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PANEL & PREMIERE

SAT, FEB 23

6:00PM - 8:00PM - Hall A

ENCORE SHOWING

SUN, FEB 24

3:30PM - 5:00PM - Hall A

Darwyn Cooke's epic story comes to life in brand new DVD animated movie!

It was a match made in heaven: an epic story told by a popular creator featuring the comic characters he most loved as a child. Darwyn Cooke's DC: The New Frontier won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2005 and two more in 2007: Best Graphic Album-Reprint and Best Publication Design for its "Absolute" edition.

It's the decade-spanning story of the dawn of the DC Silver Age interwoven with the American and world history from the end of World War II, through the 1950s and up to the dawn of JFK's own "new frontier." It tells the tale of the birth of the new DC heroes, including Flash, Green Lantern and the formation of the Justice League of America. Along the way, we meet some of DC's other period heroes, the Blackhawks, the Challengers of the Unknown, and the original Suicide Squad, as they stand alongside the company's mainstays, Superman, Batman and Robin, and Wonder Woman.

The story makes the jump to DC and Warner Bros. Animation's ambitious new series of direct-to-DVD animated films as Justice League: The New Frontier. Utilizing Cooke's incredible storyline and vivid art style, the characters are brought to life by an amazing array of actors, including Kyle MacLachlan as Superman, Jeremy Sisto as Batman, Lucy Lawless as Wonder Woman, David Boreanaz as Green Lantern, and Neil Patrick Harris as Flash.

Justice League: The New Frontier has its exclusive world premiere at WonderCon, February 22-24, at Moscone Center South in San Francisco. The DVD goes on sale nationwide on February 26, 2008, right after WonderCon. Both creator Darwyn Cooke and executive producer Bruce Timm are special guests at WonderCon 2008.

We talked to Cooke, DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz, and DC Senior VP-Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck about this new animated film.