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3.Embodies the Era
New Frontier is not just a story about the DC Universe, it’s also a story about the fifties and sixties.
It’s a story about the space race and about the red scare and about racism. Let’s cover those one by one, shall we?
The space race stuff is clearly the most important, as it relates most strongly to the main plot. The secret of Ferris Aircraft and Operation: Flying Cloud are both steeped in pulp sci-fi imagery, and the flight of the Flying Cloud is beautiful, even when it all goes tragically wrong. The Red Scare influences the government paranoia that drives characters like Faraday and Flagg to their actions. The anti-communist sentiment haunts New Frontier from a looming distance. The evils of racism are mostly contained to the John Henry plotline, but they are what gives the plot such a strong impact.
It’s weird how a handful of scenes can be so moving, but then New Frontier is an unparalleled work in its field.
