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5. The Lightening of the Dark Knight

Batman is barely in New Frontier. He pops up a couple of times, and each time it’s clear that Darwyn absolutely gets the character.

Batman telling J’onn J’onzz that, to beat him, all he needs is “a penny for a book of matches” is sooooooo good. One of my personal favorite Batman lines. But more important is the way New Frontier shows the transition from ‘40s Batman to ‘50s and ‘60s Batman.

Why would the dark avenger of the night get a brighter costume and a kid sidekick so out of nowhere? One line absolutely nails the reasoning. “I set out to scare criminals, not children.”

Perfection. Of course Batman would be crushed at the revelation that his appearance and demeanor was terrifying to children. Bruce Wayne’s journey started as a scared kid in an alley, so of course he’d want to be a comforting presence to that scared kid sitting in the darkness. It’s a perfect explanation for a change in character that holds true to the first moments of the character’s origin.

Darwyn has worked with the Dark Knight before, and it’s obvious from New Frontier just how much he gets the character, to his very core.