New Frontier Special (2004)
Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier is a retelling of the beginnings of the DCU set during the Cold War 1950s. It's a great read, augmented by Cooke's beautiful art, but there isn't a great deal of focus on Superman or Batman in it. However, it does have one little gem: early on in the book, we find out that Superman tried to arrest Batman in the
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LOL about the "motherless" bit. Is that, like, the worst insult that Bruce can think of? Ha ha, you don't have a mother!
Who is that extra figure in the first panel of the page after the "follow your heart" page? There's a close-up of Diana and then someone in the background. Does Dick exist in this universe?
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His Diana is so amazing. The scenes of her in Vietnam are just...she's a goddess in the most primal sense, and has such a personality, and I love her.
LOL about the "motherless" bit. Is that, like, the worst insult that Bruce can think of? Ha ha, you don't have a mother!
It's odd, isn't it? I can't help but suspect it is a euphemism for a different insult starting with "mother."
And yeah, as msp_hacker points out, Dick shows up later. There's a wonderful scene where Batman goes to rescue a small child and the child is so frightened of him he freaks out and almost gets hurt, so when he meets with Superman later Robin is along--he argues he needed to make sure he wasn't just a symbol of terror. And Dick is so freaking adorable in that scene. Really, I can't recommend the series highly enough--Diana is fierce as hell, and J'onn is sweet and lost, and Hal is about the only Hal I've ever liked ( ... )
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Also, I am always in favor of Diana being as fierce as hell.
Thanks for the info!
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