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Justice League Movie Takes Us Back to the Origins of Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter

Justice League: The New Frontier comes out on DVD tomorrow, a straight-to-DVD release based on writer/artist Darwyn Cooke's series DC: The New Frontier. This is part of a trend of Warner and DC releasing original animated films on disc that might never have seen the light of day otherwise, beginning with last year's Superman: Doomsday. We got a sneak peek at The New Frontier at WonderCon, and we loved the setting in space. But the flick gets mired in the origin stories of Green Lantern and The Martian Manhunter. We've got a full report, with clips, below. More »

11:20 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,773 views, 9 comments

Latest by JohnnyZito: The bit about 'registering' is long standing DC lore meant to be some kinda metaphor for red scare shit in the 50's. I also think one of the reasons I enjoyed the book and movie so much is the recontextualized histories more »

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No KKK In Cartoon Version Of Justice League Comic

Darwyn Cooke spent his Wondercon panel talking about The New Frontier, both his original comic series and the animated adaptation that premieres here at the con tomorrow night. While the comic's subplot about black superhero John Henry fighting against the KKK in 1950s America didn't make it to the finished movie - although fans of the Superman/Wonder Woman confrontation in Indochina will be happy to know that that scene is intact and, in Cooke's words, "one of the most powerful scenes in the movie" - the character still has an important presence in the animated version, causing protagonist J'Onn J'Onnz to try to leave the planet. More »

6:55 PM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Graeme McMillan
1,403 views, 8 comments

Latest by JoshJasper: Partisan thinking is nonsense. It's ridiculous. There are good people on every side of every argument. Who were the good people on the side of the argument for the killing fields in Cambodia, for example? What nonsense. more »

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New Justice League Flick Puts Green Lantern in the Korean War

The award-winning retro-futurist graphic novel DC: The New Frontier will become a stylish movie, judging from this newly released trailer. This direct-to-DVD animated film, based on the Darwyn Cooke graphic novel, follows Green Lantern (voiced by David "Angel" Boreanaz) from the Korean War to the Kennedy administration. It's also part of a trend toward putting DC Comics characters back in the bygone eras that spawned them. More comic book journeys into U.S. history after the jump. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Kevin Kelly
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