- If I may venture an opinion, dear boy... that's the biggest load of malarkey I've heard since the new deal!
Batman and the Outsiders Annual #2 is an issue of the series Batman and the Outsiders Annual (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1985. It was published on June 27, 1985.
Synopsis for "Dissembler at the Wedding!"
Metamorpho and Sapphire Stagg are finally getting married. However, the wedding is interrupted when a duplicate Rex Mason shows up and abducts Sapphire. The duplicate is later revealed to be a shape-changing android named Even Steven. Even Steven is the servant of Maxwell Tremaine, an old rival of Simon Stagg who believes that Sapphire is the embodiment of her late mother Mara.
The Outsiders fly to Tremaine's junkyard in Africa and fight up against his hired agents, the Masters of Disaster. Metamorpho fights with Even Steven, but when Maxwell threatens Sapphire's life, Even Steven betrays him and attacks. Even Steven's body becomes unstable and both of them die in an explosion.
With Tremaine dead and the Masters of Disaster defeated, the Outsiders return to the United States and Metamorpho and Sapphire finally get married.
Appearing in "Dissembler at the Wedding!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Masters of Disaster
- Maxwell Tremayne (Final appearance; dies)
- Robots
- Even Steven (Single appearance)
- Mantis
- Robots
Other Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth (Behind the scenes)
- Mara Stagg (In a photograph only)
Locations:
- Africa
- Maxwell Tremayne's junkyard
Items:
Notes
- This issue was published between Batman and the Outsiders #27 and Batman and the Outsiders #28.
- Maxwell Tremaine appeared last in The Brave and the Bold #58. His name is misspelled as Tremayne in this issue.
- This issue is set during the short period where the Pre-Crisis Batman of Earth-One (and all his close supporting characters) existed on the post-Crisis New Earth. So while all the other characters in this issue are their post-Crisis New Earth versions, Batman and Alfred are still pre-Crisis Earth-One. (For more about this period, see the Notes for Batman #392).
- This story is told in five chapters:
- Dissembler at the Wedding!
- Chapter Two: Into the Junkyard of Doom!
- Chapter Three: Buried Memories
- Chapter 4: Fury in Fire and Ice!
- Chapter Five: Death Do Us Part...?
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Batman and the Outsiders Annual series
- Images from Batman and the Outsiders Annual Vol 1 2