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Post by shaxper on Apr 28, 2018 18:57:36 GMT -5
#9 DC: The New Frontierby Darwyn Cooke originally published in: DC: The New Frontier #1-6 (2004) Nominated by: md62, @mrp, Slam_Bradley, Paste Pot Paul, Crimebuster, and coke & comics Michael James says: "Even though I love both DC & Marvel I have a soft spot for DC's Silver Age. In this magnificent series Darwyn Cooke created a 'love letter' celebrating that time. The series shows the JSA disbanding, then the Cold War & the rise of the Silver Age versions of DC's heroes. Plus tons of cameos including the Losers, the Challengers, the Sea Devils & others. It was beautifully written & illustrated. It captured all the reasons I started & continue to read comics for the past 50 years. For me this is comic books at their best. I doubt anyone else will ever surpass this masterpiece in my lifetime."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2018 19:11:41 GMT -5
It captured all the reasons I started & continue to read comics for the past 50 years. For me this is comic books at their best.Words of wisdom...  Seriously this series captured a moment in time from my childhood reading comics. Just perfect.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 28, 2018 20:19:26 GMT -5
I'm surprised this didn't make my list
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2018 21:45:50 GMT -5
I'm surprised this didn't make my list I didn't participate in this event ... but it's would made my top 3 for sure. A Cooke Masterpiece!  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 28, 2018 22:00:58 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again...I'd have happily given Darwyn Cooke the keys to the DCU. Would have been a damn sight better than Didio, Johns and company.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Apr 28, 2018 22:04:29 GMT -5
Read: Yep.
Oh God, listen, I'm not a nostalgia guy so greatest generation nostalgia played with total earnestness is ... not my least favorite thing, which is '60s nostalgia played with total earnestness, but my second least favorite thing.
It's beautiful to look at, but I am not a fan.
Ooh! Best Martian Manhunter ever, though!
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Post by shaxper on Apr 28, 2018 22:25:06 GMT -5
Read: Yep. Oh God, listen, I'm not a nostalgia guy so greatest generation nostalgia played with total earnestness is ... not my least favorite thing, which is '60s nostalgia played with total earnestness, but my second least favorite thing. It's beautiful to look at, but I am not a fan. Similar problem with the property. I think, for me, it's that the Golden, Atom, and Silver Ages don't hold any particular affection for me. If they did, I likely would have found New Frontier both brilliant and amazingly touching. As it stands, I liked it well enough and enjoyed the characterizations. As a child of the '80s, I'm not the target audience. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2018 8:26:43 GMT -5
Similar problem with the property. I think, for me, it's that the Golden, Atom, and Silver Ages don't hold any particular affection for me. If they did, I likely would have found New Frontier both brilliant and amazingly touching. As it stands, I liked it well enough and enjoyed the characterizations. As a child of the '80s, I'm not the target audience. I get that. I started reading towards the end of the Silver Age & most of my reading was in the Bronze Age (pre 1985). But my love for the Golden Age & the Atom Age is motivated by reading what my dad read as a child since he was the one that got me into comics. |
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Post by rberman on Apr 29, 2018 8:57:36 GMT -5
My childhood reading was mostly Bronze Age, and I always found the Golden Age depictions of heroes to be weird, so I was pleasantly surprised for Cooke to use those art styles unapologetically, in a story that worked. I liked how he gave rationale for the evolution of Batman's costume, and how he managed to fit in everything from Weird War's dinosaurs and killer islands to regular army comics to all our familiar JSA/JLAers. I liked tall Wonder Woman and would like to see others follow his lead. I liked most everything about it.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 29, 2018 13:47:58 GMT -5
I'm a Bronze Age reader but really loved this series.
RIP Darwyn Cooke
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 29, 2018 14:02:48 GMT -5
I'm a Bronze Age reader but really loved this series. RIP Darwyn Cooke Yep. Me too. I started reading comics in 1975. So well into the Bronze Age. But there were ton of Silver Age and Golden Age reprints during that time. And the JSA got its own book plus the annual team-up. I guess some of it could be nostalgia driven for me. But pure nostalgia wouldn't get it anywhere near my list. It's because it's an incredibly well-done book. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 29, 2018 14:06:15 GMT -5
I picked up the Omnibus a few years ago, and I'm ashamed to say I just read the first story or so. It was good but I guess I was busy around the holidays and never went back to it. I also don't think the art was my cup of tea.
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 29, 2018 15:03:17 GMT -5
I'm a Bronze Age reader but really loved this series. RIP Darwyn Cooke Yep. Me too. I started reading comics in 1975. So well into the Bronze Age. But there were ton of Silver Age and Golden Age reprints during that time. And the JSA got its own book plus the annual team-up. I guess some of it could be nostalgia driven for me. But pure nostalgia wouldn't get it anywhere near my list. It's because it's an incredibly well-done book. QFT |
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Post by brutalis on Apr 30, 2018 8:08:06 GMT -5
This is by far the ultimate DC Silver Age love letter from someone who truly loved what he read growing up. Cooke nails the tone and style of DC in the past. This is what fan turned pro comics should be like. A true classic that should remain in printings for centuries to come. Everyone should have a copy in their collection!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 14:22:07 GMT -5
This is by far the ultimate DC Silver Age love letter from someone who truly loved what he read growing up. Cooke nails the tone and style of DC in the past. This is what fan turned pro comics should be like. A true classic that should remain in printings for centuries to come. Everyone should have a copy in their collection! I do and I read it 1-2 times a year just for the joy of seeing it again ... it's one of my favorite book both story and art on equal terms and I have the movie on DVD as well. I usually read the book first and then watch the movie on a rainy day -- both of them gives me great joy and it's a Masterpiece that done just beautifully by Darwyn Cooke who wrote and drew this breathtaking six limited run series. I have the first TPB that came out in 2005 and the Deluxe Edition in 2015. |
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Seriously this series captured a moment in time from my childhood reading comics. Just perfect. 
