"The addition of an all-new Darwyn Cooke mini-documentary adds to the special celebration of his work. Home Entertainment Vice President, Family & Animation Marketing in a statement. "Justice League: The New Frontier – Commemorative Edition gives fans the opportunity to savor the unique genius of such a legendary comic talent as Darwyn Cooke in a thrilling, animated adaptation of a modern classic," said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. The Commemorative Edition also uses some of Cooke's original DC: The New Frontier artwork for the packaging. That six-issue comic book limited series was adapted into Justice League: The New Frontier. The comic book author and artist's seminal work, DC: The New Frontier, received an Eisner, Harvey and Shuster Award.
Home Entertainment has produced an all-new featurette spotlighting the late Darwyn Cooke. Eventually, Cooke even established his own design studio.For the new Commemorative Edition of the 2008 PG-13 animated film, Warner Bros. Disappointed by the low page rate, Cooke left comics to work in Canada as a magazine art director, and graphic and product designer for the next 15 years. Inspired by the story to pursue comics, Cooke did brief work for DC in the late 1980s, including a five-page crime story in New Talent Showcase #19, which was actually edited by "Night of the Stalker" artist Sal Amendola.
RELATED: Teen Titans: The Animated Series Deserves a Comic Book Continuation But my narration at the end stayed in, and it remains some of my favorite writing, as I played off Sal's beautiful storytelling. Fortunately, editor Archie Goodwin cut all that out.
The idea was that the Batman would not say a word throughout, so of course I soon decided he needed to say a few words. Sal drew it up and asked me to dialogue it. "Night of the Stalker" began as an idea by Batman artist extraordinaire Neal Adams, who talked it over with young artist Sal Amendola and Sal's brother Vin. If I had only been involved with this one Batman story, I'd probably still have some recognition for the character. Here's a blurb from Englehart on the story from Englehart's website: It was an unusual take on Batman from this era, which was undoubtedly moving away from the Adam West days, but still portraying the Caped Crusader as the hero of the stories, not some specter lurking in the periphery. Although the story is awash with 1970s purple prose, Batman himself remains silent throughout the narrative, a ghost figure stalking the criminals.
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