In which Indigo (2003-2005) is remembered for her spirit, her charm, her time with her man, and her strangling by bureaucratic tape. Reminisce over a gynoid you've never heard of, and had no good reason to either! There's gorillas, Buster Keaton, bodily chunks and comic book lore, all made accessible--For You! Listen? Please listen--she's worth getting to know, I promise.

https://episodes.castos.com/5f33769ad17d84-42436430/TAP-Episode-4-Indigo.mp3

And now, for the more investigative kind,
~*A n E x t e n d e d B i b l i o g r a p h y*~
(In case you want to meet her yourself.)

--Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1-3 (Jul-Aug 2003)
--It's a superhero shuffle! Indigo debuts, but she's phoning it in, for completionists and lore-enthusiasts only.

--Teen Titans/Outsiders: Secret Files and Origins 2003 (Dec 2003)
--Provides some much needed context, both on Indigo and others. Must Read.
--Yeah I know about the dates, read this one out of publication order, it helps.

--Outsiders volume 3, #1-23 (Aug 2003-Jun 2005)
--The Main Course, for better or worse. Includes the following storylines:
--"Role Call" (#1-3): Sets a stage, a tone, we properly meet Indigo. Must Read.
--"Brothers in Blood" (#4-6): Indigo and others are fleshed out, decent story within the tone and goals set out.
--"Oedipus Rex" (#7): Required reading. First sign of what we'll come to recognize as Shift. Indigo Was Right And Good First, and she definitely shot first. Must Read.
**These first seven issues are collected in a trade paperback ("Outsiders: Looking For Trouble"), which also includes an...illuminating foreword by author Judd Winick.
--"Devil's Work" (#8-10): Ugh. Come for the movie date in issue 8, stomach the rest only if you can. I really wouldn't recommend this one, but that date scene is just so good for Indy, that's the Must Read.
--#11 spotlights Arsenal, no Indigo, skippable if she's your focus.
--#12 is a prelude to "Five by Five!" (#13-15). Decent character work, drama. Indigo gets her moments, as do most the others. Shift assumes his new name. The villain scene I like from this book is here, but so are some I really dislike, give it a try.
--#16 is house cleaning for interpersonal conflicts. "Most Wanted!" (#17-19) is a cross-over with America's Most Wanted. Yes, the TV show. Yes, John Walsh cameos...extensively. At best you'll cringe. Grace and Lian get it the worst. Reader beware, this is a dark time.
--"Back to Normal" (#20) is an Indigo/Shift-centric story. It includes THE SEX SCENE, which aims for shock value and shoots the moon to land in a territory I actually can like and appreciate. The Best Indigo Content I Didn't Include, check it out.
--#21-23 unravel some base assumption of the book's premise and tie into universe-spanning events of the day (see Infinite Crisis). They're nothing to write home about, but they lead into The End.

--The Insiders (Jul-Aug 2005). A cross-over with Teen Titans. Indigo is changed forever. She will not survive this story. That being said, part 4 is everything in so many ways, and my disagreements only make it more powerful in a way. Must Read.
--Part 1 (Teen Titans vol 3 #24)
--Part 2 (Outsiders vol 3 #24)
--Part 3 (Teen Titans vol 3 #25)
--Part 4 (Outsiders vol 3 #25)

--"Letting It Go" (Outsiders vol 3, #28, Nov 2005). 26 and 27 were filler on unrelated characters. This is a wake of sorts for Indigo. Sweet on first read, rots looking back if you follow the Outsiders and Shift further. Poor Shift. The Last Must-Read.

--Titans volume 2, #10 (Apr 2009). Judd Winick hints at Indigo's return. He'll leave the book to another creative team and this plot-line will never see follow-up.

--Teen Titans volume 3, #98-100 (Sep-Oct 2011). Indigo is a mook for Superboy-Prime. This story is more historically no