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
( Read more... )
Comments 31
(The comment has been removed)
Reply
What made this particular story for me was Bruce. Cooke's Bruce is the Bruce Wayne/Batman I know down to the tiniest detail. Cooke nailed him, but then, his grasp of the entire DC pantheon is impressive. I love his Hal Jordan; he polished up the Golden Age original until he shone like a perfectly cut emerald.
I hope Cooke returns to this universe; New Frontier is one of the best comics I've ever read --- and I've read a lot of comics. On a fannish level, I guess this is one of those extremely rare stories I have no pressing need to mess with. It's already flawless.
Reply
It's true, he does a wonderful job with all of them, and I really liked how he focused on people other than Clark and Bruce in the series as well and gave them real motivations and personalities. Barry is wonderful, Ollie is great--even Arthur's cameo just shines. And J'ONN. *swoons* He and Faraday are so wonderful, and I'd never even heard of Faraday before reading this series. Another one of those minor characters with a long history I almost never see...
Reply
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?
Reply
Reply
Reply
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 ( ... )
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment