Issue Outsiders 34 Subtitle The Good Fight part one: Cain & Abel Date May 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Matthew Clark, Art Thibert storyline In the nation of Mali, Africa, a governing body discussed the usefulness of the Peti'lions - groups of children who were given weapons to rape and pillage. President Benin entered and said they boys used were from the lowest caste, therefor their future was meaningless. Captain Abioye was assigned to a mission where she and a regiment were to take a town. She knew it would be a slaughter and called for reinforcements to stop it. Anissa Pierce (Thunder) dropped her cover as Abioye and let loose her powers. Nightwing and the rest of the Outsiders appeared: Katana, Grace, Captain Boomerang, Metamorpho. After taking down the regimen, Nightwing blamed Thunder for jeopardizing their mission and status (the Outsiders were thought dead).

Issue Outsiders 35 Subtitle The Good Fight part two: Meet the New Boss Date June 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Matthew Clark, Art Thibert storyline Grace and Boomerang captured Mali's Assistant of Inter-Department Affairs, Colton Mirubu. The rest of the team watched as Grace tortured the man trying to get the location of the nation's sarin gas. Anissa seemed to be the only one who had a problem with it, and she was the one who blew the mission. The Outsiders attacked the stronghold. They found what they were looking for - enough gas to kill the entire country. A meta with superspeed captured them before they could do anything with the gas.

Issue Outsiders 36 Subtitle The Good Fight part three: Gone in a Flash Date July 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Matthew Clark, Art Thibert storyline The speedster took Nightwing out of the compound and left him with an army battalion. Grace was next - she took 25,000 punches. The speedster then disarmed Katana; Metamorpho was cycloned into particles. Boomerang unleashed his entire arsenal and finally got the best of him. Thunder jumped on him and pinned him down. He vibrated away, but Metamorpho regained himself and took him down with acid. Nightwing returned after taking care of the regimen who thought they had him captured. Nightwing recognized the downed meta as Jay Garrick - the Flash, though much younger.

Issue Outsiders 37 Subtitle Silver and Grey part one: Familiar Faces Date August 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Tom Grindberg, Matthew Clark, Art Thibert storyline Nightwing called in Alan Scott - Green Lantern. He confirmed that the captured speedster looked exactly like Jay Garrick. The Outsiders noted that his DNA seemed corrupted. Scott declared him a clone and took him back to Checkmate. Thunder and Metamorpho captured President Benin. They got the goods from him: he'd received the clone from "Silver and Grey" - Monsieur Mallah and the Brain. They left him on a deserted island. Elsewhere, Mallah and the Brain discussed their cloning and failures to create a body for the Brain. Superman boarded the Outsiders' ship and spoke with Nightwing. He wanted them to stop, but Nightwing "convinced" him - with Kryptonite - the things they did needed to be done.

Issue Outsiders 38 Subtitle Silver and Grey part two: Looking for a Fight Date September 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Pop Mhan, Art Thibert, Steve Bird storyline Phobia, partnered with the Silver and Grey, met with one of their clients about a late delivery. The client turned out to be Metamorpho. She stopped him by exploiting the "other" person in his head. Katana captured her, but dropped her from two stories up, breaking both legs. The Outsiders got the location for Mallah and the Brain. Nightwing had to remind Boomerang where his loyalties should lie. They raided the base and were double crossed - Mallah and the Brain exploded. Gunfire rang out.

Issue Outsiders 39 Subtitle Silver and Grey part three: Since You're Here, Why Don't you Stay Awhile? Date October 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Matthew Clark, Ron Randall, Art Thibert storyline Mallah and the Brain unleashed some of their meta clones. The clones emerged victorious and the Outsiders were captured and their DNA was taken. Mallah and the Brain were disappointed that Nightwing was not meta; for some unknown reason, Grace's DNA was useless to them. Shift was able to free himself from Metamorpho and track down Katana, who was still at large in the base.

Issue Outsiders 40 Subtitle Mad Scientists part 1 Date November 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Matthew Clark, Ron Randall, Art Thibert storyline As Katana and Shift headed in to find their team, she realized the piece of Metamorpho wasn't Shift. Thunder grilled Grace to find out what Mallah meant when he cryptically talked about her "kind." Katana and the Metamorpho piece found a clone of Superman and let him loose. The Outsiders were freed; the clone went rogue and began destroying everything. He rampaged out of the compound, leaving the Outsiders the upper hand against the Brain and Mallah. Mallah gave up their partner: Dr. Sivana.

Issue Outsiders 41 Subtitle Mad Scientists part 2 Date December 2006 Writer(s) Judd Winick Artist(s) Matthew Clark, Ron Randall, Art Thibert storyline Dr. Sivana remotely detonated his partners' compound when he realized he'd been given up. The Outsiders escaped onto their ship before the former nuclear plant went supernova. They were split up from the Brain and Mallah, so they did not know if they escaped or were killed. Sivana called Lois Lane at the Daily Planet. He gave her the scoop on a blackout in Russia and the very much alive Outsiders. He'd been monitoring them all year and gave footage to the press. The Outsiders pondered their fate if charges were brought against them. Metamorpho told Boomerang that Shift felt bad and was apologetic for his actions (Katana mentioned he'd killed several people). Nightwing got some information from the Pequod (their ship) - Sivana's location, plan, and everything else.