Absolute DC: The New Frontier 15th Anniversary Edition

THE TORCH WILL BE PASSEDWelcome to mid-century America and the Silver Age of the DC Universe--a time of promise and paranoia, of shimmering cities and segregated slums, of dizzying scientific progress and simmering Cold War conflict. A land without superheroes.Welcome to mid-century America and the Silver Age of the DC Universe--a time of promise and paranoia, of shimmering cities and segregated slums, of dizzying scientific progress and simmering Cold War conflict. A land without superheroes.The masked mystery men who fought for freedom during the Second World War have been outlawed. The soldiers and spies who conducted top secret missions into the unknown now work in the shadows. And those icons who do still fight on--Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman--operate under hidden agendas and dueling ideologies.Yet this America needs its heroes more than ever. With darkness gathering on the horizon once more, only a bold new generation of adventurers--young, daring and dedicated to the better a