New Frontier: How the Trinity were Formed

[espanolbot.insanejournal.com]

From the DC: New Frontier special released to coincide with the release of the movie.

Contains possible spoilers for the series, if you already haven't read it yet. And if that's the case, go! Go now and read it!

Diana and Clark are asked to arrest Batman for him operating as a superhero, after the McCarthy hearings has lead to the US government declaring them to be illegal, with Diana and Supes being really the only two exceptions.

Diana refuses to arrest "an honorable man in the name of freedom and liberty" and walks off. Clark however, goes to see Ike to see if Eisenhower can explain why he should arrest a man they know to be a good man.









Cutting to Metropolis and Gotham,


After a lengthy and exciting fight scene, which I unfortunately had to cut to make the page limit, but just when Batman has enraged Superman almost to the point of squashing his head... Diana ex machina!









Diana's plan is that they stage a fight between Clark and Bruce in the middle of Gotham that ends in a draw and Bruce escaping. Clark doesn't really like the idea of lying about this, but he goes through with it in the spirit of their new friendship.









Damn that costume's awesome. ^^

Comments

[nevermore999.insanejournal.com]

It really is.

And Diane ex machina's are the best kind.

[cmdr_zoom.insanejournal.com]

SO MUCH LOVE.

("grr." "YAY." "hmph.")

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Aw, Bruce is so cute there when he takes off his mask, and he's all "heh, I showed you."

Reminds me of the scene in JLU when they reveal their identities and Wally responds with "psh, show off."

[cmdr_zoom.insanejournal.com]

It probably helps that I can totally hear Conroy's "No hard feelings" with that little smirk in his Bat-voice.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Cooke's Diana makes me so happy.

[cmdr_zoom.insanejournal.com]

He really gets her, right? That one narration box about overcoming anger and conflict with love...

[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

This.

[greenmask.insanejournal.com]

I have a plan to deal with that.

<3!

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

The greater goooood.



(sorry, Pavlovian response.)

[majingojira.insanejournal.com]

"It's for the Greater Good, Srgt Angel."

"The greater good."

"STOP SAYING THAT!"

[proteus_lives.insanejournal.com]

These scans are making me imagine Kal, Diana and Bruce as a three-man cell from the Narutoverse.

What would they be like? Cool, something to think about during smoke breaks tonight.

[majingojira.insanejournal.com]

That'd be awesome, but would they hire themselves out as Ninja? Would they even participate in the Ninja wars?

SO MANY PLOTS TO CONSIDER!

[runespoor7.insanejournal.com]

Power trios ftw!

If Clark already discovered his powers and everyone knows about them, he's the golden child of the village. Otherwise he'd be pretty average - think Sakura but less of an brilliant student than her. He'd come from a civilian, loving family living on the outskirts of the village and no-one would originally know he was the last son of the quasi-mythical village on Krypton. Then he'd discover his bloodline, maybe with the help of his teammates. He'd be a ninjutsu specialist - that's the easiest to guesss of the three.

Diana would be the leader. That's because she'd be most likely to look at things surrounding her with clarity and feel the want to straighten things out. She'd get aware of the political tensions and she'd get them and she'd care. She'd have come from a far away village as part of an exchange between the two cultures, or because as the daughter of the Kage she was sent there for... some reason. She'd be quasi universally trusted and respected, because of how wise and how accomplished she'd be. Diana would be good at tactics, the lasso would be an artifact removing genjutsu, and her things would be taijutsu and close-range ninjutsu. Chakra-control seems like a good idea for her, but the earth-shattering punches seem as much Clark's area of expertise as hers.

Bruce would be the 'doesn't play well with others, my body moved on its own to save you' one. He'd still wouldn't kill people because he saw his parents get murdered in front of him. I'm not sure whether the Waynes would have been a ninja family or not, but Bruce would drop out of the ninja business - around chuunin exam or so - in order to protect the people of the city without having to obey police/ANBU rules, and he'd play the part of Millionaire Playboy Bruce Wayne. He'd probably be good at traps, and he'd have to rely on taijutsu alone, because he wouldn't have chakra. To make up for it, he'd rely on smarts, theatrics, and dirty tricks to make up for it. And shuriken. He'd like the shuriken. Everyone out of his trusted people would think he used some genjutsu and discreet ninjutsu, though.

[superfan1.insanejournal.com]

Oh clark and bruce, just make out already. I love this book so much.

[cygna_hime.insanejournal.com]

Diana~! <3<3<3

Such good Diana. This is exactly how she should be. Diana shows up and ends the fight with the sheer power of her awesome and understanding. And her plan.

I also love how the voice is distinctively Diana, the Amazon--little things like "bloodline" or the assumption that it's hard for Clark to fake defeat (which I don't think is true) make it sound like her and no one else. So much love.

[hearthemvoices.insanejournal.com]

'cause I need to keep saying it...

Bruce/Selina OTP. <3

[uadlika.insanejournal.com]

I know, I had a little happy shiver at that.

[nagaoka.insanejournal.com]

Aww look. Superman's got a little cloud halo there.


I love Bruce's "no hard feelings" face there. It's so perfectly "I'm Batman"

[thebigapricot.insanejournal.com]

I always feel so good after reading the New Frontier. His artwork is just so good and the characters are so clear and basic. And it is free of any crisis crap.

[toasty_fresh.insanejournal.com]

This! I always get a big smile on my face and have a sort of ~glow~ whenever I read it, lol.

[kingrockwell]

Selina, stop being so adorable!
And Diana's tiara can't seem to decide if its point is up or down, but that's a cool costume nonetheless! Pteryges, always.

though you know you could posted another five pages easily if the book's 44 pages

[sir_razorback.insanejournal.com]

The tiara's not that inconsitent, it's usually pointing up. =p Now the ornate headpiece? That looks like she has a giant wingnut on her head.

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

Still don't feel comfortable when people start saying the greater good.

[sir_razorback.insanejournal.com]

I can't think of that line without remembering the Incredibles. Kids will do that to ya. =p

"Greater good? I am your wife! I'm the 'greatest good' you're ever going to get!"

[jelly_ace.insanejournal.com]

Although I didn't really like the New Frontier movie largely due to Kevin Conroy not voicing Batman, the comics look interesting by the minute. Maybe I'll look for it this weekend...

[liarashadowsong.insanejournal.com]

I absolutely adore the art in this book. Especially Diana's costume, which is made of awesome.

[magus_69.insanejournal.com]

So, Darwyn Cooke made a version of Diana's costume that lacks shoulder straps and still looks fucking awesome.

The resemblance to the suit of armour in Rucka's run does not go unnoticed.

Love, love, LOVE the Trinity here. It figures that Diana's the catalyst that makes those two stubborn idiots stop butting heads and start making out.

[silvercatmon.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Last page, Batman and Superman got a "This sucks" look on their faces, while Diana got "Everything is great." smile.

[pepperspray101.insanejournal.com]

Lol! Now I can't unsee it!

[nezchan.insanejournal.com]

Man, this totally takes me back to when I was a kid in the '70s, reading the comics my brother and I got as "payment" for doing chores and staying quit on weekend mornings. I used to largely get stuff like Speed Buggy and the various Harvey comics while my brother mostly got DC superhero stuff, but there was some degree of crossover. Old Batman Family and Action Comics and so on, and they were AWESOME!!

Diana, Bruce and Clark up there, those are the great characters I knew way back when, 30 years ago. AND THEY'RE STILL AWESOME!