The Outsiders is a public team of young heroes that aims to inspire young people and reach out to them directly via social media. Secretly, they answer to the Justice League via the leader of the Team. The Outsiders are based at the penthouse floors of the Premiere Building in Los Angeles. Their leader is Beast Boy,[1] though Wonder Girl has stepped in while he is on an unofficial break.[2][3]
The Outsiders sometimes operate in multiple squads, but do not use the Greek letter designations favored by the Team, instead using animal-themed names such as Raptor Squad,[4] Gorilla Squad and Mongoose Squad.[5]
The team was proposed by Beast Boy, who felt that approval towards the Justice League and meta-humans, in general, had become so sour that alternative means needed to be taken in order to defeat the Light and permanently end meta-human trafficking. His idea was that the best people to inspire the new generation of young meta-humans were other teens their own age, with the Team being unable to do so due to its covert nature. As founder and primary financier, Garfield also served as the crew's mission leader, while covertly answering to the League through Miss Martian. Blue Beetle, Geo-Force, Kid Flash, Static and Wonder Girl joined him as founding members.[1]
Beast Boy gave a tour of the headquarters he arranged for the Outsiders in the top floors of the Premiere Building. Helga Jace volunteered to move in as "den mother".[1]
The team publicly debuted. Their first mission against War Bugs operated by Intergang was broadcast online by local teenagers and picked up by traditional media. While giving a statement to the girls, Beast Boy named the group the Outsiders.[1]
The parents and guardians of several underage members decided to withdraw their consent for them to be part of the Outsiders. They were persuaded to change their minds, and all made social media posts endorsing the Outsiders.[7]
Black Lightning realized that the leaders of the Justice League and the Team had been secretly coordinating with Batman and Nightwing, including manipulating the Outsiders for their own ends. His outrage caught the attention of several Ousiders, including Beast Boy, who was angry at the betrayal. At the same time, Helga made an attempt to abduct Geo-Force and Terra, successfully giving Halo to Gretchen Goode, which ended her relationship with the Outsiders.[8]
Forager decided to join the Outsiders, hoping that by being publicly visible, he would help fight prejudice against those who were different, such as the Genomorphs.[10]
Tod Donner reported that Tara Markov had been released into her brother's custody by the World Court and would attempt to do good works with the Outsiders.[11]
The Outsiders attended a meeting with the Justice League, the Team and Batman's team. Following revelations that their leaders, except Beast Boy, had been secretly coordinating missions, Black Lightning was elected the League's new leader. He did not make changes to the Outsiders' relationship with the Team and the League.[11]
Beast Boy had returned from Mars, but declined to join an Outsiders mission to help deal with Hurricane Amy. Wonder Girl continued to lead the team.[15] This would be the beginning of an unofficial break from the Outsiders as his mental health declined following Superboy's death.[3]
The Outsiders set off to rescue Perdita Vladek, which was Beast Boy's first mission back with the team. Wonder Girl remained in command, however.[19][5]
Initially, the Outsiders used B-series designations alongside the Team (notably its founding members had all been Team members first), but from February 25, 2019[12] a new D-series was used.
