New Frontier

[Kit]

Now that this DC miniseries is over, anyone have any thoughts on the run?

[biochris]

Fantastic story...but the price killed it in the retail market.

The trades (more then one) aren't going to be any cheaper.

[Kit]

The book was grossly overpriced, no arguing that. i hated it for the first issue or so, then grew to love it. I'd like a HC.

Though do you think the last 3 pages are out of order? They really should have been before the JFK quote in my mind, so it could end on the quote.

[Sacremas]

New Frontier was great, was uncertain of it at first but it got just better and better, the end was true greatness.

I'd reccomend that those concidering to take a look at New Frontier picking up the Golden Age tpb first, as it works great as a first parter to explain what has gone before IMO. Pick up Golden Age - Secret Files and Origins if you can get it if you're uncertain about the characters, as well as for getting basically the greatest Superman tribute ever in the main story.

[goodtremere]

Hmm... I passed it up, but I think I might grab it in a collected edition.

[Kit]

i want a one volume collected edition

[TiverMM2]

Warning! Some spoliers abound!.....




It will be two volumes. I just bought the 1st volume at a local bookstore.

What I loved is how it captured the can-do American attitude of that time period that so often is perceived to be arrogance, because so often it is a form of hubris -- we'd just won a world war, we bad the bomb, and "American know-how" so why do we need "Freaks" when American mortals can do it themselves? Yet, the "mortal" heroes and teams are hardly normal. The Loosers, the Challengers of the Unknown, the X/Suicide Squad would all make for great M&M adventuring and show that even pl 5 has great story potential.

Also, the scenes with the Martian Manhunter transforming into bugs bunny -- priceless.

Wonder Woman empowering the village women, very well done and seemed true to the character.

What really intriuged me was the take on John Henry. And Hal Jordan, clearly the focal character, and a pacifist. hrmm -- again a nice example of a character "flaw" that gives a lot of ingame play potential.

And John Johns is just screaming for a writeup via Noir

Cannot wait to read the 2nd trade paperback.

[Kit]

You should like the second half. Everything I disliked was i nthe first half and i thought the second was a great improvement and just damn good. Made me want to run a 1960s game.

[Evilschemer]

I enjoyed the first TPB and am looking forward to the second.

I especially liked that Wonder Woman was taller than Superman, and that she had this Amazon Broad look to her. Very nice and era-appropriate.