Comic Title: Outsiders #17
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: March 1987
On Sale Date: December 4, 1986 Newsstand Date December 4, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #34

Shipping Date November 11, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #34

Shipping Date November 11, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #105

Shipping Date November 11, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #111

Copyright Date November 11, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike W. Barr

Title: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night --"
Pages: 28

Feature(s):
Outsiders (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Artist: Jim Aparo
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Outsiders (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Black Lightning (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Geo-Force (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Halo (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Katana (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Looker (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Metamorpho (last appearance in Outsiders #16; next appearance in Outsiders #18)

Guest Star(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Question #2; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• Bruce Gordon (first post-Crisis appearance; see comment; next appearance in Outsiders #18)

Villain(s)

• Eclipso (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• The People of the Dark (next appearance in Outsiders #18)
• The Priestess of the Dark (Adela Tokelau; next appearance in Outsiders #18)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Mona Bennett (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Outsiders #18)

Other Character(s)

• Kenneth Tokelau (the prime minister of Diablo; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Mophir (in flashback to Eclipso's origin)

Comments:
This story continues in Outsiders #18.

Although Eclipso is Bruce Gordon, the two have been split into separate bodies. Because they no longer share the same body and because Eclipso will possess other characters in later stories, Bruce Gordon will be tracked as a separate individual in the post-Crisis universe.

Synopsis:
Batman investigates the theft of several relics from the South Pacific. He stakes out a museum where the crooks strike next. Batman recognizes the crooks as deciples of Eclipso known as the People of the Dark. He is defeated and taken prisoner.

The Outsiders have their own encounter with the People of the Dark. They follow the crooks' trail to the island of Diablo where they are warned away by Dr. Bruce Gordon. Gordon is trying to permanently prevent Eclipso from returning. Despite Gordon's warning, the Outsiders are captured.

The Outsiders are reunited with Batman in a temple dungeon. Batman helps them escape. The group then interrupts a ceremony in which the People of the Dark restore Eclipso to life after his body had been destroyed. Eclipso forces the heroes to withdraw until an eclipse passes, but Eclipso uses some mystic jewels to maintain the eclipse indefinitely.