Issue Outsiders 42 Subtitle Mad Scientists part 3: The Weaving Factories Date January 2007 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Ron Randall, Pop Mhan, Art Thibert, Steve Bird storyline Dr. Sivana hit Sydney, Australia with his Luddite missile. It caused all technology to become useless, and everyone near the blast suffered from amnesia. The Outsiders tracked him down to a remote island and landed the Pequod nearby. Sivana, piloting a giant robot, soon found them. Thunder and Grace began tearing it apart, then the rest of the team moved in. Sivana hit Nightwing with a toxic dart.

Issue Outsiders 43 Subtitle Mad Scientists finale: The Man Behind the Curtain Date February 2007 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Ron Randall, Pop Mhan, Art Thibert, Steve Bird storyline The Outsiders attacked Sivana and Saber; Sivana then hit Katana with a toxic dart. He restated that he merely wanted to have a conversation with them and would gladly disburse antidote. The Outsiders gave in and were taken inside his lair. Sivana gave them the backstory on his plot: he'd infected Grodd's race with a plague to blackmail them into invading New York. Joker kidnapped President Luthor in order to regain some stolen tech. Sivana had been watching and manipulating the Outsiders since they formed on that occasion. Deathstroke had posed as Batman to give the Outsiders his intel on bad guys who were in his way. He was going to use the Luddite to knock the planet back into the stone age - then "save" it. Sivana wanted the Outsiders to join him as his enforcers. Afterwards, he hit Katana and Nightwing with the antidote to his nerve toxin. Katana released the demon Sabbac from her sword. As he sprayed hellfire throughout the lab, Saber scooped up Sivana and flew away. The Outsiders had won, but Sivana escaped with enough Luddite to synthesize more.

Issue Outsiders 44 Subtitle Pay as You Go part one: The Skeleton Crew Date March 2007 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Carlo Barberi, John J. Hill storyline As they flew back to America, Nightwing thought back on the situation a year previous that got them where they were: Arsenal led the team against the Dominators. After taking down the sleeper cell, Grace and Arsenal had it out. Shift told Arsenal (again) that they needed more team members - Starfire had quit, Freddie Marvel was away, and Jade was dead. Anissa went to Grace for companionship - her father, Black Lightning, was in jail for murder. Nightwing met Red Hood in Gotham City. After a quick fight, Red Hood told him Jefferson Pierce was innocent.

Issue Outsiders 45 Subtitle Pay as You Go part two: Sins of the Father Date April 2007 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Freddie Williams II, Carlo Barberi, Art Thibert storyline One year ago: Roy returned home and spent some time with his daughter. Three years ago: Secretary of Education Jefferson Pierce hit Martin Somers with lightning, killing him. Somers had been responsible for the death of Pierce's niece, Joanna. Oliver Queen, who'd been working with Joanna, talked Jefferson out of turning himself in. After feeling the weight of why Superman of Earth-2 had created the Crisis, Pierce turned himself over to Checkmate for the murder of Somers. Knowing they could not incarcerate him as Jefferson Pierce or as Black Lightning, Alan Scott created a new identity for him. Red Hood told Nightwing that Deathstroke had been trailing Somers. He hit him with a toxin as Pierce struck him with lightning. Todd had overheard Deathstroke talking about it while doing surveillance. Dick and Anissa visited Jefferson in prison. Pierce didn't buy into the story. Anissa went to Grace - she wanted to break her father out of prison.

Issue Outsiders 46 Subtitle Pay as You Go part three: Friends, Lovers & Other Strangers Date May 2007 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Freddie Williams II, Carlo Barberi, Art Thibert, Steve Bird storyline One year ago: Thunder tried to get the Outsiders on the same page with her and Grace, but the team did not want to play a part in breaking into and out of Iron Heights Prison. Owen Mercer - Captain Boomerang, Jr. was given a new cellmate in Iron Heights - Derek Cooper. Another inmate told him a contract was out on Cooper, who was actually Black Lightning. Arsenal contacted Anissa (who was in bed with Grace) - her father's cover had been blown and they were going in to get him.

Issue Outsiders Annual 1 Subtitle Pay as You Go: The Wrong to do the Right Date June 2007 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Scott McDaniel, Andy Owens storyline One year ago: Grace and Thunder were disguised as prisoner transports into Iron Heights. "Cooper" asked Mercer if he was there to kill him. Mercer told him that Checkmate had a leak. Grace and Thunder were told to stall - when the transporters tried to dampen them, the magnetism hit Grace and backfired. All the dampeners nearby were disabled. The low-level metas got their powers back. Warden Wolfe called for a full lockdown and gave shoot to kill orders. Nightwing improvised a new plan. Black Lightning and Kid Boomerang teamed up against the other E-Block inmates. Grace and Thunder went in to get her father. He insisted that Mercer come with them. The warden had some sort of power that caused others' muscles to constrict. Shift was the only one nearby who wasn't affected. He was able to put a bubble around the team before Wolfe's next strike, which killed dozens (including his own men). Nightwing got everyone out and their jet blasted off. Iron Heights shot a missile at it and blew it out of the sky. Shift saved everyone again by putting a bubble around them. Four of the Outsiders were identified by security cameras and implicated in the double escape (Pierce and Mercer). Nightwing and Arsenal were not identified. Over 40 inmates and guards were dead and the Outsiders were thought dead. Roy quit the team and went to the media, confirming the deaths of the Outsiders, who'd gone in to save a prisoner who was in mortal danger. Shift blamed himself for Wolfe's actions and re-merged with Rex Mason. Rex, who gained all of Shift's memories and feelings, joined the team - as did Owen Mercer.