DC: the New Frontier - Batman Updates His Look

[espanolbot]

One of the themes of Darwyn Cooke's series New Frontier is the shift in the tone of the heroes of the Golden Age to that of the Silver Age. It was this whole metaphor thing for the cultural age from the 50s to the 60s, from the early Cold War to the Kennedy years, that kind of thing.

One of the ways this was shown in the shift in costume and crimefighting style of Batman from the beginning of the series to his reappearance later in the story.

Compare, his Golden Age look from the beginning, where he's saving a kid from a doomsday cult when the detectives Slam Bradley and John Jones show up.








Some time later, Batman is meeting Superman regarding the thing that's caused multiple groups like the aforementioned cult and such to spring up around the world...

Comments

[crimsonmoonmist]

Emotionally open Bruce is best Bruce.

[funbox]

Honestly, he just seems like a cool, introspective, yet still flawed dude, with a mission. Also, I love his every mention of Robin while Dick just does cartwheels in the background.