Lovely artwork, and a decent story featuring some of the less heralded members of the DC universe.

This book is great. Off topic: I’m starting to use StoryGraph this year, which has WAY more features than GoodReads. I recommend people check that app out. If you do my username there is AnotherXtian

The second and final volume in Darwyn Cooke's reimagining of DC's superheroes set against an early 1960s background is about as fairly dull as the first one was. I criticised a lack of plot in the first volume whereas we get one in this book, but it's still not a very good one. Basically an unstoppable giant alien headed towards America (of course) must be stopped - enter the group who will become known as the Justice League!It's a plot of sorts but rather than complain about the arbitrariness o...

For all the raves I had heard about this series, I expected good things from it. I did not expect that it would make me cry. I finished it while on the metro, closing it up and realized that my eyes were all misty and wet. This book was something magical in a way-paying homage, respect, and true love to the superheroes of old-those without all the angst and murky gray morals that can dance a fine line between dazzling and annoying. New Frontier was as Darwyn Cooke said in his afterword, (paraphr...

This is Darwyn cooke's re imagining of the silver age dc universe with a lovecraftian enemy. And this is considered a classic. But I think I'm not well enough versed in the dc universe to get who all these characters were, and how they are related. so I think I missed a lot of the story. I also had the feeling that part one did not really have a story, but that it were just some anecdotes and scenes to show as much dc characters off as possible.Things that save this book for me are Cooke's drawi...

I’m going to have to say I didn’t end up liking this very much. The story never really got any better than the first trade. Sue me but I honestly don’t find a big monster villain with no motives bigger than ‘me angry, me make big hit hit until you kill me’. It was very forgettable.I still stand by my review on the first trade, the world building and how the characters interacted with one another was very interesting. Too bad the world didn’t have anything else interesting in it.

Great! Concludes the first TPB's arc, so read 'em together.

This was such a great story wow!It starts off with Hal becoming the GL or that mission with Flagg and well him discovering things about himself and the love romance with Carol and whatever is going on with J'onn as he re-discovers himself and finally we see the coming threat of "the centre" and how all the heroes gather together from Green Lantern to Flash to Ollie and others and what steps they take, the beginning of the age of heroes as we see them ccoming together to fight this threat of Dino...

Three words: Aquaman saving Superman. Even if the rest of the book was bad (which it wasn't!) it would be enough just for that moment. I'm a big Aquaman fan, and I think all the hate he gets is uncalled for. So this was a kick ass thing to witness (as was the volume 1 of the New 52 Aquaman. Thank you Geoff Johns).Other than that, this was brilliant. Better than the first one, definitely, but you can tell Mr Cooke was building up to this. Again, I've watched the animated film before I read the bo...

I loved this book, the conclusion of New Frontier. The style, the feel, the personalities, and the way everyone interacts, all against a backdrop of McCarthyism Superhero hunts/Korean War/Cold War/Space Race, etc. This book strongly features Hal Jordan and John Jones, but also includes the rest of the JLA Classic lineup (Supes, WW, Bats, Green Arrow and Aquaman). The emotional investment that Cooke was able to get me to make in the storyline was amazing to me that I cared this much. Final Crisis...

The grand finale to one of the best comic stories of the last couple years. A brilliant blend of cold war history and silver age comics. The heroes are big and bold, while at the same time feeling very real.An epic comic battle with lots of nice human touches and beautiful art.

If you get a chance to read both of these volumes at once, I think it might make for a better reading experience.DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1 doesn't really go anywhere story-wise, and a lot of the characters are forgettable to most comic book readers.Fans of the Silver Age would probably be the exception...or so Joseph tells me. But even without an amazing plot, the art is just...lovely.Ok, in Volume 2 you see how everything is sort of pulling together into a cohesive storyline. Is it an incred...

The New Frontier closes with the formation of the Justice League, while the Cold War goes into full swing. These books are a visual delight - every page could be framed, especially when the characters are given a moment in the spotlight. One in particular has Superman rescuing a wounded Wonder Woman after she crashes her invisible jet, and is echoed later on as Aquaman emerges from the sea carrying a wounded Superman.The storyline isn't as jumbled in this volume, so it gets full marks. If I was

A strong conclusion, epic in scope and filled with vivid moments. I especially enjoyed, as a carryover from part one, the inclusion of so many non-superhero characters and teams (Lois Lane comes across especially well). The villain remains a bit faceless and personality-free, but the story is really about the heroes and their reckoning with the "future."

After reading the first volume of New Frontier, I was frustrated with the lack of story progression. The first half read like a lot of random things happening around the same time, with no real sense of why or even if it was all connected. The second volume is an improvement in that regard, with an actual, discernible storyline. That said, the alien intelligence with poorly defined motives doesn't make for the most compelling threat. But the threat is really beside the point, isn't it? It's abou...

Nooo... there are moments, brief, Brief moments when this almost works.. but overall NO.Like volume one most of the focus is on Hal Jordan, the Challengers of the Unknown (so these guys are basically the Fantastic Four but without any superpowers? who knew there could be an even duller version of the FF :P ) and other dull characters. It also tries for Watchemen-esque politics but at the same time keeps the heroes in their cheezyist golden-age incarnations, the effect if jarring.Far too many cha...

What can I say that I haven't already? Comic books just don't get much better than this. From a completely biased point of view, I wish Superman played a bigger role in all of this, but I completely agree with Cooke's focus on Hal Jordan. Jordan is in many ways a Silver Age transitionary figure. A daredevil pilot turned superhero practically begs to be identified with the 50s and 60s and the themes of space exploration, the science fiction of the period, and the hope and optimism mixed in with t...

I was not totally awe-inspired by the first volume, but New Frontier has such an incredible ending and afterword that I was stolen away by this masterwork of cartooning. I don't usually spend too many words on older works like this which have already been reviewed to the end of the world and back. All I really want to say is that Darwyn Cooke was a treasure, and I hope every comics fan takes some time to appreciate his work. New Frontier is a fine place to start, if you haven't already.

Volume two surpassed the first volume in story and meaning for me. It had a more focused purpose and of course the artwork and lettering are superb. Given that Cooke and I are close in age, I feel his intent behind such a piece - nostalgia and hope. Growing up in the 60's and 70's was a different time in America. Better? Yes and no. But Cooke knows what the positive forces were and that is what he mainly showcases here. Reading this isn't a bad way to spend a fourth of July in America.