Outsiders #40

Outsiders #40 arrives in November 2006 with a cover by Daniel Acuña that pulses with moody, electric energy — Nightwing and a yellow-suited, glowing-eyed woman hold the foreground with weapons at the ready, while a bald, scarred figure and a fierce-looking gorilla loom behind them beneath a hail of crimson bolts. The tagline "Here's Looking at You, Kids!" gives the whole lineup a sardonic, cinematic edge that suits this team perfectly. With Judd Winick writing and Matthew Clark and Ron Randall on interior art, "Mad Scientists Part 1 …You Make Lemonade" looks primed to deliver the gritty, anything-goes attitude the Outsiders do best.