Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities Anyone remember the DC event from almost 25 years ago, "The Silver Age?"

Well, if you don't, you didn't miss much, as it wasn't very good.

Oh, there were talented creators involved, but only on the artistic side. The main writers were Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, and Mark Millar. I think even fans of theirs would admit it's not their best work.

So why am I even broaching the subject, you ask? Because this is Legion World, where people always come up with ideas a million times better than what actually saw print!

Here's a link to the event's page at the DCU Wiki:

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Silver_Age_Vol_1

Now, how would you do it better?

Ooft. A paragraph into it, and it disappeared up its own continuity. Hopefully the book was more fun.

I have Silver Age notes linked to the Golden Age series.

New Frontier could have been titled The Silver Age.

LOL. So true.


It did have a handful of fun moments scattered through, but they were few and far between. Also some very nice art (especially the covers.)


Do you mean a continuation of that miniseries by James Robinson and Paul Smith? I would be interested if you shared those notes in this thread or in the Bits forum.


Yeah, but they were only released about 4 years apart. DC didn't want it mistaken for one of their least popular events.

I was never taken with the big island threat in New Frontier, in exactly the same way the island in New X-Men faced was underwhelming.

Fair enough. I like New Frontier more for the character arcs and the Easter Eggs than for the plot itself.

Definitely. Lots of interesting, strong versions of the characters in that one.

Especially Jordan. Arguably the only time in the past 60 years that that character felt exactly right. J'onnz was also very well portrayed. Allen, not so much. And the whole rationalizing of Batman changing his look because "I don't want to scare kids" rang false.

But overall, New Frontier is so well crafted that it easily transcends its minor flaws.

I agree.

Jordan's humanity and selflessness really came through. You could see why he was selected a lot more than being someone with no fear.

Some of the J'Onzz, as alternate Superman have been fine. He's certainly become a key part of a lot of JLA rosters. But his portrayal in New Frontier is among my favourites.

From Challengers through Ted Grant to the Suicide Squad, there are lots of good moments.

One idea which I keep coming back to is that The Silver Age event could have brought back the Multiverse six years earlier, and without any of the gore and fanwank of Infinite Crisis and the events which preceded and followed it.

Also, the Legion of Super-Heroes should have appeared in The Silver Age event.