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“within an almost historically-accurate era of humankind.” — cool, super interesting!
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It indeed is! Well worth checking out if it has piqued your curiosity! 😁
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Diggin the retro vibe.
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I’ve noticed your preference for those retro-throwback-nostalgic styles, Icky! 😜
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This looks and sounds fantastic! I’ll be sure to check it out. Great review, Lashaan, I’m sold! 😀
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I’m really glad to hear that, Ola! I’d recommend it as a “must-read” classic that should belong on every comic book reader’s bucket list! 😁 Hope to read your thoughts on it someday!
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I like the 3 panel layout. No mistaking where you’re supposed to be looking and reading.
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True. Unless… they somehow mess up with speech bubble placement. 😂
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Oh man, did that happen?
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Nah, not here. But there are some comics where that happens. Like Neil Gaiman’s Sandman… 😂
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The drawings look silly (in a good way). Looks like fun times.
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Indeed! It captures the campy, crazy yet serious tones of 60s superheroes, I find!
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I honestly don’t know if this is something I would enjoy, but you’ve written a great review that really has me curious to try it. I don’t know a lot about most of these characters. Do you think that would matter with this book?
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You definitely don’t need to know all these characters to appreciate this one. It sort of presents itself as a “retelling” for most of the well-established heroes, allowing anyone to appreciate their individual stories.
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Excellent review Lashaan and glad to hear you enjoyed New Frontier. I actually have the digital version lined-up to read but I’m familiar with the story via the animated movie (have you seen that?) which I really like and I have a certain appreciation for the 50s/60s period setting which I find to be a fascinating point in history with events such as the cold war/space race.
Whilst I’m a bit of a purist and will always favour the in-canon DCU, I still enjoy these what if/Elseworld tales every now and then and the self-contained and unhindered nature of the stories do have their appeal, especially when they’re good. I quite like the art as well as well, I’d likely loathe it if used for an in-canon arc but it’s a great fit for New Frontier as a standalone piece.
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Thanks, Chris! Ahhh, you definitely need to open up that digital copy of yours and read it! I think you’ll be fond of it by the end of the story. And yes, I have seen the movie! It’s nice to know that some classics have been adapted by their animation studio, although there’s a bunch that they still need to do!
I do agree with you there. I live the canonical material but those occasionally super original Elseworlds stories are really impressive and refreshing. I wonder if anyone could pull off a Cooke-like story today.
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I’ll definitely make it a priority, look forward to reading it! Have you seen Superman: Red Son yet by the way? I thought it was pretty good.
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I did! I enjoyed it too. And without any surprise, I loved the Batman vs. Superman sequence in it. I did however find that Wonder Woman was a bit forced into the narrative, especially when it wasn’t like that in the comics. Sometimes I do wish that they could stick a bit closer to the source material, even if it doesn’t always make a full 90 minute movie…
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