Preview JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL

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JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL

Written by Darwyn Cooke; Art by Cooke, J. Bone and David Bullock; Cover by Cooke

Celebrating the DVD release of the New Frontier movie comes this collection of never before seen stories including "New Frontier: The Lost Chapter," with script and art by Darwyn Cooke! This tale provides a first-hand look at Faraday's quest to outlaw masked vigilantes, culminating with the day Superman goes to Gotham to bring down Batman. Also included are two back-up stories featuring Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Sgt. Rock and others, as well as behind-the-scenes bonus material from the movie!

DC Universe | 48pg. | Color | $4.99 US

On Sale March 5, 2008

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Like the film, Cooke said the comic special was a natural next step for “The New Frontier.” It just seemed like a natural thing. I was out for lunch with [DCU Executive Editor] Dan [DiDio] in San Diego and he mentioned it and I said, ‘Why not’ and we kind of took it from there,” said Cooke. “Maybe it’s a little corny but the special is set up like an old special used to be. It sort of has a bit of connective tissue. There are a few framing pages.

“The notion is both the special and the movie were produced back during the early 1960s, but the government seized them and classified the stuff,” explained Coke. “So it’s like a first look at this stuff that’s been in a vault for all of these years, just to have a little more fun with it.”

Cooke said the special includes three stories and the features, written and drawn by the creator, returns readers to a key moment from the original series. “In ‘The New Frontier,’ there is an article that appears about superheroes being hunted down and Hourman dying and Batman and Superman having a big duel where Batman actually defeats Superman. It’s the story behind all of that,” revealed Cooke. “What it does is give me a chance to have those two beat the crap out each other, which some people say, ‘Oh no, not again.’ But well, heh, you know, sorry, you only live once and here we go.

”But it’s all 1950s style. The technology for this type of a fight for Batman, he’s got to be incredibly ingenious because technology-wise, it’s a different world.

“We also see that the fight is stopped or the conclusion or resolution of the story comes from a really unexpected place and we see it that there was something working throughout the story of ‘The New Frontier’ that readers weren’t aware of and that all comes clear in this tale.”

Cooke continued, “The second [story] is a Wonder Woman/Black Canary story about the fight for feminism back during ‘The New Frontier’ era and it’s a full blown comedy that I have written and J. Bone is doing the art on.

“And the third story features Robin and that story is written by me and it is drawn by David Bullock, the director the animated movie.”

While no future specials are in the works, Cooke said DC’s long-established publishing history is the perfect place to cull future stories for “The New Frontier” era. “There are stories within the main stories. And those are some of the things that are in the special,” said Cooke. “And of course, there is the whole notion of what happens after ‘The New Frontier’ concludes. So, there is the potential for every type of story. There is certainly a big one as to what happens next. And there is room for lots of little ones, as well. Whether we ever do a sequel or a big one is still a big if. And it certainly isn’t going to be happening anytime soon.”

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