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DC: The New Frontier

    (DC, 2004-2005, 2007, 2013, 2016)
™ and © DC Comics, Inc.

Here’s a sweeping “historical” graphic novel that depicts the end of the Golden Age and the rise of the Silver as seen through the eyes of the more human characters of the DC universe. The story is prestigious in every respect.

It’s simply, directly, and beautifully told with an economy of both words and pictures that’s incredibly effective. This installment has two major accomplishments. First, Cooke manages to get past the grade-school-cool appeal of “army men fighting dinosaurs” to create a hard-edged “man against environment” story. Second, he produces a Lois Lane who’s simultaneously seductively attractive and spectacularly self-involved—the “Rhymes with Witch” she’s supposed to be. (Siegel and Shuster put it in her job description.)

It may be too “inside” to gain much mainstream praise, though it certainly deserves it, but it sure made this fanboy geek; I can hardly wait until he gets to the part with The Challengers of the Unknown.

— S.A. Bennett
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 2004
    Cover: $6.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    2 copies from $1.75
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    DC Comics Essentials Reprint
    Mar 2016
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Includes content from The DC Essentials Catalogue; Reprint
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Apr 2004
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    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    2 copies from $4.98
  • 3
    #3
    May 2004
    Cover: $6.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    1 copy for $8.00
  • 4
    #4
    Jul 2004
    Cover: $6.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    2 copies from $4.75
  • 5
    #5
    Sep 2004
    Cover: $6.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    5 copies from $3.81
  • 6
    #6
    Nov 2004
    Cover: $6.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    No copies available
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Nov 2004
    Cover: $19.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Collects #1-3
    1 copy for $16.95
  • Bk 1-2
    Book #1 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    No copies available
  • Bk 1-3
    Book #1 - 3rd printing
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Collects #1-3; Introduction by Paul Levitz
    No copies available
  • Bk 1/A
    Book #1 Variation A
    Cover: $19.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Collects #1-3
    No copies available
  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Darwyn Cooke
    Cover: $49.99
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Collects DC: The New Frontier #1-6 & Justice League: The New Frontier Special #1
    No copies available
  • Bk 2
    Book #2
    Includes Unpublished cover concepts
    Mar 2005
    Cover: $19.95
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Afterword by Darwyn Cooke; Collects DC: The New Frontier #4-6
    No copies available
  • Bk 2-5
    Book #2 - 5th printing
    Includes Unpublished cover concepts
    Oct 2013
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Afterword by Darwyn Cooke; Collects DC: The New Frontier #4-6
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
    Cover: $75.00
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    Collects #1-6; ca. 2006
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1/A
    Deluxe Set #1 Variation A
    Black Label Cover A by Darwyn Cooke
    Cover: $34.99
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    No copies available
  • Dlx 2
    Deluxe Set #2
    Jun 2016
    Cover: $34.99
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke, J. Bone, Dave Bullock
    Collects DC: The New Frontier #1-6 and Justice: The New Frontier Special #1
    No copies available
  • GIVE 1
    Giveaway #1
    Best Buy exclusive giveaway with purchase of Superman: Doomsday DVD
    Sep 2007
    W: Darwyn Cooke  ·  A: Darwyn Cooke
    No copies available