DC: The New Frontier Volumes 1 and 2
Darwyn Cooke, Writer and Illustrator
Dave Stewart, Colorist
Jared K. Fletchter, Letterist
What's It About?
In a nutshell, DC: The New Frontier is a re-imagining of how the Justice League of America came to be. Or, it is the 1950's re-imagined with modern-day sensibilities and social mores. The reader follows the stories of dozens of DC heroes from the Silver Age of comic books during the mid-1950's, when superhero comics were losing popularity as they cope with both a changing world and a world-changing threat.
The book is a period piece, is heavy on the nostalgia and is set in the 1950's, just before the Silver Age when Golden Age (original) heroes were revamped and updated into the superheroes we know today. In DC: The New Frontier, you'll see some characters before they became superheroes (such as the Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern) or when they were just starting out (such as The Flash.) In all, this is Darwyn Cooke's starry-eyed homage to the heyday of the Justice League.
