DC: The New Frontier 2004 #4 - No Condition Defined - $7.00

In 1958, the Flash is lured into a government trap, but escapes. Later, in Gotham City, John Jones is asked to interview a man who believes Martians are on Earth, but the interview is interrupted. In California, Hal Jordan is scrubbed from the Task Force X mission. After John Henry is hunted down in Tennessee, Edward R. Murrow addresses the race problem on TV. When The Flash also denounces the tactics used to try and capture him on TV, J'onn J'onzz decides to try to return home, turning over all his unsolved cases to Batman, including the story by Theodore Smiesel about a "Monster Island.?

Task Force X prepares for their space mission without Hal Jordan. J'onn J'onzz tries to hitch a ride with them, but is stopped and captured by King Faraday. Task Force X's mission is a failure, and the Challengers set off to rescue its survivors, while the government tries to contact Superman to save the crew. Afterwards, Jordan is examining the simulator when he is snatched by a green light.

This issue dedicated to John Broome, Will Eisner, Frank Frazetta, and Wally Wood.

• Book Four: Mystery in Space - Title from inside front cover. Colors credit based on note in Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Darwyn Cooke (DC, 2015 series).
• Chapter Eight: Government Issues - One of John Jones' cases involves Adam Strange and contains papers from Leslie Thompkins. The character of Theodore Smiesel is based on Theodor Geisel/Dr. Seuss.
• - Back cover. Colors credit based on note in Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Darwyn Cooke (DC, 2015 series).