DC: The New Frontier

DC: The New Frontier
Front cover of Absolute DC: The New Frontier, with art by Darwyn Cooke
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	2004
Number of issues	6
Main character(s)	Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Batman, various DC characters
Creative team
Creator(s)	Darwyn Cooke

DC: The New Frontier is an Eisner, Harvey and Shuster Award-winning six-issue comic book limited series written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke. The book was published by DC Comics in 2004. The series was collected into two trade paperback volumes in 2004 and 2005, an Absolute Edition in 2006 and a deluxe edition in 2015. The story was adapted into an animated film, Justice League: The New Frontier, which was released on February 26, 2008.

The series was influenced by Kingdom Come, The Golden Age, Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. Much like The Golden Age, New Frontier is set primarily in the 1950s and depicts Golden Age superheroes Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman meeting Silver Age characters The Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter. The story bridges the gap between the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Silver Age in the DC Universe.

Set from 1953 to 1960, post-World War II sentiment and Cold War tension have pushed the Age of the Superhero into decline. However, when a threatening alien presence emerges on earth a new era of superheroes must join forces with veteran heroes and an unfriendly United States government to battle the nemesis.