Batman and the the Outsiders, Vol. 1: Lesser Gods

Would have been a 4/5 with more context. Batman has formed a team called the Outsiders whilst he acts as a Gandalf-like mentor, wandering in and out of the story with reasons of his own. Black Lightning seems to be the focus as leader, with Katana dealing with some marriage issues regarding her dead husband/ blade, and Duke/ Signal and Cassandra/ Spoiler facing issues relating to fear and trust. The artwork is definitely great and there is some really nice cross-cutting between locations and scenes adding suspense to certain panels. The story itself is all a bit paranoid and features some, well, powerful characters acting like “Gods”. Ends on a semi-frustrating cliffhanger then has a short epilogue story featuring two of the Outsiders, but despite the decent read overall I am less inclined to read the follow-up.