Though the story’s quality is high, there are many things about it that could be considered non-commercial. would ever consider adapting it into a direct-to-video movie. It is his 1960 acceptance speech, referencing a “new frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams” that gave the story its name.ĭespite the popularity of the graphic novel, few would have suspected that Warner Bros. The inspiration given by heroes of all types coincides with the popularity of America’s great optimist, President John F. The men in masks are just men after all, blessed with wonderful abilities certainly, but just as interested in the human race’s survival as anyone. The graphic novel also focused on the efforts of non-powered heroes of the real world type, emphasizing that we are all in this together. During the course of the graphic novel, it is not immediately clear how all the various plot seeds relate, but in the end there is a glorious coming together of the disparate threads as the heroes are forced to stand up not only for their country but their world. If America had no use for the justice the heroes sought, then why should the heroes continue fighting for America?ĭC: The New Frontier attempted to answer that question, while weaving a tapestry that included important events leading up to the formation of the Justice League Of America. Instead, these people bred mistrust and fear at a time that the country was otherwise enjoying a period of prosperity and new development. The United States at that time, or at least Senator Joseph McCarthy as well as those who sat on the House Committee On Un-American Activities, had little use for justice, it seemed. Its sprawling narrative covers the 1950s era of the Cold War, where Communist paranoia led not only to the blacklisting of many prominent individuals in America, but in the DC Universe also led to the disbanding of the Justice Society Of America. No matter how one first reads it, though, it is a story that cannot be easily forgotten. It was next collected as a set of two paperbacks, and finally as a huge slipcased hardcover. It only gathered more esteem by winning Harvey and Eisner awards.
Its sense of graphic design was an immediate eye-catcher, while it’s story guaranteed that the comic would become considered a modern classic or, for those that hate that term, at least a fine representative of what modern comics have to offer.
Darwyn Cooke’s graphic novel DC: The New Frontier first appeared as a series of six comic books in 20.
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