlam. Metamorpho has travelled there to get help with his from Dr. Helga Jace who was responsible for giving Geo-Force his own powers. Katana is also there so she can kill Bedlam’s military commander General Karnz who was in part responsible for the death of her children and husband. Batman also finds a young girl in the woods with amnesia with light based abilities. Batman decides to name the girl Halo and the group decides to stay together after teaming up to stop Bedlam. Some of the team’s foes are Agent Orange, the Cryonic Man, Force of July and the Masters of Disaster (New Wave, Shakedown, Windfall, Heatwave and Coldsnap). Geo-Force's sister Terra would soon die do to her betrayal of the Teen Titans and Batman would inform the team of his being Bruce Wayne but they already knew. Emily Briggs is revealed in the comics and would soon become Looker. Halo’s origin has also been revealed to the group and Geo-Force’s lover Denise Howard also showed up during this period.

Batman is Gone

Batman withholds the knowledge that Bedlam has been brought to life and retook Markovia with help from the Masters of Disaster and other Soviet forces. This angers the team and leads Batman to disbanding the group. However the team minus Batman travels to Markovia was they discover dead soldiers because of Bedlam. After beating Bedlam they discover he has cloned Adolf Hitler but the clone soon kills himself because of the horrors caused by his older self. The team is soon branded as Markovian agents who gain funding from the country and they soon move to L.A. in a new headquarters but Geo-Force leaves Denise and Looker and her husband are know separated.

L.A.

The group also battles their foes the Forces of July again and the team also battle the Duke of Oil and the People’s Heroes a group of Soviet supervillians.The team was also stranded on an island for three weeks, Geo-Force and Looker had an affair and he gives up his position as team leader on the island but the team is soon rescued. The Looker is soon followed by a detective who learns of her real identity and tries to blackmail her. However she hypnotises him and she forces him to leave her alone but he was soon killed, Looker was arrested for the crime and the team was unable to clear her name of the charges.

Batman is Back

The team rejoins with Batman to battle Eclipso and are given access to the L.A. Batcave. Geo-Force and Looker break off there affair after feelings of guilt, the cave is infiltrated by a clone of Windfall but was killed during a battle with the Masters of Disaster and the real Windfall leaves her team and joins the Outsiders.

Millennium

The team would soon face hardship as Dr. Jace was revealed to be working with the Manhunters. The team is taken prisoner but escape with help from Atomic Knight who joins the team. Dr. Jace dies when she was blown up along with Metamorpho. Looker also looses her powers after returning to the Aybssia when her powers came from and battled the Manhunters. Halo is also wounded saving Katanna and falls in a coma and is watched by Katanna. After these events Geo-Force has the team break up once again.

Volume Two

Markovia is taken over by a vampire lord who has Geo-Force branded a traitor. He is forced to reform the Outsiders with new and old members to battle the threat. Looker is killed during the battle. The team is also blamed for the destruction of a Markovia village sending them into hiding. Atomic Knight soon rejoins the team after tracking down the team to bring them in but is proved of there innocence. Faust, Technocrat and Wylde join the team. Halo and Technocrat’s wife Marissa are killed while the group hides in Gotham City while fighting Jean-Paul Valley when he was acting as Batman. Luckily Halo has taken over Marissa’s body but this is causing Technocrat to have a hard time dealing with her death. The team soon finds that Looker is still alive but as a vampire and is soon freed from the control of the vampire lord by her friends.

Two Teams

The team is soon split after the battle with the vampires. One composed of Geo-Force, Katana, Technocrat and Wylde the other includes Eradicator, Looker, Halo and Faust and because of some of the things done by some of the new members are still fugitives. The teams also learn that Halo’s original body has been reborn and is being used by Violet Harper the evil woman Halo originally controlled. The teams defeat the teams defeat Kobra the group that recreated Halo’s body and Harper (now calling herself Spectra with her own powers like Halo’s) as well as Dervish and Windfall. The teams also fight Faust’s father Felix Faust who tells Wylde to betray the team in return for being human again but is turned into a real bear and imprisoned in a zoo after they beat Felix.

Nightwing's outsiders

Origin

A mysterious conglomerate known as Optitron offered to sponsor the Titans and Young Justice after summoning them to San Francisco. Before any decisions could be made, a mysterious cybernetic girl (Indigo) from the future invaded the complex - and immediately engaged combat with both teams. With half the team out of commission, the remaining members tried to track down Indigo, but instead encountered a rogue Superman android which had been activated. The destructive robot caused the deaths of Titans Troia and Omen. Indigo arrived and shut down the Superman Android, leaving Arsenal and Nightwing to mourn the fallen Troia.

Three months later, Arsenal assembled a new team of heroes and persuaded the reluctant Nightwing to join the team as well. Joined by the reformatted Indigo, Metamorpho, Jade and new heroes Thunder and Grace, the team vowed to proactively hunt down villains before they could strike. Nightwing dubbed this new team of heroes The Outsiders, in honour of his mentor's former team and said the team should track down criminals before they do anything wrong.

Nightwing's leadership began to falter, leading to a heated confrontation with Arsenal. Sensing a team in turmoil, Jade assumed leadership of the Outsiders and invited Starfire to join. After the team was utterly betrayed by Indigo who was revealed as Brainaic 8, Nightwing left the team. Seeking to bolster their ranks, Jade recruited Captain Marvel Jr.

Infinite Crisis

The outsiders suffered a lot of changes during the infinite crisis:

Looker and Technocrat died when Breach exploded, Jade died during the battle in the space, Starfire was missing in space, and Captain Marvel Jr left the team when Earth-S came back. However CM3 came back to the team after New Earth was formed to fight Superboy-Prime.

Going underground

One year later the team went into hiding after the Freedom of Power Treaty. After this, the Outsider team was assumed dead. When the Outsiders botched a mission to rescue a wrongfully imprisoned Black Lightning, they accidentally killed 40 people and were revealed as being alive. Black Lightning told them to take Captain Boomerang Jr. with them after their mission. Nightwing rejoined the outsiders and went underground with the presumed-dead team as well as the reformed Captain Boomerang Jr. Arsenal decided to leave the team at this point, but publicly lied to the press to preserve their cover.

Taking a more global stance, the Outsiders vowed to uphold justice in secret. Their cover was later blown by Dr. Sivana.

After the revelation that the outsiders were still alive the team was hired by the organization Checkmate. During the mission Chang Tzu manages to capture Nightwing, Captain Boomerang and Checkmate's Black Queen, until both sides are rescued by Batman.

After this Nightwing decides that he isn't the right person to be the leader of the Outsiders, so he gives Batman the control of the team back.

Auditions

After Batman becomes the new leader of the outsiders, he holds try-outs with the team present roster and possible newcomers.

The first try-out is with Nightwing and Captain Boomerang; Nightwing quits the team because he doesn't approve Batman's methods and Boomerang leaves to be a part of the new Suicide Squad.

The second try-out is with Katana and Captain Marvel; Katana is chosen to be the first official member of the team, while Captain Marvel isn't chosen because he is too busy with the rock of eternity.

The third try-out is with Thunder and Martian Manhunter; Martian Manhunter joins the team, while Thunder is kicked out.

The fourth tryout is with Metamorpho and the new Aquaman; Metamorpho stays on the team, while Aquaman isn't accepted because Batman thinks that he can't match his predecessor.

The Last try-out is with Grace and Wonder Woman; Grace is accepted in the team and Batman later reveals that Wonder Woman was never a candidate for membership.

When Grace learns that Batman's team doesn't include Nightwing, Captain Boomerang and Thunder; she tells him "You've killed the Outsiders"

Batman and the Outsiders again

In November of 2007, DC will relaunch "Batman and the Outsiders" with the roster Batman decided in the tryouts.Apparently, even tough Thunder was kicked out and Aquaman wasn't accepted they'll be part of the team.Catwoman also joined the team after she heard some recruits saying it's"down by law", and said, "Batman can't possibly start up his own crew of super-crooks without me in it!" During their first battle Martian Manhunter was recovering information on information from their computers about Brother Eye. While Batman and Thunder were in Gotham Catwoman, Metamorpho and Katanna battled the OMAC. Grace showed up to help them, but Catwoman ran from the battle claiming it to not be in her league. Meatmorpho transformed into a powerplug and after connecting himself to an outlet then the OMAC he stunned it with an electrical shock. He suggested that they keep it as a "pet" and Batman agreed believing a living OMAC is more useful than a dead one. Martian Manhunter left the group after that as he was there for mostly counsel. The issue ended with the team back at their apartment and having a talk about them needing more members and trying to keep Thunder when she was thrown through a window from outside by Batgirl(Cassandra Cain) saying she was invited. Batgirl and Green Arrow will join also and there are rumours of Geo-Force rejoining the team.