Batman and the Outsiders #6 starts with a major question: WHAT THE HECK IS HALO WEARING?
I mean honestly, what is that? Hot pink pants that go up well above her waist. A pink tie with black polka dots. A wide-brimmed hat. No socks. Makes you want to cast a vote in favor of school uniforms, doesn't it? Of course, Halo has swiss cheesed memory, so she doesn't know a damn thing about anything, but still, you'd think Katana would dress her a little more appropriately in the morning before sending her off on a trek to cross the widest street in America (outside Central City) to the giant school where the pixies all go. How far away IS the other side of the street anyway?
Here's another question: As we've seen Halo struggle with such concepts as FOOD, is high school really the best place for her? I'm not suggesting she should be enrolled in an elementary school, but surely there are places where special older kids can go. Halo doesn't even want to GO to high school.
Degrassi issues aside, at least the street is back to normal. Now if only the extras could stop looking straight into the camera.
See? "A child." That's what she is, mentally. So how realistic is it to believe she can survive high school level classes when she doesn't know 90% of the things we've learned by the age of three? Can she even read? Indeed, how responsible is it to put a child on a superhero team? Oh Mike Barr, did you think any of this through? Maybe Katana can barter with her:
Spoiling the child there, Katana, but can't fault Halo's tastes in movies. As this is the end of the summer 1984, that Star Trek would be The Search for Spock, medium-high rewatchability - Christopher Lloyd, the Enterprise blows up, and don't call Sulu "tiny". However, if Halo needs to be taught about reality, a science fantasy spectacular is probably not the best choice. A good choice for Barr, of course, who was writing Star Trek comics at the time, but now we're getting into metatextual cross-marketing. Hopefully, they've got her on steady diet of reality in her other outlets.
Ah no. Video games. I suppose Pac-Man is fairly realistic. Next, we'll see Halo run into a building's exit hoping to pop up at the entrance.
Too young and too BIG. That girl is a giant.
To be honest, Gotham City schools are probably nasty nests of wannabe henchmen. How will Halo do? Will she be teased? Stabbed? We'll just have to hope see. For now, we have to leave this particular subplot to follow another. Where's Katana going? The answer's right here in 24 hours' time!
I mean honestly, what is that? Hot pink pants that go up well above her waist. A pink tie with black polka dots. A wide-brimmed hat. No socks. Makes you want to cast a vote in favor of school uniforms, doesn't it? Of course, Halo has swiss cheesed memory, so she doesn't know a damn thing about anything, but still, you'd think Katana would dress her a little more appropriately in the morning before sending her off on a trek to cross the widest street in America (outside Central City) to the giant school where the pixies all go. How far away IS the other side of the street anyway?Here's another question: As we've seen Halo struggle with such concepts as FOOD, is high school really the best place for her? I'm not suggesting she should be enrolled in an elementary school, but surely there are places where special older kids can go. Halo doesn't even want to GO to high school.
Degrassi issues aside, at least the street is back to normal. Now if only the extras could stop looking straight into the camera.
See? "A child." That's what she is, mentally. So how realistic is it to believe she can survive high school level classes when she doesn't know 90% of the things we've learned by the age of three? Can she even read? Indeed, how responsible is it to put a child on a superhero team? Oh Mike Barr, did you think any of this through? Maybe Katana can barter with her:
Spoiling the child there, Katana, but can't fault Halo's tastes in movies. As this is the end of the summer 1984, that Star Trek would be The Search for Spock, medium-high rewatchability - Christopher Lloyd, the Enterprise blows up, and don't call Sulu "tiny". However, if Halo needs to be taught about reality, a science fantasy spectacular is probably not the best choice. A good choice for Barr, of course, who was writing Star Trek comics at the time, but now we're getting into metatextual cross-marketing. Hopefully, they've got her on steady diet of reality in her other outlets.
Ah no. Video games. I suppose Pac-Man is fairly realistic. Next, we'll see Halo run into a building's exit hoping to pop up at the entrance.
Too young and too BIG. That girl is a giant.
To be honest, Gotham City schools are probably nasty nests of wannabe henchmen. How will Halo do? Will she be teased? Stabbed? We'll just have to
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