Story: "The Insiders, Part III" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Matthew Clark (pencils)
Art Thibert (inks)
Comicraft (letters)
Jeromy Cox (colors)
Jeanine Schaefer (assistant edits)
Eddie Bergenza (edits)

Feature Characters:

Beast Boy
Kid Flash II
Wonder Girl II
Raven VI (latter four last in Outsiders Vol. 3 #24)
Speedy II
Cyborg
Robin III (all seven next in Outsiders Vol. 3 #25)

Guest Stars:

Arsenal IV
Grace II
Jade
Nightwing
Shift
Starfire III
Thunder III (all seven in between Outsiders Vol. 3 #24 and #25)

Villains:

Lex Luthor
Superboy (under the hypnotic control of Lex Luthor)
Brainiac 8
Brainiac (all four in between Outsiders Vol. 3 #24 and #25)
Superman robots (last in Outsiders Vol. 3 #24)

Guest Appearance:

Ares

Comment: Story continued from Outsiders Vol. 3 #24 and continued in in Outsiders Vol. 3 #25

Synopsis:

Lex Luthor plans to use Superboy to break Superman, knowing that if he can force the young hero to kill his fellow Titans, then Superman's grief will be unbounded. Meanwhile, the Teen Titans and Outsiders find themselves up against a near-army of Superman robots which are defeated when Wonder Girl gives in to her rage and weilds her lasso in a more deadly fashion than ever before. Elsewhere, the two Brainiacs discuss their own plans - Donna Troy and the Titans are destined to interefere with the future of the planet Colu, which would otherwise rule the galaxy following an impending crisis.

The heroes once again come under attack from Superboy, under the direction of Lex Luthor. Wonder Girl's love is able to shake Luthor's control over the Boy of Steel, but not forever, and matters are made worse by the arrival of the Brainiacs.