Duke Thomas: The Signal, Outsiders, We are Robin Appreciation 2023

[Konja7]

I mean currently Dick is the only one with a solo book (and a teambook, and the World Finest Book).

Damian is going to share a book with Bruce.

Cass is going to be in Birds of Prey.

Jason appearently has the Tie in for the Batman-Catwoman-War and appears in he Joker series (which seems worse than being in limbo) and apparently another mini coming up.

Everybody else is in limbo.

Barbara is a supporting character in Nightwing. She also has a role as Oracle in other bat books.

I suspect DC consider Duke as part of Outsiders, but I don't think we'll see a book for that team any time soon.

[Aahz]

Barbara is a supporting character in Nightwing. She also has a role as Oracle in other bat books.

Not sure you can count that since she is really just support and doesn't really have her own plots of character development.

Anyway as long as DC doesn't start again to publish as many solo books for the Batfamily members as they did a few years ago, or does some kind of Batfamily team book, I don't think Duke has really a chance to regularly appear somewhere.

Even if they do another Outsiders book, I doubt that book will last much longer than the last one.

[Rac7d*]

Not sure you can count that since she is really just support and doesn't really have her own plots of character development.

Anyway as long as DC doesn't start again to publish as many solo books for the Batfamily members as they did a few years ago, or does some kind of Batfamily team book, I don't think Duke has really a chance to regularly appear somewhere.

Even if they do another Outsiders book, I doubt that book will last much longer than the last one.

If I can see Barbra every week because is in
Batman
Nightwing
Detective Stories
Titans
Birds of Prey

Then she not in limbo. Duke/signal is no where to be found he’s in limbo

[J. D. Guy]

Dukes last solo issue ended on a cliffhanger regarding riko. Im dissapointed we will likely never see a conclusion.

Agreed. In fact, his whole WAR crew was basically lite-teased, and who knows when or if that's ever getting followed up on.

To say nothing of the other aspects of The Signal's character and storylines.

[J. D. Guy]

I feel like most batbooks save Nightwings aren't in a good place right now, and the lack of Duke definitively plays a part...

Haven't been following Bat-verse too closely lately, so I wasn't aware of that.

[Aahz]

Haven't been following Bat-verse too closely lately, so I wasn't aware of that.

Essentially everything apart from Nightwing and Catwoman has been cancelled.

Starting in September there is going a Batman and Robin Book with Bruce and Damian, and new Birds of Prey Book, with Cass on the team. For everybody else it is mini series, one shots, anthology stories and cameos.

[Rac7d*]

Essentially everything apart from Nightwing and Catwoman has been cancelled.

Starting in September there is going a Batman and Robin Book with Bruce and Damian, and new Birds of Prey Book, with Cass on the team. For everybody else it is mini series, one shots, anthology stories and cameos.

And poison Ivy, DCs best selling female

[Konja7]

If I can see Barbra every week because is in
Batman
Nightwing
Detective Stories
Titans
Birds of Prey

Then she not in limbo. Duke/signal is no where to be found he’s in limbo

Exactly. Barbara wouldn't be considered in the limbo, since she regularly appears in Nightwing (and maybe Titans) as a supporting character. Also, her role as Oracle allows her more possibilities to appear in other books.

Instead, Duke's future appearances are pretty uncertain. Honestly, his current position is likely the worst between the Batfamily members.

[J. D. Guy]

https://www.cbr.com/dc-new-outsiders...ty-panel-sdcc/

A new Outsiders series announced, helmed by Batwoman and Batwing.

But no sign of The Signal anywhere...

[Konja7]

https://www.cbr.com/dc-new-outsiders...ty-panel-sdcc/

A new Outsiders series announced, helmed by Batwoman and Batwing.

But no sign of The Signal anywhere...

Yeah. It seems I was totally wrong that.

[lemonpeace]

https://www.cbr.com/dc-new-outsiders...ty-panel-sdcc/

A new Outsiders series announced, helmed by Batwoman and Batwing.

But no sign of The Signal anywhere...

I've been saying for a while that DC will/should pivot to a The Outsiders limited series (sans Batman &) for a while but for this to be the pivot instead of building on the previous runs, which both appeared to only be laying the foundation for a standalone run, is so disappointing to me; and thats putting asides that they didn't really need to change the roster to tell this story, at all. I actually like the creative team, they're the same pair that did the Duke led Tales of the Dark Multiverse: METAL story, but this direction is not what I was looking for in an Outsiders standalone series. a scifi archeology book exploring DC continuity forcusing on Luke Fox & Kate Kane, that also appears to be a stealth Planetary relaunch/rebrand, just isn't what I'm looking for in an Outsiders book. it really could've been Challengers of the Unknown and not only would no one have bat an eye but it would've been more fitting. or hell, just reboot Planetary outright. this is extremely disappointing as a Duke fan who was excited to be him starting to find his place in the grand scheme of the DC landscape with The Outsiders. needless to say, I'm skipping this series.

[Will Evans]

I've been saying for a while that DC will/should pivot to a The Outsiders limited series (sans Batman &) for a while but for this to be the pivot instead of building on the previous runs, which both appeared to only be laying the foundation for a standalone run, is so disappointing to me; and thats putting asides that they didn't really need to change the roster to tell this story, at all. I actually like the creative team, they're the same pair that did the Duke led Tales of the Dark Multiverse: METAL story, but this direction is not what I was looking for in an Outsiders standalone series. a scifi archeology book exploring DC continuity forcusing on Luke Fox & Kate Kane, that also appears to be a stealth Planetary relaunch/rebrand, just isn't what I'm looking for in an Outsiders book. it really could've been Challengers of the Unknown and not only would no one have bat an eye but it would've been more fitting. or hell, just reboot Planetary outright. this is extremely disappointing as a Duke fan who was excited to be him starting to find his place in the grand scheme of the DC landscape with The Outsiders. needless to say, I'm skipping this series.

Post-Batman/Gotham war, we don’t know how the landscape for Duke will be. Do we even know which side of the conflict he’ll be on, if he’s even in this war at all?

[skyvolt2000]

Post-Batman/Gotham war, we don’t know how the landscape for Duke will be. Do we even know which side of the conflict he’ll be on, if he’s any in this war at all?

Yes we do know-one panel cameos and maybe some appearances on variant covers.

If he is even in it.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Duke would be a good fit for the new Outsiders run because of the Gnomon reveal. I'm hoping he joins the team down the road.

[Will Evans]

Yes we do know-one panel cameos and maybe some appearances on variant covers.

If he is even in it.

Meanwhile Marvel can put out an event called Gang War, and have miniseries like
Gang War: Spider-Woman
Gang War: Luke Cage
Gang War Elektra
Gang War Shang Chi
Gang War She-Hulk

Unlike with DCComics. You’d think if they were going to change the landscape of Gotham with this Catwoman/Batman event, we’d have miniseries for Duke, Huntress, Bluebird, Azrael, etc.