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Book SynopsisWelcome to the DC Universe in 1950s America — a land of promise and paranoia, of glittering cities and segregated slums, of dizzying scientific progress and simmering Cold War conflict. A land without the Justice League—Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Or so it seems.
The masked mystery men who fought for freedom in the Second World War have been outlawed. The soldiers and spies who conducted top-secret missions into the unknown now work in the shadows. And those icons who do still fight on — Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman — operate under hidden agendas and dueling ideologies.
Yet this America needs its heroes more than ever. With darkness gathering on the horizon once more, only a bold new generation of adventurers — young, daring, and dedicated to the better angels of our nature — is equal to the challenge of the New Frontier.
From Eisner Award–winning writer-artist Darwyn Cooke and Eisner Award
Trade Review"Composed from equal parts affection and ambition, Darwyn Cooke's
DC: The New Frontier looks back to the Silver Age of DC comic-book heroes, finding in them all the elements needed for a commentary on post-war America. Using a classic style, Cooke creates a classic of his own." -- A.V. Club/The Onion
"Mr. Cooke's drawings are striking, and his plot makes good use of DC's diverse characters." --
The New York Times "You need to drop what you're doing and go read
New Frontier. Now." -- IGN
"Cooke has stirringly laid out a promising new path for the superhero genre." --
Publishers Weekly
