History ComicBook / DCTheNewFrontier

The comic was given an animated DirectToVideo film adaptation titled ''Justice League: The New Frontier'' in 2008, with the voices of [[Series/{{Angel}} David Boreanaz]] as Hal Jordan, Creator/KyleMacLachlan as Superman, [[Series/LawAndOrder Jeremy Sisto]] as Batman, Creator/LucyLawless as Wonder Woman, Creator/MiguelFerrer as Martian Manhunter and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as The Flash. Creator/KeithDavid's baritone voiced the omninous and faceless Centre. The film was produced by veteran Franchise/{{DCAU}} man Creator/BruceTimm and paid strict attention to the comic, lifting the majority of dialogue and scenes from the comic straight into the film. The film is part of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'' line.

* AmazonianBeauty: Diana here physically embodies this more than in most incarnations. Is a broad shouldered warrior noticably taller than ''Superman'' yet is nonetheless a lovely, Darwyn Cooke drawn bombshell just as 40s pinup gorgeous as the other female characters.

* AmazonianBeauty: Diana here physically embodies this more than in most incarnations. Is a broad shouldered warrior noticably taller than ''Superman'' yet is nonetheless a lovely, Darwyn Cooke drawn bombshell just as gorgeous as the other female characters.

* AmazonianBeauty: Diana here physically embodies this more than in most incarnations. Is a broad shouldered warrior noticably taller than ''Superman'' yet is nonetheless a lovely, Darwyn Cooke drawn bombshell no less gorgeous than the other female characters.

* IntrepidReporter: Comicbook/LoisLane, who is firmly on the government's side at the beginning of the story.

* EndOfAnEra: Part of the story deals with the transition from the Justice Society to the Justice League, along with superheroes with more scienctificaly-based origins compared to most of the Justice Society's magic.

Instead of reimagining the classic superheroes as they would be today, Cooke created a story firmly set in the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and took the superheroes as they were in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and made them believable. Even the art work itself is very similar to comics of that era, with only the layout being modernized. The plotline is broad-ranging, featuring dozens of characters in the Franchise/DCUniverse including Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, Franchise/GreenLantern, Franchise/TheFlash, ComicBook/MartianManhunter and many more.

* AlternateHistory: In addition to showing the heroes as actually being active around the time they debuted in, ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' added to this by revealed UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was never assassinated in this universe.

A comic book series written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke, later adapted as an animated film. It ran from 2003 to 2004.

* SocietyMarchesOn: In the Silver Age Franchise/GreenLantern books, Hal used to call his sidekick Tom "Pieface," a slur for Asians. He uses the name exactly once in ''New Frontier'', and Tom immediately snaps at him and grabs him by the front of his shirt.
-->'''Tom''': What did you call me, white-bread? Do I look like a pastry to you or something? The name's '''''Tom, got it?'''''\\
'''Hal''': Whoa... '''''Tom'''''. I got it. I got it.

Critical reception was enormously positive, the only complaint being how short the film was (75 minutes, with credits, compared to 6 full-size issues for the miniseries.) Compared to other DTV comic book films, including those from {{Creator/Marvel}} and prior DC videos, this film was considered a breakthrough for mature WesternAnimation.

--> "[[FamousLastWords I close my eyes... and take flight.]]"

* PoorCommunicationKills: The whole reason Hal had to kill in self-defense was because the North Korean jet pilots and ground soldiers hadn't learned that the Korean War had ended, and neither of them spoke each others' languages.

* StatuesqueStunner: Wonder Woman, per tradition. But a memorable ([[WordOfGod and deliberate]]) example comes when Superman confronts her in China. She is sitting on a table for most of the conversation, and when she gets off it's shown that she is taller than him. On heels.

Critical reception was enormously positive, the only complaint being how short the film was. Compared to other DTV comic book films, including those from {{Creator/Marvel}} and prior DC videos, this film was considered a breakthrough for mature WesternAnimation.

* SuperRegistrationAct: Superman and Wonder Woman have signed loyalty pacts with the US government as part of the McCarthy paranoia that is being fanned by mistrust in metahumans.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: By and large, the movie spends more time on Hal Jordan's evolution into the Green Lantern than the affairs any other hero. The Flash is already an established hero and simply rises to a new challenge outside his sphere of Central City while Martian Manhunter is offered some character development in his interactions with Faraday and his place in the world. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are all established heroes and are adapting to the new normal of the post-Korean era. However Hal's character arc is told from beginning to end, from his beginnings as an ex-fighter pilot traumatized by what he had to do during the war, transition to a test pilot with a stigma of being a coward clouding his career, and finally stepping up and becoming the Green Lantern, landing the final blow against the Centre once and for all.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: By and large, the movie spends more time on Hal Jordan's evolution into the Green Lantern than the affairs any other hero. The Flash is already an established hero and simply rises to a new challenge outside his sphere of Central City while Martian Manhunter is offered some character development in his interactions with Faraday and his place in the world. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are all established heroes and are adapting to the new normal of the post-Korean era. However Hal's character arc is told from beginning to end, from his beginnings as an ex-fighter pilot traumatized by what he had to do during the war, transition to a test pilot with a stigma of being a coward clouding his career, and finally stepping up and becoming the Green Lantern, landing the final blow against the Center once and for all.