Justice outside the League: Batman's 'other' superteam, The Outsiders, turns 40

Batman formed the Outsiders after the Justice League refused to help him with a mission to rescue Lucius Fox from Markovia. — Photos: DC Comics

If you’ve always thought Batman was mean for making Robin dress like a Christmas tree, well, he was even meaner when he set up the Outsiders.

So “outside” were the Outsiders that they were not even on Alfred’s Christmas dinner list, but instead was always first on Batman’s “heroes won’t do” list.