Over in the Outsiders world, the Outsiders face the first established DC Comics threat, Kobra.

Kobra believes that he is the bringer of the Kali-Yuga, the end of the age of men and order and ushering in a new era of chaos over which he will rule.

 

To that end Kobra has thousands of thralls all willing to die in his cause.  Hail Kobra! and Hail Naga-Naga!  are phrases frequently uttered by these weak minds, for those lieutenants of Kobra, they are much deadlier as they have been allowed to keep their personalities intact.  They are there for a high reason, nihlism.

 

Along the way to Kobra’s defeat the Outsiders meet a young woman named Emily Briggs.  She is non-descript, even mousy and is married to a man named Greg.  She works as a banker and is as dull as they come, however she does feel some feelings of inadequacy for not looking good enough for her husband.

It turns out Emily is a descendant of a group of subterranean dwellers known as the Abyssians.  Emily is the descendant of a long line of royalty in Abyssia and once the Haley’s Comet passes the Earth, her latent powers will come out to fruition.  Greg discovers his wife is missing (i.e. kidnapped by the Abyssians) and begs the Outsiders to find her.

Kind of a ridiculous outfit for a mousy bank teller to be wearing, isn’t it?  Well have no fear folks because when Emily undergoes the transformation she becomes a real Looker.

Looker as she is now known goes by the more seductive Lia Briggs and while she is still married to Greg, for a time, their relationship started to get strained almost immediately.  Looker possesses psionic abilities including telepathy, telekinesis, and force shields.

Shortly after this transformation, Batman and the Outsiders parted ways, but fear not for Batman, as he got another partner.  A new Robin named Jason Todd.

Jason Todd was orphaned and wanting vengeance so he fit right into the Batman family.  The problem is to make Dick and Jason different, Jason’s personality was more abrasive.. caustic.. and rebellious of Batman’s instructions.  Not only that, Jason grew increasingly violent, so much so that even Batman debated his wisdom in giving Jason the position of Robin.

If Batman only knew then what he knows now….

Next Up:  The Legion runs to its Baxter Run as the war between the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Legion of Super-Villains commences!