The Outsiders (Pre-Crisis)

* The Batman
* Constantine
* Black Canary
* Mister Terrific

### Aliases

The Phantom Team, Dead Men & Women, The Men In Black, Washington's Misfit Toys, The Found Family of Defenders, The Killers, The Super-Friends

## Members

### Primary Members

Batman
Constantine
Black Canary
Mister Terrific

### Enemies

Harrison King
Mongul
Veronica De la Vega
Various Crime Families
Epiales

## Personal Information

### Place of Creation

The Batcave, The Emerald-Jackson Estate, Emerald Falls, Washington

## Creators & First Appearance

### Creators

De & Morpheus

 *{{{1}}}*

The ragtag, unstable, and powerful team of heroes known as **The Outsiders** was formed by **Demetrius Jackson**, otherwise known as Batman. He formed the team in response to **Harrison King'**s invasion of the Seattle-**Roseland**-**Emerald Falls** metroplex, which they stopped. Initially believed to be a one-time thing by all members involved, the team would be forced to come together again by The Legion. After solidifying themselves as a team, they became Washington's defenders, coming together when needed both in the present and future. More recently, the team would reunite to fight against the newly formed alliance of The Thomas Crime Family, Azazel, and **Veronica De la Vega**.

## **History**

### **I Was On A Mountain**

During the summer, a rich industrialist named Harrison King bought property in Roseland, Seattle, and Emerald Falls. He intended to expand his already overreaching company King Enterprises. His invasion led him to publicly conflict with Demetrius Jackson who had previously owned most of Emerald Falls but as Batman, Demetrius called on Mister Terrific to investigate the inner workings of King Enterprises as it didn't make sense for an east coast company to expand west. Meanwhile, Constantine and Black Canary investigated King Enterprises. They had set up shop near Roseland's Amity Park which had a metal known as Dionesium. Here, Grifter and Canary learned that Harrison King was harvesting paranormal energies to create a dimensional gate between both the physical world and the ghost zone. The other side of the coin is that Demetrius and Andrew discovered that King Enterprises harvested the Lazarus Pit underneath Backport to gain eternal life. The next day, Harrison announced that he was running for Governor of Washington.

With this newfound information, Batman summons Grifter and Black Canary to The Batcave and reveals that he knows all about their exploits. Due to this, he offered to form a team to defeat Harrison King and rid Washington of King Enterprises. The team assembled and tricked Harrison King into capturing Grifter and the Black Canary. Batman descended King Tower in Seattle. Once Grifter broke free with Black Canary, Mister Terrific released all of King's files to the world and send them to the Secretary of Defense. This ruined Harrison and King Enterprises, leading to his arrest. However, Annalise Gibbs approached him with an offer of joining a governmental task force.

### **The Powers That B**

After fighting Harrison King, the team disbanded until the end of the year where they were forced to reunite. Three heroes from the 31st century known as Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, and Timberwolf asked the group for help defeating Mongul in their future to save their present. Reluctantly agreeing, The Outsiders were transported to the 31st century. They discovered that the three were part of an expansive superhero team known as The Legion. After being brought up to speed, The Outsiders and The Legion were transported to New Mandix. Mongul took over the planet with the Fatherbox. This led to a final showdown with Mongul against The Legion and The Outsiders.

In the end, Batman convinced Mongul to activate the Fatherbox's unstoppable countdown sequence which would erase reality. As Mongul did this, Grifter stole the Fatherbox and destroyed it by using The God Particle. With Mongul, The Outsiders were returned to their time with The Legion's thanks and alliance. After they left, Saturn Girl and Brainiac 9 looked into the past again to see if a specific event still occurs and Brainiac 9 sadly reported that despite their efforts, **the crisis still occurs.**

### **Equipment**

* **Outsiders Alert Token**: A token that resembles that of a poker chip, Demetrius gave every member this token. When a member is in trouble, they are to press the token which sends out an SOS to all members and pings their location.

## **Trivia**

* Demetrius named the group but never explained why they are called The Outsiders.
* Andrew designed The Outsiders HQ with input from Canary.
* Demetrius often rubs the fact that he pays for everything in everyone's faces. Especially when they break something.

## **References**

1. ↑ I Was On A Mountain
2. ↑ The Powers That B
3. ↑ The Next Episode