Outcasts (DC Comics)

Outcasts is a 1987 twelve-issue limited series written by John Wagner and Alan Grant and drawn by Cam Kennedy and Steve Montano.

Publication history

The series was first published in 1987 by DC Comics.

Plot

The series takes place in the dystopian future: a bleak world ruled by mega-corporations and corrupt politicians that prey on the weak and poor members of society. In this world, all manners of outrageous habits exists: Slaughterbowl (a hyper violent sport comparable to football) and government controlled euthanasia centers are among them.

MUTANT CLEARANCE ACT:

The series begins with the city in an uproar due to the new law passed by corrupt city ruler, Boss Angel. He has just made being a mutant in Big City illegal and has ordered the "Mutant Clearance Act" by banning mutants on Earth, capturing them and shipping them off to work on off-world work colonies. He claims the decision was decided by ORCOM, the living organic computer that makes all of Big City's big decisions.

Outcast

Outcast may refer to:

  • Outcast (person), a person with social stigma or untouchability
  • Literature

  • Outcast (Michelle Paver novel), a 2007 book by Michelle Paver
  • Outcast (Warriors), the third novel in the Warriors: Power of Three series, by Erin Hunter
  • Outcast (Star Wars novel), the first book in the Fate of the Jedi series, by Aaron Allston
  • Outcast (Ballas novel), a 1991 book by Iraqi-Israeli author Shimon Ballas
  • Outcast (Sutcliff novel), a 1955 children's historical-fiction novel by British author Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Outcast (magazine), a controversial queer magazine in the United Kingdom
  • Outcast, a 2014 comic book written by Robert Kirkman for Image Comics
  • Outcasts (DC Comics), a mini-series by John Wagner and Cam Kennedy for DC Comics
  • Outcasts (Marvel Comics), three unrelated groups of characters from the Marvel Universe
  • The Outcast (anthology), the seventh short story collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild
  • The Outcast (manga), original English-language manga published by Seven Seas Entertainment
  • Outcasts (Freak of Nature album)

    Outcasts is the third and final album from the Hard Rock / Heavy Metal band Freak of Nature, released in 1998. The album is a collection of B-sides, demos and outtakes released through Ulftone Records. Most of the tracks had never been released before with the exception of a few tracks being released as b-sides to previous singles.

    Several songs were co-written with original guitarist Oliver Steffensen before he left the band and was replaced by Dennis Chick. Later an album titled "Brothers For Life" was released under the moniker "Mike & Oliver" containing pre Freak of Nature material including the original versions of "One Love" and "Disturbing the Peace". The album was Tramp's progression from White Lion to Freak of Nature.

    Following Freak of Nature lead vocalist Mike Tramp started a solo career releasing his debut solo album "Capricorn" in 1998. Tramp also reformed White Lion with a new line up releasing the album "Remembering White Lion" in 1999.

    In 2003 a box set titled Freakthology was released which featured all three Freak of Nature albums as well as the three videos of "Rescue Me," "Turn the Other Way," and "Enemy."

    The Outcasts (play)

    The Outcasts (Bulgarian: Хъшове) is a Bulgarian play, authored by Ivan Vazov in 1884. It describes the life of Bulgarian emigrants in Wallachia, who, destitute, seek the means to fight for the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. It is an adaptation for the stage of Vazov's novel Chased and Unwanted and is considered a classic of Bulgarian literature. When the National Theatre of Bulgaria, Ivan Vazov National Theatre, opened in 1904, it was the first play to be performed there, starring Geno Kirov and Ivan Popov. In 2009, Vazov's play was filmed in the series "Outcasts".

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