Absolute DC The New Frontier: (2025 Edition)

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Writer/illustrator Darwyn Cooke's critically acclaimed masterpiece DC- THE NEW FRONTIER is celebrated in this oversized Absolute edition featuring new story pages, detailed annotations, alternate sequences and an extensive gallery of sketches, pinups, action figure art and much more!In the 1950s, Cold War paranoia outlawed the Mystery Men of the Golden Age. Writer/illustrator Darwyn Cooke's critically acclaimed masterpiece DC- THE NEW FRONTIER is celebrated in this oversized Absolute edition featuring new story pages, detailed annotations, alternate sequences and an extensive gallery of sketches, pinups, action figure art and much more!In the 1950s, Cold War paranoia outlawed the Mystery Men of the Golden Age. Stalwarts such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman continued to fight for truth and justice, but as the world hurtled toward an uncertain future, it would take a new breed of hero to define the American Way. DC- THE NEW FRONTIER takes readers on an epic journey from the end of the Golden Age of heroes to the beginnings of the legendary Justice League of America. Darwyn Cooke's most ambitious project yet features the stunning color art of Dave Stewart, an introduction by DC's President and Publisher Paul Levitz, and an afterword by Cooke.

Author Bio

Darwyn Cooke was an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and animator. After spending several years as a magazine art director and graphic designer, Cooke switched careers and began working in animation, where he contributed to such shows asBatman- The Animated Series, Superman- The Animated Series,andMen in Black- The Series.DC Comics then approached Cooke to write and illustrateBatman- Ego, which Cooke had pitched unsuccessfully several years earlier. The critical success of the title led to the relaunch of theCatwomanseries with writer Ed Brubaker. Cooke then spent several years writing and drawing the ambitious epicThe New Frontier. He was also the writer/artist ofBefore Watchmen- Minutemenand co-writer ofBefore Watchmen- Silk Spectre.