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The Outsiders are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As their name suggests, the team consists of superheroes who do not fit the norms of the "mainstream" superhero community, i.e. the Justice League.

The Outsiders have had a number of different incarnations. They were founded by Batman, whose ties to the Justice League were strained at the time, and introduced the original line-up of Batman, Black Lightning, Metamorpho, Geo-Force, Katana, Halo and Looker. A later incarnation of the Outsiders from the early 2000s comics was led by Nightwing and Arsenal following the dissolution of the Teen Titans superhero group, and depicted the team as a group hunting for super-criminals. For the team's third incarnation, Batman reforms them as a special strike team featuring classic members Katana and Metamorpho alongside new recruits such as Catwoman and Black Lightning's daughter Thunder. After 2008's Batman R.I.P. storyline, Alfred Pennyworth acts on Batman's instructions to reassemble the team once more, recruiting new members and more of the team's original lineup.

Another version of the team with a familiar line-up was briefly featured in Batman Incorporated in 2011 as the black ops section of Batman's organization. Later, the Outsiders are rebooted as a secret society of weapons-themed characters in the pages of Green Arrow, featuring Katana and Onyx alongside several new characters. The original Outsiders are brought back in 2017, following DC Rebirth, as a strike team founded by Batman. 2020's incarnation of the team is led by Black Lightning, Batwing, and Batwoman, and add The Signal to the lineup.

A version of the team appears in the live-action series Black Lightning, fully formed starting in the third season and led by Black Lightning.