Outcasts (DC Comics)

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Outcasts

Cover art for the first issue of Outcasts, published by DC Comics in 1987.
Publisher DC Comics
Format Limited series
Publication date 1987-1988
Number of issues Twelve
Main character(s) Kaine Salinger
B.D. Rickenbacker
Yancy Queeg
Shock
"Killer" Kowalski
Professor W. R. Watson
The Satan Brothers
Creative team
Writer(s) John Wagner, Alan Grant
Artist(s) Cam Kennedy, Steve Montano
Creator(s) John Wagner, Alan Grant

Outcasts is a 1987 12-issue miniseries written by John Wagner and Alan Grant and drawn by Cam Kennedy and Steve Montano.

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[edit] Plot Summary

The series takes place in the dystopian future of 2047: a bleak world ruled by mega-corporations and corrupt politicians that prey on the weak and poor members of society. In this world, all manners of outrageous habits exists: Bloodbowl (a hyper violent sport where anything goes) and government controlled euthanasia centers are among them. The series portrays a groups of mutants who form a resistance group: Outcasts. Founded by rich mutant Kaine Salinger, it is comprised of Bobo Dan (B.D.) Rickenbacker, Yancy Queeg and Shock. Later, they are joined in their struggle by Rickenbacker's former Bloodbowl partners "Killer" Kowalski and Professor W. R. Watson. Their goal is to bring down the powers-that-be by exposing their dirty tricks to the populace, and in the process to avenge the murders of their relatives.

[edit] Publication History

The miniseries was first published in 1987 by DC Comics.

[edit] Notable Crossovers

B.D. Rickenbacker and "Killer" Kowalski appears in the Lobo 1993 miniseries UnAmerican Gladiators, also written by John Wagner and Alan Grant and drawn by Cam Kennedy. The main antagonists from Outcasts, The Satan Brothers, also return herein.

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