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Outsiders, Vol. 3: Wanted by Karl Kerschl, Carlos D'Anda, Dan Jurgens, Judd Winick
5.0

Holy smokes, loved this volume.

So first half is all about children getting abducted and brought into child slavery. It's disturbing to say the least, and when well done, like here, it's hard to view but compelling. With so many mediums doing stories on this, a few hit the mark, and this did. Especially getting personal for Roy. The next arc is about finding out who's been feeding the Outsiders their information. Last but not least is the final issue which revolves around a traitor being a part of the Outsiders group!

Good: Art remains good and the fights here and really brutal. A two page I love is when Gracie finds the slave owner, oh man it's great. The flow of this volume is the best so far, giving us interesting plotlines over and over again. Roy and Nightwing relationship breaking, the love relationships growing, the slave storyline, the traitor, the liar who's been giving info, all comes together here with a nice big cliffhanger.

Bad: Almost nothing. I really enjoyed this. Maybe the last issue feeling to close to Identity Crisis but that's it.

Overall, fantastic. This is my favorite volume of the run so far. Judd knows how to balance storylines with character development moments. Lots of sad moments, lots of oh shit moments, and even some humor moments. A easy 5 out of 5 for me.