DC: The New Frontier Vol 1 1

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 * Title              = DC: The New Frontier
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 * Volume             = 1
 * Issue              = 1
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 * Year               = 2003


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 * Editor1_1          = Mark Chiarello
 * Editor1_2          = Valerie d'Orazio
 * Writer1_1          = Darwyn Cooke
 * Writer1_2          = Dave Stewart
 * Penciler1_1        = Darwyn Cooke
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 * StoryTitle1        = Our Fighting Forces
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Chapter One: Analog Heroes
The chapter starts on Dinosaur Island during 1945. In a fortified cave, Johnny Cloud of the Losers alongside with Pooch, writes a story on the cave's wall about the Losers' final mission...

Following the closing end of World War Two in Europe, the United States has been locating and procuring Axis scientists, including a Dieter Teschner who was important to America's post-war plans, was secretly transported through the Pacific Ocean to avoid detection.

However, when the plane carrying Teschner and a squad of O.S.S. commandos led by Colonel Richard Flag crash landed on a Pacific island (Dinosaur Island). Radio communication with the castaways was lost between them and the American mainland, but fortunately their location is located and an O.S.S. rescue operation (codename: "Four Horsemen") was initiated involving The Losers.

The Losers voyaging on a PT Boat and trailing with a Albatross seaplane are close to their arrival, and cut loose their plane. As they are close to the island, their boat is violently rock by something large, and alive in the ocean which sends them and their boat flying towards the island.

Recovering from their crash landing, the group are confused of what it was that they encounter. Suddenly the Pooch sense something, and a tyrannosaurus rex appears and about to attack them. The Losers attack the t-rex with their weapons, with Gunner effectively hits it with his bazooka. As Sarge and Storm tries to flank the dinosaur with grenades, the t-rex thrash it's tail fatally wounding Gunner. The rest of the Losers manage to harm the t-rex with their grenades, mutilating it's left arm and forcing it leave. The Losers their respects to a dead Gunner, but Sarge is greatly affected of his death who he treats Gunner almost as a brother to him.

The Losers, along with Sarge carrying a wrapped Gunner, manage to find Flagg's abandoned fortified mountain cave base, discovering spare supplies of armaments including those of Japanese and Australian, but also acknowledged that there are traces of human presence. The Losers make camp in the cave in hopes of awaiting the missing castaways and Sarge personally bury Gunner.

The next morning Johnny Cloud and Storm are awake by rocket fire and finds that Sarge is missing. Suspecting that the dispatched rockets belongs to Sarge, the two follow the sounds and suddenly the two are attack by pterodactyls. In the conflict, they manage to kill one but Storm is carried away by another pterodactyl. Despaired of Storm's capture, Cloud went back to the cave and finds Rick Flagg. Flagg then informs Cloud that he had heard the Losers' firefight the night before while planting traps on the north face of the mountain. On his way to his cave, Flagg tells of Sarge attack on the same t-rex that attacked the Losers and was killed. Cloud then introduce himself to Flagg and his team's mission in rescuing anyone on the island, but to learn that Flagg was the only one alive and has a film copy of Teschner's notes.

With everything ready, the Losers, Cloud and Pooch, and Flagg race back to the beach and prepares a life raft to cross back to the Albatross. However, Cloud tells Flagg that he intends to avenge his comrades' death in killing the t-rex. Flagg tries to convince him to leave the island, but Cloud points his pistol at Flagg stating his vengeance. After Flagg bids Cloud with luck and leaves the island, Cloud and Pooch prepare themselves in killing the t-rex.

The next day, Cloud and Pooch chase after the t-rex. On their way, Pooch is killed by one of Flagg's booby-traps. Though wounded, Cloud manage to face the dinosaur and sacrifice himself into killing it by priming a pair of grenades into it's mouth.

In the end, Cloud's epitaph reads: "Ask my family and they'll tell you I was a Navajo. Ask the Army Air Force and they'll say I was an American. But if you ask my brothers, they'll set you straight. John Cloud was a Loser."

Three years later, a young boy sneaks to Edwards Air Force Base in a chance to meet with his longtime Chuck Yeager. The boy travels to the 'Fly Inn' bar and meets with Miss 'Pancho' Barnes. After talking to Pancho of his reasons, he then meets Yeager. The pilot notice of boy's airman jacket and learns it belongs to his father, who Yeager greatly knew him, died in aerial combat. The boy brings out his self-made model jet airplane asking Yeager to have his autograph just to make it out to "Hal Jordan."

Chapter Two: State of the Union Suit
TBD

Chapter Three: Heavy Traffic in Mig Alley
TBD

Featured Characters:
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 * The Losers
 * Johnny Cloud
 * William Storm
 * Sarge
 * Gunner MacKay
 * Pooch

Supporting Characters: Villains: Other Characters:
 * Hal Jordan
 * Richard Flag, Sr.
 * Ace Morgan
 * Lois Lane
 * Jimmy Olsen
 * Dinosaurs
 * Hourman
 * Justice Society of America
 * Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
 * Black Canary
 * Doctor Mid-Nite
 * Doctor Fate
 * Hawkman
 * Wildcat

Locations: Items: Vehicles:
 * Superman
 * Batman
 * Dinosaur Island
 * Edwards Air Force Base
 * Gotham City
 * North Korea
 * PT Boat

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 * Trivia             = *There are some historic inaccuracies if not alternations in this issue (and the series as a whole). Eisenhower is President in 1952, but he wasn't until '53, and Senator Joseph McCarthy is the head of the House Un-American Activities Committee, but McCarthy never sat on the HUAC as he was elected directly to the Senate in '48. John Stephens Wood was the chairman of HUAC at the time.
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