There really is not a lot to say about the next story in the Outsiders which features the Outsiders traveling to ancient Egypt to save Metamorpho from the machinations of Simon Stagg.

But hey, cool looking covers eh?

Mostly, these stories are a cool little two parter while the truth about a certain amnesiac teen comes to light.  As Halo rejoins her hometown, we discover that the Violet Harper who woke up in Markovia with powers is a far cry from the original Violet Harper.

Back in Gotham, Geo-Force’s college friend Denise is having some issues of her own as a professor makes unwanted sexual advances towards her.  Of course, this stirs up the hot head of the group and it results in Superman stopping by Gotham to team up with the Outsiders.  Geo-Force gets rid of the scummy professor by the way.

I wish I had this ornament for my tree.

Back in Anytown, USA, life is swiftly become unbearable for one Violet Harper.  That is okay though as her life is exactly what is up for grabs.

Syonide apparently killed Violet and her boyfriend and left them in the ruins in Markovia shortly before Batman found Halo.  She was sent due to the bad drug deal for her boss.  Syonide’s whip poisons those encircled by it, so it is hardly possible that simple human Violet Harper could survive its clutches right?

When Syonide was informed that Violet Harper had apparently risen from the grave, she sought out to make things right again, by killing her again.  This just led to more questions.  How did simple Violet Harper die and reawaken as Halo?

 

Violet Harper’s body is actually a being called an Aurakle.  Aurakles are a race of energy beings though they possess a hive mind.  The Aurakle that would become Halo wanted nothing more than to be independent and actually feel all the things she saw on Earth.  Be human, to experience love, life, feelings, this would be what her purpose would be.  When the Aurakle observed Violet Harper being killed the Aurakle was pulled through to the physical dimension and merged with Violet’s body.  With Violet’s body in essence dead, the Aurakle repowered the body and asserted its personality over it, creating a Violet Harper totally unlike the bad girl from her home town.

The Aurakles as a race did not take kindly to this abandonment of the hive mind and pursued Halo to the end of the Earth and attempted to reabsorb her into their world.  It took the Outsiders to free Halo from this world and bring her back to the land of the living.

Reunited once more, it was thought best that Violet Harper disappear again and that Gabrielle Doe return to Gotham and live with Katana again.

Next Up:  Back to the Future again.. The Legion of Super-Heroes adventures continue.