Commander Rick looks at why outlaws and rebels are such appealing characters in science fiction and comic books, featuring writers Andre Norton (the Witch World series); Monica Hughes (the Isis Trilogy); Nancy Holder ("Robin's Witch" in The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood); Charles de Lint (Jack, the Giant-Killer); S.N. Lewitt (Cybernetic Jungle); Mirrorshades editor Bruce Sterling (author, The Hacker Crackdown) with Mirrorshades contributors Pat Cadigan ("Rock On"), Lewis Shiner ("Till Human Voices Wake Us"), Paul de Filippo ("Stone Lives") and William Gibson ("The Gernsback Continuum"); plus Robert Silverberg ("The Pardoner's Tale") and Mike Resnick (editor, Alternate Outlaws), with comic book creators Denny O'Neil (writer/editor, Batman) and Peter David (The Incredible Hulk).