Comic Title: Outsiders #20
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: June 1987
On Sale Date: March 5, 1987 Newsstand Date March 5, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #37

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #37

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #111

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #114

Copyright Date February 10, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Newsstand Date March 5, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

Shipping Date February 10, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690, #692

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

Title: "Gross Encounters"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Outsiders (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mike W. Barr
Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger
Letterer: Milton Snapinn
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Outsiders (last appearance in Outsiders #20; next appearance in Outsiders #21)
• Geo-Force (last appearance in Outsiders #20; next appearance in Outsiders #21)
• Metamorpho (last appearance in Outsiders #20; next appearance in Outsiders #21)

Villain(s)

• A group of swindlers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Fenton Overmeyer (a UFO hunter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Metamorpho and Geo-Force take a boating trip to a small island. They find UFO hunter Fenton Overmeyer attempting to contact aliens. A group of swindlers try to perpetrate a hoax on Overmeyer, so the heroes stage their own alien encounter. The swindlers admit their con, then the heroes help Overmeyer send a message into deep space in hopes of making contact.