In 1979, The Outsider ended the Bombay Riots by manipulating and subsequently killing the crime leaders responsible for the violence, and then united their organizations under his leadership it is also revealed that Desai has had some degree of longevity, as he is shown to be active in Indian criminal and political affairs since the late 1970's. In 1996, The Outsider captured Isis in his Siberian Express on Novaya Zemlya in a bid to blackmail Black Adam into selling Desai his home country, Khandaq. However, when the two negotiated terms for Isis's release, The Outsider attacked and defeated Black Adam using Durlan technology. The Outsider then shot Black Adam and threw him off of the Siberian Express to join Isis as his prisoner. In the present day, The Outsider is shown interrogating the